Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 87, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1925 — Page 1

y o |. XXIII. Number 87.

FIVE DEATHS BELIEVED DUE TO POISON

I ttCATUR Will ■OBSERVE EASTER 7I USUAL MANNER I ■■Church Services Will Prc- ■ ' dominate In Observance ■ Throughout City | TO BE NICE DAY ■I Weather To Be Favorable] ■ lor Csiial Parade Os K Easter Finery

HE I dim ii will predominate ■ jn ■!(.. „• 1 uir ■of ill.' joyful least MH K.i-i'" • Seml.iy. .ml from lli.MH pull'll- ...'id .loirs ill the various tie B u 1,. < will resound the momME orahb- •'"'l'. "Christ Hus Risen." EK s, iiri-.- services, early morning BH m,is< th' Catholic church, canBH !a i... ,id i".i.il programs in keep- ■ hu. A i'll III.' least ilat will he given H| 'I;, , it'll.us churl lies. Throughout ■I the d.i'. 1 |,. tt i|| appropriate set- ■ Kg... 'll 111.- churches, th.- programs ■H |»in; .ui.iiigiil lor Hie morning, alK| t.TiiiHin ..ml evening. Many of th. EHH w»' ' i i'togram- have alreaily been ■H piii.irii. I iii the l.aiiy Demo.-rat ami |M uili'j . ill he found in tonight’s pair H k ■■ Vini-i'is will deliver speiril ■er ■EE mon- on ’Christ Has Risen." ami a MH ilevoitt people will gather in the ■n rhurili' in honor ami pay homage tn Him who has risen. |K The w.-alher man has predicted H| i 'in -km- awl fairly warm weather [EE for Kasler. making it possible for the ■KI p.ir.i.l'- hi ihe season’s latest fashjgM inns nr retting out the new automo- ■ I bile I’iti.n ami In ight_culuu.-mUL KEI be brought out in all their glory if K| the weather is at ail agreeable ami' HE I ,l "’ ' iiul Hasler parades will he held. Easter nr.iiks the closing of the ME I t-rasuti of Lent. Officially I<eni dos- ■ I P| l al iimin today. Yesterday flood |KI Friday was observed in a religious I timl snlnin way with Union services KI of Protestant church churches held I at ihe Christian church, and al the B I St Marys Catholic church, where the ■ I three hums was observed in prayer EE iin| l adoral ion. EE o—- § | Teachers Hold Final S Institute Os The Year ■ The filial teachers' institute of the B | present .chool year was hold at the B high -i liool building in Monroe toB I day. The final examination in the ■ I •'Metision courses, which have been B ClV|, n in connection with the instiB bites tliis year by the Muncie branch B "* , ' 1 " Indiana State Normal, were B | kiw-ri today, also. The examinations K "ere given by Professors Fitch, K l.eeze and Swindler, of the normal ■ f'Cbooi. iiy taking the extension B Course and passing the examination ■ the teaciters may secure three colB credits at a small cost. K o-— I EO BERNARD IS I KILLED IN WEST g Son Os Decatur Man Meets | Death In Auto Accident g In Los Angeles g Word has beefyreceived here that ■ Ed Bernard, son of William Bernard ■ C ' ty ' was billed at Los Angeles, ■ hliiornia in an automobile accident I oarl >’ in April. Details of the accident ■ have not been received but are ex K peeled soon. ■ Bernard enlisted in the army ■ eleven years ago and has spent most H 01 his time in the Philippines ami H ar 'ny encampments in California. In I 1919 ho was married to Miss Margaret H ‘ elhon, of Lott Angeles. The deceased ■ "’as horn in Seymour, Illinois in 189. B He is survived by bis wife and two] B children, Edward, Jr., and Florence, E °f Los Angeles; his father, of this H city ; a brother, Wiliam, of Fort I Vvayne ; three sisters, Mrs. Julius ■ Schultz, Mrs. Rumschlang and Mrs. ■ John Kintz of Decatur. His mother H and one brother preceded him in B 'loath, ® ’ 1

DECATUR DA 11A DEMOCRAT

Claim Children Are Being Mistreated By Guardians Anderson, Ind., April 11—(Special io Daily Democrat) -Members of the Madison county Itoard of children's guardians were to appear before the county grand jury In investigation of i-lmtges that children are being mistreated at the Cuurdians home today. One hoy who escaped from the institrtion told ofllcers he ran away be<-;msi. he had been whipped.

