Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 76, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1925 — Page 1

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HotANOIOATE | S ETS MAJORITY 11 GERMAN VOTE ißuother Election Necessary IB To Elect Successor To | president Ebert GAINING Socialist I’arly Remains! Strongest Individual I party In. Germany ■ I Berlin. March ::<!-( Special to Dally | n „, rat)-’ .'•rii.any’.s flru ' ninrcll ,o r polls to self-it by popular ballot! K,‘ s president yesterday found no’ reviving an actual ma- 1 Alioth' r election, to be held | E\f,rt. 2'l ''ill •»<* necessary. Official li.L'uies as compiled to 11 this morning follow: nationalist. 10.380.01)0. ■ Braun, socialist. 7.780.000. ■M Marx, centrist. 3,880.000. ■ Thaelmatiti. communist 1.860.000. | KI llelipacli democrat 1.560,000. KI UeTl. Bavarian people's party, || Ludendorff, fascist!, 380.000. KI The socialists have been making Hfctetv inroads into communist ranks. ■ the result shows. In the reichstag. ■ l»eu inle t elections, communists poll- ■ '"I 2.7<’0-000 votes. Despite active ■ lampaigning. Thaelmann, communistj Biandidate musteted but 1.560.000. In ■ several supposed strongholds, the ■ comtnunii-t vote dropped by morel ■ than fifty per cent. I Getter.,f Ludendorff, candidate of, ■ the txtrtme tight secessionists, made; Ba pitiful showing. He ran last. r The election proves beyond doubt ■ that the socialists remain the strong-! ■ est individual party in Germany. | n Popular antagonism toward common-( Pts and others who jeered during the' recent funeral of Piesident Ebert I helped to swell the socialist total. i The result constitute* a victors fori the three republican parties —SQCiat-1 ists. democrats and centrists —although Dr. Karl Jarres had a lead of over his nearest opponent. The so-called Wiemar coalition polled a total of 13.220,000. which compared to the Jarres vote of 19.350.000 indicates mor than sufficient strength to gain a victory in ( April if the republicans can unite upon one candidate. Yesterday found the reactionaries j grouped solidly behind Dr. Jarres.' and the right's vote showed virtually its full strength. Dr. Marx may prove to be the coali- ' lion candidate. The voting was less than 70 per I cent of the registration and considerably fell below that polled in Decern-1 her. Although a few minor street clashes broke out here, in which several persons were taken to hospitals, there was slight disorder throughout the country. With the virtual cer(Continued on page twoi DOUBLE FUNERAL FOR AGED COUPLE Mr.and Mrs. Julian Merilette Die At Home Near Linn Grove Double funeral services were held at the Reformed church al Vera Cruz at io o'clock this morning, tor Mr. and Mrs. Julian Merilette, aged couple of the IJnn drove community, hlr. Merilette died about midnight last Wednesday night and his funeral was to have been held Saturday, but his »ged wife died at 7 o’clock Saturday morning and plans were made immediately to hold a double funeral. Mr. Merilette was 86 years old. and his wife was 88. The aged couple "ere held in high esteem in their tomniunity. They moved to a farm ’’ear Linn Giove 51 years ago and hud always been active in the community affairs. They immigrated to America from Switzerland when they ocated at Linn Grove, and recently, t «y celebrated their sixty-first wed•ling anniversary. Os the immediate relatives who sur--2'. P . ’^ ere are three children: namely: iliza, at home; Lewis, of near Linn jr ove, and Julian, whose place of residence is unknown. Mr. Merilette’s 1 oath was due to dropsy and Mrs. succumbed to cancer.

