Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 155, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1925 — Page 1

Vol. XXIII. Numlf 155.

ONE MORE TREMOR IN SANTA BARBARA

FORMER AUD OR OF HAWXIN! CO. testifies™ Says Financial StJfements Were Altered To Jhow Large Asset* EXPLAINS SYS '’EM Ft. Wayne Accounts it Says Hawkins Refuse< His Audit (United Prns ServiA Indianapolis, July I.U Alterations in the financial sti’vrnepls of the Hawkins Mortg«e uAnpany to show an incnastl in assets were made severnl times with the personal knowjledyl of Morton Hawkins, former pAsident of the company, Jl L. McPherson, of Muncie, testiful in court today. McPherson was former Editor of the company and aplared as government witne-l in

Hawkins’ trial. s McPherson said that Hawkil instructed him as to hookkecpin^Bfthods of the company and sa llhat larger cash balances than v« on hand were shown in the sta - ;*nt>. Acctlinillations cr«"*K-tt hr Jr rs at ion of stock were earned I the ledger as income, he said J He said the company lost ■.Out) in 1919, and that the deficit inlased constantly until for the five months of 1922 the opeiafil loss amounted to a quarter of a Ifyn This loss, he said, was uufld‘hy sale of more stock. C.eorgAuist, Fort Wayne accountant, testi* that he made an audit of the boo»f the company in IS2I and that audit was promptly rejected by •'kinThe audit showed a deficit ■ $ 15*>.000 at a time when stock ■•atun of the company showed asset* more than $9,000,000, Buist said I He said his audit was rejfcd anti another firm employed wtufte r> fused to change the audit f

C.F, ABELSPEfER HAS ANOPERI !BN Son Os Decatur W< m is Recovering From erious Illness Charles F. Adelsperger. ir and manager of the Long Beat ai tor nia, Morning Sun, and son Irs K Adelsperger of this .city ilowiy recovering from an ope rat for a serious intestinal disorder. >asido hospital, Ixmg Beach. He ' itrii ken at his home on the even ! June 20, following his usual day rk at his desk. Physicians were netted and they pronouncetl his c; critical one and he was rushed * ho> pital and operated upon In under the knife nearly two hours, tintdays he hovered between and death but his splendid c ut ion won and, according to new eived toady he is out of danger. Mr. Adlesperger has mar id .-a the coast, and one sad seal 1 his il'.ness is that it came .it , i!i< time when plans were cot id to move the Sun office to a tonic. The following paragraph tin Sun of June 23 tells the st f the anxiety *elt by his associa ‘‘Occupancy by The Sun nt " larger and more convenien rang t-d quarters, has been tinge sot ! row, because Charles F. A rger. editor and manager of this taper who has been looking for with intense interest to this so step necessary by the advanced The , Sun during liis regime as teen five head, is now fighting life at Seaside hospital. Foi the sudden seizure which ma ini mediate operation necessar rda> night. Mr. Adlesperger's co lias continued critical. With mlse yesterday ranging from 1 140. (CONTINUED ON PAGI IT) 1 t

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EARTHQUAKE TEARS WALL FROM HOTEL IN SANTA RARBARA, CALIFORNIA

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Photo shometure of the Hotel Californian, Santa Barbara, California, taken immediately after th» earthquake on June 30. The wall was torn from the ImiliJexposing the interior and showing all of the bedrooms. The picture was received in Chicago from Los Angeles, over a leased wire on the Telepix ptanachine of the Pacific & Atlanlic Pilot os company, and dispatched to the Daily Democrat on the Broadway Limited, fast train on the Pittsburgh anClcago railroad.

