Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 29 July 1925 — Page 1

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EARLY TRIAL OF STEPHENSON POSSIBLE

BRYAN'S BODY ENROUTE EAST FOR FUNERAL Plans Made For Body To Lie In State In Presbyterian Church LEAVES DAYTON TODAY Commoner’s Body Is Accompanied By W idow, Daughter And Friends Washington, July 29.— (United p n > ss .)—The body of William Jennings Bryan will lie in the New York Avenue Presbyterian church, where Lincoln worshipped, from its arrival here tomorrow morning until final interment in Arlington Friday afternoon. While Mrs. Bryan had not given her final consent to allowing the public to have one last glimpse of her distinguished husband, plans were proceeding with the assumption that she would interpose no objection By John Mimick (IT. P. Staff Correspondent I On Board the Bryan Funeral Train, Enroute to Washington, July 29.— Leaving behind a sorrowing little Tennessee town, whose citizens almost to the last man, woman and child, gathered to witness the depart are, a train with two special cars attached today bore toward Washington the remains of William Jennings Bryan. The simplicity and lack of cefehiony which, at the request of Mrs. Bryan, marked the reverent placing of the bronze casket in its car. served only to emphasize the depth of feeling with which Dayton saw the last of its champion. Around the little railroad station before the train pulled out at 9 o'clock, were gathered the simple folk of the Tennessee hills whose cause the commoner espoused. They came to say a last farewell, leaving the town quiet and deserted behind them. • In the roar car where the bronze casket lay in simple state, was the widow and Mrs. Ruth Owen. Bryan's daughter, and Major Reginald Owon, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Boy Falls Fifteen Feet Greencastle, Ind.. July 29 — Glenn Woodrum, youthful somnobulist, is in lied today recovering from his latest jaunt. He tumbled fifteen feet from a second story window while walking in his sleep. RADIO DEALERS IN CONVENTION B. M. And D. J. Hensley Attend Meeting At Fort Wayne Today U. M. Hensley and D. J. Hensley. °t the Hensley & Son firms, left at noon today for Fort Wayne, where ib*y will attend the Northern Indiana Atwater Kent Radio convention, bein K held ip that city this afternoon and tonight. A sepcial program of fnstruotion and entertainment has been arranged for the various county and ri iy agents who attend the meeting. Factory representatives will address (tl « agents on various interesting Phases o f radio salemanship and agents will exchange ideas for Increas‘t'K sales and radios. Representatives "i the factories making the cabinets, batteries and other equipment used by Atwater-Kent, also ill be present at the meeting. The Northern Indiana district is tin'ter the supervision of a central distr>et oftice located at Fort Wayne, and the factory officials have called a 'l the agents together in order that ’hey m a y become acquainted with f ‘ a( ’h other and with officials of the 'ompany. a banquet will be given to"'Kht and the meeting will close after “ n ‘ght session.

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Will Test Cattle For Bovine Tuberculosis Warsaw, Ind.. July 29 —Encouraged by a recent address by Dr. R- C. Julian., state veterinarian, a r large number of farmers of Kosciusko county have inaugurated a campaign for a county-wide test of cattle to eradicate bovine tuberculosis. The county has 2 050 men actively engaged in farming and they own a total of 25,000 bead of cattle. It is estimated that the cost of tuberculosis eradication in Kosciusko county wouldd be about $5,000 a year. When tuberculosis is reduced below one-half of one per cent the tests are abandoned. DECATUR YOUTHS IN AUTU WRECK Walter Miller And Deane Dorwin Have Narrow Escape Early Today Walter Miller and Deane Dorwin. of this city, had narrow escapes from serious injury early this morning when the Ford sedan belonging to Mr. Miller, in which they were returning from Lake Wawasee struck a ditch near Columbia City. The two young men were hurled against the front of the car. when it skidded into the ditch, but the car did not over turn. Mr. Miller was painfully cut on the head when he struck the door of the sedan and the glass broke. Mr. Dorwin escaped with only slight bruises. The two young men had spent the eveniniYat Ijtke Wawasee and were returning to this city The car hit some gravel on the road and swerved into a ditch about Jive miles northeast of Columbia City. One front wheel was torn off the car and the glass of one of the doors was broken out. They were taken to Columbia City where a physician dressed Mr. Millers cut, it being necessary to take everal stitches. The car was taken in to Cohimh a City where it will be repaired Damage was estimated al about |SO. The young men came on to Decathr on the train. MERCHANTS WILL MAKE FARM TOUR Decatur and Berne Business Men To Visit Members Os Farm Clubs Merchants of Decatur and Berne will make inspection tours tomorrow to visit the various farms in the county where members of the corn, sugar beet and calf clubs live. The auto caravans will leave Berne and Decatur at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow morning and the trip will include most of the day. A regular schedule has been worked out for both caravansi Fred T Schurger has been appointed marshal of the Decatur caravan and C. T. Habegger has been appointed marshal of the Berne caravan. The Berne aggregation will visit criefly in the southern part of the county and the Decatur men will visit the north and eastern parts. .Thirteen farms Will be visited by the Decatur caravan, and the Berne business men will visit fourteen farms where contestants in the three c.ubs reside. A great 'lnterest has been sbowns this yar. so far. in the three clubs, both by members and those sponsoring them. Tomorrow's caravan is the second this year to make a tour, the previous one being "(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) _ _Q — — . Thieves Enter Broadway M.E. Church In Indianapolis Indianapolis, July 29-Thieves here early today entered the Broadway Methodist church and made an unsuccessful attempt to batter open the sate They left after taking a small amount of stamps and a bottle of communion wine.

