Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1925 — Page 1

Vol. XXIU- Number 79.

COURT AGAIN DENIES BAIL TO SHEPHERD I Chicago Man Expected To I Be Arraigned For Murder On April 9 PLANS FURTHER FIGHT Shepherd's Attorney Plans To Take Habeas Corpus Proceedings (United I’rr .< Servient Chicago, April 2 - (Special to Dally - William D. Shepherd offered a setback today when Judgy ijaeob Hopkins denied a second arj>al (or freedom on ball pending trial on the charge of murdering Billy McClintock. Shepherd will be arraigned on April 9on the Indictment charging hm with th tender of hi:- millionaire ward. William Scott Stewart, chief defrnse attorney, announced he would make a mo»on to quash the indictmint. Stewart also said he would continue his fight to release Shepherd on a writ of habeas corpus. ‘The judges of the criminal court have concurrent Jurisdiction and 1 will go from court to court until I can get a Judge to give us a hear Ing" he said. The court's decision in refusing tn free Shepherd on bail followed a bitter debate between Stewart and State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe. Stewart presented numerous affidavits by persons who declared they ( would net believe certain state’s witnesses under oath. Crowe protested that these affidavits were incompetent and did not\ have any hearing on the guilt or innocence of Shepherd. Fort Wayne Men To Be Guests Os Rotarians Walter Coll, general manager of I the Fort Wayne and Decatur Works! of the General Electric company, E. ] A. Barnes, general superintendent. i A. Matson and probably J. D. Crankshaw, of Fort Wayne, will be the guests of the Rotarians this evening at their weekly meeting. The program will he in charge of Wai Wenthoff and the Fort Wayne men will be called on for short talks. The ceremony incident to Installing the officers of the dub will he carried ever for another week.. o Man Caught And- Pinned Under Tractor Four Hours Warsaw, Ind., April 2—Cloice Sittler, 40, a farmer, was in a critical condition at his borne near Silver Lake today, suffering from two broken arms and internal injuries. While working alone in his flfields he was caught by a tractor which rolled back 'on him. He lay pinu-ii beneath the tractor for four hours before his cries for help were heard. —■ — o ' NECESSARY TO DELAY MEETING Superintendent Os Chicago Schools Unable To Be Here Next Week The Community school day which *as being planned by Superintendent M- F. Worthman for next Tuesday has been postponed until some time ln May, due to the fact that William •deAndrew, superintendent of the Chicago city schools, will be unable to attend the meeting. It was planned to have Superlntcn(l<*nt McAndrew meet with both the school teachers and parents at sepurate sessions and study plans for drawing doser together the schools. Patrons, teachers and students, but owing to conflicting arrangements it W, H be impossible for the Chicago superintendent to be here next week. -I letter to M. F. Worthman states. Superintendent Wcrthman announcC <l that he will continue his effort >° have the Community day later in the school term and in all probability It will be held the first or second week In May.

