Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1925 — Page 1

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CHAPMAN LOSES FIGHT TO BLOCK TRIAL

motor coaches to BE OPERATED OVER ERIE LINE Railroad To Replace Two Steam Trains W ith Motor ( urs Soon T 0 REDUCE EXPENSES Gasoline Cars To Operate) On Same Schedule As Steam Trains T«o motor coaches wilt bo. r,laced in op ration on the Marlon Chicago did ion of Hi*- Erie ruiiroaV within tli*- next two weeks, accord- . inc to an announcement made yea- j terday I'.' J 0. June, division sup-' printendent. The motor coaches will, replace eastbonnd par senior train No. u ml west bound train No. 220. known the “dummies”. One of the motor coaches will be operated between Huntington and , I Marion. Olio, and another, with a 1 iraiU-r. nil t? operated between llnn-i tlngton, Hammond anil Chicago am! • return. The move. v .l.ich Is one i.t the latest ilftelopmoiits in railroad equipping, is . being done intrelr as a btisine s necessity, said Mr. June. Economy Is the only directing force raiding the ; new venture. In an' effort to cut down the operatin '' < tnense of the division. The coaches to be used on the loco I ! dhision, according to .Mr. Jure will ; be similar to the one which passed Through last summer on an experimental tour, following ap c^h jh.ition at the railroad convention In Atlantic Pity. The cars, however will be of » lighter type. They will be capable of traveling between sixty and eighty miles an hour. Fuel consumption will average less than three miles to the gallon of gasoline, which will be one or the biggest economy features of the coach. The car has a capacity of fifty-two passengers in addition to a seventeen foot compartment for express and mail. The car will be about fifty or fifty dive fret in length and will be heated by hot water and lighted by electricity. Will Use Trailers In emergency conditions, the divisions probably will be equipped with vfVftdn * i',L' Iho Hiotor coach to accomodate mall and express during the holidays and passengers during other rush periods. The gasoline motor coaches will operate on the same schedule as the steam power trains operated ou, although they are capable of greater speed. The east bound train will arrive here at 8:57 a.m. end the west (Continued Ou Page Five) OUTLINE PLANS FOR BOYS WEEK Committee Chairman Discuss Plans For Rotary Boys Week Here M. F. Worth man, local ■ hairman of International Rotary’? Boys week, held a meeting last evening with the chairman o£ the different committees and outlined several plans for the big program to be held during the week of April 2(i to .May 2. by the Rotary clubs throughout the United Mutes Mr. Workman will meet with 'he members of the committees in a few days and prepare the program for the seven days. It is planned also 'o hold a junior city election, similar to the one held last year, and the successful candidates will have the opportunity to preside in the city offices for au hour during the day. „ Messages to the boys will also be delivered through the churches, •chools and at out-door meetings and 'he week will be of great interest, not on ly to the boys, bu tthe parents as Well, The co-opeiation of local peoP e ls ai *hed In helping to carry out ' c program, which is being sponsored hy International Rotary.

