Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1925 — Page 1

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Vol. XXIII. Number 161.

LITTLE HOPE OF AVERTING COAL STRIKE

FOUR PERSONS DIE IN STORMS IN MINNESOTA Heavy Property Damage Results From Wind And Rain HEAT WAVE CONTINUES Little Relief From Hot Weather In West And Southwest St. Paul, Minn., July 8. — (United Pr(>s!t )_Four persons are dead today. 21 injured and one child is missing as a result of a violent wind and rain storm over the St. Paul Minneapolis area. There was heavy property damage with trees uprooted and basements flooded. Two of the victims were killed when the Lake Harriet pavilion in Minenapolis collapsed. Nine others in the pavilion at the time were injured and hundreds of picnickers made a panicky rush for safety. Mrs. Emma Miller, 35, and her three-year-old child. May, were killed by falling timbers in the soda fountain room of the pavilion as the roof crashed. Guests in the dining room of the pavilion, hearing the crash, hastened to give relief. More than 150 persons in the building were marooned until fire workers and truck men removed the wreckage. William J. Ford, 30. was the third storm fatality. He was blown from te cab of a traveling -w»ne Wteß-te a was operating fifty feet above the round. He attempted to climb to tne top of the cab to close the window when the storm broke but lost bis footing and was hurled to the ground by the wind. He died at the hospital. Charles R. Fiesler, 47, died of heart disease aggravated when the wind wrecked his Minneapolis drug store Kansas City, Mo., July 9—Scattered showers brought only slight relief to sweltering Kansas and western Missouri today. Yesterday th eniervury soared to 106 in some places in Kansas and to 100 in Kansas City. Heat prostrations were reported from Kansas towns and several were overcome burning up under the blazing sun. here. The corn crop in Kansas is fast Dalas Tex., July 9— Partly cloudy weather in some sections of the state with promise of clearing skies during theday heltf out little prospects of re- ( lief from the heat wave of the last 36 hours today. ' Temperatures ranged high throug- ( out the state Wednesday, reaching the peak at Fort Worth, where the mercury climbed to 102. Dallas was second with 101. San Antonio and Shreiveport. La., sweltered at 100. No heat causalties have been reported. 0 Trans-Atlantic Flight To Start In August Or Sept. Paris, July 9~^~(United Press.) — The proposed Paris-New York nonstop airplane flight will start in August or September, according to announcement today.

EVOLUTION IN THE NEXT 1,000 YEARS English Scientist Says Men Will Become Bald, Education Os Children Will Begin Before Birth, Men And Women Both Will Wear Trousers, W’arfare Will Be Conducted By “Flying Submarines.”

London, July 9.—(United Press.) — Evolution in the next 1,000 years will work more changes in man, mentally and physically than in 10,000 years past, Prof. A. M. Low, R. R. G.S., declares in a new book called "The Future.” He forsaw, among other radical changes for the next ten centuries in the evolution of man, the following: Education of children will begin before birth. Legs will gradually be atrophied from non-use.

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Six School Buildings In Wells County Condemned Indianapolis, July 9 — The state health board in a quarterly meeting here today condemned the unsanitary conditions of a number of Wells county schools, including Lindsey, Prog Pond, Coon, Domestic, Mole Hill, and Nottingham schols in Nottingham township, and Sugar Grove in Rock Creek township. Sanitary conditions must be improved and O. K'd by the stgte board of health before they can reopen again, it was atated. —o MOOSE TO HOLD PICNIC SUNDAY Supreme Lecturer Os Lodge To Attend Affair At Bellmont Park The local lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose has invited all members and their families to participate in the annual Moose picnic to be held next Sunday, July 12, at Bellmont park, east of Decatur. A big day has been planned and it is expected that several hundred Moose and their families will gather for the-festival. Frank R. Lutz, supreme lecturers of the lodge, will give the principal address, and it will be a message of interest to all those present. Games, races and other methods of entertainment are in store for those attending. Cards have been sent to all members of the local organization, but the Decatur lodge also wishes to invite all members through this paper in case someone was unintentionally missed. A huge picnic dinner will be AahUu. Ufi s»rk..for * u ent. All members are asked to bring will-filled baskets and the food will be laid on large tables. It is the hopes of the local organization to have a large attendance and a banner program has been aranged for those who attend. All members of the Loyal Order of Moose are cordially invited to attend and bring their wives and children. DEMANDS TWO RESIGNATIONS State Board Os Health Asks ' That TwG*Veteran Employes Quit Posts Indianapolis, fhd.. July 9—Dr. William F. secretary of the state ’ board of health, conferred today with j Goernor Jackson on action to be taken on a resolution passed by the I board yesterday demanding resigna- , tion of two veteran employes of the board. | By a vote of three to two, the I board demanded that Dr. King order the resignation of Richard White, of Columbus, a democrat, and C. L. Hutchens, of South Bend, a caniWhite has been with the board since 1913 and is with the weights and measures division. Hutchens is head of the northern 1 territory of the pure food division ' and has been with the board for fourteen years.

