Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1925 — Page 1

Vol. XXlli. Number 136.

BOY DROWNS IN CREEK NEAR DECATUR

CHINESE TROOPS EIRE ON PARTY OF AMERICANS Four Injured When Yunnanese Troops Riddle Launch With Bullets FOREIGNERS UNSAFE I'.S. Government Powerless To Act In Regard To Injury Os Americans W ..X Hong Kong. Jun? 9 (United Press) Yu>inanese troops, engage.t in civil war with tit? Cantonese troops fired on four Americans, Mr. and Mrs, Frank Frampton and Mr and Mrs. Montgomery Ogden Codas, while tit? party was endeavoring to cross by launch from l|on< n Island to Canton. The launch flew the American flag. Mr Frampton was wounded in the a.nt ami .he others were injured by splinters of glass. The launch itself was riddled and I the Americans were forced to return jo Bonen island, where anti-foreign The warfare waged between the Cantonese and Yttnnanese Is 9 factional struggle. The Yttnnanese lead sentiment is intense. ers became displeased with mobilization of forces by the Cantonese who have their forces on Honan island and thereupon began civil strife As a result, there have been almos! constant exchanges, with much ma cMne gnn firing, between the JIUP j nanese who sent gunboats up the river, and the defenders of Honan. The situation is reported uneasy; for foreigners, many of whom have already sought safety in Hong Kong Casualties are not believed to have been heavy to date. — Washington. June ft (United! Press) —The United States govern . merit is powerless to tjtke action in j regard to the wounding of four. Americans at Canton by Yttnnanese corps, except to repeat the warning of I', s. Consul Jenkins that all Americans leave the battle area. , The only recognised government in China, the Peking regime, lias little or no authority over Canton and cannot lie held responsible. The American authorities are expected to protest vigorously to the Yttnnanese commander, but mean vhil<- will -urge foreigners to stay out of the rang" of gunfire. Peking, June 9 —(United Press) — Chinese students today warned foreigners here to remain indoors Wednesday during a monster demonstra tion planned by the studentsSchools will close and street corner speakers will hold forth every where. , t The warning was made as a precaution against possible untoward occurrences affecting foreigners. PRESIDENT IS RETURNING EAST Returning To Washington For Vacation After Trip To Minnesota By William J. Losh, (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Aboard President Coolidge's Train, enroute to Washington. June 9. —With echoing cheers of thousands still ringing in his ears, President Coolidge early today was speeding south through Wisconsin aboard his special tr ain, bound for Washington and his summer's vacation beyond. His train, which left St. Paul short>y before midnight last night, was 'hie in Chicago at 11:10 a. m and at the national capital early tomorrow 1 morning. was the same train of five cars which took him out to the Twin Cities. "'ONTiNUED ON PAGE TWO)

