Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1925 — Page 1

01. XXIH. Number 111.

OFFICER IS SUSPECT IN MURDER CASE

■STEPHENSON [ INDICTMENT HELD INTACT Lotion To Strike Out Vital Points Is Overruled By The Court ■another motion ■Ulorney For The •Ex-Klan I Leader And Aides Files Motion To Quash n • I E (I’niir ! Pivfli MprvHnt May 9: The Id. lense in ilhe Obcrhollzer Eminlcr case suffered another ■< ilcu k in criminal court toKtv. [ judge Collins overruled the ■notion lo strike out vital ■joints of the indictrtienl charg- ■ lr . |) Stephenson, former Kl.m leaer. and his two bench* Kiieii. Earl Klinck and Earl ■ nlry. with murder for the |»| alii of Miss Madge Obvrholt- ■!<!'. ■ Eph Inman, defense attorney, itn■nxliat’ly filed a motion to quash |l: indictment. I II aring on the motion to quash ■l" indict men! against the throe men ■i.is set for .May 15. I Inman set forth several grounds ■lot his motion to quash the indict ■tie nts. Stephenson ami hi I*o bench Bn. it were brought into court again ■today handcuffed together. They we re ■tinrned to their cells in the Marion ■county jail am mediately alter the ■earing. »| '1 to- motion to qua th wj; on th, e ■rounds: I That the facts attempted to be ■dated in the indictmon do no( conItiitiiie a public offense. I That the indictment does not .state ■the offense charged with sufficient ■certainty. I That the allegations ami statements I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 COMMENCEMENT HEID AT GENEVA (Nine Graduates Receive Diplomas; Class Night Program Is-Given I Geneva, May 9: (Special to Dally ■Democrat — The annual comImencement exercises of the Geneva Ihigh school were held at the Un'ted IHre'hren church last night. L. ('■ [Ward, superintendent of the Fort | Wayne city schools delivered the commencement/ address. A large I audience was present. \ The grad, tilling class was unusually small this year there "Being only nine members. They were Aileen Bliss, Nellie Greene, itqliy Miller, Ruin ArmI strong. Rhea MorricaL Roscoe Bradford, George Severance, Daniel Neal and Joseph Anderson. The commencement program was as follows : Graduate's. March IT. S. Orchestra Invocation Music , 11. S. Orchestra Music, (a) Tim Sofig of India G>) Spring Song 11. S Mixed Glee Club Address L. C. Ward Music, On the Blue Danube, 11. S. Ladies’ Quartette Presentation of Diplomas Music 11. S. Orchestra Benediction. The annual class night program was held at the United Brethren church Thursday evening. An interesting program was given and a large andienee was present. The program was as follows: Class March Catherine Andepson Salutatory Address Aileen Bliss Class History Daniel Neal Saxophone Quartette Roscoe Bradford, Aileen Bliss, Nellie Greene, Joseph Anderson. Class Prophesy Ruth Armstrong Valedictory Ruby Miller CLASS PLAY Freddie Goes lo College Class Song.