Men will become bald. I Men and women will wear one- , piece or two piece suits, mostly alike. and capable of donning or divesting in a minute. Both men and women will wear : trousers. Men and women will compete in 1 every walk of life. A man will not 1 hesitate to stop a woman on the street ; and ask for a ‘‘light.” ' , Al! workers will be skilled, for unskilled labor will be done by ma- | — — (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

DECATUB DAILY DEMO CHAT THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1925

COL MADDEN TO STARTRACES Popular Starter To Officiate In Race Meet At Big Fair Here Word has been received by the Daily Democrat from E. B. Williamson, general manager of the Great Northern Indiana fair to be held in this city September 15-18, that Colonel Claude P. Madden, mayor of Danville, Illinois, and well-known in Indiana, will act as official starter for the horse races to be held in connection with the fair here. Colonel Madden has acted as official starter in this city several times , and is one of the most popular and efficient race horse starters in the middle west. Several fairs in Indiana have engaged Col. Madden's services, and it will be of great interest to race fans of this county to know that he 1 will be on deck for the local races. The races this season will be of I unusual interest, because of the lateness of the fair. Speed will rule in all events, because the marking of horses will not be a matter of consequence due to the lateness of the Decatur fair. The races will be only one of the I , many features of this year's fair and . exposition. Many new exhibits, of unusual interest to the farmers will be shown together with plenty of free attractions and fireworks displays during the night sessions. Mr. Williamson said recently that he expected the largest entry list for the horse races ever seen on the local i track. Several entries already have , been made. Some of the drivers will bring their horses to this city several weeks before the fair in order to acquaint themseTVes with the track and running conditions, it was said. ■ — o DAYTON AWAITS OPENING OF TRIAL 'Little Remains To Be Done ’ Before Opening Os Evolution Trial (United Press Service) Dayton. Tenn., July 9 —Confused in a welter of definitions of the issue involved, the Scopes evolution case today drew to within a few hours of ' trial and Dayton to its glory. Little remained to be done before launching tomorrow one of the greatest lawsuits of history. Judge Raulston. ruddy faced, sandy ! haired justice of the Tennessee mouni tains, who will try the case, arrived ■ last night for his task. > Clarence Darrow and Dudley Field ■ Malone, of defense counsel, will arrive this evening, Darrow from Chicago and Malone from New York. The place > of Bainbridge Colby, who withdrew ' yesterday, will not be filled. 1 The courthouse is ready; the town • has finished its preparations; nothing ■ remains but last minute conferences of counsel. The trial will start at 10 I a.m. tomorrow .The eve of the trial ’ finds the opposing forces sharply at odds over the great major issue of 1 the case. 1 William Jennings Bryan, who has assumed leadership of fundamentalists has proclaimed that there is only one ■ issue. Stripped of all its obscuring elements it is: “Is there a God? For, said Bryan, if evolution is true there is no God. And he is sublimely confident of being able to prove that evolution Is not true. Chicago, 111., July 9 — Civilization will be on trial at Dyaton, Tenn., Clarence Darrow declared as he boarded a train from Chicago to take a ’ leading part for the defense in the Scopes evolution trial. “My sole purpose in participating in this trial," Darow said, "is to defend the rights of fre speech and hon- ' est study. Our very civilization will be ’ on trial. “If Mr. Bryan believes that a Tennessee court or jury is going to have any effect upon the thought or investigations of the world, he's a very gullible man”