MANY SING TRIP; LANNED I Decaiur ents Have Various I*a For Celebratiig ourth Many Decatur nple have been j struck by c.ise- tishitis and will f .... •»_»• * answer the call ofce hook and line and go after the liones this corning; week-end. Reportjrom northern In (liana like resortlre to the effect that they are ling Ihe largest crowds this seasoillat they have had in many years. I The Fourth of ly falling on Saturday has made I convenient for many people to pi week-end vacations. with an c,\:lday to fish, swim and enjoy thems®s other wise. It

I is probable that uiast three hundred ! J Decatur people w| spend the Fourth! * at the various timer resorts in' • Northern Indianal I Other people 1 planning to at-i I tend reunions, flivals and Fourth of July celebratlis. Decatur will not hold a eonfcnity celebration, j 4 and this has caul many to plan to leave the city or the week-end. Celebration is be* planned for Hoagland, Bluffton, \4shire, Preble and I and several othJneighboring towniS and these no chit will draw many Decatur people. I , Roads will be jowded in all direci tions Saturday Jl Sunday and var- , ions protective associations have . issueil warnings! for motorists to , drive carefully. Railroads have extended their "Die Carefully” cam 1 paign and are aJting in warding off as many over » Fourth accidents .as possible. I Service statiotj in Decatur report that tourists areloming through this city literally In (laves, and that they expect a recorticrowd this coming week-end. All mms leading from Decatur are In gol condition. A detour for a few ties is necessary on the Fort Waynetoad. Tourists are forced to leave ie main road about a mile north ofbecatur and return to it again aboil a mile and a luilf . north of the Peufeylvania railroad on the other side If Monmouth. No other roads are ilosed near aere. Hard Coal liners Vote Aid To Htuminous Men Scranton. Pa ] July 1.- (United Press.) In a retlution submitted to I the anthracite timers' wage convention heretoday. an assessment for July and Augustlhat will net at least S2OO 000 to assis the members of the 1 union men in flujbituminous field was 1 recommended, be assessment will be collected thnjrgh local unions and j forwarded to thj international treasurer. The resolution was Introduced I by the delegtaes I G

Michigan City Woman Is Indicted For Murder Laporte. Ind., July 1. — (United Press.) —Mrs. Anna Skibo, of Michj igan City, confessed slayer of her husband, today was under indictment by 'the Laporte county s rand jury on a charge of first degree nturdar. Prosecutor Dilworth announced he will ask the death penalty after the i true bill was returned. | Mrs. Skibo confessed she beat her , husband to dealt! while he lay in a stupor. EXCAVATING FOB SWIMMING POOL Work Expected To Be Completed Within Seven Or Eight Weeks Several workmen, with' their teams. ; shovels and scoops began today, I breaking ground for Decatur’s new, | $6,000 swimming pool that is being j built at Waterworks I*ark. by the) , cityi. It is estimated that the work 1 will take about seven or eight weeks, j The pool, when completed, will be! one of the best and largest commun- j Ity swimming pools in the state. It, will be located north and a little i west of the water works. The pool will vary in depth so that children as well as grown-ups can enjoy the , water. It will be lined with cement and will be so arranged that a constant change of water will be flowing into the pool. Another feature that the new pool will have will be a drainage system whereby the entire poo! can be. dried and cleaned. Orval Harruff. city engineer, is in charge of the j construction and he has employed several men to assist in the excavating. j Two Candidates For LaFollette’s Seat Milwaukee, July I.—(United Press) —Two candidates for the senatorial seat made vacant by the death of .Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Wisconsin's insurgent republican, were officially in the field today. Francis J 3. McGovern, republican, former governor of Wisconsin, made i public announcement today that he would fight for LaFollette’s seat. Roy Wilcox, also a republican, announced his candidacy last night. He was a candidate for governor In 1918 and again in 1920. o Presbyterian Prayer Meeting This Evening The regular weekly prayer meeting of the Presbyterian church will be held at the church at 7:30 o’clock thsi evening. The pastor, thP Rev. U. N. Covert, will lie present to conduct the servic.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 1, 1925.