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Teachers’ Association To Hold A (’ailed Meeting A called meeting of the Northeast eln Teachers Association will bo j ; held Friday of this week ai Port j Wayne. according to word received , by members in this city today. There i will Ite a business session In the morning and afternoon and a special i luncheon will be he|d at noon for the j visiting representatives. M. F. j Wnrihman and E. S. Christen will -eprrsent this city at the conference.' SEVERAL ROADS TO BE IMPROVER ' — State Highway Commission To Improve Roads In Adams County Soon Word of Improvement of several j | roads in this county has been received ! in dispatcher, to the Ilally Democrat' j from the State Highway commission.! Work already has started on the j spring scraping of state and county, ! roads and most of the Adams county | thoroughfares are in good condition: j for this time of year. Bids will he received, the Highway! t’ommission says, for the construction j of four bridges on the state road north of lyecallir. The bridges are to i ba of 30. 48 and two of 10 feet lit span. I l Rids will be received April 24 at the; •office of the Stat- Highway Com-j nils ion, the letter states. C/i April 24 bids also will be receiv-j i e<) for the grading of the new route of the one mil** of state road north! jof Monroe, which will elimlate the crossing of the Pennsylvania tracks, where accidents have occured in the past. Sealed bids w-ill be received April 14 for the paving of the seven miles of slate road north of this city from ,St. Marys river to the Allen county! 'line north of St. Johns. The road is I better known as the Port Wayne road. Paving of this stretch will begin shortly after the contract is let and It is the expectations of the Commission to complete the construction lids : summer. Other state and eounty roads are being put in shape for the heavy run of tourists who come through this eounty each summer. All the north and south roads are reported in good conditions and most of the east and west roads are being worked on at j.;,. pi are said to tie already in fairly good condition. Princeton Men Help Clear Away Storm Debris Princeton, Jnd., Aprnl I—Business and professional ineu of ITineeton donned overalls today and went into the fields of Gibson county to aid in clearing away dtbris left in the path of the cyclone two weeks ago. More than one hundred workers were recruited here and fifty more formed a party that wont out from ! Boouville. , | Spring plowing cannot be started until the debris is cleared away. A battery of twenty tractors loaned . by a tractor company is ready to aid with the plowing. Searching For Bandits Who Robbed Lakefon Bank i Wabash, Ind., April I—An organi ized search was in progress tbrougbi out northern Indiana and southern ■ Michigan today for the trio of boy ■ bandits who robbed the bank at LakeI ton, near here, of $2,100. i The bandits were trailed in their i auto to a point near Warsaw but i there they eluded authorities'. The > car in which they tied bore an auto - license of a cur stolen a week ago t froft a Port Wayne man. ) It was apparently the first bank - robbery the trio of youths bad puiled. The two entered the bank, extremely s nervous and in their haste overlook- . ed SI,OOO in bonds. I it-I—■ 1 —■ ~* I Weather t pair weather and probably Tburs-| I day; somewhat warmer .uursday and in southwest portion tonight.

ANNOUNCE DATES' FOR GRADE TESTS ' April 18 And May 16 Are Dates For Eighth tirade Examinations Eighih grade county examinations for high school entrance will be held | April 18 and May 10 at all township Centers. R. S. Christen, county superj intendent of schools, announced to- ! day. The time fur the examinations j I are set by law. he stated. The sec-; j ond exam'tuition fs siven so that ; those falling to make the required; I grades on the first trial will receive 1 I a second opportunity to pass the en- 1 i trance requirements. The examinations will be on ajl j subjects studied, and will cover the j j j complete year, it was stated. Any ( | student that lias completed his grade ! school course as outlined in the state ! law is entitled to take Die examinaj tior u. No definite plaus have been arrang Jed for the annual county commencei ment, Superintendent Christen said : Wednesday. The exercises will be,, held in Decatur and It is highly prob-: able that they will take place about i the middle of the third week In June. 1 The musical program has not b°en 1 ' arranged and the speaker lias not ! been thosen as yet. it was said, but i ! further plans nvill bo made soon. It is ptobable, Mr. Christen said.) j that all future commencements will j tie held in Decatur, due chief.y to i he heavy expense on the county, of j I moving the location of the exercises ! jeach year. It is not possible as yet lo give an ! J estimate of how many students will | be graduated from the common! schools at the annual commencement, owing to the fact that the examinations are not for several weeks yet. Ashbaucher (lets Contract For Work At Warren. Ind. A. R. Ashbaucher, of this city, has secured the contract for all the slate roofing and copper gutter work on the new $60.0*10 addition being built at the Mel bod i t Memorial Home for the Aged at Warren, Indiana. The contract was awarded to Mr. Ashbaucher yesterday and he hopes to start work within ihe next ::0 days. Several other bidders submitted proposals on the work, but Mr. Ashbaucher was the low bidder uud .therefore received the contract. Helmut and llisev, of ~ Jay—•>•.» . contract. GASOLINE PRICE ADVANCESTODAY Retail Price Boosted One Cent Due To New Law Effective Today Indiana motorists awakened t bis j morning and found an increase of one) cent a gallon on gasoline prices—and | it wasn't an April Fool prunk, either. The advance was made necessary due to the recent act passed by the Indiana General Assembly. This makes the retail price of common gasoline 23.1 cents a gallou and most hightest brands 27 cents. The additional cent taxation will be divided as follows: one-fourth to cities uud towns of the slate; oue-lialf of the remaining three-fourths to counties according to population and onehalf according to number of improved •miles of road. All of the original two cent tax will be turned over to the State Highway Commission, for use on the improvement and construction of state roads. It Is estimated that the revenue ■ from the present tax on gasoline will be approximately $8,000,000 a year. The old tax of two cents had been in effect since 1923. The Standard Oil company was the first to announce the increase in price effective this morning. Other companies followed suit and all prices were boosted the same amount. Several rumors have been current for some time that there would be Investigations in an effort to reduce the j retail selling price of gasoline.

