Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 83, Decatur, Adams County, 7 April 1925 — Page 1

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ItllSV SESSION I HELD fDBSY BY I COMMISSIONERS II Roa( | And Bridge Matters (I Occupy Attention Os I County Dads SI reports ARE FILED II Board Orders l ive Bridges; || And Two Roads Con- | stru cted Todav m ,01ml.' conimisiKonera held a H , session today, road. bridge and B matter, being Cransar.ted by ■ them. ■ The plans foi five bridges weje B ad<.pi-<l •"“ ! l,u ' l ' ri,| " , ' s f '°"' B sice te<) Hid f<>r the cons!ruction Bn: il><’ bt i'lßt s will bo received by B , iiiiind -- ioner« on Tuesday. May H u The bridges are: Jones bridge. B line. 2t; foot span: Satnuel MeAhren I Monro. and Blue (’reek township ■ btiilye, Washington township. 28-foot' I ipan; Crownover brM**, St. Marys H township. . 20-foot span; Mcl-ain briilye Monroe township. 38-foot I span; Sell want bridgev Monroe townI ship. 12-foot st>an The obi bridges I spanning these ditches were datnagI ~,t or washed out by the |iigh waters I this sprint; and new concrete bridges 1 will lie constructed in their places. Two Roads Ordered The Andrew Hhirack road in Kirkland township and the John Hllgeniatt road iti Preble township were ordered eonstnicted. Bids will be re-ceiv.-d by the commissioners on May 5. The length of tile Shiraek road is give n at one mile and the estimated || cost of construction is $8,099.97. (I while the length of the Iliigeman || road is two miles and the estimated H cost is $13,119.05. I Reports are Filed I The various county officers filed 11 their quarterly reports, e-nded with fl the period of March 21. Ite-e-oipts for II the three months showed that the [ | officials were busy, the receipts belt ing higher than usual. Martin Jail berg, county auditor, reported $21.95; | I EM Green, county recorder, reported $627.15, which included 175 deeds, 126 mortgages and 88 chattel mortgages; John Baker, county sheriff, reported icceipts of $809,21. inelud ing $683.96 from fees and collections for sheriff sales; and John Nelson, county clerk, reported $969.26, including court costs of $673.71. fines and forfeitures of $l5O, and marriage licenses. $60.00. Ellingson Case To Co To Jury Thursday Ni^ht (United Press Service) San Francisco, April 7 —(Special to Dally Democrat)—The case to determine the mental status of 17 year edd Dorothy Ellingson probably will go to the jury Thursday night. The state, which is socking to prove that the “jazz girl” who killed her mother is and always has been sane, will close tomorrow. ABED RESIDENT OF BERNE DIES Mrs. Anna Brenneman Dies Os Penumonia At Hossman Hospital Berne, April 7. —Mrs. Anna Brenneman, 79, a resident of Berne and Adams county for the last forty-two years, died at the Hossman hospital here Saturday aftertioon of pneumonia, contracted several weeks ago. other complications hastened her death. Mrs. Brenneman was born iu Switzerland, in 1845. She was married to Christian Kneubuhler, in Switzerland, •tnd to them was born one son, Fred, who now resides at Toledo, Ohio? Her husband died in 1882 and later she was married to Jacob Brenneman, and they moved to this country. Mr. Brenneman died in 1910 and since then Mrs. Brenneman bus lived by herself here until three weeks ago when she was taken to the Berne hospital. Her son was notified of his mothct 3 condition and hastened to her bedside. He arrived thirty minutes a -ior her death. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Deformed church. Reverend SauerWein officiated.