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!Search In Richmond For Escaped Murderess Richmond. Ind.. April 2.-t United pies. I-The reareh for Mr Mabie Champion al Mary vfll>, 0.. shifted | to Richmond Unlay. | A tip from an unknown source in i formed poll e that the woman was seen Ip a restaurant here and 1 , a complete ‘■earch of the city was started. L It was known that she bought a I ticket from Springfield, O„ to Indian 'spoils and in making the trip would have to change train., here. ■ Mr*. Champion was serving a senI terne for the killin- of a wealthy lea nival promoter in Cleveland. O. GARNISHEE LAW EFFECTIVE SOON J Measure Long Sought By Merchants Is One Os Indiana’s New Laws i When the acts of the 1925 Indiana . General Assembly go into effect the latter part of May or the first of .lune, the Garnishee hill, which meri chants of Indiana have ben petition- , ing for and tiring for some time, will ', be included, it is to be known as • Senate enrolled act No. 2.", and is titled. "Garnishee Action for Judgment Creditors." It permits creditors ] to come to court and obtain an ex--i ecution issue against the debts, earn i} Ings, salary, wages, income from trust funds or profits. of the individual, ■ firm or corporation liable for payment ! thereof. The a< t provides that all fees and . hosts in excess of $3 shall be paid by I the judgment creditor. The execution -hall become a lien and continuing levy on the Income of the debtor to ; the amount of not exceeding 10 per I cent, thereof until the execution and I costs are fully satisfied. It is made the duty of any IndividI ual. firm or corporation named in said execution to pay over to the officer ' serving the name and such amount of j, such indebtedness as such execution shall prescribe. Judgments issued I prior to sixty days before this act ! takes effect are exempt. The act was | approved March 6. I House enrolled act No. 407 empowi era county commisioners to provide I a suitable bronze or other memorial tablet, containing the names and so much of the record that may be seem appropriate, of all soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses serving in the World War from such county. This act was approved March 12. An act of considerable interest to motorists and tourists is the Senate enrolled act No. 111. It makes it i mandatory that all bridges, guard ■ tails, posts, abutments, bead walls, upright supporters, or any other] permanent physical object, ou highways or streets must be painted white or in alternate strips of black and white. Failure to have this done is termed a misdemeanor and subjects the guilty person to a tine of not less than $25. Act was approved March 11. 0 Decatur Dog Wins Five First Prizes At Show "Speed", the champion of several dog shows, and owned by John Joseph of this city received five aewrds . and a silver cup t the first day of the Fort Wayne dog show yesterday. He received first place and blue ribbons in four classes and first place and a reserve ribbon iu the reserve class. The Fort Wayne show anil exhibition will continue today and tomorrow and it is expected that the Decatur entrant will annex several more awards. Last year he was awarded the title of. "The best all round dog" at the show. o— / Leaves To Go To Office Os A Physician; Disappears South Bend, Ind., April 2 — John Warnock was still missing today despite efforts of police and frantic relatives to locate him. Warnock left home to go to a doctor’s offied for medicine. He failed to reach the doctor's office and no trace of him has been found. Weather Indiana: increasing cloudiness tonight. Somewhat warmer in south portion; Friday unsettled, probably showers and local thunder storms in south portion.

ANNOUNCE PLANS FDR COUNTY H. S, MEET, APRIL 25 I Plans Nearly Complete For Field Meet And LiteraryMusic Contests ELIMINATION APRIL 17 County Divided For Eliminations In LiteraryMusic Contests Plans fur the annual Adams counity field meet and literary-music con-i I test for high school students, to be, I held April 5. are practically com- i plete according to an announcement 1 ' made today by County Superintend-! lent E. S. Christen The field and | track meet will be held at Geneva ; and the literary music contest at Berne. Owing to the fact that there for-: ■ merly have been too many contestants in the literary-music finals, two preliminary meets will be held FriJ day. April 17. The preliminary tryouts will be held at Decatur and Geneva. Each high school in the coun- 1 ty will enter two students in each of the contests and the two best in each event at the two preliminary centers will compete in the final contest at Berne. High schools from Geneva. Hurt-; i ford township. Jefferson township 1 l and Berne will take part in the G<ne-, va try outs, and contestants from t , Monroe. Kirkland. peasant Mills. I Monmouth and Decatur will take par! jin the Decatur elimination. ] The following events will be hold at the sectional meets and also at the final meet at Berne: Piano solo, vocal solo, violin solo, oration, read ing. ladies’ quartet, orchestra and saxaphone solo. An admission charge of ten cents , will be charged at all contests in order to help defray some of the ex senses ofronYestants All entrants must regi-ter through their superintendents not later than April 14. The annual county field and track meet, which will be held at Geneva tho same day that the literary-music j contest is being held at Berne, will be open to high school students from all schools in the county. No school; can enter more than two men in any olio event and one student is limited (Continued on Page Slx» CAST ANNOUNCED FOR ANNUAL PLAY Pupils of North Ward School Present Annual Play j Friday Night At 8 o'clock Friday evening, in the high school auditorium the fifth annual North Ward play will be presented by the pupils of that school. The title of the play to be staged by the youngsters is "The New Little Year," written by Margaret J. McElroy. who wrote “The Shut-up Posey,” presented by the North Ward pupils two years ago. "The New Little Year” is a picturesque little play with lively action. There are twelve speaking parts and several groups, such as reapers, autumn leaves, March winds and school children. The chief character is The April Fool, who pretends that he is The New Year and usurps the throne. He then plays pranks ou the seasons, mixing them up, giving roses to January and snow to July. There is much merriment and humor with an abundance of delightful songs of the mouths and seasons. ' Before the play opens there will be a processional of all the characters of the pageant. After Father Time has caught The April Fool at bis pranks and has changed the months back to their right order, he places the New Year on the throne, before which be causes all the months to pass and pay tribute. The adminission charges for the play will be ten icents for all children under 12 years of age, and twenty-five cents for all ] other persons. The cast of characters for the play, which includes every child in the school, is as follows: Father Time Franklin Keller Old Year Laurence Andrews Little New Year Billy Schafer (Continued on page three!

