Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1925 — Page 1

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I DEFENSE opens ITS FIGHT IN I TYPHOID CASE II plaintiff hi Port Wayne Ty--11 nhoid Fever Suit Rests I Case This Afternoon I MAYOR HOSEY HERE ■ Fort Wav no City Officials I Attend Trial Today: | Case Is Important Bi Ai’ifr spending almost eighteen H (! . n . m introducing evidence, during II which time a total of 69 witnesses i M vh . heard and at lease three depo-l Ufiticns were read, the plaintiff in the, H damage suit against the City fl oi Eort Wayne and the Pennsylvania I || Railroad company, resulting from, H th “ e typhoid fever epidemic in Port, H Waym during the fall of 1923. rested H their case shortly after court convenl| ed following the noon hour today, j || and the defense started its fight al-1 ■ Hirst immediately. L Mavor Hosey and several other | city officials of Fort Wayne attend- | rd the trial today. The first witness t| called by the defendants was Mr. 11 Cramer, meter repair mutt from the! i| Fort Wayne city water works. No| II intimation has been given by counsel 11 for the defense, as to how much time [| will be required for its evidence to , l| be presented to the court and jury. No witnesses were called this] I morning by the plaintiff, the Lincoln] I Tmt Company, administrator of the] | estate of Herman Bauermeister. Thei I forenoon was spent In reading a de- ( I position and in passing upon motions •| by the defense to strike out certain ]| portions of the deposition After a I few minutes hud been spent in disposI ing of a few matters this afternoon. I the counsel for the plaintiff announc-j I ed that they wouid rest their case.. I One physician, subpoened as a wit-. I ness for the plaintiff, was unable to| |1, f present today and It BTl'kely'that ' I he will testify later in the trial. The empanneling of the Jur-y mart-

ed on March 19. but a few days have | been lost since then. It is likely that, the trial will not be completed before j the last of next week at the earliest ; The case is extremely hard fought.. 'Continued On Page Five) CLASS PLAY AT I PLEASANT MILLS "Seniors' Trmat '“■■•'••MdtwDaddy Behave” Next Friday Evening “Making Daddy Behave,” is the title of the three-act comedy to be presented by the Senior class of the Pleasant Mills high school in the auditorium of that school Friday night, April 17. It is the story of a middle-aged business man, who is bent on having his own way. This part is taken by Herbert Hawkins. The setting of the story is in San Francisco and the time of the play is the present. The acts take place in the living room of Burgess Lukens a business man. Three days expire •hiring the course of the play. Considerable time has been spent by the Senior class in preparing for the annual play, and it is said to be one of the cleverest and most enjoyable productions ever presented by a graduating class there. The show starts at 7:30 o’clock Friday evening and tickets can be obtained from members of the cast or other members of Pleasant Mills high school. The cast,, of characters is as follows: Burgess Lukens, business man of fifty, bent on having his own I way Herbert Hawkins Becky Violet Carter Burgess’ daughters Mirian Madge Davis Grandma Tilden, modern up-to-the minute woman Midge Davis Byron Cleveland, Burgess’ secrotary, backward and bashful Elmer Ehrsam John St. Clair. Burgess’ lawyer, quiet, mUdunannered man Donald Colter David Standing, the stranger. about twentyßalph Smith Alberts, the butler Merle Foor oindiiam., ohauffteifd...Leland Ripb-y Ardita, the factory girl, also vamp - Helen Schenck Mrs. McLaren, self possessed widow, out for her rights . Myrtle Clements Mrs. Alberts, the butler’s wife Cleo Foor

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A PLEASANT SHOCK Washington. Ind., April 1.1, tl'ulted Press.) — Taylor Frye, funner, near here, wus today attemptin': to ncover from a severe shock. He received a check for |S6.• 485.32 us dlvidens from the Ship CJiannel Oil company giving its address at Indainupolls with a letter explaining the amount was for dividends on oil stock Frye did not know he owned. I v aiHLOOK MORE OPTIMISTIC NOW Northern Indiana Cities Continue To Show Business Improvement Northern Indiana towns continue ' t<> show marked business and manufacturing improvement according to newspaper-, throughout the northern , part of the state. Recent rains, have I caused u more optimistic spirit among the farmers and have made the i ground softer for the spring plowing. The winds that accompanied the first of the spring rains did not do any great damage. Goshen, north of this city, is leadi ing other towns and cities in spring building and activities. I Sevetal bridges are being repaired ] in Elkhart county, of which Gpshen | is the county seat; u branch of the I Phi! t’ohen Company, manufacturers .of women’s dresses, is planning to locate a factory at Goshen and a fir>.uuo improvement on the Elk’s I Home has started. Several roads also . are being improved there. Filing stations are being erected in several northern Indiana cities and (Continued on page two) CIVIC SECTION , PLANNING WORK