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Little Disorder Today in West Virginia Strike! Morgoolon W, V , April 7— (United (Toss) A m-e substation of the -late polire was created at Osage, m ar here, today to maintain order in tin trike of bituminous miners. Except for two minor shooting affairs, the strike which was called by ihe (Hilled Mine Workers of America iti April 1. in an effort to unionize <ll counties In northern West Vir einia, has been without disorders. Von union mines, operating full force !< tpito the strike, loaded 771 cars of < :<1 Monday while the production at union mines jumped m 185 cars, re|mr,s In-re today showed. The Morgantown (}as Coal company announced today that its two mines n Monongahela county would be reopened this week tinder the union policy. Two union mines that closed when lo strike was called reopened yesterday. INHERITANCE TAX TOTALS 51,022.60 Heirs To Estate Os Mrs. Elizabeth Kern Must Pay Sum The three heirs to the estate of the late Mrs. Elizabeth S. Kern, of St. Marys township, will have to pay inheritance tax totalling $1,022.60, accortling to the inheritance tax report filed in the circuit court. The total net value of the estate wa5''596,630.81, and the three children, .Mrs. Ella J. Dailey, Mrs. Iva M. Schoc and John S Kern, shared equally In the estate, each receiving. $32,210.27. The inheritance tax owed by each is $374.20. Mrs. Kern died last December. . Included in the estate left by Mrs. Kern were several large farms in Adams county. The real estate was valued at $5.*,]60. The value of the personal property was placed at $43,865.8 J, making a total value of $99.025.51, from which the liabilities of the estate, amounting to $2,395 were substraeted. Mrs. Dailey is admin'istratrix of the estate. This is one of the largest estates ever handled in the local court and Ho- amount of inheritance tax is probably the largest amount ever paid here. Mole than sl6,ofm in bonds and securities was almost missed by the heirs, us it had been hidden in an old paint can, concealed in a discarded stove oven in th house where Mrs. Kern lived, and was not found until several weeks after her death. Alleged Bandits Are \ Removed To Reformatory (United Press Service) Kokomo, April 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Harry Pierpont, and Thaddeus Skcer, two youths accused of bank banditry were removed from the county jail today and taken to the state reformatory at Pendleton for safe keeping. A special detail of armed officers trailed the machine in which the two suspects were taken to the reformatory. Decision to take them to the reformatory was made after several hacksaws had been found in their cell. One of the bars to the window of their cell was cujf in two. Pierpont and Skeer will return Thursday for preliminary arraignment on charges of robbing the South Kokomo state .bank. OPEN HOUSE AT MASONIC HALL Lodge Plans Social Affair For Masons, Eastern Stars And Families The Decatur Masonic lodge Will hold open house for all Masons, Eastern Stars and their families at the Masonic hall Thursday evening. The affair will start at 7:30 o’clock. Two separate programs are being prepared for the occasion, one being for the children and the other for the adults. Refreshments will be served during the evening. The meeting will be a general get-to-gether social and an enjoyable evening is anticipated. AH Masons, Eastern Stars and memI hers of their families are urged to ibe present.

'CONTRACT FOR MILLS ROAD IN MONROE IS LET Julius llauKh Successful Bidder; Several Petitions Are FilOd MORE ROADS WANTED Commissioners Also Let Contracts For Supplies For Co., Infirmary Tii addition to awarding the con-j tract for the construction of Die. Mills road in the town of Monroe, the' county commissioners considered! several petitions for new roads which) were presented to them this morning.' A number of farmers 4ml interested! I property owners attended the commissioners session this morning and! urged action on the county unit roads] west of Geneva and east of Berne, to the Ohio state line. A petition for the improvement of tie* road north of the termination of North Second street in this city to the Smith bridge and west to the sugar beet factory was alsofiied with! the board. The petition for the improvement of Winchester street and then south from Decatur to stale road Number 21, was also filed. | These petitions call for a hard surfaced road. The commissioners have ihi petitions under advisement. Julius llaugh of this city, was awarded the contract for building' ihe Mills road on his bid of A1.286.00. Olher bids filed were, Phil Sauer. $1,488; Chris Either, $1,342; j A. I*. Addington. *1.524; Dennis, Striker, $1,420 and C. \V. Merriman, $1.350. Morningstar Brothers received the contract for painting the barns and jthi-r bidders filed proposals, the next irniary on tlieif bid of $482.82. Five other biddersfiled proposals, the next lowest heipg .$490.00. The county commissioners will n*celve bids on May 5 for the furnishing of coal for the court house, jail and county infirmary for tlrt* coming year. The petition of Milton Girod and others for a drain in Kirkland town(Continued it Cage Six) PROFESSOR GIVES INTERESTING TALK Prof. Jenkins, Os Indiana University, Addresses Woman’s Club Professor W. E. Jenkins, oi the I Department of English and ExtenI sion Division of Indiana University, , delivered an interesting lecture to the , members of the Women's Club and i their guests at the Library auditorium last night. Professor Jenkins i talked on ‘‘Householders In London." , The audience was taken on a tour . to the largest city in the world and , there shown the living and working | conditions of the English people, of ■ all classes, by the speaker who based iiis lecture on several years of living r in London as a Londoner. Professor Jenkins started his talk with a tie- • scription of English homes and aparti nients. > Shopping was interesting topic discussed by the speaker, and the audience was taken on a shopping tour through busy London. English traits and occupations were discussed at length. One of the interesting examples of English holidays was described, the event being the. turn-out i of all London and her neighbors to witness a royal procession. Professor Jenkins also compared ‘ the English government and criminal punishment with that of this country. “England is the best governed nation in the world,” he said, “and I less crime is committed here than any place.” lie gave as an example • an Interesting experience that he had ■ with the courts of |Lond.on iu the catching of a thief that broke into ; his apartment. After relating several other experi fences, Professor Jenkins turned his I lecture into the round-table type and . answered questions that the |club [ members wished to ask. After the . lecture Professor Jenkins met former students Indiana University and i entertained them with an informal talk on several interesting subjects.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 7, 1925.