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Cuillaux Announces His Finance Plan For France' il rUKd Pr.-ss A«r 'ix i I'aris May 9:— Finance Minister! I’aiiaux laid before the French cabrinet today the details of his plan to (ne> t the situation created bv I i. ii«-'‘l fitiam ml td|;ffi<-.illrie/ The pian has two main polnts-the . first to balance the budget by tax ’• ation; the second to employ money obtained as payment's under the Dawe's plan for the benefit of the d s'riefs devastated by the war. Che cabinet gave Caillaux full power io defend his program in parliament even to the extent of calling • for a vole of confidence should such .id ion become- necessary. .INSTALL WATER ; WORKS AT GENEVA U Mains Arc Laid And Power i- Plant And Tower Are '• Being Erected |- ' 'I (Special to lieaily Democrat (“ Geneva. May I Work is progress- - Ing rapidly on the u.-w waler works which is to supply Genova with wa 1 ter and creditable lire proteti ion, *' which has long been a great need h. re. 11 The ii ail.-, have arrived and have n been laid ov.-r the town. Workmen are engaged in laying the foundation ’ for the power lious ewhich will ba 1 built over the new well. The well 1 was drilled recently and the waler " from the well ha., been pronounced p sanitary by the .-■•tale board of health 11 The foundation for the new tower r is being put in now. also. This tow dr will be RiO feet high, giving a f_ -M.IUI*. i-.saxiV -Akk- 11 ’WP • mains. The pressure will ba strong f ' enough to throw water over the tai lest building in the town. o o *—— Liquor Supply Effectively Shut Off From New York New York. May s —(United Press) —For (lie fourth successive day. New York lias gone without replenish ment of its liquor supply. Coast guard officers conducting the government's : ' war" against the rum fleet, said lo I (lay that a careful cheek by the fleet of "dry navy" boats standing guard over rum row showed there bad been no communication betwen the rum ships and shore since lasi Tuesday. Eight of Ihe coast guard picket boats returned to their basje at .Clifton. Staten Island. ?ast night and dey scribed the situation on mm row. Thirty vessels are now in the liquor 1 fleet but none is making any .effort ' to run the government blockade, the • picket boats reported. 1 All sources indicated that the conp test is rapidly settling down to one p of endurance—the stage the govern- ' nrnnt desires it to reach. But the 1 coast guard officials look for a break p probably the fust night when there ‘ is no moon. They believe that the rum .‘■hips will take advanti/e of “ the darkness lo send out "scouts" 1 and attempt to land liquor, largely 8 as a means of. feeling out the "dry navy's" strength. It was admitted at coast guard 1 headquarters today that threat-, agalns the life of Commander D. V. 1 Jacobs of the coast guard district, had been received. —; — 0 — . 1 Robbers Get $90,000 In Jewelry At New York B BULLETIN 1 (United Press Service) New York, May 9:- Three men i handcuffed four employees of the R. ! Ross Jewelry company on Grand street, this morning and robbed the U stoic of jewelry the value of which 9 was estimated in police reports at $9(LOOO. • , The. robbers escaped. , It took police half au hour to reI move the handcuffs from the four clerks, it being necessary to cut the i. locks. ! Weather Unsettled, probab y showers tonight or Sunday: not much change in teifl-pc-cal it re.

GIRLS TO FILL CITY OFFICES NEXTMGNDAY Will Govern City From 2:30 To 3:30 p.m.; To inspect Waterworks . COUNCIL TO MEET Girl Officials To Put Through Progressive Projects For City — Decatur will be governed from 2:::u Ito :;:::ii o'clock .Monday afternoon by I Harriet Wai tic and h< r a social! who wrere elected Tliiir.-alay in the girls' election, which was gpomored I by the civil 1 section of the Woman' | chth. The girls will go in a body to inspect the D-catur Waterworks and ! front there will go to the city Hall I where they wll lake their various ! offices for their one hour reign of I city affairs. The project is in charge of Mrs B. F. |.’.irr, chairman of the civic section, amt a conmiiltee composed of Mrs. lien Devor, Mrs. A. 1., liar.l;'. Mrs Raymond Keller and Mrs C I. Walters. The f ills nil be under Ito ir upervision Monday. Mi ■ Wal.iee the winner of the mayoralty coniest, announced today that she had met with the other officers and the coitn.-il and they had drawn, up several rrso lutam.s and projects that they hoped to pass during their reign. Miss Walace announced the fol 'owing appointments; Betty Macklin, city marshall; Maurice Martin, depn ly marshall; June Mil.vr. street com missiunec; .Uarj w Vilgit/ja Hyland, city, engineer; Uatbi-rim- I’ritzinger. fire chief; the Misses Marcella Gerber, Flotllda Harris and Anna Win nes compose the parks and Playground committee of the council. Flo tibia Harris, Francis Schultz and Frances FFareman are the members of Puplic Improvements comitlee ami the entire counci.' toposes th.- Elec trie I.ignt committee. Frances Schultz, Marcella Gerber and Francos Foreman are members of the Finance committee. The coune'l appointed Dolores Omlor as city al lorney, Florenee Anderson as .super Intemlent of the Waterwork '.. Mary Helen Lose as superintendent of the Electric light plant and Melvina Smil ley as fire captain. Mary Jane Devor. Marie. Crider and Frances Gase are the members of theschool board. These committees a1 will meet during the one hour reign of the girls, and then they will have a joint meeting with tho council and city official.",. e--The new officers would not disclose the projects that they expect to pass at the council meeting, but it is rumored that several Improvements will he voted and that money will be alloted for the upkeep of play grounds and parks in the city. It is said that the girl officers also favor (ho building of a park in the old cemetery in Iho south part of Decatur. o— * League Os Women Voters Holds State Convention (United Press Service) Terre Haute, Ind., May 9 *Mrs. It. B. White of Terre Haute is tho now president of the State League of Wo men Voters. She was elected at a business session Friday afternoon. Visitors wore taken on an auto ,rip through the city following this session. Then came the banquet ol the evening, the big event of the convention. Judge' Florence Allen of Cleveland. 0., was the speaker, talking on the subject "The Supreme Challenge.” She made a plea for more efficient courts. She also spoke for wor d peace, declaring that there must he an international law which would make aggressive war a crime. The next convention city will be determined on later. ■ ■ ■ o ——— Bulletin Indianapolis, May 9 — The Berne hiuh school orchestra won fifth place in the state high school orchestra contest here today, Shortridue, of Indianapolis, won first.

