Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 180, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1925 — Page 1

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final tribute PAID TO WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN Scores Os Notables Attend, Funeral Services This Afternoon DRIZZLING RAIN FALLS Body Taken To Arlington' Cemetery To Rest Among | Nation’s Heroes (United Pre## Service) Washington, July 31—In the little red brick “church of the Presidents.” services were held this afternoon over the body of William Jennings Bryan. A drizzling rain beat down on the tin roof as the Reverend Joseph Sizoo. Presbyterian pas-| tor, rose before the gathering' of 1,000 notables and read the solemn ritual. The casket was banked with flow* ers and a rosebud piece sent by order of President Coolidge from the white house gardens. Mrs. Bryan, the widow, and sixteen members ot the family, sat in the front pews where Abraham Lincoln and nine other president# had worshipped. Secretary of State Kellogg and a delegation of diplomats from the state department sat on one side of the church, Groups of Bryan’s com-, rades in arms from the SpanishAmerican war. and American Legion man in uniform, were further bacfc A score of senators an 4 tnen and leading politicians with whom Bryan was associated were also present. P.ans were changed shortly before the services began so that the casket will be opened as soon as the services are over to permit the people in the church to view the body for a last. time. This will delay the burial until 5 p.m., eastern standard time, or later. Washinton.. July 31—William Jennings Bryan will rest tonight in a warrior’s grave beside the "unknown soldier.” war generals and privates in the ranks who died in battle. Today his body lay in state in the “Church of the Preidents,” a weath- 1 er-stained, red brick edifice envelop(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ■KO OPENS WAR ON CRIME Citizens Aroused To Action By Daring Hold-up Os Drake Hotel (United Press Service) Chicago, July 31 —Aroused to action by the daring robbery of the Drake hotel and the murder of a clerk who offered no resistance, Cihacgo’s civic bodies today joined forces in an active crusade against crime. The stigma of “the crime capital ot the world" must be removed was the united decision of law enforcing bodies, the Chicago Bar association, and a ll organizations interested in the city’s welfare. Tht* state's attorney’s office obtained murder indictments against the three surviving bandits. Police announced the capture of the single missing robber was imminent. Chief Justice Jacob Hopkin\ called for twice the number of criminal judges to pre'ent delays in bringing criminals to ti ial. The Chicago Bar association offered “any number of our ablest attorneys’’’ to act as special prosecutor t° aid State’s Attorney Crowe. . Joe Holmes and Jack Wilson, alias the two captured Drake bandits, will be brought to trial in record time, State’s Attorney Crowe promises William Mullenchuck will be apprehended within 24 hours, Captain Shoemaker, chief of detectives, declared. inquests over the bodies of “Texas Kid” Court and Eric Nelson, the slain bandits, was continued.

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Early Autumn Weather Prevails In Indiana (United Pres# Service) Indianapolis. July 31—Early autumn weather prevailed today In Indianapolis and many parts of Indiana The temperature in Indianapolis early today was ten degrees below nortpal for this time of the year. A drop to 59 was reported during the night. The temperature has been below normal practically all the latter part of this month. PENNHIGHWAY BOOSTERS MEET Decatur Represented At Organization Meeting Held In Findlay, Ohio A permanent organization of the William Penn highway association was formed at Findlay, Ohio, last I evening, representatives being present from Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Avon Burk, president of the Decatur Industrial Association, and O. L. Vance, of tbi# city, represented Adams County at the meeting Mr. Burk appointed Mr. Vance and J. H.. Heller as members of the County committee who will be advised as to the progress made by the association in having the proposed route from Philadelphia to San Francisco adopted by -the Federal highway commission at It convention next month in Washington. Representatives wgr« present at the meeting last night from Huntington,, Peru, Wabash and Logansport, the proposed routes passing through those cities. Much enthusiasm was shown at the meeting and talks were made by the different representatives. The plan was explained, officers were elected and an earnest effort will be made to have the federal board designate the proposed route as a national coast-to-coast highway. Former Decatur Printer Dies In Corning, lowa Word has been received in this city that R. Grant Weisell. aged 61. former employee of the Decatur Democrat company, in this city, and of the Banner Publishing company, Os Bluffton, died at hjs home in Corning, lowa. The body will be brought to Bluffton for burial. Mr. Weisell learned the printing trade in Bluffton about forty years ago. and about thirt|y-five years, ago came to this city where he worked for about three years. —o — Radio Fans Report Local Interference Local radio fans reported todajf that there was a large amount of local interference last night and today. Reception was ruined -in certain parts of the city. Several persons attempted to tune in on the Bryan funeral services in Washington, D. C., today, but the interference was too great. Employes at the city light and power plant have been investigating to see if the interference is coming from that source. NEW COMPANY NAMES OFFICERS James Cowen Made President Os Provident Building & Loan Ass’n. James Cowen, of the Decatur Castings company, was elected president of the Provident BuJWing and Loan Association, at a meeting held by the board of directors last evening. J L Kocher, of the Kocher Lumber company, was made vice-president; H, B. Heler, attorney, secretary and El Wf. Johnson, treasurer. The board will meet again the first of next week at which time an advisory committee will be appointed and arrangements made to offer the stock to the public. Offices for the present 'will be at the offices of Lenhart & I Heller, attorneys.

