Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 114, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1925 — Page 1

Vol. XXIII. Number 111.

MONSIGNOR NOLL NAMED BISHOP IN CATHOLIC OHM Huntington Parish Priest Appointed Bishop Os Fort Wayne Diocese WELL KNOWN HERS New Bishop Is Editor Os "Our Sunday Visitor”; Is Widely Known Rome, May — (United i i» r( .QS.) —MmUtfiior John Noll, parish pries! of Huntington, Ind., has been appointed bishop of the Fort Wayne diocese in Indiana. . lonsiguor Noll, who v, as appointed" Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Fort Wayne, is well known in this i lty, having visited here on many occasions. He spoke in this city several times at the St. Marys Catholic church and at special meetings of the Kn ghts of Columbus. lie is pastor of St. Marys Catholic churi h. Huntington, and also the editor and founder of "Our Sunday Visitor." the Catholic weekly published at Huntington. .Monsignor Noll was born in Fori Wayne on January 25, 1875. and his father, who is 83 years old. still lives in Fort Wayne. H« obtained his early education at the Brotherhood school in Fort Wayne and at the age of 13 entered St. Lawrence’s at .Mt. Calvary. W'sconsin. lie then entered .Ml. St. Marys Seminary. Cincinnati and in 1898 was ordaineil a Catholic priest and lirsl served as assistant pastor at Elkhart and I/igansjiort. He was pastor at Ligonier. Kendallville. New Haven, and Hartford Cjty, before being assigned to the puslori ate of St. Mary's Carbolic Htwreh. i Huntington, Indiana. This appointment came to lint in July. 1910, and in the same year he established "Our Sunday Visitor," which, in the last 15 years, has become the most widely read Catholic weekly in the United States, it having a circulation of 500,0110 and is of wide influence wherever (CONTINUED ON FACE FIVE)

WILL ORGANIZE CLUB TONIGHT Business And Professional Women To Form Organization Here Final arrangements and orgaifization will be completed tonight for a chapter of the Business and Professional Women’s chib that is being formed in Decatur. A meeting for this purpose has been called for 7:30 tonight at the Old Adams County -lank building, at whic htime several Portland Women will be here to aid in the organizing. The Decaijtr chapter was sponsored several weeks ago and several meetings have been held to obtain the sentimnt of local women on the organization of such a club. It is estimated that about froty Decatur women will become members of the organization which will !»' a chapter of the National Business and Professionel Women’s club. Dr. Elizabeth Burns, of this city, has been instrumental in the local organization. She has attended several sessions of the Portland club and has obtained many interesting methods and points that will be used in the local club and its work. The club is regarded as an important factor in biinging closer together the professional and business women of the city . It is expected that final plans will be completed tonight and that first officers for the Decatur club will be elected. The Decatur club will be in the Porfand district. Mrs. A. A. Kist fromerly of this city, was one of the organizers of the Portland organization and also has been an interested organizer of the Decatur club. All business and professional women ol ; this city are invited to attend tonight's meeting at the Old Adams County Bank.

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WROTE BONE DRY BILL 'i — ! ■K*’* i-w. ' z V ■ B _ —- FRANK E. WRIGHT Indianapolis. Ind. — The Wright bone dry law in Ind'ana. the most drastic measure enacted in tile United States since pioliihition. has been passed and put in effect. Frank E. Wright. -17 years old, member of the Indiana legislature four terms and at preuent tile examiner for tin- Indiana securities commission, is tile or gin itor of the hill, which means jail for drinking Hoosiers.