EIGHT MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Dan Cupid Gets Busy And Provides Several Brides This Year Adams county will have at.least eight It’aster brides this year, Dan Cupid having returned to work yesterday evening and continued to labor i diligently today. Two marriage 11- ' censes were issued at the county i clerk's offices yesterday evening and six bad been Issued today up until 2 | o'clock this afternoott. Faster has long I been a popular date for weddings. . but in recent years there has not been many Easter weddings in Adams I county. Those who hud received licenses tip until 2 o'clock this after- ! noon were: Cletus Miller, laborer, at G. E. plant D.-iattir. to Nina Snyder. Geneva. No.th Schrock, carpenter, Adams county, to Barbara D. Mazelin, Adams county. Adolph C. Koldwey. principle school teacher. New Haven, to Matilda S. Linnemeier. Preble. Ezra B. Cooter, farmer, Decatur, to Sarah J. Scherer, Decatur. ■ Twrnrmr w —idmrrr empoy, to Justine Marla Denny, both of Linn Grove. ( Hnrvey L. Teintan, farmer, to Clara R. L, Gerke, both of Decatur. Often W. William, employe in printing shop to Ruth Rohrer, both of Berne. Chauncey A. Sheets, farmer, Decatur route No. 4. to Margaret Kidwell. Decatur. o- — Bonds Issued Today By Dodse Brothers Company New York. April 11 —(United Press) - The second step in the financing of Dodge Brothers, Inc., was taken today. Dillon. Road and company and their associates are offering $75,(100 000 convertible debenture bonds. Active response to the sa'.e of the preferred stock Thursday prompted the ■syndicate managers to issue bonds today, despite the tact Saturday is considered a poor day for the newoffering. New York. April 11—(Special to Daily Democrat) — The $75,000,000 issue of Dodge Brothers 6 per cent bonds was sold out completely and the books dosed at 10 a. m., it was announced by Dillett. Resd and com iiany. the syndicate offering the debentures. Auhorized To Intervene In Nickel Plate Merger Washington, April 11—(Special to Daily Democrat) — The interstate commerce commission today granted the petition of the New York nnd Pennsy.vania railway company to intervene and become a party to the consolidation proceedings of the Nickle plate Railroad company. The New r York and Pennsylvania claims that the proposed merger of the Van Sweringens is approved by the commission without adequate provision for sustaining the New York and Pennsylvania company, great injury will result to it and to the people served by the line. — o METHUSALEH’S AGE Cincinnati, 0., April 11—(United Press) —Methusaleh died at the age of 73 according to the Cincinnati Astronomical society, which has discovered that “years" in Methusaleh’s day were the length of our months.

TO CONSOLIDATE THE SCHOOLS IN ONE TOWNSHIP To Consolidate Wabash Township Schools With Those In Geneva WILL BE A SAVING Few District Schools In Far Corners Os Township To Be Continued Arrangements for the consolidation ■ of the schools of. Wabash township and the Genva schools were made at a meeting he d in Geneva this week. Those who attended the meeting and agreed to the eqlisididution included the Wabash township advisory board. Trustee J. p. Fe'ty, County Sttperin- ■ tendent E. S. Christen and the members of the Geneva town hoard. The project has been tinder consideration for the last two years, it is said. According to the arrangement, the ! assets of the school corporation in ( the form of building and equipment and of the township will be combined and the debts of the two units will be assumed by the new organization. The assets of the town were appraised at $50,000. and the indebtedness at I SB,OOO. The indebtedness of the school , township is about $7,000. The township . trustee and advisory hoard will have , control of the new unit. The legal procedure necessary to the transfer ! is being gone ahead with now. but I the actual reorganization will not be i effected until the close of the pre I sent school term. — Vvnihr -rhe wrw - »«mih‘-iii,4li th.children from most of the rural schools will lie brought in to the central school which wi.l occupy the building now used by the Geneva school. Raker, Mount Zion, llirschy and one or two other district schools in far corners of the township which large schools and good buildings may continue to function as district schools (Continued cr Page Six) — __—o JOTS OF 1925 ARE PRINTED Distribution of Books Starts Today; Printed Earlier Than Usual Word has been' received here that i the acts of the 1925 General Assembly of the state of Indiana were compiled and that the first shipment to county clerks would leave the state house today. It is highly probable that Adams county will receive the first set. of new acts, being the first the alphabetical list of counties. As soon as each county clerk in I the state has received a copy of the! acts, the governor will issue his pro-| elamation making them laws of the state of Indiana. Frederick E. Schortemeier. secretary of state, issued a statement saying that the acts would all be distributed in the next two weeks and that they undoubtedly would become laws by the ' first of May. This will be a record for this state, because usually the acts are not ready for distribution until the last week in April. The printing of the acts was done by William B. Burford under the directorship of Ed Donnell, former clerk of the state printing Loani. County Clerk John Nelson said this afternoon that, as yet, he had not received a copy of the acts, but that he was expecting them the, first of next week. The laws will be filed at the office of Hie county clerk asj specified by law. The printing of the acts in book form for distribution was done in thirty days and a copy was present-1 ed to the governor just one month after the adjournment of the assembly. Generally, more time is taken before the final compilation is made, and so the new laws will become effective this year about forty-five days earlier than previously.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 11, 1925.