Deealur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 1, 1925,

■ » 4 ' - —<- APRIL FOOL I If someone should call you up i today or tonight and tell you that J yin,r house or barn was on fire. I rind liien tort of laugfi and not tell you who it was speaking, don't be alarmed—Tor loday Is April first. I better known as April Pool's Day. Next to Hallowe'en this day is the cause for more pranks than any day of the year. Manufacturers have commercialised on It and , have for several years been manufacturing cotton candy, exploding j 1 cigars and other April Fool nov- * cities. ;, April first has always been the j for.rce of considerable amusement J md fun-making in Decatur and 1 Adams county, so if someone ; I should tell you an almost unbp- | Revalue thing today don't take , too much stock in it! (

TRIAL OF DAMAGE SUIT SPEEDS UP Several Witnesses Heard j Todav In Fort Wayne Tvphoid Fever Case II'roceedings moved more rapidly! *nuaj in the ttial of the typhoid fever damage suit against the Railroad company and the city of, . ert Wavre, which is being iteld in | the Adams circuit court here. Six I witnesses were examined this morn-i ing ind three more had been called j j to the stand at. 2:30 o’clock this afl ternoon. Tne witnesses who testfii ! | ed for the plaintiff today were per- ’ sons who were afitlcted with typhoid j i fever during the epidemic in Fort ; Wayne during the fall of 1323, or per sons who were close relatives of in- 1 dividual* who suffer* . with the di*-!, *ase. one physician testified this! morning, also. Frank H. Mitchell, master carp j enter of the Pennsylvania railroad! shops in Fort Wayne, testified yes-j terdav afternoon that he found the! lock broken off the box which held j the valve connecting the w ater mains t f the railroad company with the cityji nains. It is allpged by the plaintiff I he j.mcoln Trust company, adminis-l rator of the estite of iierman 1 .iauermeister, that the typhoid fever j 1 <crm» contained in the river water, < in the railroad company's mains oass-j eo ‘'in; ■ •>>itvi valve. Baby Drowns In Barrel Marion, Ind., April I.—Falling into ’a pickle barrel containing five inches of i water, Eugene Halley, 3, was drowned. ATTENDANCE AND INTEREST(ROWS Pre - Easter Services At Christian Church Producing Clood Results i Tha pre Easter eVanga’istie services at the Christian church are, growiug in interest and attendance each evening and good results are. being obtained. The series of serv-j fees sarted a week ago last Sunday: and will continue until Easter Sunday evening, April 12. One young man came forward last light and accepted Christ. It is ex oected that the church wi]l have a! class of from fifteen to twenty-five ready for baptism on Easter Sunday. Tha pastor, the Rev. H. W. Tbomp-' son. is doing the preaching. Rev. j Thompson was stricken with appendices last week and had been work-, ing under a great handicap, but his condition is improving slowly. The subject o * Rev. Thompon’iA sermon last, night was “The Sic. of Jeroboam” The subject of his sermon for tonight is. “The One Thing Needful.” The public is cordially invited to attend, the services.

