Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1925 — Page 1

01. XXIII. Number 112.

BLOODY CLOTHING OFFERS NEW CLUE

■police make I RAIDS ON DRY I LAW VIOLATORS ft wo Raids Made Saturday Night; One Alleged Violator Arrested ■J QUOR IS FOUND ■penalty Under New Law More Severe Than Formerly ■ Junes. “Mickey" Ginlcy. of this Bfty was arrested Snturdny night on Koiilli First street when he was K;iii-hl with five half-piht hott.es of ■moonshine,' whiskey in his poss Bssion. The Tanvas harness shop ■ml garage on north First street was Bailed later in the evening anti a hlt'plnt of whiskey was found in a tar in that building. A. M. Tanvas. proprietor of the shop, was not in [lie building at the lime of the raid. Ginley was taken to jail whore ho ir,as held until thismorning when he was arraigned in potee cptirt he'oie Mayor Devoss. charged with the (legal possession of liquor. Ho- oniered a pea of not guilty and his rial was set sot next Thursday morn ng at ten o'clock at which time May>i fli-yoss will hear the evidence. Ginley waS* caught by night police-, nen as he was corning from east tliinree street where it. is thought he not a truck that transports the 11rgal freight. He was headed for own when taken in custody. The whiskey was confiscated and he was liken to the county jail. if Ginfey is found guilty lip-, min tniitu fine for the charge is sloo* tad thirty days in jail. It is the list "possession” ease to come up in this city since the recent enactment of the Indiana Bone Dry law. Last Saturday night Mr. Tanvas w:e notified that his place had been ■aided and that he should appear in i police court at nine o'clock this | iiiei King. He appealed before Mayor , la-vow. but no charges had been fil-j «■<! against him and he was released. Mr. Tanvas stated that he was not rnity of illegal possession No affidavit has yet been filed and prosecutor John T. Kelley stated late this afternoon that it had not yet been decided whether an nffi-' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ELKS DRIVE FOR MEMBERS OPENS Forty Workers Start Out To Secure One Hundred Applications Ton teams, of four men each. J started out this mornnig to secure one hundred applications for the B. 0. E., and they hope to complete ’hat task within a day or two. More titan twenty-five were signed up before the teams started to work and the enthusiasm displayed spells success for the boosters. The lodge recently purchased the ('• C. Schafer property on North Second street and will occupy the new quarters Xjthin a few weeks, us soon as it is vacated and necessary, changes are made. "It is our intentions,” said France, chairman of the membership committee, this morning “to make the new lodge quarters inviting not only for the members, but for their families as we:i. Special efforts to plan for the pleasures of the ladles and the children will be made and it is hoped to make the new home the most inUting and delightful place of its kind* in this part of the state.” The lodge now- has two hundred members and those who are interested in the home are hoping to increase that number to at least three hundred by the time they move to their beautiful new quarters. The women and children are to be made a >eal part of the programs every day tind will he made to feel the home is (heir’s.

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Epworth I .eague Will Erect New Building' Huntington, Ind.. May 11 The Epworth league of ih.'s city has let a contract for the erection of a pa c.oii:. and modern collage at Epworth I f <>'■. it, the bapuo grounds at Web I t'r lake, ami to obtain a suitable name will hold a eontr-i t among the young people of the Methodist eh mi ll here. the contest, details of which are y f l to be announced wil lie started Sunday evening. May ID and will close Thursday, May 14. Judges to he announced Inter will chore the best nume fro iu those submitted, and the Originator of that name will get fiee accomodations at the -Lea f’.ue institute which will be held at - Epworth I’orrest' August 3. HAS AN EXHIBIT ON HOG FEEOINC — (’onnly Ageht Has Inter- | esting Exhibit Giving Experiment Results Professor John W. Schwab, of the! 'experiment station at Purdue Uni- j veriily, visited the county agent's ' office last Friday and assisted .in placing a wall exhibit there which | demonstrates the advantages in the different rations in feeding hogs. Tin- exhibit is very forceful in that it shows that soybeans, tankage or some other protein <on -.neral is necessary to make the most economical gains. • Good clover or alfalfa pasture sav ! I i<| from ;; to 5 hushe.s of corn for each too p.-oumls of gain in practi I caL'feed Jot Trials in feeding spring