Department Os Woman’s Chib Lays Plans For Beautifying City The Civic Section of the Woman's Club held a very interesting and enthusiastic meeting at the Library I last evening and plans were made I I for the summer work. A member of the department will! visit the public schools within the next few days and explain a flower bed contest, which they hope to hold • bi« summer. Children who are not • •.<•*.•. v « •* .p able to buy Is to iu.no Br garden will be furinshed with seeds by the club. Three cash prizes, a five dollar, three dollar and a one dollar prize, will lie givbn the three boys or girls having the prettiest flower bed in the city. Children wishing to enter the contest are asked to notify their teacher. A committee was appointed to investigate and determine whether it would be practical to place huge wire baskets in public places, such as school yards and the park, to take care of all waste paper, which has heretofore been thrown i lithe street. They will also endeavor to interest the railroad companies and factories in beautifying their .yards with flowers and shrubbery. Another contest will be sponsored by the department for the older people of the city. An attractive prize will be given to the person having the most attractive back yard. A drive will be made to collect old furniture which will he sold at auction the proceeds derived therefrom to be used in carrying on the work ot the department. Flowers and shrubbery will he planted in the waterworks park and cinnmitte»^^^ s^ (Continued on page two* Two Youths Held While Shooting Is Investigated Bloomington. Ind., April 15. — Earl Dobbs, 22, and Paul Faulk, 26. both of Indianapolis, were being held In jail here today pending investigation of the shooting of John C. Campbell, at Dolan, near here Sunday. The men were arrested entirely on circumstantial evidence, Sheriff Curr said. The car owned by Faulk was similar to the one described by Campbell as the machine in which his assailants escaped.

ATTEMPT MADE TO KILL KING OF BULGARIA Two Os Monarch’s Aides Shot And King Is (hazed By A Bullet KING LEADS SEARCH Monarch Leaps From Automobile And Leads Attack On Assassins — I Sofia, April 15. — (I’niled Press. i Loyal troops scoured the country side around Sofia tod iy seeking six assassins who ambushed King I! iris while the Bulgar monarch was motoring to the capital yesterday. Two of his majesty's sides fell dead in the volley and the royal chauffeur slumped over the wheel, badly wounded, while a part of King Doris’ moustache was clipped away by a bullet. The king leaped from the automobile anil led an attack on the assassins, who escaped. The ambush was laid between Sofia , and the town of Crehanie. A hail of fire came without warning from some bushes at the roadside and bullets spat all about the king, who himself stopped the royal automobile as the chauffeur fell wounded. Boris, revolver in hand. led pursuit of the assassins until Orchanle was reached and then dispatched troops to find them. An auto bus. carrying valuable mail and wealthy passengers, was following the royal automobile on the road from Orchanie to Sofia and it was suggested that the attack might have been aimed against the auto bus by robbers. it is thought more likely however, in view of the fact that a General Georgehief was assassinated in Soi’ia almost simultaneously with the attack. the attempt against King Boris came from revolutionists who are charged with responsibility for numstem mvsnsstnattonft since the overthrow of the Stamboulisk government