Methodist Conference To Open Next Tuesday — —. Anderson, Ind., Z.pril 11. Final I preparations were being made today I for the annual conference of the I Northern Indiana district of the I Methodist church. The conference I will open Tuesday with hundreds of I ministers and laymen of the denomi ination In attendance. VON HINDENBURG I STATES POLICY {German Presidential Candidate Stands On Monarchistic Creed Berlin. April 11—(Special to Dully i Dt-mei rat > -Adherence to the mon•rchistic was promised today iy Field 'Marshal Von Hindenburg is in Easter message. “Just as Ebert at no time denied liis socialilstlc origin,” Hindenburg i sa'd. "nobody can demand that J a: tended my political convictions." In his address, however. Hinden--1 burg agreed to stand on the present i constitution with the following aphorism: "It is not the state’s -form but the spirit which inspires the state's form that is decisive." The field marshal declared he was! i opposed to any war or uprising with- ! in his country, adding that only long, p» aceful work could restore Germany He then spoke of the appeal which prompted him to accept the candidacy |of the “empire bloc.” " 'Fatherlandish' Germans from all ; German regions and of all German I races offen d me the reich's highest office," he said. ”1 accepted the call .uti r a serious examination of what was involved. "My life lies clear liefore the whole world. I believe I always have done my duty even in difficult times. When duty demands that on the bas-j is of the constitution I work as president, regatdless of party, class or person, then 1 won't lie found lacking.” o Uncle Dies At Home In Fort Wayne Friday Night Christian J. Lankenau, 64. died last, i night at 9 o'clock at his home, 1311 I Garden street, Fort Wayne, of com-1 p ications. following an illness of 19' months. He was born in Ft. Wayne! and had always resided there. He! was employed as a salesman for the Frank Dry Goods company until the time of his death. Surviving are 1 the wife and following children: Mrs. Edward Carter. Mfs. Janies Daley. I Mrs. Victor Micho, all of Fort Wayne, and two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Dora Koeneman, of Springfield. 111., and Mrs. Harman Gerding. of Ft. Wayne. He was a member of the i Emanuel Lutheran church. Funeral announcements lateo. Mr. Lankenau was an unde of Oscar and Erm Lankenau of this city. SENDS CHILD TO RILEY HOSPITAL Ruth Maxine Holston Is Fifth Child Sent To Hospital From Here Ruth Maxine Hoisten, 10-year-old daughter of Mrs. Maude Brandyberry, of 748 Mercer avenue, was committed to tile James Whitcomb Riley hospital for children at Indianapolis, by Judge Sutton in the Adams circuit court this morning. This is lite fifth child to be committed to the Riley hospital for treatment from Ad'.tms county. ( The Hoisten cnild is suffering from I kidney and bladder trouble and Iter I condition is cureable, according to the I report of the examining physicians. ! The first child to enter the hospital I following its opening last fall was Mark }<oble. son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl I Noble, of this city. ‘ Mil. "... ... Weather i Generally fair tonight and Sunday; < oeder Sunday.