SORORITY HAS A SCHOLARSHIP Tri Kappas Announce Benefit Show To Increase Local Fund Perhaps you have been solicited by one of the members of the Tri Kappa sorority to bur a ticket for the movie Thursday and Friday nights of this week. The feature picture stars Mae Murray in "Enchantment" at the Port theater. The local chapter is giving this benefit show in order to increase the local Scholarship Fund. A brief summary of the scholarship movement, however, will no douhht bring fortli a better realization of its growth in the past and at the same time emphasize the inevitable growth of this work in the future. The following paragraphs are quoted from the 1 Convention number of The cross- ) keys, the official Tri Kappa publica- 1 ' tion. j "The state scholarship fund was 1 first established at the LaGrange Cont vention in 1907. At that time the forty j chapters pledged a yearly sum. The j first scholarship was sufficient to I send one girl to schol. State Scholar- ' ship enthusiasm continued to grow A plea was made for more money and the chapters responded so gex erously that in 1916-17 three girls were sent to college. “In 1923, there were 19 applications for scholarships. Os these 19 chapters that applied six already benefited by (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) 1 C. H. S. ALUMNI ASS'N ORGANIZED Earl Christen Elected President; All Claives Represented The Decatur Catholic high school alumni association was organized last night at a meeting of graduates of tile school, held in the Catholic school building on Madison street. Each of ! the classes graduated from the school were representd in the meeting. Th officers eleetd last night wer:e: Earl Christen, president; Aloysius Schneider, vice-president; Irene Holthouse, secretary; Andrew Applman, trasurer; Margaret Mylott, historian; Sister M. Vera moderator; and Father J A. Seimetz. honorary president. An advisory board will be chosen at the next meeting of the organization. A committee, consisting of Anna I Baker, Anna Dowling and Marie Foos, | was appointed to draw up a constitution and code of by-laws for the new (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

Trustee Disappears When Accountants Examine Book ' South Bend, Ind., July 1. —(United Press.)—The St. Joseph county prosecutor today prepared to seek indict- . ment of W. W. Place, missing trustee of Walkerton. Place disappeared when examiners of the state board of accounts ordered him to produce his books for inspection. It was reported that irregularities in his accounts will several thousand dollars. CIVIC SECTION TO HOLD SALES i Ladies To Conduct Pastry Sale And Auction Os Furniture Friday A fine assortment of old furniture. I and some not so old, has been col- . lected by the members of the civic 'department of the Woman's Club for the public auction sale to be held on Liberty Way next. Friday afternoon, July 3. The sale will be held immediately following the merchants drawing. Persons desiring extra pieces of serviceable and attractive furniture are invited to attend the auction. The civic section ladies will hold : a pastry sale in the Central grocery, 1 Friday morning, beginning at 10 o'clock. Many good things to eat for the Fourth of July dinner will be j found in the sale. There will be ! many articles of food, especially adapted for picnic dinners. Tiie money derived from the auction sale and the pastry sale will be devoted to the civic Improvement program of the club. o — Haynes Slated To Lose Job Within Few Months By William J. Losh, (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Washington, July 1. —Federal Prohibition Commisisouer Roy A. Haynes, for four years director of national dry enforcement, is slated to be the major casualty in the new prohibition reorganization, it was indicated here today. j A different type of official, perhaps one of the former army officers for which Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews has announced a partiality, probably will succeed him in the next few months. With the ascendancy of Andrews, the function of Haynes in the enforcement machinery became unimportant. ' | Andrews dominated the field. Weather Indiana: Partly overcast and somewhat unsettled tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight.