CHARTING JAIL LIFE OF SCDTT Alienist Seeking Evidence To Prove Convicted Murderer Is Insane H’nlted Press Service) Chicago, July 29—Three alienists are charting the jail life of Russell Scott, former millionaire, in an effort to prove that he is “prison crazy." If they can convince a jury that Scott is Insane, the prisoner, who on two occasions escaped hanging by eleventh hour stays of execution, will go to an insane asylum instead of the gallows. .Scott’s cell today was a scientific laboratory, filled with numerous instruments. Dr. It E. Hulburt. who helped the defense in the LeopoldLoeb murder case; Dr. Orlando Scott, and Dr. Clarence A. Neymann are subjecting Scott to exhaustive examinations. William Scott Stewart, chief defense attorney, holds he will prove his client is suffering from “prison madness,” brought about by his 19 months in jail and the ever-present fear of hangtng. Dr. William C. Krohn, who was on the side of the prosecution in the Leopold-Loeb case, has been retained by the state. Scott was fohnd guilty of killing Joseph Maurer, a drug clerk. Next Monday the jury will be selected to pass on Scott's mental state. Judge Joseph B. David has warned the defense and state that no extraneous testimony will be heard. Only testimony dealing with Scott’s mental condition will be allowed. Judge David said, fearing an effort by the defense to make a highly emotional appeal for mercy, similar to the one delivered by Clarence Darrow in the Leopold-Loeb case. o THREE MEMBERS OF FAMILY HURT Wells County Man Injured In Fight; Brother And Mother In Auto Wreck Rluton, July 29 —An argument which ended in a fight between Dan Coleman, 40, and Frank Omen, 60. of Murray, Indiana, near this city, was only the first of a series of unfortunate incidents for the Coleman family. The fight occurred at Murray last evening. Coleman struck Omen several times in the face and Omen then stabbed Coleman in the abdomen with a knife. Coleman was taken to the hospital in a serious condition. Coleman's mother and brother, Charles Coleman, who reside at Trenton. Indiana, were notified and started for Murray to care for the injured man. The auto iu which they were riding upset about three miles east of Bluffton. Charles Coleman was rendered unconscious and Mrs. Coleman, mother of the two men, was seriously injured. They were taken to the Wells Sounty hospital, where it is feared Charles Coleman will die. Omen has filed charges of assault and battery against Dan Coleman and It is probable tht a cross-complaint will be filed by Coleman. The three Colemans are all in a serious condition. o Toledo Man Claims Automobile Found Here Wilbur J/-e, of Toledo, Ohio, came to Decatur yesterday to claim his FMrd roadster whch was stolen recently and which was found abandoned on the street near the sugar factory here, a few days ago. The car was stolen while it was parked near the General Electric plant in Toledo, where Mr. Lee Is employed. Chief of Police Joel Reynolds wrote to the seretary of state of Ohio to learn who owned the car. One front wheel had been damaged by the thieves, but otherwise th car was not damaged.