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Auto Parts Dealer Sues State For $50,000 Today Indianapolis, Muy 9 it tilled it r. i Y mlt against Hie state of I Indiana to recover I'.'.O.mnl l.roughr .bv (i F. :l! hb-n: kcr, uulu part dealI er, w.. ■ ..I. file in itperior court toj day. '1 tie money was paid to the state | by Schlensker for reliirtmrs. ment on alleged excess profits of materials sold to ilo- state highway ronimis sion. S: hleiiski r’s complaint alleges . that tho examiners of the date board I of accounts in their report charging excess profits had "falsely represented" that he overcharged the com mission for automobile parts. 26ST0CKH0LDERS IN TOCSIN DANK Several Adams County I People Are Interested In Defunct Bank i The iiu.ihhi stock ill the Tocsin ' hank, ocaleil at Tocsin. Indiana, ten j m les w. st of Decatur in Wills conn i ly. which closed its doors Thursday j was divided among stockholders. who owned from one to seven shares. S.v.'ial |;.<-atitr people own stock in the hank. The list of stockholder.-.. as given out nt the bank yesterday, folows: T. M. Hall, Tocsin, fiv? shares; \nne K< Iley, B.Yiffton. one ,har« : A. I’. O. Dailey. Tocsin, six shares; W. .1 Kell, v, Bluffton, seven shares; John Ituprighi, Os.sian route one, five shares; )■. L. Comer, Ossian route, ?.. live shares; W. D. Plummer. Toe sin, one share; William Sowards. Or ■ siau route 2. six sbatow; Utay nu.iiaft G. Wass.hi and Glen Barger, of Craig ville route 1. three shares each; Co., of Bt-rne, three , shares; Christena Niblick anil Mary C. Ehinger, of Decatur, two and a ha Y shares each; clint Byerly, of Craig ville. live shares; Sarah I". Gililaud. Tocsin, six shares; Jesse N. Dailey, (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS 37 All But Two Defendants Are Charged With Violating Liquor Law

Indianapolis, May 9 Thirty seven persons, of whom twenty one are residents of Indianapolis, were indicted by the federal grand jury today when twenty one true hills were reported to Judge Itobort C. Baltzell. The jury departed from custom in making a partial n port. The session will not eml until' June, it is said. All except two indictments were on charges of violating tin* unlioiial prohibition law. John Di uly, foflnfer ImManhpolis prize light promoter, was indicted on a charge of failure to pay federal tax on tho Firpo-Downey fight staged about two years ago. Among those under indictnioat who have boon arrested are: Andrew Slriegel. Frank Song. William Hollcamp. Richard Kyeesc, William Fisher, and Percy Kfekson. all of New Albany, Iml., and Adolph Adams and Wiliam Gernis. both of Vincennes, Ind., on liquor law violations; and Ralph J. Barron, ot Toledo, O. on n charge of transporting a stolen automobile from To'edo, O„ to Aur ora. Ind. Seven persons not yet arrested were Indicted for violating the prohibition law. — o Sister Os Will Hays Dies At Farmersburg Farmersburg. Ind., May B—Mrs. J. Hurley Drake, sister of Will 11. Hays, national director of films, died at her home here late Friday. Mrs. Drake was 51 years of age and the o tlest daughter of the late John 11. Hays. Funeral services will bn held in Farmersburg Sunday.

22 LIVES LOST WHEN RIVER BOAT SINKS IN SOUTH Engineering Boat Sinks In Mississippi River Near Memphis, Tenn. RECOVER FEW BODIES Government Starts Probe To Determine Cause Os The Disaster ( United Press S« rvlu« ) Memphis Tenn., May 9—With the knoLvn il/ail placed nt 22. a govern ment crew today ntompted to raise the hull of the engineerin'' boat Norman, which sank in the Missl-ulppi river, 15 miles below here last night. If the attempt In raise the hull is not successful, a diver will try to break into the submerged cabin and take out the bodies trapped in the vessel. The government engineering, boat Choctaw, which accompanied the Norman on its ill fated excursion yenterday, was equipped with a derrick and grappling irons and ordered back to the scene to try to rai e the hull. Only live bodies had been recover eil at 1 a.m. Most of the rest are b>-liev<-d still in th,' cabin.