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 2, 1925.

Why Women Oielocate Jaws Chicago, April 2 — (United Preps)— Sixty percent of all case* I of dlnlocatlon of the Jaw are found among women. Dr. Dudley Reed, i medical examiner for the Univer I rlty of Chicago, declared today. | "Rut," he added, "although women j talk more than m»ti do. that Isn’t the cause of tho accidents. Its 1 yawnin'.': that does It. It indicates that women are terribly bored when anyone else is talking, and ] that they gape frequently. wMi-h causes dislocation of thr Jaw.” homFmerEhantS ARE THE SAFEST! Numerous People Feel they Paid Excessive Price for Sewing Machines — There may not be anything wrong with purchasing sewing machines 'from agents who canvass, the coun-. try ar least moje than 125 persons •lit! rot find angthlrq wrong about >t r d bought th»m —but. the fact j ■boalo be remembered that local I sir ns also soil sewing machines ar< .hat these store-; will be in buss-i n - long after agents have left. i -1 stores pay taxes and he p thecon.iniiiilty and deserve patronage, i Right now several men are selling] Is-, wing machines in Adams and Wells leonnilrs. the price being $97.00 each They take the old machines in as I part payment and the purchaser | gives a contract note for the balance. S. veral of the farmers living near ' Craigville. who had Just purchased these machines, were in the city yes-j tndtiy discussing the matter and. in rheir opinion, they thought they were ••-•tung." using the common expres-| sion. j Investigation proves that a reputable company manufacturers the sewing machines being sold in the county and 1’ is cla'med by the head man .f the three who are selling, them. that he is the only authorized agent ■ in the state and that, his m»ke ma-! chine is not sold by local dealers in the state. The spokesman for the three ] agents claimed that the standard [ lice of their machine is $97.0(1 and that no dealer could sell them for $35.00, -is claimed by a dealer at Bluffton. However, on idea was given . as to the true worth of the sewing machines, it being up to the purchaser to determine If the macblue was 1 worth that much money. It was stat-; i ed that one carload of these sewing I machines bad been sold within the I last five or six weeks and the perils state that as long as business is good they are going to remain here and sell them. The person who wants protection I (Continued On Ihige Five) ELKS INSTALL NEW UFFICERS Fred T. Schurger Starts Second Term As Exalted Ruler Os Lodge The annual installation of officers was held last night by the local chapter of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, at the Elk’s club rooms on South Second street. Fred T. Schurger. who was re-elected Exalted Ruler for the second consecutive year at a recent meeting of the lodge, was reinstalled as Exalted Ruler. Other officers elected recently and' installed last/ night are: WalterWilkenson, esteemed leading knight;! James F. Arnold, esteemed loyal knight.; Charles Weber, esteemed lecturing knight; Leo E. Ehinger, secretary; Benjamin Knapke, tyler; C. S. Niblick, treasurer; E. G. Coverdale, trustee. Besides Mr. Schurger. C. S. Niblick and Charles Weber were the only officers reelected, all others being elected for the first time at a meeting March 3. F. T. Schurger was elected delegate to the grand, lodge, which is the annual national j Elk’s conclave. It will be held this ( year at Portland. Oregon, in July. D. M. Hensley, for three years Exalted Ruler of the local lodge, was elected alternate delegate. After the installation of new officials last night, other lodge business wa« taken care of, with the newly elccifd officers assuming tbeirdutieß.