SCHOOLS WILL OPEN SEPT. 8 Number Os Pupils To Be About The Same As Last Year * With the arrival in this city of Superintendent M. F. Worthman, plans were started immediately for the opening of the Decatur schools. 1 Ail public schools in this city will open September 8. Mr. Worthman said this morning. Repair work has already started on some ot the school I buildings and the rest of them will be put into shape within the next few weeks. The list of teachers has been almost completed and Will be announced with’n a few days, Mr. Worthman said. Mr. Worthman has spent most of the summer at Chicago university where he has been taking a training course for city school superintendr ents. He has reopened his office at the new high school building and has already begun forming the schedule for this year and out ining courses of study. It is predicted that the high school will have about the same number of pupils this year as last year. School will open a week later than usual this year, owing to the fact that Ijabor Day, being the first Monday in September, is not until September 7. New spouting is being placed on the Central school building and other buildings are undergo ng --the asutu summer clean-up and inspection in order that they will all be ready for the opening Os schools in .11*. --uiuap.- _ Qi—SLudx. available will be announced later, Mr. Worthman stated this morning. o Man Who Threatened Life Os President Is Caught Tampa, Fla., July 31. — (United Pres.) — Norman Klien, wanted in Washington and other cities on a charge of having threatened to kill President Coolidge, was arrested here early today by United States secret service agents. Klien, alias Kully, alias Kelley, Is the alleged leader of a band of anarchists. Government agents said he had threatened the lives of John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, as well as that of the president. The arrest folowed a chase of many months which led secret service agents through many sections of the country. MISSION FESTIVAL TO BE OBSERVED Celebration To Be Held At St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Sunday Members of the St. Peters Lutheran church in Root township will gather at their beautiful church Sunday to celebrarte the annual Mission Festival. For that occasion, two services have been planned, one to begin at 9:30 a.m. and the other at 2 gm. The Revi. A. W. Hinz, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church of Decatur, will occupy the pulpit in the morning service, and the Rev. M Frosch, formerly of South America, will preach in the afternoon. There is another reason why the members of the St. Peters church are bending every effort to make this a special day of celebration. The church has been closed for several months to enable the workmen to carry out the rebuilding and redecorating program, as planned by been finished. o Gov. Jackson To Go To Michigan City August 5 Indianapolis, July 31 — Governor Jackson will be In Michigan City August 5 and 6 attending the meeting of the board of the Indiana state prison and a gathering of Republican editors, it was announced today.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, July 31, 1925.