1 pigs for market at the Purdue University experiment station farms. Tills comparison was made with pigs fed corn alone without pasture, and pigs fed corn on clover and alfalfa ' pa lure for three trials. 1 The pigs receiving no pasture rei quired 11.4 bushels of corn for ea< h * 100 pounds of gain and gained in !90 days, an average of 52 pounds ' only per head. The pigs on pasture required II 1-2 bushels of coin and I gained an average of 121 pournhj The pasture made a saving of about 5 bushels of corn and jugs gained 69 pounds more per head in the kame length of time. Comparisons with the above rations also were made in this feeding I ria.' with pigs fed corn, soybeans and minerals on pasture. The feeds required for 100 pounds of gain were as follows: corn 5.7 bushels; soybeans 25 pounds. The average gain per hog in 90 days was 147 pounds. All of these pigs weighed an average of 72 pounds at the beginning of the feeding trials and the feeds were self feed, free choice. Leaflets or other detailed Information on the subject may be obtained at the county agent’s office. The information is the part of exlcn sive practical experiments which are being carried on at the Purdue University experimental farms. The exhibit is intended to sho w the progress of the work rather than the result which may bo expected in each case. Wabash College Will Graduate Large Class ■ Crawtfordsville, Indi May 11 < (United Press)— The largest class in the history of Witbash Colleg'ej will be graduated from the college on June 13, 1925. At this time se-venty-nine nif.it receive their diplomas. In making this statement, Registrar Fred C. Domoes said that degrees would be granted to seventy-one men who will have completed their work by that time. The remaining eight men that will receive degrees will complete their work in summer school this year. Maor subjects chosen by the men to receive degrees are: English IS, Mathematics, t Economics 11. Botany. 3, Psychology 14, History 5. . Business 3, German 1, Biblical Literature 1, Chemistry 5, Public Speaking 3, Zoology 2. Latin 1, French 3. Physics 1, and Political Science 1.

HAWKINS MUST RETURN TO THIS STATE FOR TRIAL Court Os Appeals Overrules His Appeal For Writ Os Habeas Corpus BONI) FIXED AT $30,000 Former Portland Man Must Return To Indianapolis To Face Trial ( United I’russ Service) UTncinnati, 0., May 11 Morton s. 1 Hawkins must return to Indianapolis i whence he tied to escape trial on | charges growing out of the failure of j I his mortgage loan company. United States court of appeals de elded this today, when it overruled bis appeal for :■ writ of habeas corns already refused in district court. Mandate of the court was stayed utili Monday to give H.iwkim tin; 1 to obtain s::t).mm bond. Makes An Important Invention In Radio i I’nite.l Press Service> Chicago. May 11 —A radio invention, held of extreme importance to the army and navy, Ims been tested and found successful, E. F. McDonald, Jr. president of the Zenith Radio company announced today. The test was made from an airplane, on the ground, and a message was received by Prof. C. M. Jansky of the University of Uitiliesota, who ew* a reply —-

The new invention, officers explained, works merely on dry batteries. They said this was extremely important as the old type of machine could act only when the airplane was in flight and the propeller acting as generator. McDonald, who helped build the new instrument, will take one along on the McMillan Polar expedition • due to start next month. The low wave cnglhx of 37 meters will be extremely useful and obtain great distances for use in the Are tic regions, he said. " - Eleven Occupants Os Motor Truck Are Killed Berlin, May 11 -(United Press) — Eleven occupants of an automobile truck were killed and four injured today when the Frankfurt-Stuttgart Express crashed into the vehicle al a grade crossing at Rothmalson. The accident was attributed to the negligence of a crossing guard who was listening to an orchestra and forgot to lower the gates. After the crash the guard fled to a nearby forest but was captured and arrested. AGED RESIDENT OF WREN DIES Mrs. Mary Jane Merica Dies Os Blood Poisoning At Van Wert, Ohio Mrs. Jane Merica. ago 85 years, well-known resident of Wren. Ohio, <fled at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. D. C. Dustman, in Van Wert, Ohio. Mrs. Merica fell at her home in Wren on January 24 and broke one of her hips. She was taken to the hospital at Van Wert and later to the home of her sister. Blood poisoning developed causing death. Mrs. Merica was a life long resident of Wren and vicinity. She was the widow, of the late Stephen Merica. who was well-known In Decatur and Adams county. Funeral services will be hold from the Pleasant View Baptist , church north of Wren, but the time will not be set until Roy tope, a newphew, arrives from Connersville. Burial will be made in the Harrison cemetery .

