Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 176, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1925 — Page 1

Vol. XXiil. Number 176.

NATION MOURNS DEATH OF BRYAN

O.E. LAUFERTY member of local firms, is dead Member Os Waring Glove Co.. And The Schafer Co. Dies At Huntington FUNERAL JON TUESDAY Death Comes After Brief Illiness Os Inflammation Os I’anchreas David E. Lauferty. of Huntington, a partner of 1.. C. Waring in the War iug Glove company, of this city, and a member of the hoard of directors o( the Schafer company, also of this city, died at the Huntington county hospital at 130 o’clock Sunday afternoon after a brief illness of forty eight hours. Mr. lauferty was well known in this city and northern Indiana. Mr Lauferty suffered a break down at the Elks home in Hunington, FriRiy night, and was taken to the hospital in that city. His condition was not thought to be serious, However, and Mr. Waring who was notified of his illness, had talked to him a few hours before his death. Death was uue to inflamation of the panchreas. David Edward I-auferty was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lauferty. He was born in Auburn, Indiana, March It 18'0. After living in Fort Wayne several years. Mr. Lauferty moved to Huntington about fifteen years ago where he resided at the time of his death He managed the Waring Gl</ve factory at Hunington and was gefDrSl business manager of the three factories of that concern at Hunington, Decatur and Rochester. One sister, Mrs. Leo Manhiet, of Santa Monica, California, survives. She will be unable to attend Ahe funeral because she at present is confined in a hospital In Santa Monica, where she has been seriously ill for some time, A short funeral service will be held at the Lauferty home at Hunington Tuesday morning, at 10:30 o’clock The Huntington Elgs lodge will be in charge The body will then be taken to Fort Wayne where a service will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon from the Achuch Vasholef temple, Ifetibi H. Markovitz being in charge. Burial will take place at the Lindenwood cemetery at Fort Wayne. Mr. Lauferty has a wide circle of friends and business associates in this city, who are deeply moved by the sudden death. Mr. Lauferty and Mr. Waring, of this city had been partners in the manufacture of gloves for more than 15 years. — o — Fwo Pioneer Women Dead • I nited Pfpsjj Service) Indianapolis, July 27—Two pioneer "omen in the state were dead today. Mrs. Elizabeth Gintert. 95, died at I'icorn and Mrs. Eva Torr., 93. died at Greencastle.

A Few Strokes Os The Razor, A Visit To A Clothier And Then—Mr. Fricke Fools ’Em

A stranger, claiming to represent various large factories appeared on ,lhr streets of Decatur • Saturday sight.. Among other things he pur ‘ la se<l a Dodge coupe, which was to <’ delivered this morning. He also 1 interested several persdhs in some " Ms factory projects. The same man appeared again this tnorning and after a series of confer■ntrs. Decatur citizens learned the ril, h- Bfore the revelation no one *ou)d have believed that a few "lakers could hide a man so entire--5 But what a world of difference a ew strokes of a. razor makes. - J Fricke, field man for the Holand St Louis Sugar company in this ‘ Ol| nty. who has hidden his personal- ‘ y behind a group of whiskers that, av e covered his face for many years ca me out from behind the brush and his best friends couldn’t recogZe him. The “stranger", however, avned out to be Mr. Fricke, common-

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last public utterance Dayton, Tenn., July 27. —(United Press.) —The last public utterance of William Jennings Bryan was a prayer for divine guidance deliver ed in the Southern Methodist Epls copal church here Sunday morn- I ing. ’’lt was a plain, simple gospel prayer,” said Rev. O. R. Jones, pas- i tor of the church. "It was a prayer ' that stirred the hearts of those who heard it and convinced them that he who prayed was a servant of God." NEPHEW OF REV. SEIMETZ IS DEAD Father Gnibba, Pastor Os Catholic Church In Gary, Dies Suddenly The Rev. Francis A. Gnibba. pastor of St. Luke's church, Gary, and i nephew of the Rev. J. A. Seimetz, rec- J tor of the St. Marys Catholic church in this city, died suddenly Sunday noon at Mercy hospital. Gary, following an operation which was held Tuesday. Father Gnibba was wellknown here, having visited at the Catholic parsonage on several oceansions. His last visit here was on June 30. coming here from Fort Wayne after attending consecration ceremonies of the Rt. Rev Bishop John F. Noll Funeral aery-lees will be held Wed nesday morning at 9:30 o’clock, from St. Luke’s church, Gary, Bishop Noll officiating. The remains will he taken to Muchigan A'-ity tor burial Funeral services will be held there at 9:30 a m. Thursday from St. Mary’s Catholic church. Father Seimetz left last week for a short vacation and was notified of bis nephew's death yes terday REV. BUXTON TO SPEAK TONIGHT Former Decatur Minister To Give Address Here On W. .1. Bryan’s Death The Rev. A. G. A. Buxton, former pastor of the Christian church of this city, will deliver an address, "The Passing of William Jennings Bryan” in this city, at the Christian church tonight, at 8 o’clock. Owing to the fact that Rev. Buxton has a host of friends here ouUide the congregation, the meeting will he public and everybody is invited to attend tonight’s meet ing. Rev. Buxton arived this afternoon from Fort Wayne. He has been mak •Inga lecture tour for several weeks, discussing various subjects. The great commoner's death prompted him to address the citizens of his former home town on that subject, which will be of interest to all.

