Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 82, Decatur, Adams County, 6 April 1925 — Page 1

J Vo l xxi!l. Number 82.

I j. C. STEPHENSON SEEKS TO HAVE CHARGE ANNULED Declares Indictments Were ' Returned On Illegal Rumors PLEA IS FILED prosecutor Announces De-i termination To Fight Every Move il’nitr’l ProRH Indiana polis. April 6-(Special t<» Daily lx mix-rat) William 11. Remy, prosecutor <>f Marion county thin if-! vnioon announced his determination l() |i.la < V. IV Step of the way to pre ! v.tit l> Stephenson, former klan leivier. from escaping prosecution so ft n alleged attack on Miss Madge Oberholtzer. A |>b i in abatement was filed in criminal court by tormy. charging that indictments' *,. r< . returned on illegal rumors. v. ill contest the plea and ncry other move Stephenson makesi to escape.” Romy said. Judge Collins said arguments lit ' the plea in abatement on the indict-! nients will be heard Saturday. In the event the plea is overruled, it is undei too.l that Stephenson will, file other motions to dismiss the In-(lii-tinents and make a formal plea of! guil v or not guilt' - only after every! uvnitin has been closed. Should he lose all his legal maneuvers he will probably be required to enter a lot mal plea early next week and v.i 1 tact trial later on the! charges of kidnup and attack. Karl K!< nk and Earl Gentry indict-i td as conspirators with Stephenson! in the abduction of Miss Oberholtzer have aot been arrested. They were expected to surrender’ today for arraignment but -4athe4-,o pul in an appearance. There was ! practically no change today in the' condition of Miss Madge Oberholtzer. | She is still in a state of semicotiscibusness and no hope for her mcovt r> was expressed. Shepherd Starts Last Fight For Freedom Today Chicago, April t; Wil.iant It. Shepherd’s last fight for freedom on bail ! an appeal, to the Illinois supreme ; court- was started today. Attorneys for Shepherd, who is • accused of murdering his million- i *ire foster son. Billy McClintock. 1 completed their list of affidavits. With which they expect to gain Shepherd's freedom, and mailed them to the state capital at Springfield along with a writ of habeas corpus. — _ 0 — SPORTSMEN HOLD NATIONAL MEET Izaak Walton League Ends Annual Convention At Chicago Saturday After a several day session at the third annual national convention of 'he zaak Walton League, at Chicago, the 1,500 d< legates disembarked Saturday for their homes in all parts of; 'he United States. The League, of which Decatur has a chapter, i.-. ’‘Ponsocin.g general consarvarion of L*h and game throughout the United States. <’ol. W. B. Greeley, chief forester of the United States; Hal Evarts, outdoor editor of the Saturday Evening Post; Dr. H. J. Donaldson, president of the Pennsylvania Fish and Game Commission; Will H. Dilg, founder of the Izaak Walton League ai >d many others gave interesting talks on conservation and other fish and game topics. The Decatur chapter did not send a delegate to the national conclave tills year, owing to the fact that the local chapter is just in the process of being formed. About 25 Decatur men are members at present and it is the Plan of local officials to continue 'heir membership drive for eotne time. A complete set of minutes of the national meeting is being sent to all 'hapters and a national effort is being extended to create more Interest in the association before the fishing mason opens in the middle-western states.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

JUST A LAWYER New York. April C,-—(United | Bros > ( alvin Coolidge may bo President of lhe United Slates but I h. his gun John he is st ill a North- i ampton. Mnwt., lawyer and noth- | Ing more. When filling out an application form for membership in a fraternity young Coolidge referred to His father as follows: "Falher’a name—Calvin Coolidge. "Fnth| i'H occupation amt adInks Lawyer. No. 2 Masonic HuHdihe. Norihamplon. Mass."