Decatur, Indiana, Mondy, May 11, 1925.

Must Pay Tax On Life Insurance Os Decedent W;t his gton. Muy II The eluu-e of 1!)IS fed.-irel tax law levying against, life tnsiirum-e benefits was declared con. liluliunul by the I 'tiled States supreme court today. Lower court decisions that Hie executors of the < state of the late llctiry (’. I Tick of <'lovelttnd. ne.il not pay an assessment of sli*B,oui) on 4:14,0DD worth of .ife insurance lift by him to his wife and daughter, wen- affirmed by the high tribunal, however, the opinion road by Justice Holmes, said the < lapse applied only to policies taken out after the law went into effect. — n EIGHTH GRADE TEST SATURDAY Second Examination For Grade Pupils; 54 Pass On The First Test Only 54 of tlto 200 Adams county I pupil who took the eighth grade i examination for iat rance into high t schools, that was held recently, made [ a pausing grade, according to E. S. i Christen, county school superintendent. Those pupils who failed wi.l I have another opportunity to past I their work. Examinations will bo held next Saturday at 8:30 o,clock at Decatur. Berne, Geneva, Monroe, and Monmouth. All students who have completed their eighth grade work in any of the county schools are eligible to take the examinations. A passing grade in every subject is nece-sary for a county diploma. The 54 who passed the previous examination are now ready for uwk school and wil! he graduated and receive their diplomas sometime in the early part of June. The date will be set later. New questions wil be prepared tor tho second examination to be held next Saturday. This year's examinations are regarded as easier than usual, Mr. Christen said, and lie stated that more passed the tests titan usual on the first trial. It is impossible to estimate how minty will pass the second test. The rooms in which the examination is given will be in charge of various county school teachers. The pupils may write from 8:30 in the morning until they are finished. provided they are through by six p.m. Il is estimated that about 150 pupils will take the second test. MAY BE BANDITS WHO WORKED HERE K Two Os Five Men Held In Toledo May Be Ones Who Robbed Niblick Store Belief that two members of a gang of five bandits arrested ill Toledo, ()., last week, were the ones who held up the Niblick and Company store here on a Saturday night several weeks ago, was expressed here today. A picture of the live bandits was printed m a Toledo newspaper last week, and was seen by John Foreman, one of the customers in the grocery department, at the time of the hod-up. Mr. Foreman felt confident that one of the men in the picture was tho one who held up Clyde Clfne, clerk In the grocery department, Mr. Foreman and two or three other ' customers. One of the quintet of alleged bandits arrested in Toledo was said to be Chalmer Sheets, a former Decatur youth. Mr. Dan Niblick, who was held tip in the office of the Niblick store, will have a copy of tho newspaper containing the picture tomorrow and- will see if one of the quintet was the man who held him up. The men are said to have made several robberies in Toledo. Weather Fair tonight, probably frost in the north and central portions. Tuesday increasing cloudiness with rising temperature.