. ly known in this city as “King Ben.” After a few minutes rest in a I barber chair —which was said to have I been no rest for the barber —and after spending a few minutes in a 1 clothing store, the mystery of Mr. ‘ Fricke's heard was revealed and he | and a few intimate friends had con- | siderable enjoyment, at the expense • of most of Decatur’s business menUp one side of the street and down the other, be was introduced as ‘‘Mr. Smith" and no one thouht for a minute that it was the same man who has been here for several years, working for the sugar company. , Then, suddenly, one of the wiser ones discovered the mystery and disclosed the fact. > i The story spread throughout the business district and soon the whole ■town learned of Mr. Fricke's changed "attitude" Now he is taking the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

SON THINKS HIS MOTHER INNOCENT David Cunningham Confident His Mother Did Not Poison His Brother (United Press Service) Gary, Ind., July 27 "I never did and I never will think my mother did It", David Cunningham repeated again and again today on his cot at Marcy I hospital. His mother, Mrs, Anna Cunningham. “poison widow ’, of Gary, wus found I guilty of (M.isoning her eon. Walter, I by a jury at (Town Point late Saturday i and was sentenced to life imprison | ment. David is completely paralyzed from the effects of arsenic his mother is alleged to have given him. He is being given treatment in an effort to overcome the paralysis. The young man sobbed when told , of his mother’s conviction and denied I that he had ever accused her of res- , ' ponsibility for the trial of mysterious j deaths in the family. “I know she never did it", he said. | "She never could have done such a thing." Defense attorneys were given thir- i ty days to make a motion for a new 1 trial and sentece of Mrs. Cunningham j was stayed during that time. Judge Martin Smith, who heard the j trial, declared the verdict was a fair one and was supported by the evidence presented by the state. —o Cool Water In Creek Revives Motorist (United Press Service) Indiana [Kilis, July 27—Only minor injuries today reminded Harry McClure of a narrow escape from death early Sunday. Blinded by the bright lights of an other auto, McClure lost control of his car. It plunged over an embankment, turned a loop the loop three times and landed in a small creek. McClure was thrown from the ma- ' chine into the water and stunned. The cold water revived him and he craw- j led up the bank and lay at the side of the road until his cries attracted the attention of a passing motorist. REV. LOOSE GOES TO LAKE GENEVA Local Pastor Leaves To Attend Religious Education School The Rev. R. W. Loose, pastor of the EvangelicaJ church in this city, left early this morning for Luke Geneva, Wisconsin, where he will attend the International Summer School of Religious Education to he held there from July 27 to August 8. Rev. Loose will return to Decatur to conduct the church services next Sunday. The school at Lake Geneva is one of three held in the United States each summer. The other two are held at Geneve Glenn, Colorado, and Lake Winnipesaukea. New Hampshire. The schools are much like the community tra iling school held in this city last winter and are designde for Sunday scool leaders, deans of schools, pastors. superintendents and other religious workers. The local churches are planning another community train- : ing school for next fall and Rev. Loose, as dean of the school, is at tending the school at Lake Geneva to better equip himself for the work. Outstanding men 'in religious education from various parts of the United States will deliver address at the Lake Geneva school. Fire At Winona Lake Warsaw. Ind., July 27—Only s’ight damage was done by fire which threatened the Kosciusko lodge, one of the largest hotels at Wionna Lake Sunday.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 27, 1925.