The list of 22 dead was compiled I by the mayor's office am! was issued as oft'icla by Mayor Rowlett Paine. Another list, compiled by m. tnbers ! of the excursion, shows four oth.-r persons still unaccounted for. Washington, May 9—(Unit><l (Tess: A l>oard of Inquiry of three army I Wo-ers NDM" hn uppottlted o*>m.-diat I ,dy to determine the cause of the :ic cident to the so-amer Norm.in ami . place the blame, if any, it was learned I at the war department today. Major D. 11. Connolly, district en gineer at Memphis, will be ooked to for an explanation of the alleged over loading of the ve ~e'. which Is h' hl responsible tor its capsizing. He is nominal y n-spou ible for th'' > fait Memphis, Tenn.. May 9 (United Press)— Settling into the waler l while turning in the Mississippi river Hear here, late yesterday, the gov eminent steamer M E Normand. I carrying a parly of forty excursion-j Ists. sank within three minutes. Tom Lea, a boatman who saw the accident, saved nearly a score of those aboard Hie Normand when he dragged them from the river into his motor boat. George Foster, a Memphis engineer, swam ashore and was instrumental in sending the first word of the disaster to Memphis. Those aboard Iho Normand were delegates to a meeting of the Southern Association of Engineers being hi id at Memphis. A second boatload of delegatett was aboard the steamer C|ioetaw. It completed the excursion ami returned to Memphis without knowing the fate which had befallen the Nor maud. Survivors said they had visited I Cow Island Bend and wore return Ing, running in the channel about :100 feet from shore. Suddenly the boat began to shake. The captain believed the passengers were crowding to one side and order(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) - - —o — — Berlin Fears Trouble At Inauguration Tuesday Berlin May 9— (United Press) — Berlin today looked forward to possible disturhances and violence in con nection with the entry of Field Mar shall Von Hindenburg into the city Monday for his imiuguration as president. Hindenburg wil ho inaugurated formally Tuesday. Drastic precautions against out breaks are being taken. The Vossosche Zeitung publishes suposed secret Insiruct'ons lo members of a mysterious nationalist organization, believed to bo the Berlin Protective league, directing its mem hers to carry concealed truncheons during ll'ndeiilmrg's reception.

Rev. Whitesell T<> Visit Baptist Colleges In VV'est 'llu Huy, F It. Whin • I p.i toi', of the Itaplisl church, will hav. Monday rnortiirig on n trip to Chicago and points in the we,si. He will vL II the Mitee Ftapti'.t udl. g< r In the in u rest of the Northern P.apli d I heo logical .'seminary, of Chicago, namely Shurtleff Chicago, at x'.ton. Illinois; Wiliam Jewell College, al IJberly.' Missouri; and Ottawa University, at Ottawa. Kansas. He expects lo return to Itecaiur next Saturday. Rev. Whitesell recently resigned as pastor of the local church to accept a position on the faculty of the Northern Baptist Seminary. ZION REFORMED CHURCH ELECTS j Annual Election Completed Last Night; Clerk And Treasurer Named Marlin Jaborg w'.ts elected troasur ; er tn succeed ,1 Fred Fruchto at the annual election of officers at the: Zion Reformed church last night The meeting was held as a continua ' tion of Hie session lasi Sunday when j several of the officers for the ensuing year were elected Ferd L. I.ittereri was re < le< ted clerk of lb.- congre gallon. Both officers were elected for tl term of two years. All auxilliary organizations gave their finaneia) reports for the year just ended. Martin .la'berg, A. It. Ashbaucher ami Miss Agnes Sellemeyer were selected for the auditing committee and they also were authorized to act aS tne c<>mtuiilee ou printing. A booklet, containing names of the members of the church and also all financial reports was authorized to he printed by the congregation. After i the election other congregational easiness was disposed ol Installs tion of the newly elected officers will l ike place Sunday morning o - - Alabama Youlh Wins In National Oratorical Meet Wa hiiiglon, May 9 llobert Sc ■ sions. of Itirmilighaiu. Ala . lasi night won the national oratorical contest | over six competitors chosen in region i al contests anion : about Llmt.ttmt| starters. The finals, which were held in Washington's new auditorium, with an opening address by I'residenl j Coolidge, were judged by Chief Justice Tail. Justices Van De Van ter, Buller ami Sanford of the Su prente Court, and Attorney General Sargent. All th? oralions dealt with the federal < 'oust II til lon Youngest of the Lot The winner, who is 15 years old was the youngest of the seven re , malning contestants. Eugene F. McF.lniecl. Los Angeles, aged 16. was rated second; Max N Kroloff. of Sioux City, la . third; i Miss Flora Longenecker. of Ilion. ; N. Y„ fourth; Miss Asenath Graves. of Washington. D. C. fifth: Georg.■ Stansell. Chicago, sixth, and Philp j Glatfeltor, of Columbia, sov ' enth. ’ , Both of the girls are 16 yens old. and all of the hoys except Session: ami McEmeel, are 17. Francis E. Corbett. x>l Fort Wayne former Decatur youth, won the Indiana state eliminajlon cajitest iaml represented the state in the regional contest. o Admits Wrecking Train Beatrice. Neb.. May 9 HTnited Press) Admitting titter a long grilling that he had deliberately wrecked a Union Pacific passenger train at Summit, Kan., on April 30 in which one person was killed and several injured, Emmet Pethoud, ’25. of Boatrice. will be taken to Marysville. ; Kan.. «pr trial, police aid | "1 wanted to get hurt in the wreck land get a claim again t the railroad j company," was Pethoud’s expnnation of his object in derailing the passettgel’ train.