SELECT PUPILS ' FOR CONTESTS 1 Contestants Chosen to Represent D. 11. S. In Commercial Contests The Commercial Deparment of the i Decatur high school has selected representatives to enter the District i Commercial Contest of 1925. The local j contestants go to Fort Wayne April ! 18. that being this dbtrict's center I of competition. The schools rep J resented at this center are Angola v Aubulii BiWSler. Bjuffton. Decatur. Garrett, Central (Fort Wayne), Columbia : City, Kendallville. Osr.ian. Picrceton. j and South F>ide (Fort Wayne.) Three students constitute a team in each event, but six have been certified in order that substitutions can he made If necessary. Following is the list of names certified by the Decatur high school: Typewriting amateur;Mildred Akey Alary Macy, Geraldine Andrews, Stella Draper. Phvlis Kosht. William Bell. Shorthand (Beginning); Naomi Butler. Kdna Haugk. Beta Fisher. Ber. tha Baughman. Mildred Murchand, Margaret Haley. Shorthand (Advanced): Mildred Akey. Molly Haugk. Esther Biggs, lleien Christen, Merle Marchenko. I.ela Reffcy. Ivnnmcnship; Monai Butler, Mable Staley, Pauline Niblick, Doris Peters Florence Brown, Della Johnson. The students in this department have done' exceptionally good work, and the teachers believe that Decatur Jias i) good chance to win t?ie contest, in spite of the fact that Decatur will ; have strong rivals, especially those | of the larger high schools. Fort Wayne , Kendalvitle. Bluffton and Columbia j City. Fort Wayne figured iu the tinaD j last year. Two Men And Woman Held For Possession Os Liquor Noblesville, Ind.. April 1 — (Specia j to Daily Democrat)- Freeman Budwin and his wife and Raymond Man-' ford were in Jail here today charged j witli possession of liquor. Their arrest followed seizure of; two large copper stills, forty gallons. of raisins mash and twelve gallons of white mule on a farm near here which they had rented. MRS M ADE -f IN LIQUOR LAW — Prohibition Law Changed By “Bone Dry” Bill Passed Recently The "Bone Dry" bill, which was passed by the recent session of the 1 Indiana General Assembly and sign-; ed by the Governor to become a law during the latter part of May or the first of June, makes several changes in the former prohibition law. The new law is house enrolled act No. 2(. It prohibits the purchase, receiv- j ing, manufacturing, transporting, ship ] ping, possessing, sale, barter, oxcimuge, giving away, furnishing or otherwise handling or disposing of any intoxicating liffiot, with some specific exceptions set out in the act. For violation of the prohibition against buying, receiving, transporting, manufacturing, selling, etc., the act fixes a fine of SIOO to SSOO, to , which must be added 30 days to six | months imprisonment for the first and second offense ami a fine of S2OO to SI,OOO and an imprisonment of one to two years for the third subsequent 1 conviction. The right of the court i to suspend any sentence is removed. Sale On Prescription I The act, however, permits the sale; lor purchase of vinegar, pure grain ! alcohol for medicinal, scientific or mechanical purposes and wine tor sacramental purposes. The nianufac-J ture and sale of denatured alcohol also is permitted. Wholesale drug(Continued On Rage Four)

Highway Commissioners To Be Arraigned Monday i Indianapolis, April )- < (Special to j Dally Democrat) —John D. Williams, director of the state highway coin j mission. F.arl Crawford, commission member, and four others under Indictment by the Marion county grand i Jury for alleged irregularities In dis- 1 f.osal of surplus war materials by the commission wijl be arraigned | next Monday, it was announced to- | day. “THE MAGIC OF GRACE" IS TEXT Rev. Allston Preaches (ireat Sermon At Presbyterian Church The largest and most attentive, audience that lias been present dur- j ing the pre-Easter services at the j Rresbytr-iian church greeted Rev.' Ajlston last night. The speaker re j sponded by preaching one of the best sermons that ho has delivered during the series. Rev. Allston spoke on the subject.: "The Magic of Grace.” taken from •he text. "If any man be In Christ lie is a new creation; old things are passed away, behold, they are b' 1 -’ come new." “There is nothing said in the New : Testament about the mending or repairing of lives.” he asserted. “The Gospel remedy for the redemption !of man is more profound. It is so rad'oal. so revolutionary, so thor-, ough-going in its character that when it would find words to express the | tremendous change that takes place; ii a converted life it must use such | words as regeneration, transformation ; renewal of the mind or. as ‘ln the 1 | text, a new creation.” Throughout, his sermon Rev. All- ! -ton pointed out how Nature brought j forth new creations out of really old and familiar forms of jife. "There was a time." be said, "when, scientists tell us. there were no blooming flowers on the eartli such as we have today. There were millions of plants., but all wa re green. But the rime l came when, touched by the magic of Nature, the law of progressive coloration was set into operation, and there burst forth the many colored blooms of white, and pink, and ye! low and purple, and all the varigated tints and hues that we enjoy iu the flower worjd today. In this change of life we have a new creation. But r * IS 4 UUH-'ui -<'» .'.I the change that takes place when a human heart is touched by the magic ; of the grace of God. When sordid and cynical hearts are touched by j this divine magic and the law of di-J vine love is set into operation, there; bursts forili a beauty of character in the many beautiful virtues of love, I joy, peace, long suffering, meakness.j gentleness, goodness, patience and \ self-control, that is the greatest beauty the world knows. Here. Too. we have a new creation. The old sordidness and cynicism are passed away—behold they are become new.” "The magic of grace,” said Rev. Allston, "is more the less wonderful j nor none the jess simple than the' magic of Nature. Both are the creative processes of the same Creator.; In the beginning God created the' heavens and the eartli.’ and in the beginning of the creation of every J Christian by the grace of Jesus | Christ is the same God touched and blessed, and purified by His spirit, old things—sinful desires and * tenderness pass away, and behold—man is a new creation.” Tonight will be known as “Sunday i School nigiit. Each class is asked to lie present and sit together as a group. The children’s division wi.l sing some of the songs and repeat the scripture memory passages which they have learned. Rev. Allston will also have a story-sermon l'or the childreu. o Nine Marion Countv Automobiles Burned ; Indianapolis, April I.—-Nine anto--1 mobiles belonging to Marion county were destroyed by fire which swept the county garage here last night, j The loss was placed at $25,000.