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Number Os Liquor Law Arrests Remains High Indianapolis. July 29—Despite the heavy penalties .imposed by the Wright bone dry prohibition law', liquor law arrests remain unusually large in Indianapolis. More than half of the arrests the past week end were those of persons charged with drinking or selling illicit booze. Thirty nine men and four women were charged with intoxication, Twenty-one men and four women were charged with operating blind tigers and eight men were arrested for driving autos while intoxicated. HAWKINS FOUND TO BE A PAUPER Government Must Help Pay Cost of His Appeal From Prison Sentence 1,1 '< (United Press Service) Indiana(K>lis. July 29—Morion flawkins. who once headed a $5,000,000 loan organization, has been adjudged a pauper hy the United States circuit court of appeals. Chicago, Homer Elliot special assistant di trict attorney, was notified today. Hawkins will be permitted to carry his appeal from a 15 year prison sentence for fraudulent use of the mails to the Chicago tribunal under the pan per act. which will require the govern ment to ay part of the cost. Tepstifying in support of his pauper pleas, Hawkins said all he had owned during the last two years was his watch and clothes. '■ • o GENEVA LADY EXPIRED TODAY Mrs. Angeline Ford Died In Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, After Operation (Special To Daily Democrat) Geneva, Ind., July 29 —Mrs. Angeline Ford, age 63 years, wife of Jesse Ford of Geneva, died at the Lutheran hospital, in Fort Wayne, at 5 o'clock this morning An operation wus petformed upon Mrs Ford Monday even ing for gall trouble Site was taken seriously ill on Tuesday of last week and was removed to the hospital Sunday Mrs Ford was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Michaels. She was born in this vicinity and lived her entire life here. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ford, four of whom survive. They are Mrs. Igilo Schafer, of Geneva Mrs. Rufus Byrd and Mrs. Tina Weatherholt. both of Fort Wayne, and Isaas For dot California. Funeral services will be held from the United Brethren church in Geneva at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon Interment will be made in the West Lawn cemetery. o Big Four Engineer Lives Up To Traditions Os Job Wabash. Ind., July 29. — (United Press.)—Alter Anson. Big Four engineer, lived up to the traditions of his job. Taken seriously ill on bls run. Ansen refused to give up the throttle to his fireman until he had taken bis train safely into Marion. After being given medical attention there he was brought to his home in Wabash. County Officers Arrest Two Federal Dry Agents Rochester. Ind., July 29—After nine men were arrested here by federal agents on liquor charges county authorities retaliated with the arrest of two of the raiders, Harry Strode and Ernest Tipton. The two dry agents are held In jail here today charged with intoxication. Weather Fair tonight and Thursday. Slight ly warmer tonight tin central portion.

SUGAR BEET CLUB MEMBERS REPORT Indications Are That Crop Will Be Good In Spite Os Difficulties From answers to a questlonaire sent out to the sugar beet club members I by (he County Agent a few days ago, it seems as though young farmers, who are growing an acre of sugar beets, are experiencing more difficulty than those growing corn. The unusual weather conditions have been responsible for this condition. The extraor dlnary dry weather of the spring in some cases made it necessary that | the beets be resown. The later beets wre in some cases injured hy Insects. I However, practically all members report that their beets are doing fine and that a good crop will be gathered The recent rains and favorable weath i er conditions assist very materially. That members are taking good care of their beets is shown in the fact that the average beet club member cultivated his beets :! times. This average will probably be raised hy later cultivating of the small beets. Each beet club member was asked to determine the average number of beets planted in each 100 feet in his acre. This figur was obtained hy making counts in three average places. The average number was 78 sugar beets in each 100 feet. This is even higher than the number of beets recommendd for a prfect stand. According to visiting committemen the club members are an entlwisiastiv bunch, and the light for honors will be spirited. According to plans of the County -Work Committee, which is headed by J. D. W.nteregg. the five winning members of the beet club will receive free trips to the Purdue Club Round-up at Purdue, with all expenses paid. Various cash prizes will be given in addlti.yi. JAPAN TO HONOR E. A. BANCROFT Will Send Ambassador’s Remains to America Aboard Japanese Warship Tokio. July 29—Japan is planning rare honors for America’s dead am bassador, Edgar A. Bancroft. It was learned today that the government is disposed to send his remains to the United States aboard a warship, accompanied by a mission probably headed by Rear Admiral Tamurn. Hancroft was the third American envoy to die suddenly in Japan and his passing after , a period of convalescence came as a great shock to a large party of United States congressmen here on a junket trip. Bancroft has been suffering at Kar uizawa with a deudenal ulcer, wihch developed soon after be went to the resort to golf. Recent bulletins announced that he apparently was on the road to recovery but yesterday he suffered a sudden relapse and failed to respond to restoratives. Mr. and Mrs. George Pond of Chicago were at his bedside when he died. The foreign office manifested its esteem for the American envoy in a declaration that it was “tremendously shocked" at his sudden demise. o Finds Tell-Tale Evidence In Her Husband’s Pocket Columbus. Ind.. July 29. — (United Press.) —When Mrs. Sarah Houk, pretty young wife of Salathial Houk found a calling card with another girl's name on it and a sweetly scented vanity box in the pocket of her husband's coat she straightway went to her lawyer and filed suit for divorce. . She complained that her husband was so dutiful to other women that he failed to provide for her and had bought her only one pair of shoes in two years. The pair of shoes, she said, was his allottment for her for the entire term of their married life.