THRONG GREETS HINDENBERG IN BERLIN TODAY Deep Silence Os Throng Marks Appearance Os German President-elect FEW SHOOTINGS OCCUR Facisti Open Eire On Repubicans At Town Near The German Capital Berlin. Mav 11 — (United Press) — Field Marshal Paul Von Hlndettherg, president elect of-Germany, arrived in Berlin today, greeted by a I remen- j dous throng which lined the six mile 1 route from Weerstrasse station in tho suburbs to the Wilheltnstrasse palace. ( A deep silence from the throng on the platform which marked his appearance, was htoken by a sudden roar of cheers and cries of “Hoch." A smile broke across the field marshal’s face and he bowed solemnly. Chancellor Lutner advanced and shook hands cordially with the presi-dent-elect. Luther’s young daughter, dressed in snowy white, made a curtesy and presented Hindenburg with a bouquet of roses, reciting a poem as she did so. Hindenburg smiled and patted the little girl’s head. t Berlin. May 11 —Two reichshanner men were shot to death and five others and a hotel proprietor seriously wounded in the first outbreak of serious I rouble near Berlin, on the oecnsion-nF Tiip triumphal arrival of Field Marshal Hindenburg to assume the presidency of ti.e republic. The trouble occurred at uderherg, near the capital when fascist i. celebrating Hindenburg's arrival, opened fire after the republicans bad attempted to expel them from an inn. «-•— -— 1 - o ■ Girl Confesses To Starting Three Fires Indianapolis, May 11- One of the most unusual confessions ever ohtailied by stale liremarslialls has been secured from Mabel Houldson.' of Terre Haute, it was announced today. She cont'e: s< d retting lire to three httil<|ings and attempting to burn another. The. gir. bore, all the characteristics , of a pyromaniac it was said. Amundsen Postpones His Polar Flight Oslo, May 11 (United Press)--Because of bad weather Raold Amundsen, the explrtrer, has- decided to postpone his proposed polar Hight until the last of May. Amundsen is in the vicinity of King's Bay Spitz bergen, with two airplanes. o TOCSIN BANK TO ■ HAVE RECEIVER Stockholders Vote To Go Into Hands Os Receiver I This Afternoon At a meeting of SO per cent of the i stockholders of the Bank of Tocsin, that recently closed its doors, it was | voted to go into the hands of receiver. The future destiny of tho bank w'll he decided later. The receiver will he ordered to pay off the clients and depositors as quickly as possible. It was stated at' the meeting, witch was held at Toe-1 sin, that, the stockho.ders would not be assessed more than 100 per cent., but that It waA highly probable that | that much of an assessment would be levied to protect all depositors In case the bank reopens later it will be tinner the name of a state bank Instead of a private corporation. The meeting lasted about two hours and concluded at 3:30 this afternoon.

(ins Reinking To Sell His Farm At Auction • Gu t Jt> ittkiiil', well known Adam , county farmer, has decided to qinl i farming and move to Fort Wayne, 1 He will sell his Bil-a< rr farm in t iiion township, tog< tie r with his linstock and larmlttg implements at public auction mi Munday, June , I. Tlie kptd is well tile (trained, Is productive and has good improvements. It is one of the good farms of the county. The land, undoubtedly, will bring a good price. About , seventy-five per cent of the forms in several other states are sold at pub*ie auction, althoifgh the practice has not become wide-spread in Indiana yet. Col. Fred Reppert, Decatur's widelypnown auctioneer, will conduct tho sale. Cid. Roy Johnson, of Decatur, will be theclerk. MAILCARRIERS | TO HOLD BANQUET Annual Affair Os County Organization To Be Held On Next Friday * Members of tho Adams county | branch number 1. of the Rural Mail | Carriers Association, will have their annual banquet and bhsiness session at the Pleasant Mills M. E. church, next Friday night, at (> o'clock. All postal employes in the county ‘and : their families arc invited to attend the a flair. At six o'clock the annual bamiuot will be held. Tho Reverend F. A. Shipley will offer the invocation and Willis F. Beery will act as toastmaster during the banquet. Following the dinner, the. guests will he entertained at a social while the rural earr'ebs will hold their business session. 1 Ray Smith, president of the association, will preside. R. P. Dick, district president, and Secretary Burres will attend the • session and deliver short talks. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year and delegates will be elected for, the district convention to be held at Farmland. .Inly 3, I and 5. After the business sess'on a. program will he held for the carriers and their I guests. I Several talks and recitations will I be combined with special music at , the entertainment. Tho Pleasant Mills M. E. Ladles' Aid Society will have charge of the banquet. I The Adams county branch of tho [ Rural Mau Carrier’s Association was organized several years ago and has been active in affairs of the county, it is a branch of the national organ izatlon. The district convention, which Is to be hold this year at Farm land always draws a large crowd of carriers. Several social functions are to bo included in the sessions this year and it is expected that several Adams county carriers will attend. n —— France And U. S. Resume Debt Negotiations Washington, May 11 Del* nogo Hattons between France and the Unit ed Slates have been resumed. Following informal discussion regarding refunding of the French debt of $4,000,000,000, conducted by minisfer Caillaux, tho slate departj ment requested Herrick to inform I I Franco that it will welcome any dei linite otter, lint is unwilling to link debt settlement with German repar- | alion payments to France, it was learned here today. ——o Hoover Sneaks To Advertisers Today Houston, Tex., May 11 (United Press) —On behalf of tho federal government Secretary of Commerce ( Herbert Hoover welcomed delegates of foreign countries and of the Unit'ed States to the 21st annual con- | vent ion of the Associated AdvertisI ing Clubs of the World here today. I Assuring the foreign delegates that their “American ho;;tt. iutheir fine I comradeship and hospitality will demonstrate in per.ion that cordia'ity • which our people feel toward a I . these lands from which you come to i our shores," Secretary Hoover swung . into the main theme of his address.