CLOSE ON FRIDAY That the people generally may join in the several services to be held on Good Friday from 12 to 3 o'clock, the merchants and in dustrial men of Decatur are requested to close their stores and plants during these hours and are most cordially invited with all who employed with them to attend the services, Only in this way is a request being made to close this year, and it is hoped that ail will cheerfully comply with it. Rev. B N. Covert, Rev. H. W. Thompson, Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, Rev. E. A. Ball, Rev. J. A. Seimetz, Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, Rev. B. F. Dotson, Rev. R. W. Loose, Rev. F. D. Whitesell, Rev. A. W. Hinz, M. F. Worthman, superintendent of city schools.

MONROELADT . DIES SUDDENLY — Mrs. John Everhart Dies Os Apoplexy While Talking With Husband Monroe. April 7 —(Special lo Daily Democrat)—Mrs. John Everhart, ago 59 years, well known resident of J Munn ■ died suddenly ot apoplexy, while sitting in her homo about 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Everhart apparently had been in fairly good health, and was talking with her husband when she was seized wllh the fatal stroke. Mis. Everhart was the wife of, John Everhart, who owns a store here. Besides her husband, Mrs. Evcthart is survived by one son and three daughters. Funeral services * ill he held from the Methodist church hero at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. S. I. Zechiel. pastor of the local Methodist church, officiating. Burial will be made in the Beery church cemetery southwest of Decatur. o May Seek New Indictments Washington, April 7—(Kpodafc to Daily Democrat) —New indictments of Albert B. Full. Harry F. Sinclair. E. L Doheny and his son may be sought by special government counsel, Owen J. Roberts and Alice Pom-e-roue, it was said at their offices toady. indicating that new evidence has coine into their bands. YEOMEN HOLDING STATE CONCLAVE All Homesteads In State Represented At Fort Wayne Meeting A state Cone'save of the Brotherhood of American Yoemen started in Ft. Wayne this afternoon and will last two days. The business sessions are being held at the Anthony hotel and at the Yeomen hall, and representatives from every lodge in Indiana are present. Mat Breiner, of this city, is attending the meeting and it is expected several other persons from the Decatur lodge will attend some of the sessions. The executive board of the state organization met this afternoon at three o’clock end tonight a reception will be held for state delegations at the Yoemen ball- on west Wayne street. The general state conclave will start tomorrow morning at ten o'clock and wil close tomorrow evening with the annual election of officers, and selection of the town for the 1926 convention. A joint committee of the two Fort Wayne Homesteads is in charge of the meeting. Delegates and visitors began arriving early this morning, according to reports here, ami a record attendance is predicted when the genral sessiou opens Wednesday morning. Weather Fair tonight, slightly warmer; Wednesday increasing cloudiness.