EXAMINE SANITY | Widow Living Near Peru Believed To Have Lost Mind Through Grief Over Husband's Death. Peru, Ind., July 31—Examination of the mental condition of Mrs. Alma Wright, widow living on a farm near Peru, was planned today. Grief over the death of her husband and the lonesomeness ot the farm after his death caused the woman to become temporarily demented. according to her neighbors. They asked her confinement in jail after shp had terrorized the neighborhood all night by parading up and down the road with a revolver, threatening people she met. PROGRAM GIVEN BY BOY SCOOTS Demonstration Os Scout Work Given At Rotary Club Meeting The Boy Scouts and Scoutmaster Bryce Thomas gave an interesting program at the regular meeting of the Rotarians last evening, the Scouts demonstrating some of the Seout work, such as first aid work, the carrying of the wounded, knottieing and the building of stretchers. Cornellius Durtyiy assistant Scoutmaster. assisted in the program. Several messages were sent over the minature telegraph instruments in the Morse code and perfect reception was made. John Carmody acted as chairman of the meeting, the program being arranged in keeping with the annual r £ustcm of sending the Boy Scouts for an outing. The boys will leave next Monday morning for Hamilton lake and cars for the trip will be furnished by the Rotarians. They plan to spend a week at the lake. The Ccouts who participated in the program were Robert Heller, Harry Dailey. Thomas Haubold, Donald Klepper and Harold Zwlck. W. W. and D. El. Goodrich, of Winchester. and George Morris, Dr. Backman. Harry Sweetzer and Frank Beatty, of Bluffton, were guests at the meeting. o TO HOLO ONION SEBVICE SUNDAY • First Os Series Os Meetings To Be Held At Zion Reformed Church The first of a series of union church services to be held dur'ng the month of August by the Protestant churches of the city, will be held next Sunday evening at the Zion Reformed church, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. The Rev. F. D. Whitesell, pastor of the First Baptist church, will deliver the message. His subject will be “God s Purpose in Redemption". The choir of the Zion Reformed church will render two selections, namely, “All Nations Shall Worsh.p Thee”, and “Now The Day is Over”. The church people of the city and surrounding communities are invited ahd urged to atten dthe union services Persons not affiliated with any church are cordially invited to attend, also. _— o — Bodv Os Young Woman Found Along Highway Orange, N. J., July 31—The body of a young woman who had been strangled to death, was discovered today by a workman In a ditch beside St. Cloud road on Orange mountain. The victim was an attractive brunetjte, about 25 years of age and well dressed. A gold wedding band and a diamond platinum ring were found on the third finger of her left hand. Police said there was nothing to estab ish her identity. Weather Unsettled tonight; showers in north and central portion; Saturday fair.

MERCHANTS VISIT YOUNG FARMERS 11 ■■ Decatur and Berne Business I Men Are Enthusiastic Over Club Work 1 —r Groups of Decatur and Berne busi- ■ ness men returned to their homes Thursday evening, fred but enthusI iastic for the junior farm club work • being done in Adams county. The Decatur men. thirteen in all. visited . fourteen farms in the northern and eastern part of the county, and the Berne men. numbering fifteen, visiticd thirteen farms in the southern i part of the county. So many of the farmers served refreshmerts of various kinds that the business men had no appetite for I supper a hen they arrived home. In fact, it was necessary for one weEknown Decatur business man to visit a doctor to get relief when he arrived back in the city. The men from Berne who made the tour were: J. D. Winteregg. J. F. Lehman, C. T. Habegger, Albert Sprunger, E. A. Luginbill, O. N j Sm’th. L A. Sprunger, Albert Neu- ( houser, Leo Lehman,. Amos Snyder. Abraham Habegger. Ernest Stengle, ’ Edwin Stengle. Harry Stoner and • Howard Gil Horn. The club members visited by the ■ Berne men were: Leroy Stauffer, ■ Herman Ryf. Linda Liechty, Calvin • Steury. Daniel Habegger, Sulvan ! Habegger, Martin Habegger, Milo 1 Habegger, David Graber. Lorene 1 Rich. Ben Mazelin, Ruth Schwartz. Albert Steury. Frank Mazelin Simon 1 Schwartz. Bertha Schwartz, E i f Schwartz, Naomi Schwartz and Hul--1 dah Schwartz. r TJje Decatur rgen on the tour were: 1 F M. Schirmeyer. A. D Suttles. Ben f Smith. Dan Niblick, George Krick. • Herman Omlor. Fells Graber. Roscoe ’ Glendening, Herman Yager;, Harry ’ Helm, E. J Fricke, County Agent ■ Busche, and Fred Schurger. r The club members visited by the 1 Decatur men were Floyd Rupert, G’.en Rupert, Russel Mitchel. Thur- ■ man Rayl. Selma Habegger, Louis • Mattax. Joe Schrock, Lorene Rich, 1 Ben Mazelin,. Ruth Schwartz, Reuben ‘ Habegger, Noah Schrocjk, Elmer Inninger and Dan Habegger. Mrs. Gottlieb Christener served apple cider to the Decatur men; Dan Habegger served lemonade; lunch consisting of doughnuts, ham sandwiches. ice cream, cake, pickles, pie and coffee was served at the Noah Rich home; Dau Maazelin served apples; Joel Habegger served lemonade and pears; Dan Schwartz serv- , ed apples and Mrs Anna Amstutz I served lemonade’ and cake. BRITISH COAL j STRIKE DELAYED Provisional Settlement Is Reached On Eve Os Industrial Crisis By Lloyd Allen, (U. P. Staff Correspondent) London, July 31.—Premier Baldwin 1 announced in commons today that there had been a provisional settlement of the coal strike. , The owners have suspended for a fortnight their lockout notices, which were to have been effective at midnight tonight. Baldwin explained that the "provisional settlement” was subject to con- " \ firmation of the mine workers in the I various districts throughout Britain. r The suspension caused relief 1 throughout Great Britain for the 1 threatened coal shortage, it was fear- ‘ ed, would bring a tremendous indus--3 trial crisis in its wake. o 1 Want Remus Deported i 1 Cincinnati, 0., July 31 —Deportation • of George Remus, the “millionaire 3 bootlegger”, as soon as he is released from the federal prison at Atlanta, and 13 aliens implicated in Remus’ alleged operations was the aim of federal investigators launched today 11 , In Cincinnati, Chicago and Atlanta federal officials announced.

