Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1925 — Page 1

Vol. XXHL Number 170.

DARROW FREED OF CONTEMPT CHARGE

evolution may 8E TAUGHT IN ADAMSCOUNTY Township Trustees Not Opposed To Teaching Os Subject As A Thoory PLAN for INSTITUTE Several Matters Discussed At Monthly Meeting Here This Morning Only routine business was taken lß re of at the regular meeting of the Adams county trustees in session with the County Superintendent this morning, and the evolution question in connection with the county schools was not discussed, openly. It is the general opinion among the t-ustees. however, that the teachers can use their own discretion as long as they teach evolution only as a theory and not as a fact, \lo men tion was made at the regulr meeting and it is not probable that any direct action regarding evolution v will be taken. According to law, each trustee has the power to say what will and what will not be taught in his township's schools. Final plans were made for the annual institute. It will be held this year in connection with the Decatur chautanqua. August 31 to September 5 Lists of teachers were discussed at the meeting. Ail vacancies have not been filled yet, but most teachers for schools in Adams county have been hired for the coming year, the reports showed. County Superintendent E Sr Christen urged that the annual reports of trustees be turned in on time this year, which will make them due not later than August L This must be done. Mr. Christen explained, because of the change of county superintendents August 15, Young peoples reading circle works were discussed, and new attendance books were distributed to the trustees for each school in order that an accurate record of attendance of each pupil in the county might be better kept. No other business of importance was discussed. The next meeting will be held early in August, probably the first Monday of next month. This meeting will be the last one at which the present county superintendent **lll preside, the new officer. Clifton Striker, taking charge the middle of next month. o Laporte Man Arrested For Speeding With Stork Laporte, Ind., July 20 — Racing to beat the stork to the bedside of his wife. Joseph ('rummer, 33. was arrested for speeding.. He told it to the judge today and was discharged.

PICNIC HELD BY POSTALEMPLOYES Annual Affair Held At .1. P. Haffner Home Near Monroe, Sunday The annual picnic of the Adams county postal employes was held at •he home of J. P. Haffner, one-half mile west of Monroe, Sunday. A basket dinner was enjoyed at noon by 115 persons. Invocation was given by •he Rev. Mr. Foster, pastor of the Monroe M. E. church. Music was furnished by the Monroe City band. Talks were given by Rev. Foster, O. L. Vance, of Decatur, and Harve Davis, a rural carrier from Pleasant Mills. A vote of thanks was given to the Haffner family, the Monroe carriers and the Monroe band, for their efforts in making the picnic a success. It was decided to hold the 1926 picnic in Water Works park, Decatur. The following postoffices were represented at •he picnic; Decatur. Berne, Monroe, Pleasant Mills and Peterson.

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GENEVA MAN DIES Francis M. Dyne* Succumbs To Illness Os Cancer Os Liver; Funeral This Afternoon. Geneva, July 20 —Francis M. Dynes, age 69 years, died Saturday at his home in Geneva. He had been ill two weeks of cancer of the liver. Mr. Dynes was horn in Darke county, Ohio, May 23, 1856. He was married thirty years ago to Mary Jane Dootson. who survives. Mr. Dynes also is survived by two children, namely Mrs. Ijolo Marks, of Fort Wayne, and Samuel Dynes, at home, and two halt brothers. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Geneva Methodist church, the Rev. Mr. Williams. officiating. Burial was made in the Baptist cemetery, east of Bryant.

LAKES ATTRACT MANY TOURISTS Hundreds Os Persons Pass Through Decatur, Enroute To Resorts Hundreds of persons passed through this city yesterday driving north and east to the various Jakes and fesorts in northern Indiana and western Ohio. It 'is estimated by gasoline filling station men that yesterday’s crowd of tourists outnumbered any this year except those during the week-end of July 4 Summer resorts were crowded yesterday with persons seeking relief from the intense weather of the last fes days. Manj .Deat »r ..persons joined the almost unbroken stream of automobiles to the northern lakes. The day was ideal and very little rain fell in the state to mar picnics and outings. Fishing is reported good at most nrothern Indiana lakes, except in. a few where too much fishing has made necessary a restocking. Tourists camps, picnic grounds, filling stations and soft drink stands are scattered along all state roads and highways throughout the entire state. Several detours on roads north of here leading to northern Indiana resorts are in effect, but most of the detours are in fairly good condition There is a long detour on the Lincoln Highway, north of Fort Wayne, but it is in good condition. The river road detour to Fort Wayne from Decatur is in good shape with the exception of about a mile. This road will be the official detour most of the summer while the state road is being improved.