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' WIDE SEARCH IS BEING MADE FOR MURDERER ■ I . I ' Several Agencies Unite In Effort To Clear Up Double Murder MANY VISIT SCENE Officers Believe Man On Bicycle, Often Seen There, Was Murderer (L'.\iri:i> PttEss st'itvictji Foil Wayne, May 11.— (Spei cial to Daily Democrat) —Blootly ■ clothing found today may be a 'new elite in the double murder of Katherine Berbers and Howard Fisher, who were found shot to death in Fisher’s auto on a"road near hero last Thursday. Meanwhile search is continuing for a bandit who has been i haunting roads on a bicycle in j the vicinity where the bodies 1 were found. A shirt and pair of trousers j were found today near the scene. Police are investigating an auto stolen in Chicago Wednesday anti found here Thursday. The car was left within .one hour after the murder and con--1 tained articles of women’s clothing which might indicate a degenerate had stolen it. A pair of bloomers were missing i when Miss Berbers was found, and evidence is the bloomers were carried away by the slayer. ; Fort Wayne is organizing for n j eounty-wiile search for the "morofc" or robber who murdered Howard Fisher and his financee. Miss Kalheryn Berbers, of Fort Wayne on the Hessen ('Astle road about fourteen miles north of this city last Wednesday night. Several deteclivo agon cies and the county prosecutor have Wayne authorities to ai<. in cateh'ng the guilty poison or persons. i offered their services to the F<)'t Little i.evelopineut has occurred over ihe week-end and the double inutder remains ns much a mystery as ever. New theories have been I (CONTINI ED ON PAGE FIVE) ATTEMPT MADE TO ROB STORE Night Watchman Prevents Robbery At .John T. Myers Store An attempted robbery at tho John I T Myers clothing store was frustrated at about 2 o’clock this morning. Night watchman Sam Franks heard the rolihors attempting to gain entrance through the cellar grate at the rear of the building and on clos er investigation found that the window had dopped down. Mr Franks immediately got in touch with night policeman Fred Gay anti Mr. J. T. Myers was called down in order that tin investigation could be made. The front door of the establishment was locked and one of tlie men guarded the open grate at the back of the store. The other two imide a thorough investigation of the interior of the build ing. but no one was found Inside. It is thought that when Mr. Franks went to get officer Gay, the men made their escape through Hie same ■ place they entered. Nothing was nufested in the Myers store. Examination of the grate showed that an ' aflort had been made to get into the - building, but it is net known whether • the men entered tlie building and I then escaped when the cull was made > or whether they »aw the watchman ; coming and escaped before he arrived at the rear of the building.