D. C. STEPHENSON SELLS HIS HOME Friend and Attorney Claims To Have Bought It On April 7 Indianapolis, May 111 The financial affairs of D. ('. Stephenson, former grand diagon of the Indiana K. k. w- n-rwftt.cr-'roftiptmraT rb' day with the tiling of a deed to Steph enson’s palatial home here by Ira Holmes, republican worker and one of Stephensons attorney. According to the deed Holmes bought the homo, April 7. before the death of Madge Obehollzer. At the time of the lire which damaged the home. Holmes said nothing about owning the home. Firemen declared the blaze was incendiary origin. The date of the deed was also prior to filing of attachment proceedings against the properly by Mrs. Nettie Stephenson Bhrem, in suit for support money. Holmes said he took the property as his fee for representing Stephenson in legal proceedings. Miss Madge Hite To Undergo An Operation Miss Madge Hite, one of the best known aldies of the city will under go a noperation at the Adams County Memorial hospital tomorrow morning for appendicitis and gall trouble. She has been ill several weeks and was taken to the hospital about a week ago. Not responding to treatment an X-ray was taken this morning, disclosing the trouble and an operation was immediately decided upon. TO STAGE DAMON ANO PYTHIAS HERE Local Lodge To Present Familiar Plav On Nights Os May 26-27 The familiar and over-popular story of Damon and Pythias will be drdmatized by a cast selected from the local Knights of Pythias lodge on the evenings of May 26 and 27. The play will be staged in the high school auditorium. The play has not been presented, publicly, in Decatur for several years. Recently the local lodge purchased new costumes and other paraphernalia needed in staging Damon and Pythias. The dramatic team has given the play in Wabash and at a meeting of the local lodge and has received much complimentary criticism. Requests have been received from several surrounding towns, asking that the team present the play in those places. There will be special music in connection with the play here.

ASSESSORS ARE FILING REPORTS ON THEIR WORK Have Unlil May 15 To File Reports On Assessments With Auditor VALUATION IS LOWER Valuation On Real Estate Expected To Be Few Million Lower The final reports of the township and corporation assessors are being made this week ami. with the excep tion of the reports in Decatur, Berne, Geneva. Wabash, Monroe, Preble and Hoot townships, all of the personal property schedules have been made. May 18 is the final date for the assessors to fib- their reports with the county auditor and May 15 is the last day to complete the assessing of the property. County Assessor Witham Zimmerman estimated that there would boa drop of two or three m Ilion dollar in the net valuation of the county, based on the 1925 appraisement of real estate and the assessing of personal property. It may run to five millions short if there is a decided decrease in the appraisement of the real estate. Mr. Zimmerman stated. In some places the personal property is totaling more than last year and part of the loss on real estate may he made up. It is not thought laid the state s appraisement of utilities and the like w 11 show much of a decrease. The net valuation of all taxable property in this county last year was :: little more than $40,0<>l),00l); af.er deduction hml ben made for the mon gage exemptions and the like. Notice has been given of the annual meeting of the coupty board of reveiw which has beep called for T* a nJ” tlie appoThtmenT'Tff twt> members, who. with the assessor, auditor ami treasurer, make up the hoard, will be made soon. The board will be in session 35 days and will go over all the assessments with the idea of equalizing values ami taking care of other details pertaining to the work.

WANT TWO MORE PAVED HIGHWAYS Being Circulated For Paved Roads To Both Cemeteries Petitions for two hard surface roads approaching the city are now being circulated under the three mile law and receiving man, signatures. They will he presented at the June meeting of the board of commissioners and. if found impossible for this year, will be urged for early construction next year. One oftlie roads is known as the James Hurst Highway and would extend from the west end of the paved part of Monroe street to the Chicago ft Erie crossing, west of town, passing the Decatur cemetery. The other is named the George Wemhoff road and would extend from Eighth street in this city to the southwest corner of the Catholic cemetery. The improvment of these two roads, it is argued would provide two more excellent approaches to the city and would assure excellent roads at all times of the year to both cemeteries. A -number of those interested are assisting the petitions and will present them to the board on the regular road day of the next session. Installing X-ray Machine At Berne Engineers from the Zimmerman Xray supply company, of Fort Wayne, are in Berne today, arranging for the wiring and installation of an International X-ray machine and equipment in the office of Dr. Ernest Franz The installation will be made and completed within a few weeks. Weather increasing cloudiness with probably showers late tonight or Thursday; cooler in northest portions tonight and in north and central portion Thursday.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May 13, 1925.