HEALTH OFFICER QUESTIONED IN SHEPHERD CASE ‘Man Who Is Said To Have Li von Germs To Dr. Faiman Is Quizzed MAKES A DENIAL Stale’s Attorney Sets Out To Show How Shepherd Obtained Germs Chicago, Auril 7 Winifred S. floor-gi-r, Chicago health inspector, who is said to have provided C. C. Faitnan j with the typhoid germs for William j Shepherd, gave himself up today, he | wus taken before chief justice Olson ,of the Municipal court who has been I investigating M< Clintoek’s death. Ho | denied ever making any statement i that lo* had given Faiman germs. Fol i lowing a conference with the Judge j tie was taken to slate attorneys’ of- ) floe where be wl I again be question-1 led. John Campbell, attorney for rela- | tivos of McClintocK, says he will proI (luce two witnesses who will swear that lioerger told them he gave Faii man the germs which caused the death. Dr. Faiman said ho got the gerujs ] and gave them to William Shepherd.) Hoerger was formerly germ receiving j clerk and at the same time was con-I ; neeted with National University of Soionce. Chicago, Apri'.i 7 —(United I’ro.ss) — Slate's Attorney Robert E. Crowe staff set out. today, to show how, iu ■ their belief. William 1). Shepherd ob- ) tainetd the typhoid bacilli with which I they accuse him of murdering his millionaire foster son. Billy McCHntock. Dr. Charles C. Faiman head of a correspondence school in medicine | and bacteriology, testified he furnish-; i-d Shepherd with the germs for the avowed pot-pose of k> ling young Me-; Clintock. Faiman got the germs, he ' said, from the-city health department 1 but this testimony was attacked by Dr. Herman Itundsen, city health commissioner, on the grounds that his I aides would not have given bacilli to ati unlicensed doctor. C. H. S. ANNUAL IS BEING PRINTED . Annual Edition Os “The Tattler” Promises To Be Attractive Number I The Catholic high school Annual, “The Tatt'cr”, is now being printed I 1 It promises to be an attractive num-1 I her, ordinarily found in publications I of its kind. The numerous and varied pliotoa celebration issue, dedicated to the new St. Joseph’s School, now nearing completion, one section is devoted to j interesting items pertaining to the history of the school in general, and to the new school in particular. The numerous and varied photaj graphs, as well as the pen sketches I for the different class divisions and j activities of the school, form a back--1) ground for the literature, intsrutcivc I T, and amusing, scattered throughout the book. Advertisements have been secured from practically every business house I I of note in Decatur. Firms which wore engaged in the erection of the new school have also liberally patroniz-j cd the publication by inserting adds. The book will be made up in the ' school colors, green and gold. It will 1 bo available in two bindings: either ' binding, the book is handsome and serviceable. Money invested ,in it is well spent, and will bring a fair return in littffrs of amusement. Although this Annual may well be considered a red letter number among the various issues of “The Tattler.” 0 Three Banks To Close At Noon On Good Friday The three banks in this city were the first to announce that they would * close on Good Friday. The Old Adams County Bank, The First Natlnoal Bank and The Peoples Loan and Trust Company will close at twelve o’clock noon ; and remain closed for the balance of the day.

Catholic Hijfh Juniors Beat Seniors in Debate! Tin* Junior class of D'-calur Cntlio I lie high school, speaking on (he in-g alive side id the question, won from tilt* seniors in tie* deliute held al the Knights of Columbus Mall last night, following the regular business meeting I of tile Knights of Columbus. The qnes- ; lion debated was; "Resolved, that the government should operate and con trnl the coal mines.” * The judges in ilie debat< were C. I N. Christen, Dr. If. F. Costello and Martin tyylott. The score was 7s 2 to 7' ; .9, Indicating that the arguments and speaking of the debaters were very close. The, members of the sen ior or affirmative team were Earl Christen. Robert Voglewede and Geo. Laurent. The junior or negative team was composed of Arthur Voglewede, j William Holthouse and Theodore) Knapke. TO PICK COUNTY ORATUR TONIGHT Two Pupils To Contest For Rijfht To Represent County In District The Adams county oratorical contest on the constitution, which is a unit of ihe state contest, sponsored by the Indianapolis News, will be I held tonight at the Central school I building at 8 o’clock after the regu- j lur meeting of the Decatur teachers.) Marylenne Wherry, of Decatur, arid j Gerald Zimmerman, of Kirkland, are ) the only two entrants in the county j contest. The discussion will be from a subI jerd on the l'nited States constil«- ! lion, and the winner will represent this county at a district meeting to be held later in the month. The winner of the district contest will rep- | resent this district at the state meetj 1 in Indianapolis. Cash prizes are awarded the win- 1 ! nets al tile state meet and medals’ are awarded district winners. Con-! ■ siderable interest has been pronml- ; gated over the state during recent ani rmal contests and state school officials, iu co-operation with the In-1 | dianupolis News, hope to make this i year's contest the best of any. No city contest was held this year owing to the fact that only one entry | was made. Both contestants will be 1 permitted to talk on a selected point ) regarding the national constitution : ami the meiits of their talk, delivery, and ability will be graded to determi ine tiie Adams county representative I at tin* district meet. The contest tonight, will tie open to the public and no admission charge will be made. There will bo three judges, to lie selected this afternoon by tb eprinciples of the two contesting schools. j Stillman Divorce Case Again Before The Courts Albany, N. Y.. April 7. — (United Bless.i Tiie lumens divorce case of James A. Stillman and liis wife, Fil’i Porter Stillman, is again before the courts. The court of appeals here today took under consideration claims of Stillman's lawyers that the lower court was jn error when it refused him'a divorce, although at the same time, the appellate division of the lower court refused to approve a referee's findings that Mrs. Stillman 'was innocent of any infidelity. o MAN HIT BY TRAIN OSES Injuries Suffered Yesterday Prove Fatal To Lewis Green Bluffton, Did., April 7 —(United Press) —Lewis Green, GO, was dead today and Ills wife and grandson, Robert, Fulton, were suffering from injuries received yesterday when their automobile was struck by a Niclde Plate passenger train. The auto was struck twice, first being hurled against a telephone pole, from where it rebounded back on the tracks to be struck a second time. Green died several hours later.