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DEPUTY SHERIFF QUIZZED ABOUT DOUBLE MURDER Cii'cumsfiinlial Evidence Is Strong Against I'orl Wayne Officer NO DIRECT EVIDENC E Man Denies He Owned Gun Found In Death Car; Check Movements (I'NITED I'IU.SS SCI:VICR9 Fort Wayne, May 9—(Spo[eial to Daily Democrat) \\ il- ' liam Richter, 21, special deputy ! sheriff, under arrest today {charged with assault and battery on E. 11. Repini, was Iwing questioned in connection with the double murder of Katherine Herbers and Howard Fisher, found dead in Fisher's coupe a I mile from this city early ( Thursday. No direct evidence exists j against Richter. Circumstances are the basis of the questioni ill! ' r '. Richter denied he owned the 38 caliber gun found in the car and evidently planted under l Miss Herbers left hand to give Ute crime the appeal ance of a murder and suicide c:r e with Miss lleibers firing the fatal shots. Claim's He Has Alibi Richter < lainiH he can |>inve an ! 1 a ilil and hits imtvrfiieitt.'s tire being i eheckeil with h's ts.tsy. The clrcutu “tuMCf* m iHuS a' .' iixi iM Imlica.,, vghi< il . tne the basis of the questioning noRichter Operator, the <) K. galago * ami Fisher kept his ear there The two are said to have pad a dispute about a bill. I Richter was the last person known to have seen Fisher and the girl I alive. In his capacity a ;t si»-cial deputy I sheriff with order. Lo |iatiol the roads (t'ONTINI ED ON PAGE FIVE) LOSES $25,000 CONFIDENCEGAME Chicago Man Heavy Loser In A Fake Oil Deal; Police Start Probe ( Unllu.l I’ll" ■ St'i'v !' • ) Chicago. May 9 Four beanttfully engraved sheets of papi r were till that Charlo W. Babcock, wealthy i i lubmtiu. had lo show lod iv for Hie i $25.1X10 in ear.h he paid to ;i friend ! of a friend in an oil d"al Police are Toeking for a Mr Haven |n'it. a Mr. Gunn, a Mr Elemim'. ami ! a Mr. Simpson, held by pnllci lo b. I one of the tllekest quarlet t of conlidonee men in the countr; . The plot begins at Miami. Fla., | where Mr. and Mrs. Ii; heock met a Mr. til’d Mrs. Davenport. The Babcocks were told that Davenport was the brother of C, \V Dav. nport, of .Oklahoma, president of the "Big I | omborton Oil company Davenporl "took a liking" to Bab cock and told him that Mr. Cutin, secretary of tin oil company, was In Chicago ami anxious to get rid of ! his 12,500 shares of stock in the eonI cent at a sacritice. He suggested that Babcock get In touch with C.unu I on his return to Chicago, Babcock ■ did; met Gunn, gave him 25 one I thousuml ItillH and reebived four eitI graved certilieates representing the i 12,500 shales of slock. 1 Davenport had told Babcock ho - could seU th estock for hint $1 more , per s-hare than he paid for It. I Shortly niter comp Ming th ’ trans- < action. Baheock told polfe.' Ip- trod I ;to locate the man but found the’ had n vanished. The Mr. I'Temlng hml posed i as a friend of Gunn, while Mr. Simp | son was supposed to be a broker.