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Passion Sunday Was Observed Yesterday s Yesterday was olipervcd as Passion fnnday In the churches and appro prime services were held at the St. Mary's Catholic church. Next Sunday is Palm Sunday and the distribution of the pifltns will take place after the 9:45 high mass. Two weeks from today Holy Week opens and special services will bo held during he lust three days of the week, in t'luding the Throe Hour services on Good Friday from twelve to three jo'clock. The Tuesday evening Lenten (services will be field ami Rev. Father | Otto Peters will deliver ihe sermon. ACTS OF 1925 TO CONTAIN2IBLAWS Majority To Become Effective May 1; Others Already In Effect Two hundred and eighteen new laws will be published in the Acts of 1925 (as a restilt of the recent session of 'the Indiana General Assembly, according to word received hero, recentj ly. Eighty-four of these new laws bear emergency clauses, which put ! them into effect when thtjy were •Igned by the governor. Other bills passed w'll not become effective until the bills are promulgated about May 1. Among the mint interesting new ' laws arc the Imrchase. bill for tho Indian: Dental college, the Milk Pa-teur-;:ing and Tax Exemption bills. The Purchase bill enacts that the board of directors of Indiana I’nil varsity .‘■hall buy the Indiana Dental i college, located at Indianapolis for a < on-;dt rr. don of not more than $40,000 'and that school shall become a 1 part of Indiana University. This does ' not, however, mean that the Dental ' college will be moved from Indiana pclis to Bloomington, but it is proi table that the first two years of the I dental course will be at Bloomington us sucUi *.s tli® iMtduwe is tiuede. The I tuition fee of the Indiana Dental coli lege shall remain the same, the bill states. House enrolled act No. 2336 makes I it unlawful for anyone to sell, for | household use. mill: which has not been thoroughly pasteurized. Milk I from tuberculide tested cows, milk ; from the owners’ herd for personal use and milk designed for shipment outside the state is excepted. The j state board of Health is charged with the enforcement, and a penalty ot from SSO to S2OO fine and a jail sentence are included for violators. This act was approved March 11. According to the viewpoint of several senators the Milk Pasteurization bill will affect not only dairymen, but also persons owning one or two cows and selling milk to only a few customers. It will become a law about May 1. The Tax Exemption law provides that any property owned by any camp or post of the United Spanish War veterans, the Disabled American veterans of the World War, veterans of Foreign \vars and the American legion shall be exempt from taxation. This act was approved March 9. . —n Heavy Rains Continue To Menace Peruvian Towns Lima, Peru, March 30.—As heavy rains continue to swell Perubian rivers many vintages are facing complete destruction. The swollen torrents bursting down from the mountain sides are wiping out roads, carrying away buildings and taking a heavy toll of life. Surprise Witness Held In Shepherd Case Today (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Chicago, March 30— (Special to Daily Democrat)—Assistant State’s Attorney Savage today obtained subpoena for Mrs. Luella Rhuebell, surprise witness for defense of William Shepherd who is being held pending trial for murder of his ward. Billy McClintock. Mrs. fthuebell is said to be former manager of National University of Science, the school operated by Dr. C. C. Falman, co-defendant with Shepherd for the murder of McClintock. She is in hiding at the direction of defense attorneys. Mrs. Rhuebell, defense attorney W. S. Stewart says, has told him that Falman. who said he gave Shepherd typhoid germs with which to inoculate Billy, never had live germs at the school.

SELECT SPEAKER FOR ANNUAL H. S. COMMENCEMENT Emmerson E. Ballard, Legal Advisor. Os Crawfordsville, Is Speaker A NOTED LECTURER Rev. Covert Chosen To Give Baccalaureate Sermon To I). 11. S. Graduates Emmerson I!. Ballard, leval advisor and for many years a student and authority on law. of Crawfordsville Indiana, has been selected to deliver the Decatur High School commencement address at the Commencmnt exercises, May 22. at the high school auditorium, it was announced today. The Reverend B. N. (’overt, pastor , of the preshyrerian church, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at the Methodist church. Sunday evening. May. 17. Mr. Ballard will lecture on “Your Angle of Life." which he has constructed especially for graduating students as they take their first steps into the business world. Mr. Ballard is known throughout the midd'evet as a lecturer ot considerable ability, and the Decatur school board has been fortunate in obtaining him for he local exercise. Tho McDonald-Ciccone of orchestra ot Fort Wayne, which had charge of the music for commencement last year, has been recontructed for th 1 * 1925 program. Tho orchestra will play several musical numbers during he evening, and also at tlio reception afterwards. Senior examinations will be hold about two weeks before the closing of school, Supt. M. F. Worthman announced, and he regular! underclass examinations will be conducted the last week, of school. It is prubuhle that about 54 students will lie graduated at the annual com- i mencement this year. o SUGAR COMPANY TO ISSUE BONDS Holland-St. Louis Company to Issue $750,000 Worth Os Bonds In a re-financing plan, the HolJnndSt. Louis Sugar Company, witli beet sugar and pulp drying plants at Holland and St. Louis, Michigan, and , in this city. $750,000 of first gage 5% per cent serial gold bonds ( are being offered to the public. The bond issue is being sold through the Continental amb Commercial Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, and through the Michigan Trust Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. In tonight’s Daily Democrat an advertisement explaining the purpose of the issue and giving other valuable information to tlie bond buying public is published. The total depreciated assets of the I three plants is given at $2.15,548 or $3,207 for each SI,OOO bond. The bonds will be issued in the denominations of SI,OOO and SSOO. The local plant of the Holland-St Louis Sugar company is estimated to be worth near a million dollars. The bonds will mature in four years, beginning in April, 1927. The present issue takes the place of the old 8 percent bonds, which, in the re-financing deal, have partially been redeemed and the balance of the bonds are redeemable at a value of $105.30 or $5.30 above par. Those who are interested in the bond issue are asked to refer to the advertisement in tonight’s paper. —o — Methodist Church Takes ■ Collection For Storm Area The First Methodist church of this city, together with all other Methodist churches in the Indianapolis Area of the city, took up a collection Sunday for the relief of the sufferers in the tornado district of southern Indiana and southern Illinois. The devastated area in the southern part of both--stat.es is in the same area as the local church. Many Methodist churches were Either destroyed or badly damaged, aud large numbers of members of the church were killed or badly injured.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday. March 30, 1925.