in 1923. General Georgehief took a prominent part in that revolt and has been a marked man since that time. A revolution was reported scheduled to begin today in northwestern Bulgaria, heralded by assassinations. I o COUNTY AGENTS TO HOLD MEETING L. M. Buschie (d'lcejjfeseni Adams County At Fort Wayne Meeting County Agent L. M. Busche will join with eleven other agricultural agents of northern Indiana counties at a meeting to be held at the Chamber of Commerce rooms at Fort Wayne. April 23. The conference will be opened by W. F. Burbank, of Allen county, who will talk on “The Relationship of Avian Tuberculosis to Tuberculosis of Ilogs.” This subject is of great interest at present, it is said. Mr. Burbank is of the opinion that a large per cent, of chickens in northern Indiana counties have tuberculosis. After the chief talk, there will be a discussion led by James Kline. F. W. Rose. H. L. Royce and B. N. Repp. L. E. Hoxman will talk oa “Planning Alfalfa Tours” C. T. Gregory will deliver an address on “Extension Methods in Plant Disease,” and R. E. Johnson will lead a short discussion on a subject of interest to'all agents. i The afternoon session will include: Business session. “Extension Methods in Stockyard Demonstrations,” by John Schwab; discussion. led by T. A. Parker and R. O. Colliver; “Standards of Efficiency in County Agents' Work,” by L. E. Hoffman; discussion led by L. M. Busche and B. V. Widney; and a discussion led by R. M. Roop. The counties that will be repre sented at the conference are: Adams. Allen, Steuben. LaGrange, Elkhart, Kosciusko. Noble. DeKalb. Whitley. Wells. Huntington and Wabash. The meeting will last one day. Several meetings of this sort are held annually at various centers in the state and are regarded as beneficial to all counties because it is a means of exchange of ideas among, the county agents.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 15, 1925.

FRANCE CALLS HIM g fig PAUL PAINLEVE Paris.—Herewith is presented a picture of Paul Palnleve, leader of the French chamber of deputies, who will try to form cabinet that can solve financial crisis. MURDERER OF 26 BOYS IS HANGED Fritz Haarmann, German Who Drank Victims’ Blood, Is Executed Hanover, Germany. April 15—(Fnitcd Press)— Fritz Haarmann. who ; murdered twenty-six youths, was ex- ■ eculed on the guillotine at 6 a.m. today. 1 The most expensive cigar and the finest Brazilian coffee obtainable wer<; the two last requests of this strange murderer, who then walked with ■ steady footsteps to the.scaffold. • “1 rep< nt.” said Haarmann at the ' end, adding quickly, “but I do not fear death. In accordance with the German custom, Haarmann was not Informed

until Tuesday evening that he was | to die this morning. Tho newspapers ' were not advised. The murderer, whose trial was a world wide sensation because of its I revolting details, was granted a last ■ request and told his jailers that if he coidd have cigars of the finest ' quality, he would be happy. I Haartnann confessed to luring youths to a mean hovel in a dark Hanover side street near the river, where he confined his victims and kil'ed them by tearing their throats with his sharp teeth and drinking Tians Crane, who detect *a's“*p'l. ” I tutor of Haarmann's victims, was ■ found guilty as an accomplice. Crane, and Tlaarmann sold the clothing of the youths. Only a few witnesses were present at dawn when the murderer met his death. Newspaper correspondents were excluded. Haartnann consulted his pastor during the night. The guillotine was used for the , execution instead of the hand axe which is custom elswhere in Germany. — -o Bell Telephone Company Wants Valuation Reduced Indianapolis, April 15. United Press.) —Hearing on the assessed valuation of the property of the Indiana Bell Telephone company as con- . tinned today before the state tax board. The value of the company's tliir-, teen subsidiaries operated throughout the state will also be considered. Officials of the company have asked for a reduction of $5,000,001) in the . total valuation. They declare that $24,886,445 to include local assessments would be a fair value. The value fixed last year by the tax hoard was $29,261,474. Local valuations raised this to $30,426,294. Public service commission officials object to any increase in the company’s property by the tax board. They point out that patrons paid increases approximating $1.38 as a re ’ suit of the board Increasing the com- , pany's valuation in 1924 over 1923. I (feather 1 Generally fair tonight and Thursday ■ Cooler tonight in extreme south por- • tion. Possibly light frost in central i portion.