C. & 0. Wants To Abandon Its Station At Witts, Indiana Indianapolis, July I.— (United Press.)— I The Tillage of Wills, in Union comity near the Ohio slate line, Is in grave danger of losing the only advantage Its eivic pride can boast. The Chespeake and Ohio railroad has filed a petition with the state public service commission to abandon the station at Witts. The petition says the town's population of seven persons is not sufficient to warrant maintaining the stutlon. LOCAL ELKS TO GOTOPORTLAND | John Yager And J. B. Meibers To Attend National Convention John Yager, of Yager Brothers furniture store, and John B. Meiliers, of j the Schafer Hardware company, will 1 ! , leave Saturday for Indianapolis where they will join the K.k.s of Indiana on their special all-pullman train to Portland, Oregon, to attend the sixty-first annual Elks national convention, to be held there July 13-14-15-16. The Elks special from Indiana will carry 125 members of the order on one of the most interesting and extensive tours through til western part of ■ the United States l and Canada. The ti ip wil be extended over a period of three weeks, the party returning to . Indianapolis July 26. The tour will include visits at Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Banff, l.ake Louise, Vancouvre, Victoria, Seattle and Portland on the way to The convention. The return trip will take the local Elks to San Francisco, l.os Angeles, Catalina Island, Grand Canyon of Arizona, Pike's Peak, Colorado Springs, Denver, Kansas City and St. | lantis. Stopovers wil lie made at nil interesting points. Mr. Yager and Mr. Meibers wil remain for the entire trip returning to Indianapolis in the afternoon of July 26, three weeks after departing. While in Portland several trips have been planned by those in charge of the Eiks convention. It is estimated that a! least 20,000 Elks will attend the conclave. Experienced guides will he in charge of the Indiana Elks Special, and they wil assist in making the trip an enjoyable one. The special , train has ben the result of the work- j ings of the Indiana Euks association, of which Don Allman, of Noblesviile is secretary. Mr. Yager and Mr. Meibers will leave Decatur some time ; Saturday in time to reach Indianapolis j that evening. They wil depart from Indianapolis Sunday afternoon, July 16, and will go directly to Chicago where the remainder of the party will board the special train. ELKS TO INITIATE Meeting To Be Held In Old Lodge Room On South Second Street This Evening. An Elks initiation will be held at the old Elks hall on South Second street at eight o’clock tonight. All members of the order are requested to be present at the initiatory ceremony. The meeting tonight will be held in the old hall because the lodge room at the new Elks Home lias not yet been arranged for meetings. The new Home will not be open tonight and all members are asked to attend the meeting. Regular business of importance will come before the lodge before initiation is held. o Big Celebration At Winona Lake July 4 (United Press Service). Winona Lake, Did., July I—A1 —A big celebration of Independence Day is to be he'.d here July 4. under the auspices of the Winona Assembly and the American Legiou. One of the features of the event will be an address by George Penntman, of Pittsburgh, on "The Flag". A field and track meet has been arranged for in the afternoon.

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: NEW QUAKE IS : SLIGHT AND NO : DAMAGERESULTS I i Work Os Rebuilding California City Coes On In Earnest LOSS IS $30,000,000 Only $1,000,000 Os Loss Protected By Insurance, Is Report il’niled pH 1 *.® S«*rvi«-i»> Simla Barbara, (kil„ July 1— | [ (Spuria! to Daily Democrat) —- . 1 A very slight earth tremor shook Santa Barbara at 6:32 a.m. The new quake caused no - confusion whatever, and very r little comment. Workmen in | the upper stories of ruined I buildings paused for a few minJ . tiles to assure themselves that I I the pen tie cradle motion was not the forerunner of one of i the hanging shocks of the previ ions night and then resumed work. I The tremor vas not severe , enough to bring any additional debris to the streets. Slight dust clouds at f one or two points were the only visi- , b’e results, f ,I By Lincoln Quarberg, United Press Staff Correspondent. Sama Barbara. Cal. July I—The1 —The j trentors which shook into ruined _ r heaps of brick and mortar the eighteenth century misrion and mo 'ern edifices that were Santa Barbara's pride apparently i.uti ceased today and through the ruins the city’s pride ( reasserted itself in work of reconstruction. With a respite of more than twelve hours since the last shock was felt, the energies and efforts of the city administration turned today from 1 relief work and vigilance to gathering contributions for the rebuilding of Santa Barbara. The most recent tremor was that, of 6:14 pm. Tuesday, after which the weary citizens of this resort city by the sea were able to pass the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) REV, COVERT TO GO TO WISCONSIN Presbyterian Pastor To Be Dean Os Young Peoples Institute The Rev. B. N. Covert, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, will leave Thursday for l.ake Chetek. Wisconsin, where he will assume the duties of Dean of the Young Peoples Conference school of the Presbyterian churches of northern Wisconsin. The conclave will last one week and Rev. Covert will act as head administrator during that period. The school is similar to the one conducted each year by Indiana Presbyterians at Winona Lake and it is estimated that several hundred Wisconsin young people will attend the sessions. School is held during the morning and the pupils are permitted to enjoy the amusements of Lake Clielek in the afternoon. A service is held each evening. Rev. Covert will teach three classes each day and have charge of the evening services, also. On his way to Lake Chetek, Rev. Covert will stop at Garrett. Indiana, to attend the union services of the St. Mattews Reformed church and the Presbyterian church of that city. The two churches will be permanently united as the first Presbyteri ian church of Garrett tomorrow night. After the Lake Chetek school is I closed, Rev. Covert will meet Mrs. , Covert at Cambria, Wisconsin, and they will spend their vacation In that • state returning to this city the latter part of July.