BOOTH TOO SMALL Berlin, Mar. 30.—(Unlled Press.) Dr. Stresemann, German foreign minister and former chancellor, had his troubles at the polls yesterday. Reprimanded for failure to follow voting regulation*, Stresemann pleaded that his booth wus too small for a .fat man and home he bad not remained within It lo enclose bls ballot in an cn>e)< | e. TEACHERS ARE BEING EMPLOYED School Board Discusses Matter; Three Resignations Accepted The hiring of teachers for tho Do catur public schools wag discussed at a meeting of the school board the latter part of last week. Throe resignations have been receivd und accepted by the board, but the iames are withheld hy the board until the latter part of the school year. Several rumors are current about the various schools of the city that Dan Cupid is responsible for all three of the resignations and that as soon as the school term is completed, wedding bells will ring for al least three of this year’s faculty members. A complete list of teachers for common school and high school subjects can not be announced at this time, but it is probable that most of this year’s staff will be rehired. It s learned. John It. Parrish und Guy W. Brown have been reappointed to take the school enumeration census this year Both of these men are members of the faculty of the Decatur schools and both have had several years experience as school enumeration ten ■ sus recorders. The rest of the board session was occupied in the letting of the regular monthly bills and a general discussion of school affairs. # Trial Os Tvphoid Fever Damage Suit Is Resumed The trial of the Fort Wayno ty-j phoid fever damage case was resumed here this morning after a recess over the week-end. Dr. Gilpin, of Ft Wayne, one of the physicians who at- 1 tended several patients during the typhoid fever epidemic in Ft. Wayne in the fall of 1923. and who was on the witness stand a greater portion of last Friday, was on the stand ail forenoon today and was still testifying this afternoon. The defense has not. started to cross-examine Dr. Gilpin. I o Placing Window Casings In New School Building Work was started in the placing of window casings and windows in the new Catholic high school building on the corner of Monroe and Fourth streetes. The building is nearing completion and when finished will be one of the most modern school buildings in the state. NANCY M. HOWER DIES AT BLUFFTON

I Former Adams County Res-1 I ident Dies Today At Age z Os 82 Years Bluffton, March 30 —Mrs. Nancy M. Hower, aged 82, a former Adams county resident, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Rosie Schrank. ’ 328 East Horton street, this city at 8:30 o’clock this morning. | Death was due to paralysis after an illness of more than three years. I Funeral services will be held at 1:30 | o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the j First Reformed church of Bluffton . and burial will be made at the Shady j cemetery near Magley. i Mrs. Hower has several relatives 1 in Decatur and 16 well known in 1 Adams and Wells county, being a s pioneer of this part of Indiana. Weather r a Indiana: Generally fair tonight snd - (Tuesday; not much change in temp(erature.