NO REPUBLICAN CANDID A TES IN PRIMARYSOFAR Time Limit For Candidates To File Declarations Expires Saturday NAMES MENTIONED | Democrats Have Full Ticket With Exception Os ■ One Councilman | Up Io two o’clock this afternoon, i declarations of republican candidates i for city offices, to be nominated at I the Muy primary, hud not been tiled i with City Clerk Catherine Kauffman.I The time limit, according to law, fori filing declarations expires Saturday! '•vening. it was stated by friends and men i acquainted with republican politics that James L. Koi-her. republican I councilman from the second ward, would seek the nomination again. Friends of Mr. Kocher hud tried to--1 get him to corns out as the candidate i I for rinyor, but he declined to enter I - the race. Other names associated with the i republican nomination for mayor; ( within the lust few days have been I Dan W. Beery, hotel proprietor; ! : Charles D. Teeple. clothier, and one! j or two others. With the democrats there is a . candidate for every office except for j councilman from the third ward. Sev- ] eral men are being groomed for this] , place today and may tile tomorrow. - (The democrats have two candidates | , for mayor and the primary race prom-' I ises to be one of mneh interest. Roth | | men are well known and have a large I circle of friends. The primary will be held on Tues- ; day, May 4. and the candidates nom-i , Jriated will seek election in November. o | All Grains Suffer Sharp Losses On Market Todav J i Chicago, April 2—AH grains suffered sharp losses in today's session of the Chicago board of trade. May wheat closed U’C cents lower than j the previous dose of $1.49%. May corn closed at 99 cents a loss ! iof „ 3-4 cents from previous closes. Corn now is lower than at any time ] since last fall. ADAMS COUNTY PIONEER DIES Mrs, Loretta Acker Dies At Home Os Daughter In Pleasant Mills Mrs. Ix>retta Acker. 87, a pioneer ■ resident of Adams county, died Tuesday noon at the home of her daughter Mrs. Dr. J. W. Vizard, in Pleasant Mills, after an extended illness. Mrs. Acker's health began to fail two year : ago when she suffered a stroke of I paralysis and she never regained her j former health. A fe w days ago. she ; suffered a relapse and remained unconscious until the end. Mrs. Acker was a daughter of Ardalas and Hannah Carter and was born in Franklin county, Ohio, in 1837. When two years old, Mrs. Acker came to St. Marys township, Adams county i with her parents in a prairie schooner. IA tract of land near Pleasant Mills ! was cleared of timber and the family j located there. Since then, for 85 years I iu all, Mrs. Acker resided In the vi- ■ cinity of Pleasant Mills. On November ; 27, 1856, she was married to Normau j Acker, who died 25 years ago. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Acker continued to live in her home at Pleasant Mills. Since her health failed her two years ago. she has resided with her daughter, Mrs. Vizard. Besides the daughter. Mrs. Vizard, Mrs. Acker is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles Bartling, of Los Angeles, California, and Mrs. 11. A. j Worden, of Marion, and two sons. A N. Acker, of Macomb, Missouri, and - Austin Acker, of Pleasant Mills. Funeral services will be held from the Baptist church in Pleasant Mills, of which Mrs. Acker was a member, at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, tbe Rev. W. H. Day. officiating. Burial will be made inthe Pleasant Mills cemetery.

Defendant Named In Klan Suit Is Not Known Here The Go-then New .Times «-arri»-s the following article: "George P.iiTerstaff, >-raiul dragon of the Klan in Kentucky, who is made :i defendant in a suit broiu lit by a faction of the order charging misuse of funds and fraud. Is ti son of Dr J. T. Biggerstaff, of ftecatur. Ind. He Is said to receive a salary of s<<t,ooo a year as head of the Kentucky Klan". The Adams county directory gives no such person us a resident of this | county ami it is believed tha Dr. Bigi I'erstaff probably reside; at Decatur 111. 0 SUNDAY SCHOOL NIGHT OBSERVED 'Classes Occupy Regular Pews At Presbyterian Pre-Easter Service L-astn ight was known as Sunday School night at the Presbyterian i church. A large number of the pupils, who are regul.tr attendants at ' the Sunday Schoo), was present and .occupied regular pews with 'their teachers. After a. spirited song' j servit e. h-d by a choir composed of ; representatives of various classes the , (hildren’s division, gave an exhibi ! I tion of memory work both of hymns] land scripture passages. This divis-i ion of the Sunday School has done ] very commendable work during the I year in this field. Rev. AUston fol- ] lowed this with a six-minute sermon lon "Corning to Jesus in Childhood." "Man the Debtor." was Rev. Alls i ion’s subject last night. He took ns i his text the words of St. Paul, "What I hast thou that thou didst not re- | ceive?” I Rev. Allston said in part, "in this : question, the Apostle Paul, by implication, sets forth the proposition that - man is by nature .a debtor. H pos- ; sesses absolutely nothing that he did ; not receive. The very fact that man I is horn into a world prepared for him renders him a debtor to the universe for all time. "As such, man is a debtor to hfsj ■family, his community, ills state, to. ; humanity, and above all. to God." Rev. Allston emphasized man's , debt to Cod. He said, "Greater than { , man’s debt to humanity, to the state. | to the community, to his family, is his debt to God. For, whatever real | good he has derived from these things, ! he has, in reality, received it from ; God. Only thtongh the blessing of i God on these human institutions have | they been enabled to make s uch rich | conti ibutions to our lives. The tact I is. man is debtor to God tor his present being, for the air he breathes, the food that sustains him, and fori all things that have contributed to| his life, whether animate or inanimate." Rev. Allston closed by saying that the only way man can actually pay his debt to God is to accept God's •salvation as it is offered man in Jesus Christ. To accept Jesus Christ is to do that which pleases God more than anything else that man can do.” Tonight is "Family Night." Families are Invited to sit together. Rev. i Allston will preach on "Religion of- - Household." — o - ——__—— Former Decatur Resident Died at Ft. Wayne Yesterday] - ■ • B. 11. Winans, age 75, former Deca- 1 tur and Adems county resident, (lie- 18 at the home of a brothej^* - fans * Wayne at 3 o’clock W bet° re uoon. He bad been ill' s’-a' 18 weeks, suffering withi sV eet ' of diseases. He was bl ca£ e ' in Adams county and rl bcr p til about five years ago! S il,n several years ago. He m five sons and oue dail Winans, of this city, 11 Funeral services will ll from an undertaking pul Wayne at 1 o’clock !•> noon. The body will be br* city for burial in the De& tery. The funeral party is M u tn arrive here about 2:30 o"clock. o Will Probated The will of William Freiichte was probated lit court today. It provides that all live stock, farm tools and automobile be left to a son, Martin. The remainder of tbe estate is left to the widow, Diene Freuchte. Henry A. P.rlener was appointed executor.