COMMISSIONERS MEETING TODAY Inspect Bridges And Roads; Receive Bids At Tuesday’s Session The county commissioners met in teguh.r session this morning and dis- ; posed of routine office work during I the morning. This afternoon they Imi spoi led i veral bridges and roads in the county. They will be in session I again Tuesday. On Tuesday, bids will be received I for the construction of the Mills Ma- , cad; in road in the town of Monroe. ! The proposed improvement is less than one half mile in length and be- ! gins at the intersection of the state j highway and runs south to the eor- ! poration .'Jne. Bids will also bo received for the furnishing of supplies ; at the county infirmary and for the furnishing of stone and road material I to lie used by the highway department ! in the repair of th" 7uO miles of macadam toad in Adams county. The commissioners will also order the repair and construction of at ' least six bridges, which have been damaged by the high waters and ' heavy traffic doling the winter and . ;hhh- —Ptons sew • km s-• fur- ! these bridges have been tiled by En- . gineer Did: Boch. The commissioners I will also order the construction of the ! Andrew Schlrack road, in Kirkland township, and the John Hilgerman road, in Prebjp township, tomorrow. Bills were allowed during the fore- , noon today. The April session proi mises to be a busy one. o REV. T. R. ALLSTON ENDS WORK HERE BluiTton Pastor Finishes His Part In Presbyterian Pre-Easter Services Last night, Rev. Allston closed his i part in the pre-Easter evangelistic i services at the Presbyterian church. ! by preaching an eloquent aud power--1 ful sermon on "What. Theu Will Ton IDo With Jesus?” Rev. Allston pointed out that the trial of Jesus was of more world-wide importance than Hie trial of any man before or since. “Pilate,” he\said, “not only had to dispose of JesYts as a person, but also had to make a decision regarding his altitude toward truth, duty, the laws of higher manhood, the moral universe- and God. Every person must face these same elements when they face Christ. They cannot side-step ias did Pilate who tried to wash his hands of the whole matter. Each man must dectide the issue himself.” Jn liis morning sermon, Rev. All eton spoke on "The Church, an Enterprise for Christ" The speaker mentioned, among other tilings, two very’ prominent, yet erronous attitudes held toward the church by its members. The first is the impression that the church is organized solely for comfort and solace. He said “Some people when exhausted by the comparative forces of business, or when worsted by the disappointment of life, seek the church for encouragement and rest. At all other times the church ami fts ministrations are forgotten. The church has a mission as a comforter, but that is not all of its duty. “Others feel only the demands of the church. Whenever it comes with its vigorous and oft repeated challenges and requirements they grow • restivo and irritable. They cannot see iu its work anything except the addition of value it gives to the real estate of the community or its part in making the community a decent (Continued on Page Six)

PASSION WEEK USHERED IN BY LOCAL CHURCHES Plans Made For General Observance Os Holy Week In This City SPECIAL SERVICES 'Majority of Business Houses Planning to ('lose Three Hours Friday — —— - I Palm Sunday, which was observed | in the Protestant, Catholic and Lutheran churches yesterday, ushered in Pa -slon or Holy Week, commemorative of Christ's passion and crucificlion. Plans have been completed for the general observance of Jloly Week in Decatur and Christian people will nause for several hours on Good Friday. April 10. to meditate on the Savior’s passion and death and His suffering for mankind. Voluntary closing of all hunks, retail stores, professional offices, cigar factories and in many cases, wherq possible, other manufacturing plants will he closed from twelve to throe o'clock on Good Friday. Business will he at a standstill throughout the city aad the ministers of the different churchcHt extend and invitation to the public and members of their congtegations to attend the prayer services. There will not be a general solicitation of the business houses, asking them to close on Good Friday, but everyone who can is asked to cooperate and join in the general ole servance of the three hours. As has been customary for several years the three hour service will be observed at the St. Mary’s Catholic church on Good Friday. Union three hour services of tire Protestant churches-will bo held at the Christian church from twelve in three o’clock "Uh Gi'io'iTT'ridnf M?h. The Zion Luth eran church will hold special services on Friday evening. St. Marys Cathoiic Church On Tuesday evening, the last of te regular Lenten sermons will be given at the St. Marys Catholic church. Rev. Otto Peters who has been giving a series of sermons on Christ's passion and death, will conclude the series with the sermon Tuesday evening: On Thursday, commonly known as Holy Thursday, a high mass will be celebrated at. 7:30 in the morning. On Good Friday, the mass of the presanctified will be celebrated at 7:30 and on Saturday morning the blessing of the holy water and the Easter candle will take place at six o’clock, the regular mass being held at about 7:15, or immediately- following the blessing service. On Sunday, the joyful feast of Easter, the day on which the Christian world Commemorates the Resurrection of Christ from the tomb, will be appropriately observed with three masses at five, seven-thirty and nine forty-five. Rev. Father Boehner, of Carathagenia, Ohio, will assist Rev. Father Seimetz (Continued er Cage Six) Weather Fair tonight and probably Tuesday. Slowly rising temperature.