SEEK $4,000 DAMAGES Dennis And Findley Striker File Suit Against Indiana Service Corporation At Bluffton. Dennis and Findley Striker, of Geneva, doing business under the film name of Striker Brothers, have filed a suit in the Wells circuit court at Bluffton against the Indiana Service Corporation, operators of the interurban line between Bluffton and Fort Wayne, seeding judgment for $4,000 damagesThe complaint is based on an accident that occurred August 2, 1922, when a 3% ton Gary truck belonging to the Strikers, and driven at the time by Vinton Ray, was struck by a north bound traction car, at the grade crossing one mile north of Bluffton, where an east and west road intersects the traction line. The truck was used in the transportation of crushed stone, and is alleged to have been of a value of $3,000. It is alleged in the complaint that the interurban line traverses a cut just south of the grade crossing, and that for this reason the view of the traveler approaching the crossing on the highway was obstructed. It is alleged further that no alarm or signal was sounded by the dnterurban crew as the traction car approached the crossing The truck was struck and demolished, it is alleged, due to the negligent manner of operations of the defendant. Eichhorn. Gordon and Edris are attorneys for the plaintiff.

KOREAN FLOOD CLAIMS HEAVY TOLL OF LIFE Casualties Asti mated at Two Thousand Dead, Injured And 11l Today RAIN STILL POURS Damage Estimated A $40,000,000; Kankang River On Rampage Tokio. July 'PO —Casualties —dead, injured and ill—in the floods in Korea were estimated today at two thousand. The military radio, from Seoul, brought, tidings that casualties were beyond estimate Fusan dispatches Sunday said floods were extending to South Korea an'd that rain continued to pour. The Kankang river,, whose dikes burst Saturday, was reported fifty feet above normal. The Ethos railway station on the border of the flood zone wired that the situation is terrible and pictured people floating helplesslyon the roofs of their homes. Relief workers have been unable to assist. Railways between Fusan and Mukden have been forced to suspend service. , Two Hundred Bodies Recovered Asaka. July 20 Two hundred bodies have been recovered from the flood waters which inundated Seoul, capital of Korea, and many others were reported drowned jn last week’s flruwi The. damage Is estimated at $4*1.000 (000. Twenty thousand houses have been damaged. Relief measures are proceeding satisfactorily. Rained For 20 Days Calcutta. July 20—Many villagers are drowned and thousands are homeless as a result of the floods in the Chilka Lake district, caused by a 20day rainfall. The river Nahanadi. pouring into the lake flooded ad caused a rise to an alarming level. Many villagers, hemmed in on all sides by the rising waters, have sought refuge in the hills. — o WEEKEND TOLL IS FIVE DEATHS Quintet Lose Lives In Auto Accidents In Indiana; Fifteen Injured (United Press Service) Indianapolis, lnd|g July 20 —Indiana's week-end auto I casualty toll was counted today at five dead and fifteen injured. Os the injured only one was in a serious condition. Driving his motorcycle on the wrong side of the road on the crowded Dunes highway east of Gary, Milliam James, 20. of Chicago, was hit by an auto and killed, Frank Supernac, 20, of Chicago, who was riding with him, was seriously hurt and was taken to a hospital at Michigan City. Joseph Hosford. 10, dashed in front of an auto while riding a "scooter" and was run over at Fort Wayne. He died from a fractured skull, on the operating table at a hospital. Frank Fullman. 15. of Chicago, died in a hospital at Laporte from injuries received when he was struck by an auto while bicycle riding Mistaking the headlight of a Monon train for the lights of another auto. Frank Ellis, 49, drove his machine on the tracks near Lafayette and was killed. James Spry, 53. of Champaign, 111. lost control of his auto at Veedersburg. The auto dashed into a curb and Spry was killed. Six other occupants of the machine were slightly hurt. , Three members of the family of Otto H. Schuette, of Elgin, UK- were slightly hurt in an auto collision at Michigan City.. Five were injured in traffic accidents in Indjianapolis.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 20, 1925.

ROLLED HOSE DO FADE AWAY Chicago, July 20.—(United Press) — Bobbed stockings have faded into the realti of yesterday. No more will rolled hose peep forth from under the abbreviated skirt, according to the censorship committee of the Chicago fashion show. And any color dress will do—if it’s purple. Any of the numerous shades. In cotton or silk, calico or mttsline, are favored for milady's wardrobe. The new fashion in stocking is calle dthe 'hike.' The stocking is is pulled tight over the knee and attached to a garter, suspended from the girdle. A nomer artistic effort is obtained than rolled stock ings, the committee believes.