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SEEKS TO HAVE ■I MURDER CHARGE | DISMISSED TODAY Court Refuses; Ace Os Burglars Must Fijfht Charge In Court STATE IS CONFIDENT Defense Expects To Prove That Chapman Was Away At Time Os Murder • t’nltol I'r< .*■ Srrv!*•€») Hiirll'ord. Conn., April 1.tSpecial to Daily Democrat) (icr.ild Chiipman. the ace of ; burglars began defense on ; charge of murder here today. When Ihe slate completed the. j case. Chapman’s lawyers moved dial the charges he dismissed inn the grounds that there was i insullicient evidence. There was much argument hut the court ruled that the testimony was sufficient and it' Chapman wishes to save his life he must fight for it. I’eccss for lunch was then taken and this afternoon calling of witnesses for the defense will begin. Hartford. Conn.. April I—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Confident of sending Gerald Chapman to the gallows us the murderer of Policeman i Skellv, the defense lore to shreds the ; character and record of Walter Shean, star witness for the state. ' j Tlivi \)>-iv equally confident last, night that Chapman would be freed, Groehl will introduce witnesses on ' the stand when the state concludes its case to show that Chapman was not ill New Britain the day of the I murder. I'ndnr a steady bombardment of questions yesterday Shean admitted a career of crime jasting eight years His checkered life bus included bank robberies, questionable bond . transactions and several cases of • forgery, according in his own testimony. Coshen Man Killed By B. A: O. Freight Train Warsaw, Ind . April I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Russell Kisenbladder. 27, Goshen, was killed, and Roy ! Stouder, Waterford Mills, was injur-i’i-iT ..' ■ K '■ '< V-'*>*«'WWWnine '■truck by a freight train on the HaltiI more & Ohio railroad at Milford i Junction. 'l'he two men, employes of the I Interstate Public Service company 'were enroute from Warsaw to Goshi en at the time of the accident. BERNE ORCHESTRA ENTERS CONTEST High School Orchestra Enters Large Musical Contest At Indianapolis The Bone high school orchestra will go to Indianapolis on May 9 to ! take part in a large musical contest to be held as a climax to the eele- ; brat ion of National Music week. The , orchestra, consisting of eighteen pieies. is one of the best musical | organizations ever turned out by the . high school at Berne, a town noted ( for its musical talent. , More than 2.t00 high school pupils I from twenty-four high schools in t nineteen cities will participate in the , ! contest which is to be held under the lj direction of the fine arts uud music weeii committees of the Indianapolis : Chamber of Commerce. Following the contest, the participants will be entertained at u concert • to be given bv Miss Virginia Rea, • coloratura soprana, and Mas Rosen, I violinist, internationally known artists. Contestants will represent fifty-four 1 , bigb school musical organizations. (Continued On Page Four)