COURT REFUSES TO DELAY TRIAL OF GIRL SLAYER Pica That Dorothy Ellingson Is Insane Fails To Halt Trial MUST PROVE INSANITY University Os California Criminalogist Says Her Mind Is Deranged San Francisco, March 30—(Special to Dally Democrat) —Possibility of Yorolhy Ellingson. 16. matricide, escaping a murder trial on the claim that she was insane temporarily was blocked today. Judge Louderlsack, presiding jurist, refused to grant the motion that Dorothy be given an insanity hearing on basis of an affidavit by Dr. Jan Don Bell. University of California rimlnologlst, declaring her mentally deranged. The court held that Dorothy must be proved insane. Judge Louderback recessed court until 2 o'clock this afternoon at which time Dr. Ball will be questioned with the hope of strengthening the defense claim. San Francisco, March 30 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Dorothy Ellingson today faced another of the numerous crises which have filled the last few months of her fd years of life. The red headed “jazz baby," who is accused of her- mother's murder, is xpecied either to hear her own brother give the first evidence against hr or to hear herself pronounced probably insane and have her trial turned into an insanity test. Which course will b‘- taken will tepend chiefly upon an informal and hus far secret report of an examin t on of Dorothy .made Saturday uno Sunday by Dr. Jau Don Ball, noted psychiatrist. SERVICES ARE WELL ATTENDED l Large Audiences At Pre--1 Easter Services At Presbyterian Church 1 Tlie pre-Easter services at the ■ Presbyterian church yesterday were largely attended, both morning and evening. Rev. Allston, who' has been conducting these services, preached . two splendid and powerful sermons which were enjoyed by all. Rev. Allston’s morning sermon was on the subject, 'Fidelity to a Great Task.” He spoke of the task of the church as one of reconstruction. He said that, in addition to its own internal and external reconstruction, ! the church is confronted with the moral and spiritual reconstruction, the world is so greatly needing. It is engaged in the task of undergirdI ing individual lives, homes, Institu--1 tlons and community standards with morality and spiritual life, without I which, external defense systems must fail. "This is a real work.” declared Rev Allston. "It is the most esenial and fundamental work done by

'any institution. It deserves the ut I most fidelity of men and women who. ike Nehemiah, will say to the lures of self-interest and secondary matters, ‘1 am doing a great work so that 1 ca.inot come lown; why hould the work cease whilst I come down to you’?” In the evening Rev. A’.’lston spoke on the subect “Back to Simplicity.’’ He said that humanity in its highest tnd best moments, yearns for simplicity. "We find ourselves yearning for the simplicity of childhood, the simplicity of home life, the simplicity of literature, the simplicity of .life,” he! declared. “This yeqrning for simplicity is none other tham man’s yearning for reality—tor God J In Jesus Christ we have God’s answer. to this yearning. He came in perfect! simplicity giving to man the way, the truth, and the life. When we accept Jesus Christ we find the spirit of simplicity, the spirit of reality, the spirit of God. And this spirit lends that simplicity to all of life that sat- ■ isfies the deepest yearnings of man’s soul."

Industrial Association Will Meet This Evening A program of interest to the members will be discussed at the spring meeting of the Decatur industrial Kssr,elation to be held at 7:30 this l ‘venlng nt the Decatur Industrial! rooms. Avon Burk, president of the! Association, will preside and present' several matters to tho organization, j A smoker will be held and local men' will be called on to speak. Every. member is urged to attend as the ' directors wish to have tho Association adopt several of tho piojects proposed. Q 0, C, H. S. SENIORS TO PRESENT PLAY l o Stage “The Upstart” On May 7; Other Numbers To Be Given Plans have been completed at the' Catholic high school for the annual mtertalnment to be given hy the. <hool under the auspices of the: Seniors. “The Upstart," a comedy in three <is, has been chosen us the princi>al play. The plot la exceedingly imusing. and promises to keep the: mdience in roars of laughter through- } out the play. Mr. Jordan, an eccen j ric young man, labors under the idiosyncrasy that to be a nobleman is the acme of earthly bliss. The imposition of several individuals, who are aware of his eccentricity, gives rise to many ludicrous situations. ,le is the guardian of his cousin, and has determined to give her in marriage to a nobleman, in the last act. Mr. Jordan is made a Turkish Mamamouchi by a pseudo Turkish Sultan.: who uses this ruse to secure the land of his cousin in marriage. Several minor features of interest a ive been provided for. The Junior | :i-!s wi l present a one-act farce, •Our Atint from California.” Vocal selections by both the Boys’ and •Jiris' Glee Clubs will lend their rharc to the evening's eujoyni»nrr‘ Fhe time between acts will Lt- enliv-■re-l by orchestra music, to be rendered by Bernardino Christen. Helen Schmitz, Thomas. Eugene and Cornelius Durkin. Cedric Voglewede tonald aud V.’iUiatn Klopper. Sr. Ciaude !; iu charge of the ,-iisic. while S.. M \era will coach he dramatic selections. (, The play will be ready for pre- ( natation by about May 7. Every ifort is being made to make it the lust the school has ever staged, and the public may look forward to a reat. It. is hoped that it will be; m.siblt to present it in tlie new choo) building. The proceeds of tlie play will be used to purchase a green and gold! ntish curtain for the stage in the new! St. Joseph's school auditorium. This! gift will be to the school a remem- ( trance of the class of '25. 0 .. - Breidenbach Funeral On Wednesday Morning Funeral services for William Breid : anbacb. well known here, will be held ; Wednesday morning at nine o'clock i from the Catholic church at Dayton. ’ Ohio. Burial will be made in tlie Cal-j vary cemetery at Dayton. Mr-. Christena R. Niblick and son. J 'sse G Niblick, motored to Dayton this mornijig und will remain until alter the funeral. Mr. Breidenbach was a cousin of Mrs. Niblick and a personal friend of the family. He died last Tuesday in the Bahama Islands and the body will arrive from Miami, Florida, at one o’clock this afternoon.