| DAN CUPID HAS FRIEND AMONG CHICAGO POLICE Chicago May 13. Dsn Cupid has f.rnml a ft lend among Chicago's police officers. Daylight snvinf, the cops pointed out, may stive some daylight for the golf fans, but it cuts an interesting hour off the program of the puhl <■ park lovers. It doesn't get dark until ro late the couples can baldly pet started on love making until 11 p. m. and they a/e forced off the - rclmled park benches. And so the cops have introduced "starlight saving" and have issued orders that love makers may remain in the parks until midnight. — o — DECATUR LADIES WILL GO ABROAD Miss Josephine Knut And Mrs. Helena Berling To Make Pilgrimage Miss Josephine Knut, housekeeper at the Catholic parsonage and Mr*-’. Helena Berling, of this city, will sail from New York City for Havre. Frame on June 6, on the S. S. "Faris" they being members of the Indiana party who will rttake the Holy Year Privi ege of an audience before His Holiness Pope Pius XI. Miss Knuf and Mrs. Borling will be members of the party organized and conducted by Father Michael H. Abrahams, pastor of the Sacred Heart church of Michigan City. Ind. The lour is under the direction of the Stratford Tours. A wonderful trip has boon planned ami the itinerary includes vi-ils io France. Italy, Germany and Belgium. The party wil arrive at Havre. France on June 12. Four days will be spent in Faris and other nearby cities ami places of interest. On June 18, the will visit Duirdes amt the holy shrines. On June 21. a visit to Avi gnon and the I*apal Palace will Io made. A motor trip will be made to Nice, via Marseille, on June 23, and then along the river Riviera to Genoa Italy. One day will be spent there and on June 27 the party wil arrive in Home. They will remain in Home for eleven days and will be permitted to see Pope Pius and will also visit the famous places in that notable city, including the Vatican. St. Peter’s cathdral. Sistine Chape! ami many other [daces of interest. On July 8. thf party will lake the train to Naples and spend two days there and in the immediate vicinity and then go to Florence, Venice. Milan and visit the places of interest and historical importance in those places. A trip on the Rhine by Steamer wi.l be made on July 23. from which place they will go to Cologne and then to Brussels, back to Paris ami on July 28. a motor trip over the battle'fields will he made. Miss Knuf and .Mrs. Berling will then gq back to Germany where they will viiit with Miss Knuf’s mother in Westfalen. They will remain in Germany until September 1, ami on September 2 sail from Havre. France on the S. S. “France”, for the United States, Returning to Decatur about September 15 Miss Knuf made a return trip to Germany 24 years ago. She has ben a, citizen of the United Stales for 32 years and has been the housekeeper at th Catholic parsonage her for the past 11 years, .Mrs. Berling also has relatives in Germany and will visit with them. Miss Isabelle Link, house keeper at one of the Catholic parsonages in Fort Wayne, of which Father Thiele is the pastor .will mak - the trip with the Decatur women. It was staled that the Misses Ismles Brake and Josephine Mal ey of thi city were also planning to make a trip to Europe during the summer. The young women are now In Chicago and details of their proposed voya-e could not be obtained. o Kansas City Has Heavy Rain Storm Kansas City, Mo., May 13-— (United Press)—Streets and basements were flooded and' sewers broke in several places in the downtown district following a heavy rain and electrical storm here early today. Streets were litered with rubbish swept along by miniature rivers Street car traffic was badly hamper>d during* the early rush hours.