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[Chicago Beer Baron Dies Os Bullet Wound Chicago, June 9 (United Press) Walter O'Donnell, one of Chicago's lesser beer barons, died here today I irom Inilfet wounds received Sunday I >n : fight In a saloon Five mon. iv ' f ' of them former prohibition agents, nr? under arrest m eonnec- . Hon with the affair. An O'Donnell retainer was killed in the same fray. Polio? believe the untierwor.il is on the eve of another bloody war in which they expect th? two remaining ; O'Donnell brothers to play the role I of avengers. ———oTRIAL MOVING SLOWLY TODAY Three \\ it n esses Heard In I Case Against Telephone Company And City 'I The introduction of evidence in : the trial of the case of Zoe Zehrbach j of Sandusky. Ohio, against the Citi|>.ens Telephone company and the i Citv of Decatur, suit for sls.lion. was j proceeding slowly in circuit court today The jury was secured and 'mpane.led at 3:30 o'clock Monday J afternoon and court was adjourned until this tnornin after ttornevs 1 had made their opening statements I to the jury. The first witness called by the I phiintiff this morning was Orva) 1 Harruff, city engineer and superin--1 lendent of the city water works. | Herman Ehinger. manager of the j if ephone company, was the second | witness called by the plaintiff and he was followed on the witness | stand by Joe Hunter, head linesman j for the telephone company. Mr ■ rrnntPr ■Wfls’ stiinm rfie stand at * I o’clock this afternoon. I Mrs. Zehrbach is demanding judgment for sls 000 for personal injuries. sustained in an accident which oceured on North Second street, just north of the old north mill, on the i njght of August 1. 1924. The auto- ] mobile in which Mrs. Zehrbach, her ' busband and Mrs. Magie Fuhrman. ' was wrecked when it struck a guy I wire on a telephone pole, at the side I of the street. ' The members of the jury which was impanelled yesterday afternoon , ate: Otto F Raker, Solomon Sheets. I Frank Kuntz. Joshua Burkhead, John 1 Linton. Louis Merrillott. Albert Duer. Eli Augsburger, Jacob Rawley. John H. Duff. William Speakman and William Worthman. Indications are that the trial will | not be completed before the end of I this week, at the earliest. o Painleve To Inspect Moroccan Situation Paris, June 9—(United Press)— Premier Painleve is about to make a personal inspection of the Moroccan situation and its possible solution. The cabinet today decided he should leave this evening for the scene of the French operations against Ab<l El Kritn's Riffians. Following this mandate, he will fly tomorrow morning from Toulourte, ac<|ompan.ied by General Debeney and Chief of Staff Laurent Eyenac and will remain in Morocco four days conferring with General | Lyautey. leader of the French forces Veterans Os Foreign Wars Open Encampment Fort Huron. Mich., June 9— Ihe sixth annual encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars began to attend a three day session today. Some five thousand visitors are here or expcted to attend. General Pershing. Vlve-preaident Charles G. Dawes anti Admiral Sims have been invited. _ 0 — —- Leach Is Re-elected Mayor Os Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minn.. June 9—Voters here yesterday for the third consecutive time elected George P. Lach mayor Lach had a majority of 6.180 on retltrn9 from 164 out of 320 precincts early today. On the basis of this count it is expected Lach's final majority over James T. Elwell, his opponent will be approximately 10,000.

WILSON'S IDEA FOR TREATY IS J BEING REVIVED ■ . England And France Following Plan To Prevent German Aggression BELGIUM MAY .JOIN New Accord May Take Form Os Military Pact Among Three Nations Paris, June 9.—The late President, Wilson's idea for a three-power treaty | to guarantee Fiance against a-new Geiman attack has been virtually renewed. England and France have reached .111 accord which may be extended-to Belgium whereby the eastern front-, 1 iers of France are guaranteed against 1 aggression. Messages from Europe say England is ready to lend in litary aid Io F.aiiie ’ in event of an attack. Wilson's idea 1 was for a military pact among France, 1 Great Brittan and America. The new accord may take the form 1 of a military pact among the three' I ' nations supplementing the security) s ..I pact arrangement among France, Belgium. Great Britain and German?. I The allied answer to German proposals for such a pact w 11 be Iwarded this week. In it arrangements will be made whereby England I will act with France in the event of I German aggression in the west and 4 France will act with the little intente 1 if Germany should become aggressive her east frontiers. O— I Logansport Fighting To Retain Pennsylvania Shops 1 Logansport, Ind., June 9.-eßusiness men of Logansport today started aj fight to retain the heavy repair shops of the Pennsylvania railroad here. A committee of six men was in p Philade’phia conferring with high of-1 ficials of the road in an effort to ( secure withdrawal of the order fori ! I abandonment of Ihe shops. More than 390 men will be thrown J out of work if the order is carried f/out. The I’ennsylvatii.t plans Io have | the work now done in the shops here 1 handled in shops at Fort Wayne anil j Columbus. I " ELKS TO OCCUPY NEW HOME SOON To Move Into Beautiful Home In .July; to Initiate More Candidates Work is proceeding rapidly on the plans for furnishing and remodelign the new Elks home, formerly the (’. ('. Schafer residence on North Second street. Several committees have been busy this wek purchasing equipment • and furthering plans for occupancy of the home some time the early part of July. A membership committee visited several prominent Adams county people in Linn Grove and Berne yesterday and obtained their applications for membership in the Decatur lodge, there being no order at either of these two places. The membership campaign will he closed in the next few days and the initiation fee will be raised, according to present plans. Tomorrow night a class of 50 candidates will be received into the order at the Elks hall on South Second street. A majority of the class Wednesday night are Decatur citizens, it was said this morning. The presenl plan is to have an active membership of about 350. Initiation services will be held by the ideal Elks until the entire new class of initiates have been admitted to the order, it was stated today that the Schafer home would be vacated about the first of July and the Elks wo dultake immediate possession.