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STEPHENSON'S TWO COMPANIONS ARE ARRAIGNED _ Klcnck And Gentry Also Attack Validity Os Indictments GIRL STILL LIVING Hovers Between Life And Death; Doctor Has Little Hope For Her (United S‘*rvi('» ) Indianapolis, April 7—(Special to 1 Daily Democrat) —Earl Klcnck, for- | tiler deputy sbeilff. and Earl Gentry. ; under indictment charged with coni -(piracy in tiie kidnapping of Miss ) Madge Oberholtzer, uppeareil in crim | nal court today for arraignment. Eph Inman, representing I). | Stephenson, former klun leader under | indictment for the attack on Miss I Oberholtzer, presented a plea in l abatement on, (lie indictments. The plea was the same as that pro- ! (ented when Stephenson appeared in I -ourt yesterday. It attacked tiie validity of the Indictments and the method in which the grand jury conducted its investigation. ’ Argument* on the abatement pleas will lie heard Saturday. Mean- | while Stephenson is at liberty on ' -,25.000 tiond arid tin* other two de- | fondants are free on $5,000 bond each. The victim of the alleged attack hovered between life and death* at j her home today. Dr. John KitigsI bury, her physician, said there was practically no change in her eondit on. He reiterated that she cannot recover. Indianapolis. April 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—An examination of blood tests of Miss Madge OberholtI .*.er. assault victim, was made by ex;i< rt pathologists today to deterlhine i v. hut _fut Dior treatment will I***- given I m an effort to save her life, j Throughout the night sin* remained in a slate of semi-consciousness. She has been in that condition for ! nearly a week and the crisis in her j ease is believed near. She is suffering from poison taken after the attack and from injuries nfl.'eti d by tier assailant. D. (’. Stephenson, former leader, ebarged with the assault, conferr ed again with his attorneys, Eph Inmost, noted criminal lawyer, on the legal fight to throw the indictments out of court. Stephenson's plea in abatement on Die indictments will be argued in I initial court Saturday. o CHICAGO CRAIN CLOSE Wheat: May $1.51; July $1.39%; | Sep!., $1.31 V,. Corn: May. $1.04%: I July. $1.08%; Sept. $1.09%. Oats: : May. 41%e; July, 42%c; Sept. 43%c. o JURIES DRAWN FOR APRIL TERM Martin L. Smith Appointed Jury Commissioner; F. Nussbaum Resigns The petit and grand juries for the April term of the Adams circuit were •drawn by the jury commissioners Monday. Frank Nussbaum recently appointed jury commissioner. tendered his resignation to Judge Sut ton, who a point ed Martin L. Smith to till the vacancy. The other jury commissioner is S. \V. Johnson. The April term of eonr II peoitwn April term of court will open next Monday morning. The members of the juries drawn are as follows: Grand Jury panic! Kehrn, Kirkland township: lln,o BeitNcr, Herne; Mono p Richer. I Monroe township; Howard Allison, I Union township; Arch Haughton, Geneva; and Luther Funk, St. Marys j township. , Petit Jury v Otto F Baker, Jefferson township: John Linton, Wabash township; Sol t onion Shepts, Root township; Elmer B A. Bryan, Kirkland township; Albert f Duer, Monroe township; Albert liar j low, Geneva; James N. Ross, Washington, township; John L- Bailey, j Union township.