OHIO’S POISON MURDERER FOUND GUILTY BY JURY Mrs. Martha Wise Convicted For Death Os Mother, Uncle And Aunt MERCY RECOMMENDED Court Bound To Sentence Woman To Life Term In Reformatory Medina. O„ Muy 13 —(United press) — Mrs Manila Wise today was found *’Uilty of first degree murder in connection with the fata poisoning of her mother and her autit and uncle. The jury reported shortly before noon, recommending mercy. Mrs. Wise was indicted following a confession in which she . aid she poi soned the drinking water in the homes of u relatives. Iler onlj explanation was that “the devil made mo do it.” The defense was insanity. Prosecution, however, testified Mrs. Wise wanted to get her mother out of the way because she was opposing the poison widow's marriage to "th? man she loved.” The poisoning of the aunt rind uncle Mr. and Mrs Fred Gienko. w:i ■ horn witnesses testified, of Mrs. Wise’s belief that they suspected her in her mother's death. Defense attorneys said their case was hurt by the suicide last week by Mrs. Ethel Hazel a sister of the defendant and a star witness for the defense and a collapse In the courtroom of Fred Hazel, the widow’s brother. Mrs. Wise received the verdict stoical > A lew sobs, escaped her ns lln< foreman pronounced the word "guilty'' for the first time but she soon regained her courage. finder the nieruy recommendation the court is bound to sentence Mrs. t Wise to a life term in Marysville re formatory. —o —

INSTALLING NEW DANGER SIGNALS Twenty-four Hour Service Provided At Crossings By Nickel Plate The Clover Leaf division of the Nickel Pale railroad is installing new danger devices known as "wig-wags" at the closings in the principal cities along the route and the matter of installing the first one in Decatur at the Winchester street crossing, will he presented to the safety committee of the city council shortly. Mr. F. M. Thompson, chief claim agent of the Clover 17*af and chairman of the Nickel Plato safety com m'ttee, was here and presented the data concerning the device to Mayor De Voss, who will present it ti the local safety committee and if approved by them, wil! arrang for a bearing before the council at the next meeting The device is erected in the center of the street, a pole about fifteen feet high set in solid concrete and attractively painted. When a train is approaching and is within a certain distance the cross arm wigwags and the green lights which show safety are /changed automatically to red lights, while a hell rings to attract attention of those who are approaching. Twenty-Four Hour Service Tile biggest feature of the device is that the railroad enters into contract with the city to provide twenty-four-hour protection at Hie crossing where they are installed and in case anything goes wrong witli the apparatus, guards are placed there during the entire time, lu Kokomo, Marion Delphos, and Continental, and other places where they have put them in requests are being made for them to be installed on the other streets in the city. The plan was worked oat +ty President Ross and is believed to be the very best manner of solving the big problem of guarding railroad cro sings yet made.

SARGENT’S All) i fl t - r W - Wcit IRA LLOYD LETTS Washington. I). C. —This picture in-j troduces Ira Lloyd l/tts. .Mr. Letts is one of the now assistants of the new I'nited States attorney general at Washington.