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Radio Interference At Warsaw Finally Located Warsaw .Ind., June 9 (United Pres ) —After li.ree months of th' worst kind of radio Interference, V. M Sl.ret , I leetricHl engineer for III? In tershite Public Service commission of Indianapolis' finally located th. trouble lij a leak at the power house, here. Th? leak made radio reception prac ! ticaliy impossible at Warsaw, (’laypool end Iz-esburg anil at rural communities nearby. FOURTEEN BODIES TAKEN FROM MINE I . 1 Total Ol Seventeen Killed In Kentucky Mine Bisaster Monday Sturgis. Ky.. June ft (United press) I —Fourteen bodies were brought to the .surface early today of the 17 miners—seven white men and ten negroes—trapped and killed in an explosion at! mine No. ft of the West Kentucky Coal Mine company here Monday. i The fourteenth body was brought ] out shortly before noon It was that of L B. Barnett, veteran miner and one for whom hope had been held as he was in charge of ventilation, and it was thought he might have been near an air shaft at the lime of the blast. Rescuers announced they had been unable to reach the remaining three bodies and would continue their efforts until all were lirougb tn. Time of the explosion was fixed to 1 day by (’. F. Richardson, president of I the coal company, at 8:95 Monday, but I the cause of the explosion remains a mystery. DROUGHT COSTING FARMERS BIG SUM ' i Damage to Oats, Wheat And Hav Amounts To sl,000,009 Daily Indianapolis. June It Continued drought is costing Indiana farmers, j $1,000,000 a day, M .M. Justin, federal, agricultural statistican for Indiana an I nounced today. Justin based his figures on damage to wheat, oats and hay crops alone and said that the total damage would gretly exceed $1.out).000 dai'y. Recent frost damage estimated by Purdue university at $10,000,000 has been exceeded by less from drought, Justin said. The actual damage was started about June 1. "Wheat, outs and hay are in critical condition," Justin said. "Hay Is virtually beyond the point where it can be saved. Wheal is filling out and will be ready to cut soon. The dry weather and extreme heat cause the heads to fill out poorly and the kernels themselves to shrivel tip." In adition, Justin pointed out thal the wheat will be short and much of it will be lost in harvesting as the binders will not be to handle it properly. Oats faced the same, corn! tion, he said. (? About 20.000 acres of oats in Indi ana was killed by frost. Justin said Much of the acreage was planted in corn because the frost came too late to re-seed the oats. ’ Half a million acres of corn in Indiana had to be replanted because of the frost. This replanted corn is not germinating properly because of lack of rain, but corn is not so badly injured as other' crops. Fruits and vegetable crops that escaped the frost have been greatly retarded by the drought, Justin said. _ o__ Steamer Goes Aground Marcus Hook, Pa.. Ju»e 9—(United Press) —The steamer Ericcson of the Ericcson line, bound to Philadelphia from Baltimore, went aground shortly before 7 a.tn. today. The vessel is in no danger and no pasengers have yet been taken off