Lad Who Disregarded His Mother’s Warning Is Killed Muncie, Ind., Mar. 30.—Disregard for the warnings of his mother to stay away from the freight elevator at. a local hotel, cost Densel Lewis, 11, bis life here Saturday night when he was caught and crushed to death between the elevator floor and the shaft. The body was not found until early Sunday morning after an allnight search. The boy, with his brother, had been instructed to wait j at a designated place for the return j of their brother, but Deusel left be- | fore her return. No one witnessed ! the tragedy. BOARD OF GUARDIANS The Board of Guardians will meet Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock at the Library. The attendance of every member is desired.

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EYE WITNESS NAMESGHAPMAN AS MURDERER Policeman Testifies Thai He Saw Notorious Gttrtian Ito Shooting DESCRIBES SCENE StateUnfoldsStory In Effort To Convict Man Caught Near Muncie I Hartford, Conn.. Mar. 30.—Gerald I Chapman was named today by the | only eye witness to the shooting of . Policeman James Skelly, of New' Britain. Conn., as the man who did the I shooting. Policeman Alfred Atwater of New I Britain, was the witness. Atwater described going to the I scene of the robbery which preceded ■ the shooting. "We went down the alley,” he testified. "Skelly was behind me as we entered the building. "I went in first and as I did, that ' rnan over thete —" and Atwater pointed to Chapman, who was sitting hunched down in his chair with his eyes fixed on the witness—"pulled out , his gun and fired three shots. “Be said “put up your hands or ' I'll shot.’ and then he shot ." Hartford, Conn.. Mar. 30. —(United Press.) —The state today began unfolding its "action" story of the kill- : ing of James Skelly. New Britain. Conn., policeman. It began calling persons who were i at the scene of Skelly's murder immediately before or after the shootj ing, in its efforts to prove that Gerald Chapman, “prince of crooks." was tho i murderer. John Losber, who with four other members of the New Britain police department, answered the call to the store where Skelly was shot, was the TTfMr ffftfiPsw today, through' whom ! the state expects to describe just what happened the night of the killing. Anticipating a lively session, crowds stormed tho courtroom long before | the trial opened. Chapman seemed fit and undisturb- ' ed. While waiting for court to open, '.lie sat in the prisoner's pen. talking ! with Judge Frederick Groehl. his chic, ; counsel. He was wearing his brown suit today, with a white shirt and dark tie and :i snowy white silk handkerchief was showing from his out- ; side coat pocket. o ‘— - Fire Damages Factory Tipton. Ind.. Mar. 30. -Loss from I the tire which damaged tlie Mclntosh ! and Son broom factory here yester'day, was estimated today at $15,000. —i— o MEMORIAL IS HELU BY K, OFC. Impressive Services Held In Memory Os 35 Deceased Members Beautiful and impressive memorial services were held by tlie Knights of Columbus at the K. of (’. Hall last evening in memory of the 35 deceased members of the Decatur Council, No. 864. of the Knights of Columbus. Joseph Ixurent. grand knight, aud tlie other lodge officers were in charge

of the meeting and the services were varied out in a formal manner. More than 200 men atended the services, which began a few minutes before eight o’clock. M. J. Mylott, gave the eulogy of the dead and John Car mody gave a short address. Father J. A. Seimstz, chaplain of the council, also spoke a few words and gave the prayer in memory of the dead. John Wemhoff, of Decatur, former member of the iocal council furnished the music during the evening and a quartette sang appropriate songs. Sunday morning Knights of Columbus marched to the St. Marys Catholic church where they attended mass and received Holy Communion in a body. Father Otto Peters, assistant pastor of the congregation, gave I an excellent sermon during the mass and the day was appropriately oo- ■ served as memorial Sunday for tne Knights of Columhus.