T-17— TOTAL OF 182 ENROLLMENTS SECURED i IN ADAMS COUNTY JUNIOR FARM CLUBS J. I). Winteregg. County Chairman. Announces Names of Roys and Girls Who Will Take Part In the Corn, Calf And Sugar Beet Clubs; Corn Club Leads With Total Enrollment of 86; Committee Gratified With Support Rendered by All Concerned. I

J. I). Winteregg, county chairman of boys and girls club work in Adams county this year, has just made . public a complete list of the boys and girls who have enrolled in the , corn, calf and sugar beet clubs. Mr. Winteregg states that he and the committeemen who have been in ’ charge of the work of the county are very much gratified with the excel- ' lent support which has been rendered by all concerned, resulting in the • large enrollment. A summary of the cards shows that 86 have enrolled in ; the corn club. 52 in the calf club and i 44 in the sugar beet club, making a I total of 182 enrollments in the three 'I clubs. A complete list of the members enrolled in the three dubs follows:

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, April 6, 1925,

Convict Escapes From Prison In Shipping Box Pendleton, Ind., April G. Frank I ' .h-rvovldu, t.ake county convict in the I Hale reformatory, was b:i< k In ills I (I-II today after a brief two hour, ol , I freedom Saturday. I Jervovidi- squeezed Into a .hipping i box in Hie shirt Jactory of the prison! | and Lawrence I’crrior, i fellow i-.m- ! viet, nailed him in. | lie escaped from lhe box when ill was taken to a railroad station fori I l il.aiciti but was (.ipiured by a pos-e a short time lute'r. I r — — CLASS COMED ■ AT LOCAL CHURCH I Class Os 11 Catechumens Confirmed At Zion Reformed Sunday c 1 A large attendance marked the j 1 Palm Munday services held at thej Zion Reformed church in this city, ' yesterday. A class of fourteen catechumens was confirmed by the sacred; and soiernn service. The Reverend r \ It. Fledderjohann delivered a ser-! 1 mon on the subject, "Building As Ye i 4 llhve Been Taught." ’ Besides receiving of the confirm I ’ .mts. there were six other additions! o tin- church. There also have been' ' four accessions to the church at | ‘ i other services. This makes a total ■ , of 21 additions to the Zion Reformed ■ church since Reverend Fledderjo-j ■ liann began his work here February j v ■ Alexandria Women Claims i Husband Gave Her Poison Alexandria, Ind.. April 6. Search , was being made today for .1. C. Lioyd. t whose wife was found in a semi-eon ! scions condition in a hotel at Batth • i ('reek, Mich., and brought to the home of her parents here. — , She told an incoherent story of be , ing taken to Battle Creek by her hnsj band and being given poison tablets. f After that she said site lost conscious . , »ess and her husband disappeared. [. Lloyd and his wife had been living ! in Soutli Bend, where they were mar j tied two months ago. _o !|WILL DEBATE AT | K. OF 0. MEETING l) < ' Catholic High Juniors And Seniors Will Hold l)e- ' bate Tonight ■ A debate Ix-tween the Juniors and [J Seniors of the Catholic high school t wi ll lie a feature ol the regular meet ' Ing of the Knights of Columbus at L’ * ’ the K. of C. hall tonight. The debate will follow the regular business meeting of the order. The subject to be debated is. J "Resolved. that the government should operate and control the coal • mines.” The senior team will be composed of Earl Christen. Robert Voglewede and George Laurent. The Junior team will consist of Arthur . Voglewede. Theodore Knapke and! William Holthouse.

Union township: Calf club —Wilson Weiland, Louis Beard, Byrou Beard; corn dub —Edward Greimer, Truman Hoile, Edwin Retaking; sugar beet dub —Arthur Scbumerloh and Theodore Bleeke. Root township: Corn club —Herman ; Bittner, John E. Harvey, Alton BitI tner; sugar beet club—Flora Fuell- . ing, Erwin F. Fuelling, Ludella Fuell- ' ing. Preble township: Calf club —Gerhard Bultetneier; Corn club — Paul Bultemeier, Raymond C. Borne; sugar 1 beet club —Harold Johnson, Richard 1 Johnson. Kirkland township: Calf club—Herman Griffiths; corn club—Robert L j Brown, Harold V. Barger, Robert (Continued on page three>