COMMONER DIES A ■ \ JSBBI -' William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan, known the world over as “The Commoner," ' died suddenly, of apoplexy, in Dayton. Tennessee, Sunday afternoon Mr. Bryan was three times the Democratic non-,(nee for president of the United J States, once secretary of stale, a i noted author and one of the world's j greatest orators. TWO DECATUR MEN INJURED W. J. Shanahan And Chad Hower Hurt When Auto Is Wrecked Sunday W. J Shanahan and Chad Hower, of this city, suffered injuries yesterday wiien the Dodge roadster belonging to Mr. Hower, in which they were riding., overturned five miles south east of Fort Wayne, near Poe, Sunday afternoon. Both men were hurled out of t the car. Mr. Shanahan suffer ed a broken arm. a deep gash in the head, which at first was thought to be more serious than it is, and several bad bruises and cuts. Mr. Hower received some painful cuts and I bruises. The two men were taken to the St : Joseph hospital. Fort Wayne, where I their injuries were dressed. Mr. Hower was able to leave the hospital and come to his home in this city last night t was at first thought that Mr. Shanahan had sustained a fractured skull but an X-ray -picture showed that the cut on his head was ' bearing no pressure on the brain ami | itliat the cut had pierced through ini only one place. Mr. Shanahan’s other injuries were dressed and word from the hospital today stated that he would recover, unless internal injuries were more serious than anticipated. He will be confined to te hospital for several hays, however. * The two men left Fort Wayne, hound for this city, yesterday afternoon. on the river road, n an effort to make a turn that they did not see until it was too late to slow down, Mr. Hower swung the car abruptly and it skidded and overturned. Both occupants were thrown out of the car and were thrown free of its weight. The car was badly damaged. The steering apparatus was destroyed and the steering wheel was broken. Bhe fenders were bent considerably and on door was torn off It was brought to this city today, for repairs. o — Wife Says Her Hubby Slept With Clothes On And Refused To Bathe Marion, Ind., July 27—Eight years of wedded life for Roy O’Donnell were threatened with termination in the divorce court. His wife tiled suit for divorce, claiming he refused to take a bath and slept with his clothes on. Weather Partly overcast with local thunder storms in east and south portion this afternoon or tonight. Cooler in west portion tonight. Tuesday fair; cooler in east and south portions.

MRS.COVERDALE DIES SUDDENLY Wife Os Dr. J. S. Coverdale, Well-known Decatur Resident; Succumbs Mrs. Catherine E. Coverdale, age 70. wife of Dr. J. S. Coverdale. and well-known lady of this city, died suddenly at the Coverdale apartments Hn the Citizens Telephone building, at one-thirty o’clock this afternoon of acute oedema, following chronic heart and kidney trouble. Mrs. Coverdale had been feeling as wej as usual Sunday and in the morning attended church services. AJiout. eight o’clock in the evening she suffered an attack of indigestion, which developed into acute oedema and during the night her condition became critical. Mrs. Coverdale ha<l been a resident of Decatur and Adams county nearly all her life.. She was born in Wooster. Ohio. August 4. 1854. and would have been 71 years of age on her next birthday. She came to this county with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patterson, when a young girl and lived on the Patterson farm east of the city. She was united in marriage to Dr. J S. Coverdale on May 2f>. 1873, and last May celebrated her fifty second wedding anniversary. Three children were born to Dr anti Mrs. Coverdale, two of whom survive, namely. N. C. Coverdale of Nashville, Tenn. and Dr. Earl G. ('overdale of this city. A daughter. May Coverdale, is deceased. One sister and two brothers also survive, they being. Mrs. Fimina Rawley, of H.u'e Creek township. Adams county; R W. Patterson, of San Francisco, and,John Patterson, of Chicago. Mrs Coverdale was a member of the First Presbyterian church in this city and, although definite funeral arrangements have not yet been made, it is likely that the services will be held (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — 0 Two Men Electrocuted Valparaiso. Ind.. July 227 — Orvin Alyes, 26. a lineman, was killed when he touched a high tension wire. Marion. Ind.. July 26—Arthur Mills 36. touched an electric switch And was electrocuted at a factory here. ROAD BOOSTERS TO MEET IN OHIO Decatur To Be Represented At Meeting In Findlay, Next Thursday Decatur and Adams county will be represented at a meeting to be held at Findlay, Ohio. Thursday evening, at six o’clock, eastern time, for the purpose of forming a permanent organization to bring about the improvement of the proposed William Penn highway, a coast to coast route, which is being sponsored by Ohio and Pennsylvania road boosters. This morning, W. E. Houck. W. E. Stephenson and F. M. Barnhart, of Findlay, met with members of the Decatur industrial Association, and it was the concensus of opinion that the association lend its support in forming an organization which would present the proposed route to the Federal Highway Commission in Washington next month. This afternoon, the Findlay men. accompanied by Avon Burk, president of the Decatur Industrial Association, went to Huntington, where a meeting Ot road boosters was caled by Walter Ball, publisher of the Huntington Herald. is asked and it is not planned to mark the road, but to have the Federal board designate it as a national coast-to-coast route and have it improved under federal and state funds. The proposed route does not include any new roads, but goes over roads now in use, many miles of which are now improved. The meeting at Findlay will be held at the Elks club.