HITS LOBBYISTS 8 4 SENATOR JOHN B. CHASE OCONTO, Win. —This picture introduces State Senator John B. Chase of Oconto, Wis, who recently asked At torney General Herman L Ekern to investigate lobbyist expenditures in the Wisconsin general ar.sepibly. Senator Chase charges that the' secretary of state’s records show that $139,857 was spent to influence legis lation at the session two years ago. M. A. PARKER IS ' VISITING HERE Former Decatur Citizen Is City Inspector At Waterloo, lowa, Now M. A. Parker, who left here thirtyfive years ago, is here looking us over and enjoying a visit with those of the pals of his youth who are still here, among these being George McIntosh. John S. Falk, Seph Melchi, and a number of others. Mr. Parker lived in Bobo for many years, making his home at the Bunner residence. He left here in 1893. and finally landed in Waterloo, lowa, where he is now considered one of the substantial citizens. He was engaged in the paint and papering business for many years, but is now the city inspector in charge of the sanitary division of the city. His family consists of Mrs. Parker and nine children. three sons and six daughters, all of whom are getting along nicely. Mr. Parker said he was much impressed by the progress made here and discovered many improvements, particularly, the roads, schols and attractive homes. He stopped at Logansport, Indiana, on his way here, for a visit with his two sisters whe reside there, this being the first time they had been together for forty-five years. He will remain here until the latter part of the week when he will start wetaward again. o — LEAVE FOR WEST Mr. And Mrs. Charles E. Holthouse Start On Trip To Los Angeles, California. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Holthouse left at noon today enroute to Los Angeles, Calif. They will go by the way of Kansas City and the Sante Fe route, and will stop in the latter city for a short visit with Mrs. Holthouse’s sister. They expect to remain in California indefinitely and may decide to make their future home there. Mr. and Mrs. Holthouse were married last June and the good wishes of their many friends are extended to them. o —— Knights Os Pythias Hold Meeting Tonight There will be an important meeting of the executive committee of the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration at the Pythian Home tonight. All members of this committee are urged to be present. In addition there will be installation of officers. All members are urged to be present. Weather Partly overcast tonight and Friday withp robably local thunderstorms; not much change in temperature.

SEE A LOOPHOLE FOR STEPHENSON Attorneys Plan To Press Motions During Adjourned Session Os Court Indianapolis, July 9 —A possible loop-ho’.e for attempts to secure the freedom of D. C. Stephenson, former Indiana klan granu dragon, and Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry was seen today in the action of Judge Hines in calling an adjourned session of Hamilton | county court for July 22. Defense attorneys were to go to i Noblesville today for a conference I with the men, who are held in jail there charged with the murder of j Miss Madge Oberholtzer. In ordering the adjourned session of court. Judge Hines stated that only civil cases would be heard. It was believed likely, however that Stephenson’s attorneys would attempt to press their motion for a change of venue or other motions in behalf of the defendants at that time. Plans considered at repeated conferences here among the defendant’s attorneys, have been carefully guarded. j, Announce Dissolution Os Grain Marketing Company | Chicago. July 9—Final dissolution of the Grain Marketing company was I announced on the floor of the Chicago board of 'rade today. Armour and company took over all future transactions of the company at opening of business today. The Grain Marketing company, incorporated at $26,000,000, was the result of a merger between four leading file valor interests a year ago. o DIFFICULTY IN SECURING JURY Little Hope Os Completing Jury To Try Mrs. Cunningham Today Crown Point, Ind., July 9. —Little hope was held early this afternoon for completing a jury to try Mrs. Anna Cunningham. Gary’s poison widow, on a charge of murdering her three children. Three of the panel accepted were dismissed later by peremptory challenge and the routine examination of talesmen continued. Crown Point, Ind., July 9.—(United Press.) —A special venire of 50 talesmen was called today for examination in an attempt to secure a jury to try Mrs. Anna Cunningham, “poison widow” of Gary. The regular panel of twenty was exhausted yesterday without a single juryman being selected. The state is seeking jurymen willing to inflictthe death penalty, while the defense is challenging all prospective jurymen with fixed opinions. When arrested last April, Mrs. Cunningham confessed the murder of three of her children, Walter, Charles and Isabelle, with an arsenic potion. At her arraignment two weeks ago she pleaded not guilty and repudiated her confession. She is being tried for the murder of her ten-year-old son Walter. Man Electrocuted When Fishing Rod Hits Wire Mishawaka, Ind., July 9 —Ralph Mar- ' tindale. 26. was electrocuted here last night when his fishing rod struck a high tension wire as he was fishing . from a bridge over the St. Joseph ■ river. o Breaks Neck In Diving Bloomington, Ind., July 9—The body of Robert Bacon, 20, of Des Moines, lowa, was to be sent home today for burial. Bason broke his neck when he dived abainst the concrete bottom of a swimming pool here.