JURY NEARLY COMPLETEDIN SHEPHERD CASE! State’s Attorney Preparing [ To Present Case To Jury Tomorrow EIGHT JURORS IN BOX — Many Witnesses Summoned To Testify In “Germ Murder Case” Chicago. June 9—(United Press)— Stale’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe' i today whipped his opening address i in the Shepherd “germ" murder case j into shape with the expectation of i delivering it to the jury tomorrow. Eight jurors now are in the box I and a ninth has been tentatively accepted Prospects apijared )|'ight for completion of the jury by the end of the court session today or noon tomorrow Crowe said he felt completion of the jury is imminent. Witnesses from several parts of the country will appear against William I' Shepherd, charged with killing Billy McClintocjt. his ward, to secure th? latter’s million dollar estate. Crowe today Issued three sub poenaes on three banks for accounts of the Shepherds in 1923. the year before Billy was murdered. The slate will attempt to prove hy these accounts that Shepherd and his wife were "virtually broke" before their ward’s death, and that they had | lived on the bounty of the McClintocks. The swhpoenas were on the Union hank of Chicago, the Northern Trust company of Chicago, and the State Bank of Wilmette. 11l Confident that tomorrow will bring the actual taking of testimony. Crowe ' redoubled his efforts to complete the I evidence by which he hopes to send' Shepherd to the gallows. lie order ed expense money sent to C. A Nordland. Auburn. Neh.. Stella Car I ton, Linden, lowa, and Jerome Matillo. Indianapolis, Ind. The trio.! , uli of whom are old acquaintances I <>f the Shepherds, will come to Chicago as "important state’s witnesses" I They will bring added proof of the Shepherds poverty ami of their ! financial assistance from the McClintocks, Crowe said. FINDS CHECK 13 YEARS OLD John Nidlinger Cashes A| Check He Received In Sale In 1912 John I). Nidlinger, the well known farmer ami stockman, had it happy surprise the other day. He was cleanitig out a desk at h s home an I noticed a piece of paper sticking out from under one of the drawers, pulled it out anil discovered it was a eheejj fror $75.00, given to him as the pur • chase price for one of his famous Durocs during a sale held in the fall ,| of 1912, by a man at Hartford City. John supposed that after nearly thirteen years, the check would be disputed, but he called his old auctioneer, Col. Harry Correll, who also i lives at Hartford City, •and told hint about it. Correll said the man who hud given the check was his neighbor and he would see him. Mr. Nid- ■ Unger's surprise came two days later when he received a letter from the ■ signer of the cheek, saying he remembered the transaction well and had often wondered why it Iwdn't come through and urging John to send the check in through the regu lar manner. He did and it was duly cashed, proving that we. do have some iqcky breaks in this old world, after i all. Weather i Generally fair tonight and Wednest day; cooler Wednesday and in north and central portions tonight.

Body Os Murdered Man Is Removed From River ■ Secam'iis, N J , Jim? ft U nited ' Press)- Encased |n sheets of lead and : wrapped In comforters, the body of lan unidentified man who evidently had j been burned to death l>v b?s murder ers, has been takfcn from the Hack ensack river her?. The body was crimson witli deep burns and police believe the victim was tortured witli fire perhaps by hijackers or rum runners. Nude, except for tit? comforters, there was nothing on th? body that might establish th? | man's Identity. • o — - - - POLICE CHIEF I ISSUES WARNING Warns Against Premature Celebration Os Independence Day A warning was issued today by Chief of Police Joel Hevnolds In regard to premature celebrations of Independence Day. No trouble has] been experienced in this city for thej last two years and Chief Reynolds has asked that dealers refrain from' selling fire-cra<(kers and other fire j works until the last week in June. S,ate laws now limit the manufacture of fireworks and none of those sold in tliis slate are of a dangerous nature. However, complaint* the frequent about this time of year, throughout the stale, regarding the hasty celebration of American hide pendence several weeks before July 4. Chief Reynolds said today that he had not received any complaints yet this year and that he hoped the children would not discharge any of the fireworks until at least Hie last week of this month Several business houses in this city have signified , their intentions of handling fire works ths year. o— Posses Still Hunting For Moron Near Gary — Guy Ind . June 9—(United Pres-) -In a final effort to locate the negro I moron who lias been biding in the wooded swamp and waste lands west of Gary for four days, posses today; were burning over the region to drive him from his hiding place. The negro, who bad attacked four white women within the last two weeks, was seen again Monday by a croup of persons at a filling station He turned and disappeared in the jwamps after two state millitia men had followed and fired after him When news spread that the moron had heAn seen again, a new posse ot nearly HHt persons was organized anti combed the region ■.. —o — I Twelve Killed In C. & O. Train Wreck Peru, Inti.. June 9. — Twelve men were killed anil two others may die from injuries sustained in the Chesapeake & Oh o freight wreck at Converse, near here, yesterday when two car loads of coal were derailed and rolled over on a crew of sei lion employes. Five were injured in the accident, but three may recover —o-— —