GREAT COMMONER DIES IN DAYTON. TENNESSEE WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN FOUND DEAD IN BED, A VICTIM OF HEART FAILURE OR APOPLEXY — PLANS MAADE FOR BURIAL OF BODY IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY FRIDAY — REMAINS LIE IN STATE IN ROGERS HOME IN DAYTON WHERE HIS DEATH OCCURRED. (By John Nimick. I'nitcd Press Staff Correspondent) Dayton, Tenn.. July 27 (Special to Daily Democrat) William Jennings Bryan, the crusader grim of feature in death as he was in life rests today in the camp of his friends and fellowers here, the victim of his last great battle. Today the great commoner, whose voice for thirty years has winged to the far reaches of tin earth the doctrines he has espoused, lies on an undertaker's cot in the home ol his friend. Richard Rogers.

Bryan’s Wealth Believed To Total About $506,000 , (United Press Service! Tampa, Fla., July 27 —W. .1. Bryan's i wealth, a matter of such speculation totalled, at tile time of his death approximately $500.0(10, according to ' a letter he wrote on April 27 last to E. D. iKimbert, editor of the Tampa .Morning Tribune. The purpose of this letter was tq refute reports that the Commoner was a millionaire. “I am not a millionaire," Bryan wrote. T am far from it and never ! shall be hut I have been fortunate I in the matter of finances. There has never been a year sine my first nomination in which I could not have made a million had I taken the side of privilege and favortism.” LOAN COMPANY PICKS OFFICERS 1 M. Kirsch Elected President Os New Savings And Loan Association M. A. Kirsch, of tile Peoples I»an and Trust company, was elected presi- , dent of the Decatur Savings and Loan association, newly incorporated concern of this city, at a meeting of directors this morning. C. C. Pumphrey was elected vice-president and ('. L. Walters was elected secretary-treas-urer. The new concern is incoprorated ' for $250,000. Stock in the newly organized company will he placed on sale at once, ac- 1 cording to officia’s. George G. Rennig of Fort Wayne will be the salesman in charge of the stock, and it is thought that most of it will he sold in this county. The association wil open as soon as the stock is placed on sale and will cater to industrial savings, loans and building loans.

Prominent Hoosiers Pay High Tribute Io Memory Os William Jennings Bryan

Indianapolis, Ind.. July 27— High tribute to the memory of William Jennings Bryan was paid today by polical leaders and prominent citizens of Indiana. "His courage had back of it an absolute sincerity of purpose" said Senator Ralston." He was the uncomprom ising friend of the masses and led the way for more legislation in theicjtehalf than any other man." “I always regarded him as a dangerous opponent because of the attractiveness of his oratory," said Senator Watson. "He was a man everybody liked to bear." “Bryan has written himself into America history in an unforgettable way." declared Nicholson. Hoosier author. "Hardly any other man in this period of American history enjoyed the popularity be had.” Walter Chambers, democratic state

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Tomorrow, tigttin, the body will lie “in state” in the parlor ol the Rogers home, where all who but a lew days ago trudged in from far and near to see him fight in the Scopes trial, may pay him final homage in death. Wednesday his widow will lake him to Washington for burial on the green slopes of Arlington cemetery, last resting places of many American heroes. The Southern railway offered to ! furnish a special train for the trip to I Washington but Mrs. Bryan declined "It would be too much show." she ;>»id simply. So the body will be Taken in her care on a special car only A special guard of the American Legion will accompany it. The funeral service in Washington probably will be held Friday. (By John Himick. United Press Staff Correspondent 1 Payton, Tenn, July 27 —In the thick of the most spectacular, if not the most important Hattie of his strenuous career, William Jennings Bryan has passed away suddenly down here in th“ Tennessee hills where, of late, he has moved as the great apostle of fundamentalism. Death came only a few hours after the commoner had won lialf a score of ovations from thousands of natives whom he had addressed from the rear platform of his train —cheers and applause, of which, through his long career, he probably received more than any living man. A world figure, the most renowned author of recent decades, known, because of his activities political and religious, from one end of the earth to the other, his passing occurred amongst people of the simple and lasting faith that was his and in the homely surroundings he most loved. Three times a candidate for president. of the United States and for thirty years a dominant figure in the political deliberations of the democratic party. Bryan, when he died. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

chairman, described Bryan as "prob ably the greatest moral force of this generation.” Thousands recalled Bryan's scores of speeches delivered in the state during more than a quarter of a century. Bryan's first appearance in the state was as the democratic presidential nominee in 1896. His last speeches in Indiana were made during the campaign last fall. The last time his oratory was heard in Indianapolis was during the general assembly of 'the Presbyterian church two years ago. Then, as at the Scopes evolution trial just before his death. Bryan fought valiantly for the "faith of the father.” Throughout one of the stormiest assembles in the history of the Presbyterian church. Bryan led the fundamentalist forces in an effort to stem ' the tide of modernism.