Mayor Shank Denies He Solicited Bribe Indianapolis, July 29. — (United Press.) —Mayor Lew Shank today indignantly denied insinuations that he "wanted $15,000“ to close Oriental street in the city's track elevation program. Shank wrote John F. Reynolds, secretary of the chamber of commerce, saying there was absolutely nothing to reports circulated around the commerce building of an “offer.'’ “No one has ever offered me money in the seven and one-half years I've been mayor,” he said. BUILDING AND LOAN CO. FORMED Provident Building And Loan Association Os Decatur Incorporated A charter was issued at the office of the secretary of state, Indianapolis, late yesterday afternoon, to the Provident Building and Loan Association of Decatur, with capitol stock of $500,000. Attorney H. B. Heller returned home this morning with the charter and a meeting of the members has been called for tomorrow evening, at which time the officers will be elected and plans for (he immediate opening of offices wiU be completed. The charter members of the organization are S Niblick, C. A. Dugan. H B Better. L. C. Waring. E. W Lankenau. J. H. Carmody, James Cowen. George Krick. J. L. Kocher. H W. Johnson, C. N. Christen. Roy Momma. J. H Heller, W. A. Klepper. and H B. Lenhart, all well-known business anen of this city. The stock will be sold at par. the purpose being solely (o encourage systematic saving and to aid in financing the building of homes in (h.'s community. The company will be operated, it is announced, with ihe lowest possible overhead and will be strictly a home company, designed to aid and assist this community. Further announcement of plans will be made within a few days. HOME FROM TRIP ON ELKS SPECIAL John Yager And J. B. Meibers Return From Visit To Western Coast John Yager and J. B. Meibers have returned to this city after a month's trip through western United States and Canada on the Elks special train. While on their trip, the two Decatur men attended the Elks national convention at Portland. Oregon.. July 13-16. Mr. Meibers and Mr. Yager left this city July 4, and join.-d the special Elks train at Indianapolis on July 5. Throughout the entire trip. Elks lodges in all the cities where they stopped accorded them with the best of hospitality and the entire train of Indiana delegates reported a fine trip. Many historic places were visited during the trip. The train passed through Santa Barbara and other cities recently visited by earthquakes. , While at Portland, several mountain trips were rnadq. During the trip the special train stopped at Banff. Canada, which is said to be the sum mer play city of Canada Other ibeautiful and interesting Canadian cities were also visited. The Indiana Elks took a boat from Vancouver to Seattle and from Seattle they went by rail to the convention city. On the homeward trip, the Indiana special trajn went through California and then came east through the United States. They arrived iu Indianapolis Monday and the ewo Decatur men arrived in this city yesterday, with many interesting stories of their trip.

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JUDGE WILLING ! TO CALL SPECIAL TERM OF COURT Motion For Rehearing Os Petition For Bail Is Overruled NO ACTION BY STATE Defense Asks For Time In Which To File A Bill Os Exceptions PrPF.s Service) Noblesville, July 29.—Immediate trial of D. ('. Stephenson, Karl Klenck and Earl (Jentry, charged with murder for the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer was made possible today through the action of Judge Hines in Hamilton county court. Judge Hines overruled the motion of the defense for a rehearing of this petition to admit the three men to bail. At the same time he said he was ready to call a special term of court at any time to try them. Judge Hines declared that there was no reason for reopening the bail hearing as the men had chosen to remain in jail in June rather than stand trial at that time. "The court is yilling to take all of its time if necessary between now ami October to try these cases." Judge Hines said. Ralph Waltz, one of the defense attouteys, asked for thirty, days in which to prepare a bill of exceptions. Tlie filing of a motion of this nature is usually a preliminary step toward an appeal. Thomas Kane represented the state att he hearing today, but took uj action. •‘There are no grounds for filing a petition to admit the men to bail,” Judge Hines said in his ruling. Because they can be tried now. "The court is willing to call a special term of court to try these defendants. By their own action the defendants chose to remain in Jail in June, rather than lie tried at that little." Promises To Reform Indianapolis, July 29. — (United Press.) —“1 11 never drink another drop of liquor in my life." S. C. McClure, of Dayton. Ohio, promised Judge Pike in criminal court, Judge Pike suspen.lednts jail sentence of 30 days. o HEARS FOREIGN RADIO STATION Gerald Cole Copies Station On Board Ship In MacMillan Expedition Gerald Cole, of the Indiana Electric company, heard the radio station. WAP, on the boat “Perry". Monday night, at 9:47 o'clock. The Perry is one of thp boats of the MacMillan Polar expedition, now nearing the north pole. The station was heard on a wave length of 40 meters, and the signals were copied quite strong on a twotube. short wave set. using an inside aerial about thirty feet long. WAP was first heard calling CQ. and later working an amateur station at Jonesboro, Indiana. Although the boat could be heard plainly, it was impossible to hear the station at Jonesboro, only sixty miles away, this being one of the peculiarities of the short waves. Stations within a range of 200 to 300 miles canont be heard, but are reported strong at a distance of five or six thousand miles’. This is the sixth foreign radio station Mr. Cole has heard, he having copied amateurs in France, England. Belgium and the Hawaiian Islands last winter.