Seven Killed In Battle in Philippine Islands Manila. I*. I. , June ft (United Press) —Seven Moros were killed ami many wounded in a battle in Lanoa province between Moros members of the constabulary attempting to capture Sultan Raya, Moro diieftan. according to word reaching here today. Tlie hattie. it was reported, was tin- ' thorized by Governor General Wood, who posted a government reward of |250 for Raya's arrest. Raya was idolized hy lite Moros. ' He was charged witli a lon< series of robberies and other crimes extendin' ' over several months. s o Secretary Os War Weeks Is Recovering Rapidly Boston. June ft (United Press.) Secretary of War John W. Weeks, is •■ recovering rapidly and bis condition li is excellent, said a physician's hulle tin, issued tills morning.

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IBURLMARSH,AGE 12, IS DROWNED IN SECOND CREEK Fatal Accident Occurs In Private Swimming Pool On Schurger Farm HITS DEEP STEP-OFF Lad Stole Away With Other Bovs And Went Swimming Last Night Burl Mai'sh, ugt'tl 12, son of j Mr. and Mis. Boy Mttrsh. of ' litis city, formerly of Fort Wayne, wtts drowned Inst nighi, ;tl about seven o’clock, when he slipped away from the people with whom lit* hail gone on! Io "Second ('.ret k,’’ and hit the step-off anti went under before aid could he reache<l. I The boy came to this city about five weeks ago. being adopted I by Mr. amt Mrs. Marsh from a brother. Oliver Marsh, of Fort W’ttyne. Tlie hoy had gone Io the Schurger country homd west of the city witli the William Shoemaker family. Mr Shoemaker stopped at the Schurgi r home to help the Scliurgers In plantin;' some tomatoes.-and had ordered lite children to stay then* until h? was done and then lie would take ' them to tlie creek to swim In a few minutes Burl, with two other boys, slipped away and went on down to the ereek. After a while one of the Shoemaker children came back to the Sehurger home and told her father that the boys were down there and that Burl Was missing Mr. Shoemaker sertt word for help land hurried down to the creek in an effort to save the lad After lieing under water for about ten minutes he was rescued by Leonard Myers, who resides near Decatur and who was on his way to the creek for a swim.. Dr. Frank Lose was summoned, but the hoy was pronounced dead after eflorls to relive him had failed. It 'is thought that the lad had eaten Ills supper 100 rnpldh and had been i seized with i iamps Just a:i lie lilt the step-off The Schttrgers have been very careful with their pool and it litis been kept private for several seasons. to avoid sucli accidents. The only way children are permitted to swim in the creek, is to have an older person along But the boy had slipped away and gone down to the creek without any one knowing it. Burl Marsh was the son of Mr and Mrs. Oliver Marsh, of Fort Wayne He lias eight brothers ami sisters. Some time ago the boy's father and mother separated and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Marsh adopted him Previous to his adoptioii he had lived witli Ills parents in Fort Wayne Mr. and Mrs. Roy Marsh who reside in the south part of tlie city had cared for the boy ami had just recently legally (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

LOCAL STUDENTS FINISHCOURSES Several Decatur Students Receive College Degrees This Spring Colleges and Universities llirouglt out the middlewest are dismissing this week lor the annual summer vaca tlou. Several Decatur students at the various colleges are to be graduated tills week. Mr und Mrs II S. Midi and left this morning to attend the graduation exercises at Western college at Oxford. Ohio, where their daughter, Miss FTorine Michaud, will be graduated tomorrow with high honors. Miss Michaud is the first Decatur student at Western college to receive the Phi Beta Kappa key. the highest scholastic award conferred on undergraduates in the middlewest. She lias been active in campus activities nod (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)