D.C. STEPHENSON LOSES IN FIRST ; ROUND OF FIGHT Former Klan Leader Suffers Set-hack In Criminal Court Today i I FILES NEW MOTION Attorney For Stephenson Files Motion To Quas*h Indictments Indianapolis. April 11 (United I Press)—D. C. Stephenson, former Kn, i Klux Klan leader, suffered a serious! ’I set-back in criminai court today in his ' | tight to escape prosocutlon for an al11 , leged attack on Miss Madge Ober- ' holtzer. an Indianapolis girl. j Judge Collins overruled a plea in ji abatement on five indictments "gainst , Stephenson which charge him witlt i abducting the girl from her father's , i home and criminally assaulting her. r Eph Inman, attorney for Stephen son. immediately filed a motion to I quash the imlielments. Arguments on the new motion will' ihe heard April is if Inman cares to I fight further against Stephenson being i brought to trial. Otherwise, Stephenson will be brought into court on 1 April 16 to enter a plea of guilty or I i not guilty to the charges. Meanwhile physicians prepared to] operate on the girl in an attempt to j i relieve l infection of the kidneys which! ( developed from the bichloride of mercury poison taken in an attempt at , sni. ide after the alleged attack. Condition of Mis Oberhollzer. who has been iinconsclons for nearly two , weeks, remained unchanged, physl- , cans 4aid • Merom. — Both fireman and engineer escaped possible injury or I drowning when a large locomotive and ! coal car fell over into a gravel pit i here. CHICKENS RUIN MANYGARBENS II Many Complaints Made Os Gardens Ruined By Chickens And Dogs ! | More signs of the quickly approach-< ' ing springtime have made themselves ’ apparent in Decatur. Calls from several parts of the ' city to this office have been arriving, 'i complaining of neighbors’ chickens, I dogs, cats, and other pets and poultry l j straying away from home and on to ■ newly planted gardens. Ono lady called today and said that her garden had been completely mined after she had stayed home from the club to plant it, just because her neighbor's chickens were hungry. .Another said that several dogs had been burying bones and other food on top of her newly planted potato garden. There are city ordinances regard i ing the matter, and most callers at \this office have threatened to notify] authorities in cast* the dogs and chickens continue their "cafeteria style” of obtaining food at the expense of weary gardeners. The matter was brought to the , attention of officials recently and , threats were made to take charge of dogs that continued to bother yards i of neighbors, and it is altogether , probable l that steps will be taken to i stop the spring invasion of hungry poultry. i; — O-— Pie And Box Social At Rupright School Tuesday 1 A pie and box social ’will be held J at the Rupright school house, two 1 miles north of Magley, on Tuesday' evening, April 14. The public is invited to attend. In addition to the ] social there will be contests of differ ent kinds and an exhibit will he held , ; Miss Ella Worthman is the teacher ■)t the school)

Mail Pouch Containing Several Drafts Is Missing t Noblesville, Ind., April 11.—Postal ''authorities today were investigating .the disappearance .of a mall pouch 1 which wa placed on a Monon train |al Sheridan on March 29. Several drafts that were in the missing pouch were found in tile Wabash railroad station at Chicago. ' Amount of the loot taken from the pouc h has not been detrtnined. FRANCE FORMING A NEW CABINET Herriots Followers Likely To Predominate Jn New Body i Paris, April 11 —France, it appears i is to have another cabinet largely of ] Herriot persuasion. As President Doumergt 1 today pursued his conference in order to effect a quick solution of the parlimentary tangle growing out of Herriot's defeat yesterday, the conviction grew that the- new government will be dominated by the loft group. Leaders of both right and left oleI ments agreed, after conferring with ! the president, that such a course appeared to he the best. Paris. April 11—(Special to Daily , Democrat)—France today set about j to restore order amid its parliamenti ary wreckage. J Tlte tangled financial situation, ; which brought about the fall of I Premier Herriot when an adverse ■ vote was accorded bint in the senate. I spurted President. Doutnergue and politicians toward a rapid solution of the' cabinet crisis. •'ll is indispc'usable that the situa tion be settled without delay.” Patil Painleve. president of the chamber I of deputies, observed after a conference with Doumergne As all Paris seethed willi political speculation and as Dottmerguo continued to hold conferences with sen-