ONLY ONE RACE EUR NOMINATION IN THE PRIMARY Contest For Democratic Mayoralty Nomination Is Only One REPUBLICANS FILE Avon Burk Out For Mayor: ' No Republican Candidate For Clerk i — — I It's a tioe-teani race. I With the filing of the republican j I ticket at 4:35 o'clock Saturday afternoon liy L. A. Graham republican I county chairman, which list docs not ! include a candidate Tor I lie repuhli'can nomination for city clerk, and | with no more democratic candidates ' filing, the city primary developed in'fo a one-team race betwen G(*orge , Krick ;jnd Charles W. Yager for the I democratic Aiomlnation for mayor. The contest between the demo i cratic candidates for mayor is the on y ■ otic on cither ticket. Mrs .Catherine Kauffman, present | city clerk is ns good as re-elected to ; the office, but will have to go through I the formality of having her name I placed on the ballot at the primary j and again at the November election. ; Ono vote is assured her and as she j has a host of friends she is assured •of getting many times that number. • The republicans have no candidate •for tills office and there is no opposition to her on the democratic ticket. It would not be out of order therefore to extend congratulations to Mrs. Kauffman now for she is sure of being elected to the office. The Republican Ticket As predicted in tlie Daily Democrat Saturday evening. Avon Burk, well known grain dealer and president -arf—lUt' Decatur Industrial Ass<x.iatl(iß nf this city, is the republican candidate for mayor. Mr. Burk, it was i stated, consented to accept the nomi nation at the last minute. James L. Kocher, present council i man from the second ward and the ' only republican elected four years | ago. is a candidate again for the same office. The republicans also have a woman ! candidate for the cilv treasurer's of- : lice, Mrs. Laura ('t ill being the < an- ! didate. Frank Downs, local (ominer- ■ cial printer, is the republican camlii date for councilman in the Third I • ward and Frank Butler, employed |as a clerk in a local grocery store, jis the candidate in the First ward i W. E. Moon, local contractor, and John Schnitz. an employe at the Decatur Furnace Foundry and Machine company, are the two candidate for counci .men at-large. The Democratic Candidates • The list of democratic candidates , has not been changed since last week. No new candidates for any of the city offices were filed Saturday, leaving the way clear for the nominations, exc.ept that of mayor. In addition to the two candidates for mayor Mrs; Kauffman, city clerk. Mrs. Luella Magley is the"democratic candidate for treasurer. A. R. Ashbaucher. present councilman from the Third ward and George Miller, west end grocer ! are two candidates for councilmen ! at urge. H. F. Linn is the candidate .i In the First ward for councilman, i Joseph Hunter in lhe Second, and O. ; L. Vance, in the Third ward The primary election will be held I on Tuesday, May 5 and iu the opin- ! ion of many people, those who vote ' at the primary need not register in the fall in order to be aide to vote • in November. ' f Considers Sites l or , School For The Blind Indianapolis, April G — (United Press.) —Numerous sites in and about Indianapolis were to be considered today at a conference to select the ( location of thd Indina State School for the Blind. The conference was to be held hetwtfen Governor Jackson and members of the commission authorized by the 1923 legislature to select a site I for the new school. The legislature authorized the construction of a new ! blind school to take the place the present school which is to be torn down to make way for the Indiana World War Memorial. All of the sites which the commission has considered is about Indianapolis.

YET THEY WONDER WHY PAPERS MAKE MISTAKES The next time anybody yelps aboni u typographical error In 1 our paper think of tills: In an j ordinary column there are lO.fltht [/feces of type, there are 7 pos sihle wrong positions for cuch | letter, then- are 7«.oth> chances to make errors, and millions of possilile transpositions. In lite sentence, "To be or not to be." try inmspoHitions tt'.one, 2,759.022 errors can he made.—Ln Belle, (Mo.) Slur.

GETS MEDAL FOR SAVING BROTHER - Gerald Hauck Receives Medal For Heroism Displayed Year Apo Cerald HuUck, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hauck of this •ity, and grandson of Julius Hauck, was in the Daily Democrat office this afternoon displaying a bronze medal that was piesented to him by the I Ralston Purina Hero Commission, ot St. Ixntis, Mo., for saving the life of his brother Robert. Jr., from drowning a year ago today. The two boys were playing near the Pendleton stone quary owned by their father and grandfather, when Robert slipped into the water. Gerald tlie younger of the two boys, then only four years of age. ran some distance to his father who arrived at the quarry in time to save his older son from drowning. Gerald is very proud of his medal the first of this kind to be received by anyone in this county for some time. He modestly related ills heroit deed this afternoon while be held the medal lightly in his hands, it is a bronze badge with tlie owner's name on one side. On the other side is the symbol of lhe Hero Commission Though the near tradgedy happened exactly a year ago today, the medal | was not received until just recently. o Geneva Wants To Lease The Town Water System Indianapolis, April (>. — A petition . for tlie approval of the leasing Ity lhe ( ity of Geneva of the plant and sys lent of tlie Geneva Water company was tiled with tile Publie Service ' commission today. PLAINTIFF MIL REST CASE SOON Evidence For Plaintirt Tn Tyohoid Fever Case Nearly All hi Attorney John W- Eggeman. a member of the defense counsel in the Fort Wayne typhoid fever damage suit which has been on trial in the Adams circuit court here for the last dcnce for the defense likely will two weeks, stated today that all evihave been submitted to the court and fury by the end of two more days. Six witnesses had been heard today up until 3 o’clock this afternoon, making a total of 65 witnesses who have testified for the plaintiff. Five of the witnesses who testified this morning were Fort Wayne physicians who told of the patients they treated for typhoid fever during the epuFmie in that city iu the fall of 1923. The other witness testified that be found a small worm, about an inch or an inch and a half long, in the city water he had drawn from a faucet in his home in the city of Fort Wayne, during the time of the typhoid fever epidemic.