BEER SEIZED AT FORT WAYNE Carload Os Liquor, Valued At $20,000 Captured By Dry Agents (United Press Service) Fort Wayne, lid., July 20 —Six thousand four hundred gallons of beer, valued at $20,000 were in the hands of federal dry agents here today wollowing a raid on a refrigerator car of "condensed milk”. Trainmen on the Nickle Plate railroad found the seal of the car broken and Investigation revealed that it contained 200 thirty-two gallon barrels of beer. The car was consigned to Chicago. A sign on the car said: “No further icing necessary until destination ts reached. ________o FEW ACCIDENTS HERE YESTERDAY One Automobile Damaged In Spill On Monroe Road; No One Injured Only a few minor acidents were reported in this county yesterday. One car, a Studebaker touring car driven by people from Dayton, Ohio, whose names could not be learned, turned over on the Monroe road, about three miles from here, and was damaged considerably. The ear was said to have been going at a moderate rate of speed when it hit some gravel in the road and started for the ritch. The driver twisted the steering wheel suddenly to keep the car from skidding and control was olst. throwing the car to the other side of the road. It turned over and threw* the occupants from the car. but none of them were injured except for a few minor The car was damaged considerably and was towed into this city for repairs. • Several other cars skidded off of new gravel into ditches on roads near Decatur yesterday, but there was very little dajnag** done to any of the cars. — —o— Marion County Sheriff To Stage A Party When He Destroys Fine Liquor (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) Indianapolis. July 20—Sheriff Hawkins today awaited a formal order from the state supreme court to destroy the SIIB,OOO stock of choice liquors seized in the basement at the home of Herbert Duckwall, real estate man. When the order is received Hawkins and his deputies will swing axes on the liquor in tbe county jail basement. Clergymen and anti-saloon league officials were invited to be the sheriff’s guests at the occasion. Weather Partly overcast in north portion, showers probable in east and south portion tonight and Tuesday. Cooler Tuesday and in northwest portion tonight.

COOLIDGE PLANS TAX REDUCTION 0F53C0,000,000 Governmental Department Reorganization Is Anticipated, Also PROGRAM IS OUTLINED Republican Whip Discloses President’s Legislative Program Today By Herbert Little, (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Swampscott, Mass., July 20.—A fed eral tax reduction of at least $300,000.000 and a governmental depart ment reorganization which will make possible a further tax reduction of $200,000,000, will be leading features of President Coolidge's legislation program in congress next December. Senator Charles Curtis. Kansas, republican whip, today made this clear in an interview. Asked regarding the possibility of a special session of congress this fall to deal with the coal and other critical situations, Curtis said: "We will cross thhat bridge when we come to it. "The republican party is doing all it can in the anthracite situation." Curtis said, adding that he believed the disagreement between miners and operators can and will be settled without a strike. Vice-President Ddwes' plan to amend the rules to limit further debate in the senate will receive scant attention from Curtis’ steering committee. Curtis said that if the Dawes plan were brought before the senate, "endless debate" on the proposal would follow, preventing the passage of much needed legislation. Q Stolen Car Abandoned Indianapolis, July 20 —An auto stolen from Fred Hoover, of Muncie, was found abandoned here today. Bathing suits and women's coats were in the car. CHAUTAUQUA TICKETS HERE • Committee Plans To Open Sale of Season Tickets In The Near Future The season tickets for the Decatur Chautauqua have arrived and will be placed on sale in the near future, the Revt H. W,. Thompson, president of the local association, stated this afternoon.. A meeting of the officers and directors of the association, together with the chairmen of the different committees, will be held Tuesday evening at the office of Dr. Fred Patterson in the K. of C. block, at which time plans for distributing the! season tickets will be discussed. John S. Peterson is chairman of the ticket committee and details pertaining to the sale of the tickets will be made by him and members of his committee. Season tickets for the Chautauqua cost only $3 00 each, entitling every adult holder admission to every session during the six big days. Children’s tickets are only $1.50. Approximately 600 tickets must be sold in order to pay the expense of bringing the Chautauqua here. o W. A. Kunkle, Jr., Heads Bluffton Rotary Club Bluffton. July 20. — William A. Kunkle, Jr., was elected president of the Bluffton Rotary club to fill tbe vacwncy made by the resignation of W. W. Rogers, who will leave here soon for Columbus, Ohio, where he has accepted a position with the Pure Oil company. Mr. Kunkle has been a member of the board of directors for three years and, before the recent election, he was vice-president.