COMMENCEMENT SET FOR JUNE 3 Final Plans Being Made For Catholic School Graduation Exercises - The final arrangements for the an | mini commencement of th? st. Joseph Catholic schools and of the Decatur Catholic high school are being made, tlie date for the comemnconient exercises being Wednesday. June It is hoped that the exercises ami program can be held In the auditorium of the new high school building on Monroe street, but a (teiinlte decision h»«-- not 1 yet been made, the work of com [deling that part of the building not being tar enough along to determine if the place will be ready by June 3. The final examinations in the high school, eighth grade ami commer -ial department wi he held (hiring the week of .May 25. The examinations in the grades were held last week The class day exercises will lie held on Friday afternoon. May 21*. and the program of events is now helm- airanged. The Junior reception for the six high school graduates wi'l he held on the evening of Monday,- Jani' 1. ami the place of holding the affair will be announced later. It is planm d to have the high school orchestra, which was organized during the year by the music Sister, to make its first appearance on the night of the commencement and the program for commencement week is now eing compiled and will be announced within a few days. o—— MAY FESTIVAL AT CENTRAL SCHOOL Public Invited To Musical Program To Be Given Friday Afternoon The pupjls of the first, second, fifth and sixth grades of the Central school wil hold a May festival at the school grounds Friday afternoon, beginning at 2:15 o’clock. The public, patrons and friends are invited to attend. Plenty of seats wi! be provided und the admission charge will be only ten cents, that amount being charged to defray the expenses of the costumes and having the stage erected. Louise Haubold has been chosen for the Muy Queen. Her attendants will be Mary Madeline t'vverdale Helen Frances Christman, Bernice Closs, Sylva Rbul, Mary Engle and Alvina Lough. There will be a chorus of 200 voices and the chorus will uing several numbers. There will be a parade of the characters und tin- May Queen will be brought in und crowned. The program will be entirely musical. The pupils are being trained by Miss Cordelia Rieseu, music instriie tor in the city schools, and the other leathers at the Central building.

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POLICE BAFFLED IN EFFORTS TO SOLVE MURDER ■ Officers Re-check Evidence In Diiube Killing Near Fort Wayne ONE CLUE REMAINS Little Loft On Which To Work If Remaining Clue Fails (Putted pi-ess Service! Fort Wayne. May 13. —Apparently baffled after five days of fruitless ' search detectives today re checked all evidence in possession in an effort to-solve the killing of Katherine Berbers and Howard Fisher. Several dues recently brought no definite progress in the investigation. The hunt for a suspect at Bluffton Monday ended without an arrest. Another suspect at Ell.hart was released after brief questioning which convinced authorities he had no connection with the crime. Prosecutor Jackson said there is still one more clue to be followed out and if that fails there is little left on which to work. o Unsuccessful Attempt Made To Rob Bank Today Danville Bandirs this afternoon made an unsuccessful attempt to rob the Farmer's state bank at Hazlewood south of here. Two unmasked men entered the bank andasged Emma .Mertzinan. assistant cashier, for change for a five dollar Id 1. As the girl turned to reach for the change One of tile men thrust a gun at her and ordered her to hold up her .Miss .Mertzmnn diteked behind the counter and the man fired at her through the counter, breaking u comb in her hair, but not injuring her. At that moment E. D. Millbon (fishier entered. The holdup men (lend him. to put up his hands and buck away. They fled without getting money. An accomplice was waiting .n (lie car.

DOCTORS HEAR T. A, HENDRICKS Executive Secretary Os State Medical Society Sneaks In Decatur Thomas A. Hendricks, executive secretary of the State Medical Associajion. was the principal speaker at a meeting of the Adams < cal Society held at the Adams County Memorial hospital last night. Mr. Hendricks' headquarters are at Indianapolis and he is closely connected with the work of all medical societies in the state. The meeting last night was held in connection with National Hospital Day and was open to all doctors and physicians in Adams county, whether or not they were members of the society. Mr Hendricks talked on the organization of doctors and physicians, both nationally ami in the state and told interesting incidents that occur dai y in connection with saving of lives. He praised very highly the local hospital and said that it was one of the best hospitals in a city of thisize that he had eve; seen. After Mr Hendricks' address, refreshments in eluding sandwiches, ice-cream, cake and coffee were served. Mr. Hendricks motored to Detaeur fromlndianapolis and was aiompanied by his mother. They left last night lor a visit with relatives in Ohio before returning home, Mr. Hendricks, until recently, was connected with the Indianapolis News us feature writer and assistant sports editor. He became nationally known as a writer in shat capacity He is a grandson of Thomas A. Hendricks. Indiana's Civil war governor at one time a candidate for vlce-pre-i---dent of the United States. Mr. H it dricks will be remembered in this ci‘v by basketball fans as the "caller" who broadcast the state basketball tournament from Indianapolis [his spring.