I Two Oil Wells In Jay County Are Dry Holes A new oil well drilled on the Anderson farm in Noble township, Jay county, turned out to be a dry bole when the well was shot Tuesday. The well is located 550 feet from another well which produced four barrels of oil per hour for a long period of time after being shot. Another well drilled at Boundary. Jay county, proved to be a dry hole when it was shot yesterday. o—MURE RANKS MAY USE POISON GAS General Use Os Gas In War On Bandits Appears Probable Today Indianapolis, July 9— General use of deadly poison gas in the war on Indiana bandits apeared probable today aa a result of the ((successful attempt of yeggs to rob the E.nora State bank . Bandits who broke open the bank vault were driven away by Lewsite gas released when the combination on the safe was smashed. The gas was contained in small glass tubes concealed in the safe. A number of banks in the state are already equipped with the anti-burg-lar gas device and officials of the Indiana Banker’s asociation believe it will be generally adopted. Lewsite was the most deadly gas invented during th eworld war. o Bloody Williamson County Is Practically Dried Up Marion .111., July 9 — Williamson county—in the last few years the scene of much illicit liquor traffic—-today is practical.y dried up, county officials believes. Efforts of the sherff’s office to capture the few stills still in operation are futile, and the county board of supervisors has given the state attorney SSOO to make purchases in order to bring about convictions. o NEW DRY CHIEFS TO ISSUE PERMITS Regional Directors To Give Permits For Withdrawal Os Alcohol (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Washington. July 9—Withdrawals of industrial alcohol wiil be carried out under permits issued individually by the 22 regional administrators of federal prohibition enforcement after August 1. when the reorganization scheme becomes effective. This announcement was made at the treasury depirtment today after a conference of Assistant Secretary Andrews, new’ dry czar. Commissioner Haynes of the prohibition unit,| Commissioner Blair of the internal revenue bureau, and other leaders of, federal dry work. The issuance of permits has been handled exclusively by Commissioner Blair for the last four years.

UNIFORM MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE LAW Mrs. Emma Eaton White, Reporter Os Indiana Supreme Court Urges Adoption Os Federal Constitutional Amendment To “Eliminate The Absurd Variations In Marriage And Divorce Law.

Indianapolis, July 9. — (United ' Press.) —Adapotion of a federal constitutional amendment authorizing congress to enact a uniform marriage and divorce law was recommended today by Mrs. Emma Baton White, reporter of the Indiana supreme and appellate courts in an address before the Indiaua State Bar association. "It is the only way to eliminate the absurd variations in marriage and divorce laws in the different states,” she said. “Uniform laws on marriage and divorce arc as essential to man-

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SMALL CHANCE OFCOMPROMISE APPEARS TODAY Representatives Os Operators And Miners Meet In Atlantic City MINERS WANT RAISE Mine Owners Are Equally Determined To Enforce A Wage Cut (United Preßß vice) , Atlantic City, July 9 Small likelihood of a compromise that will avert a threatened coal strike appeared this afternoon as 22 mine operators and GO representatives of the United Mine Workers gathered at the hotel Ambassador for the opening session of their wage conference. John L. Lewis, president of the miners, was to make the keynote speech. The miners’ demands include a 10 per cent increase and the operators were equally bent on enforcing a wage cut. W. W. Inglis, of Scranton, Pa., was to speak for the operators following Lewis. A subcommittee with six representatives on each side will be designated to condlct the wage negotiations. Atlantic City, July 9. — (United Press.) —With both sides avowedly determined to prevent a strike, but with charges anu counter charges flying, anthracite miners and operators enter their conference here today to decide upon wage scales and working conditions for the coming year. The present agreement has seven weeks more to run, after which the miners hope to have their wages raised ten per cent. The operators were prepared to demand a reduction in wages. Ellis Searles of Indianapolis, editor of the United Mine Workers Journal, charged the operators have made up their minds to refuse demands of the workers and thus bring on a strike which would result in raising the price of coal stocks now on hand. Samuel D. Warriner, spokesman of the operators, emphatically denied the charge. “That is pure bunk.” said Warriner. “If there is any essation, it will not be the fault of the operators.” John Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, was optimistic that within seven weeks an agreement could be negotiated. Spokesman for the anthracite miners were plainly pessimistic as to the outcome of the conference. They de- ; dared that no agreement would he reached because they said the operators have ten million tons of coal on hand of whic hthey intend to dispose at advanced prices before any attempt is made to meet the demands of the miners. Ten per cent increase in pay for I coal miners, who are paid on a tonnage rate; a dollar a da yincrease I for day me and complete recognition ■ of theunion in the anthracite disj tricts are the main demands of the i miners.

kind as any other laws that have been enacted.” Robert E. Lee Saner, of Dallas, Tex., former president of the American Bar association, told the convention last night the country has wandered far from its basic ideals of democratic government. "America is fast becoming a government of demagogues and hypocrites and a surplus of laws is endangering the national fiber,” he said. The convention will close tonight with election of officers and a banquet.