PAUL PAINLEVE TAKES POST OF FRENCH PREMIER I Accepts Task Os Forming Cabinet To Succeed That Os Hcrriot IS FILLING POSTS I Aristide Briand Likely To Be Named Foreign Minister (united Pituss sEitvit’in Purls April 15- Pau) Ptilnlovo, president of the chamber of deputies, informed president Doumergue late today that he would accept the tusk of forming a cabinet to succeed that of Edouard Herriot. Painlcve’s acceptance of the portfolio of premier, which has been offered him repeatedly since llerriot’s ’ government fell last week, came us , ter the socialists had agreed to supI port him in office, although they would not consent to joining the ministry. A sensation was caused this evening when Painb-ve. in the course or II forming his cabinet, called in Joseph | Caillaux. The former premier, who was convicted of dealing with the enemy and exiled, has had his political rights J restored only within the past few months. He is regarded as the greatest financial genius in France, but his return to a cabinet post would • lie the subject of bitter attacks by » the parties of the right. Caillaux consulted with Palnleve, but his appointment to the post of minister of finance, obviously the , choice if he is to join the cabinet, , was uncertain. , I Aristide Briand. who declined yes- , terday to form a cabinet after the j socialists would not support him. . probably will be foreign minister. I which wiU eliminate Harriot from the . new ministry. . I The cabinet, as constituted thus i far, probably will he;

Premier, without portfolio. Patil, ; I'ainlev->. Fore’kn affairs. Aristide Briand. JustkA Rene Renault. Finance, De Monzie. The last two named held these posts in the Harriot government. —— o LINCOLN KILLED SIXTY YEARS AGO I N/•>v spa per, PjY' n A ccqu n t Os Assassination On Display In Store Here Sixty years ago this morning, at 7:22 o’clock, President Abraham Lincoln, one of America’s -noblest men. died of wounds inflicted by an assassin. Wilkes Booth, while the I sat in a box at Ford’s theatre in Washington, the previous night. April 14. The president was shot through the head. A copy of the Now York Herald, 'of the issue of April 15, 1865, coni taining an account of the assassins- ! tion and death of President Lincoln, is on display in the show-window of the Vance & Linn clothing store, first door south of the Daily Demoi crat office. The newspaper has been tho property of Mrs. B. W. Sholty. 'of this city, for the last fifteen years, but Mrs. Sholty stated today that she likely will present the’ relic to the public library soon. The newspaper was given to Mrs. Sholty by Mrs. Dorse Hoagland, a sister of former Judge D. E. Smith. It had been in Mrs. Hoagland’s family since it. | was issued in 1865. The newspaper is framed. I The old newspaper also contains a page of Civil war news telling of General Lee’s surijendier and plans being made for peace. An account is i given of the attempt made to assassinate Secretary Seward on the same evening that the president was shot. The assassin entered Mr. Seward’s sick room and attacked him while he • lay in bed. The relic will be on display in the 1 Vance & Linn office for the remaindjer of this week.

1/ —— McCray gets appointment i ——•— | Atlanta, Gu.. April 15. (United | Press, I- Warren T. McCray, former governor of Imliunu, has been , , appointed superintendent of the I Bible class at Atlanta penitentiary. He has 300 pupils. He is serving u sentence on con , viclion in federal court for using the malls To defraud lie is also editor of "Good Words,” prison ] magazine. BEGINS CHECKING COUNTY RECORDS Member Os State Board Os Accounts Checking Rec- , ords At Court House Vaugh Wise, representative of the I State Board of Accounts, has started, work in checking and going over the records of the various county offices in the court house. Mr. Wise is' checking the records for the years 1 1923 and 1924 and will bring his work up to January 1, 1925. Besides check-1 1 ing the county offices, he will check ’ the books of the township trustees.’ the Justice of the Peace, the school boards, cities and towns in the county. He will he here from two to three] * months and has requested the de-' partment to send an assistant here’ , to help in the work. It has been more than a year’ i since the state accountants werel here and at that time they brought 1 , the records up to January 1. 1923. I Mr. Wise's home is at Newcastle' ] and he has been a member of the j state board oi’ accounts for the past three years. He started to work' J Monday and stated this morning that., so far. he has found everyhing in 1 gooil order and the records well kept. M. E.CONFERENCE I PICKS OFFICERS I I