ato ami chamber leaders. Finance Minister Anatole De Monzie was ! credited as being the most logical ' choice fcr tlte premiership. i it was argued De .Monzie probably I would have tlte support of radical i socialists and the senate might not | hold against him participation in the i Herriot ministry because of lite brief ] time he held the finance portfolio. Furthermore politicians were quick to point out. De Monzie was in no way compromised by tlte Bank of France dealings which hastened Herriot's fall. ’’ As is traditional after the resignation of a ministry, Doumergue not only discussed tlte crisis with Painleve but with the president of the senate as well. M.'De Selves, the senate loader, was received by Doumergue first and departed after a half hour's conference. refusing to make a statement. Painleve talked witlt the president for only ten minutes. He would not] say whether he had iteen offered the ■ premiership but previously had told the United Press lie had no intention : of accepting the post if proffered it. Former German Statesman Dies At Detroit Today — Detroit, Mich.. April 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Dr. 11. Paasche. 74, for 15 years first vice president of the German reichstag, died early today. Dr. Paasche was stricken with' pneumonia last Monday when lie arrived here to address a mass meeting on conditions in German territory occupied by French troops. He is survived by a widow, Frau Elise Paasche, who announced the body will be returned to . Germany i for burial. o- — FAIR AND COLDER Chicago, April 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Easter Sunday will be ‘‘generally fair and slight- ' Iv cooler” over most of the middlewestern states, the weather bureau predicted today.

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SIXTH MEMBER OF GARY FAMILY IS NEAR DEATH I " * Woman Questioned In (’onnoction With Death Os Husband And Children MAY EXHUME BODIES Five Members Os Family Die Mysteriously Within Period Os Six Years (Untto.l Pies.. S. >ci. c » Garv. Ind.. April 11 — (Special to Daily Denioi crat) —Two boxes of arsenic were found in the home of Mrs. Anna Cunningham whose husband and four children died suddenly, during the past six years, it was made known by police here this afternoon. Mrs. Cunningham after being questioned bv Chicago authorities is to be returned here for investigation by Gary authorities. C.lticugo. April II (Specittl to Daily Democrat) Two ttss'slani slate’s attorneys left Chicago this afternoon for Crown Point. Ind., where they will make demands that five bodies, buried during Ihe past six years, be exhumed as part of their investigation of an alk"" I <t wholesale noison plot. This action followed immediately after questioning Mrs. Anna Cunningham, whose husband and four children died of sudden sickness at intervals of I about a year. Another son, j David, is near death in a hospit]al here, suffering, physicians reftorl. Irom arsenic poisoning. ' Tito family home is in Gary. Ind., hut they have lived in sev-

. crttl cities during the past decade. Chicago April 11 -(United Press) —Mrs. Anna t'tuiiiingham. of Gary. Ind., ns found here today and- ques tinned by the state’s attorney's ofllco, I in connection with the death of her I husband and lour children, till of ! whom died of sudden sickness during the* last six years. I The probe was started when :i j fifth child. David. 24, was taken j violently ill and brought here front | Gary to receive expert medical treatI meat. A physician said he was sufi feting from arsenic poisoning. Although authorities have been unable to establish tiny motive which might point to a wholesale murder plot, they announced a thorough in(Continued (in Page five) LAST RITES FOR MRS.C.C.SCHAFER Simple, But Impressive Funeral Held for Popular Decatur Lady last rites tor Mrs. Chaliyer c. Schafer, popular Decatur woman whose death occtired early Thursday morning, were conducted from the home, in North Second street, at two o c.oek this afternoon. The services were very simple l , but deeply impre sive. The Rev. 11. S. A. Bridge, pastor of the Methodist church, of which Mrs. Schafer was a member, was in charge. Jle offered prayer and delivered a short sermon. Mrs. 1.. A. Holthouse and Mrs. Dan II Tyndall sang. Interment was made at the Decatur cemetery. Pallbearers wire Messers. A. 11. Wehmeyer. L. C. Waring, Bernard Terveer, J Lutz, Dr. Roy Archbold, Dr. E. G. Coverdule, Will P. Schrock and J. Tl. Heller. Matp’ friends and relatives from a I distance attended the services The Casket was banked with Howers and the room was filled with floral pieces and baskets, more beautiful than usual because of the Easter blooms.