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CHAPMAN CLOSES OWN DEFENSE UN ;MURDER CHARGE | “Ace Os (’rook. " Denies He Ever W as In Town W here Man Was Killed CASE NEARING END Jury Picked By Chaornan Likelv To Start Deliberation Tomorrow (United Frees Service) Hartford. Conn., April 2 —(Special to Dailjf Democrat)—Gerald ’ Chapman, ace of crooks, dosed his own defense on a murder charge hero today. Arguments will b'gin this afternoon By tomorrow the jury which Chapman himself picked, may be considering evidence. Chapman sitting iu the witness ‘ hair with a perfect “poker face” quintty answered questions. He made a categorical denial of all charges agalnt him and waxed sarcastic on i cross examination. "1 change my name like I do my i eoilar.” he told Prosecutor Hugh ' Alcorn who became inquisitive 1 about his many names. Once ho <aid. when his lawyer ob- • Jected to a question, "Let them ask I me. I’ll tell them.” He wound up bis testimony with a statement made to tho jury volnntari'.y and with tlie same characteristic and daring which bad marked him either as innocent or as ono of the gfoatet bluffer*. Chapman admitted ho know Walter Bltean start witneae for tlie state, saying ho mot him last June. "I never was in New Britain. Conn in my life." lie said with a steady voice looking straight into the eyes of his lawyer. ’ Were yon in a store iu Now Britain that was robbed October 12?" came the question. "No certainly not. 1 say 1 was ■never in New Britain in my life." o Three Held In Detroit For Kokomo Bank Robbery — Detroit. April 2.— Private detectives today arrested Louise Brurnmer, 22, of 1013 Pape avenue. Fort Wayne, with Frank Mason, 24. alias Harry Pierpont, and Thadius ft. Skeer, 23. in connection with tho robbery of a Kokomo. Indina, bank last week. They are being held on a eliargo of robbery. When taken Mason had SBSO on his person. Tlie sum of $9,400 was taken in tlie bunk robbery. Louise was ] followed here and trailed to the | apartment where they were captured laud several guns and umunition were found. 0 CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: May $143; July $1.33; Sept. $1.26. Corn: May. 99c; July 151.03%; Sept. $1.04%. Oats: May 39%c; July 41%c; Sept. 42V,c. _o COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER NAMED — iVui Mer From Xenia, Ohio. pruiaY nu «n To Give Address i lbc FvhAt Berne ' jy . luv nish -Tile Reverend F. W. •vs night a ' v ‘ Ohio, one of the ' FvU ' a \tsed. of the middleae ' lT ' feetoTO -astor of the ■' eaW pal church. v the Bertie t address subject Claims Upon z ’ .. oT'the commencement week program is us follows: Sunday, May 10— 'Baccalaureate service; place and speaker not dei cided. Monday, May 11 —Junior-Senior rei ception banquet. i Tuesday. May 12—Senior Class Day exercises. Thursday, May 14—Commencement, i Friday, Muy 15— Alumni banquet. Berue high will graduate a class . of twenty-eight students this spring.