■ Adams County Pastors (aven Offices In Conference Os M. E. Churches (UNITED I’ltES'S Sl'ltVlCl.'l Anderson. April 15 — (Special to i Daily Democrat) —Bishop Frederick: D. Leet, of Indianapolis was chosen (President of the Northern Indiana | .Methodist conference at the election: of conference officers today. Other ofliceis were: Rev. Dorie V. i I Williams, Geneva, secretary: Rev. I V. L. Clear. Freemont, statistician; , Rev. Charles Croall. Warsaw, treas-j wk.ll. and Rev. E, R. Jones, New- Haven, I ate registrars. Anderson, Ind.. April 15 — Confer ence officers and committees were selected today at the 82nd annual meeting of the Indiana Methodist conference. Memorial services were held lor six ministers of the conference who died during the past year. The mem oriai address was delivered by R< v. - J. F. Porter of Goshen. Nearly one thousand ministers and laymen are in attendance at the conference, officials announced. , Two problems of vital importance to the church are scheduled for action. One is whether Indiana Methodists shall sanction a union for churches of the northern states with those of the southern slates. Since the civil war the churches of the south have formed a separate organization. Another important issue is the pro posal to admit laymen as members of the conference. Ministers will vote on both questions Thursday, while laymen will vote on the reunion proposal Friday. Consideration was also being given to a proposal to reduce the number of districts in the conference from I six to five. Reports of officers showed a total membership in tho conference of 93,616. 0 Vincennes —Judge Debauni. of the Sullivan circuit court, ordered the home and outbuildings of Joseph i Schatz, south of here, padlocked for one year if Schatz, does not furnish acceptable bond guaranteeing the ■ place wil not lie used to violate the : liquor law.

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i INQUEST INTO 1 GIRL’S DEATH IS HELD TODAY Details Os Miss Oberholtzer’s Charges Against Stephenson Related LURED TO HIS HOME Story As Related By Girl To Physician Is Told To Coroner tI’NITED ! Indianapolis, April 15. — Derails of the statement of Miss .'Madge OberhoJtzer, which led 1 to the indictment of D. C. Stephienson, former klan leader, on | charges of kidnapping and as- , saulting her, were revealed to- , day at the coroners inquest into the girl’s death by pr. John 'Kingsbury, her physician. Miss ! Oberholtzer died yesterday from poison taken after the attack. Dr. Kingsbury said Miss Oblerholtzer said she was lured to ’Stephenson’s home here on the ’night of March 18 and that the •telephone was torn from hands ' when she realized she was trapped and attempted to telephone ' for help. i Then, according to her story as reflated by Dr. Kingsbury, she was • forced to drink liquor until she be I came ill and was taken aboard u I train for Hammond. On board the train she was brutal ily maltreated ami i-saultcl b/ j Stephenson, her story to the doctorj said. • "Miss Oberholtzer told me. Steph]«nson and one other man stayed in the compartment after she had heeu •jut on the train for Hammond." Dr 1 Kingsbury said. | "The other man got into the upper | bunk. Stephenson pulled Miss Ober ’ holtzer's dress over her head and A"t’e .other elot hi s off. die (old Hie. "He put her into the lower berth land entered himself, she said.

t “She told me the terrible marks Biul bruises on her body were caused (Continued <»u Page Five) MONROE JUNIORS TO STAGE PLAY Present “Cranberry Corners,” A Farce-comedy, On April 23-21 l high school will present its annua’ class play Apriu 23 and 24 at the high school auditorium in Monroe. The title of the play is “Cranberry f’prners”. and it is a tour-act farcecomedy. The p>ay is especially adapted for amature production and is regarded as one of the best of its kind. The Juniors have been busy for several weeks preparing for their annual production and. they have decided to present it two nights inorder that all who desire t osee it may do so. The story begins at Cranberry Corners, a rural locality, and later transfers to New York City. Then, as the play draws to a close, the scene is returned to the Ferndale farm at ('ranberry Corners. Tickets for the play can be secured from members of the Monroe high school t.nd at several of the business house.; at Monroe. Those who have seen the play suy that it is a very clever comedy, well worth seeing. The characters are as follows: Tom Dexter one of Nature’s Nobelmen Donald llahnert Sidney Everett, of the world worldly Jesse Essex Ben Latham - wanderer Rolla Osterman Andrew Dexter Tom’s father Ernest Whitenack Hezekiah Hopkins, fond ot argument Kenneth Kessler Nathan Speckthe hired man Clement Snell j Carlotta Bannister. ..a child of fate Lucile Oliver ; Anastasia Bannister, her “stylish” aunt from New YorkHarriet McKean , ’ Amelia Dexter,... sister of Andrew Mildred Coppess 1 ; Mrs. Muslin, something of a talker r , as you might say t ! Clara Reppert Belle Annhelp at the farm J Cleo Crist i Florine a maid Leia Rahner