A recess was called this afternoon while the arrival of more witnesses for the plaintiff was awaited. More physicians were scheduled to testify this afternoon, but had not. arrived] when the court had finished with all other witnesses on hand. The defense, the Pennsylvania] railroad company and the city of. ‘ Fort Wayne, are expected to intro-; duce a large number of witnesses, ' after the plaintiff rests its case, and ■ the trial likely will extend well over i into the April term of court, which ; i will open next Monday. The vaca-| tion between terms started today, l • but since the trial was started in the - last term and not completed it will continue during vacation.

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NICKEL PLATE TRAIN STRIKES AN AUTOMOBILE Lew Green, Os Warren, Probably Fatally injured This Afternoon WIFE IS INJURED i Accident Occurs At Crossing On Blurt'ton-Warren Highway Bltinion, April 6 (Special Io Daily Democrat) 'the east bound Nickel Plate passenger j train hit a car driven by Lew Greeri. of Warren on the Bluff-ton-Warren road this afternoon, according to word just received here. Mr. Green was retidert <1 unconscious with a double fractured leg and it is probable that he will not live. Mrs. Green, who was riding with her husband, was also hadly bruised and possibly in- ! |iircd internally, but is expected to live. Robert Fulton, nephew of lhe Greens hn<l eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fulton, of Bluffton was unhurt, 'there were no other occupants in the car at the time of the accident. The Fultons, accompanied by their grandson, were on their way to visit relatives west of Bluffton. M r . Fulton did not see tlie train approaching until it was too late to stop his car. o Judge Vaughn, Blufllon. Hurt At Marion, Today Bluffton Ai>ril 6 Judge E. C. Vaughn, of this city, was struck by u Ford touring car and rendered unat Marion this allo;noon Judge Vaughn was trying a ease v.-n tied to Marion fronT Wells- eounty and was leaving the court house for dinner when tlie accident oecured. Ho was taken to a hospital at Marion. I The extent of his injuries have not I yet ben ascertained. Plead Not G nil tv Today k Indianapolis, Ind., April 6 Plea of not guilty was entered in criminal court today by John I). Williams, director of tlie state highway comssion.. Carl W. Crawford, commission member, and four others when arraigned on indictments charging them with ( mbozz. Iment. WHEAT CROP IN COUNTY DAMAGED Dry Weather And Cold Nights Stun! Growth; Rain Would Help Tlie wheat crop in Adams county has been injured within tire last month, farmers believe. They state that dry weather and cold nights have been a handicap to the crop and that, in many places, the growth is Stunted. In some places, farmer* state, the crop is turned wliile. Many believe that a warm rain would help the crop material v ami make-up for the set back. Last year, ft was estimated that 13.600 acres of wheat was planted in Adams county and the total crop was ; estimated at 326,000 buphels. Owing ■ to the high price of wheat laAt fall. ! many farmers sowed wheat and it . is estimated that the acreage this year is larger than a year ago. Sev-

oral farmers stated Saturday that they intended to harrow their wheat fields today, hoping that it would <io the crop some good. Harvey P. LaFontain, superinton--1 dent of the county infirmary, i stated that the wheat Crop looked fair, on the county farm. Farmers have practically completed ] the sowing of-oats and the sowing of sugar beet seed and corn will begin I within a very short time in Adams County. The beet seed will be sown ] tb’st and the planting of corn will .I come later. Last year 38.000 acres of ,1 oats and 47.000 acres of corn were planted in the county. The sugar II beet acreage was about 3.000 acres In | the county.