BRITISH MINERS FIRM — Refuse To Participate In Governmental Court Os Inquiry Into Coal Crisis. London. July 20.—(I’nited Press.) —The British miners are standing firm in their decision not to participate in the governmental court of inquiry into the coal crisis. Today they notified the court, when it resumed Its session under Chairman MacMillan that they would not take part In the meeting despite the government’s request to do so. Meantime the transport workers met to decide whether they would join the proposed "quadruple alliance” of the great labor union with the purpose of combatting what they termed an attempt to lower the British workingman's standard of living. HEAVY RAIN FALLS TODAY Third Big Downpour During Last Eight Days Drenches City Torrents of rain fell in this city early this morning. A storm loomed up about seven o'clock and, for a while, threatened to develope into a severe electrical stork). Rain poured for about an hour, ami then the sun peaked out from a corner of a cloud and the rain soon stopped. This makes the third severe rain that this county has had in the last eight days, and farmers are of the opinion that the crops do not need more for several days, at least. Th** rain fell so hard for a time that several sewers in down-town streets were unable to carry off the water, and several business buildings were threatened with water flooding their basements. Only slight electricity accompanied the rain and although dark thunder clouds were apparent, the rain was very mild. Cooler weather came immediately after the rain stopped anil it is probable that the thermometer will not rise as high as it was part of last week. Most crops in this county are reported to be in good condition. Corn and oats have straightened up considerably since last Sunday’s storm and the corn has grown much during the last few days. Crops will be good this year unless too much rain falls during the next few weeks, farmers believe. In Kirkland township, considerable damage resulted from the wind and hail which accompanied the rain. James Steele, weyy-known farmer of that township, stated that several trees were blown down in his orchard. A field of oats on the Thomas Griffin farm was blown down and much of the grain beaten out by the hail. A I field of corn was riddled by the hail I on the Charles Bowers farm. Several other farmers suffered damage from the storm. — Seek To Determine Wealth Os Hawkins (United Press Service) Indianapolis, July 20—Morton Haw kins former president of the Hawkins Mortgage Co., of Portland was to be examined in feedral court this afternoon in an effort to determine the exact figure of his wealth. Hawkins under sentence of 15 years in prison attempted to appeal his case to the circuit at Chicago under the pauper act requiring the government to pay the expense. — o Recount Os Votes In Bookhart Election Ordered (United Press Service) Washington. July 20 — Recount of the ballots in the election of Sen. Smith W Brookhart, independent republican, over his opponent D. W. Steck was ordered by a sub committee of the privileges aud election committee when investigations was begun today.

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FORGIVEN BY JUDGE;CHARGE IS DISMISSED Defiance Os Court Almost Gets Noted Criminal Lawyer In Trouble SCOPES TRIAL ON LAWN Court Moved To Open Air When Collapse Os Court House Is Feared (United Press Service) Dayton, Tenn., July 20.—Clarence Darrow, cited this morning for contempt of court, apologized to Judge Raulston when court reconvened this afternoon and was excused by the judge. The contempt charge was dismissed. * • Immediately afterward the court room was emptied by order of the judge because of the danger of the collapse of the courthouse and the trial convened on the lawn, the judge and council occupying the platform erected for evangelists. Darrow and Raulston shook hands after the judge made a short speech citing Jesus Christ as author of the principle that to forgive is noble. Courtroom, Dayton, Tenn., July 20. — (United Press.) —Clarence Darrow today was cited for contempt of court by Judge Raulston. Bond was fixed at $5.U00 and Darrow required to appear in ♦ourt to ausuuu' at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. ’ The citation followed Darrow's conduct last Friday when he virtually defied Raulston to hold him in contempte following a heated exchange over the introduction of scientific evidence. RauLston started reading a statement as soon as court convened today. He said Darrow had shown “contempt and insult" to the court Friday. He read the transcript of last Friday's preedings to prove it. "The court lias withheld any action until passion had time to subdue." said Raulston. "Tile court feels it is now time for the court to speak. ‘‘Men may become prominent, hut they should never feel themselves (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Bluffton Has SIO,OOO Fire This Morning (United Press Service) Bluffton. Ind., July 20—The storage warehouse of the Wells Produce company was destroyed by fire today with a loss of SIO,OOO. Fireman prevented the flames from spreading to a large furniture factory and lumber yard adjoining. — o ONREGISTRATION BOARD AT GARY Mrs. C. O. France, Former Decatur Lady, Named Democratic Member Word has been received here that Mrs. C. (). France, formerly of this city, who resides at present in Gary, has been appointed the democratic member of the Gary registration board. The appointment of a democratic member to the Gary board is in compliance with the new state law requiring a member of opposite political faith on the board. The registration board will be in charge of registering of new voters and also of revision of the list of old voters. Mrs. France is well-known in this city. Mr. and Mrs. France formerly lived here, leaving about fifteen years ago. She is the daughter of Mrs. Fannie Peterson. Mrs. France is also active in democratic politics in Gary, being at present city chairman. They have lived there for the last several years.