Army Trans-continental Flyers Reach Chicago (United Press Service) Chicago, July 31 — The five army trans-continental flyers who left Omaha, Neb., early today arrived here shortly after 11 o’clock and immediately tuned up their machines for the trip to the home station, Selfridge, Mich. Tine flyers leave here ot 2 p.m. The sixth plane of the squadron was forced down near Dunnclle, lowa. o RAISING MONEY FOR FARM CLUBS industrial Association Opens Campaign For $1,500 This Morning Members of the Industrial Association started this morning on a drive to obtain Sl.fiuu tor the malntainence of the various farm clubs that they are sponsoring and also to pay the salary of the assistant for the county agricultural agent. The several men who have been working today have been very successful in obtaining money, so far. It was decided at noon today that the drive w#uld be continued next Wednesday, at which time more members of the committees would be able to assist in the drive. The money raised by the committees will be used in paying the expenses of operating the corn, calf and sugar beet clubs that the association is sponsoring. Last year the sum of $2 600 was raised, but this year it was decided that more work could be done by the association with less money with the present system, av the quota has been reduced JI,IOO. Several cars of Decatur business men made the trip yesterday to inspect several of the contestants' entries in the various contests and all the men were very much immpressed by the showings The cars left this city abotu eight o'clock and returned late yesterday afternoon. The drive that will be concluded next Wednesday will be made by several members of the association and they have requested that the firms represented in the Industrial Association talk the matter over before then and decide b itich they will give for the fund. If this is done the entire drive can be completed in one more day. Probe Activities Os Bandits Near Ft. Wayne (United Press Service) Fort Wayne, July 31 —Renewed activities of highwaymen preying on automobile petting parties on roads west of Fort Wayne were investigated today by police and county authorities. F. L. Martin was held up at the point of a revolver and robbed Thursday night. J. G. Parker ran down a man who attempted to stop him by waving his hands. Looking back Parker saw a man hauled into an auto at the road side by a companion and the car sped away. SCOUTS GO TO CAMP MONDAY Scoutmaster Thomas And Most Os Scouts Going To Hamilton Lake The Decatur Boy Scouts leave next Monday for their annual camping trip under the tutelage of Bryce Thomas. Scout Master, and Richard Frisinger and Cornelius Durkin, assistants. The camp will be at Hamilton Lake, about sixty miles from this city, this year, and will last for one week. Most of the local Boy Scouts have arranged to triage the trip and Mr. Thomas has found it necessary to obtain extra assistants. The expenses of the trip will be taken from the treasury ot the local (CONTINUED ON .PAGE FIVE)

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STATE TAX BOARD ORDERS FIVE PER CENT BOOST HERE Increase Applies To Land And Improvements Outside Towns And Cities INCREASE ELSEWHERE _______ » Land Assessments Boosted Ten Per Cent In Wells County (United Press Service) Indianapolis, July 31.—Changes ordered by the state tax board in county assessments today included: Adams county—Five per cent, increase on lands and improvements outside the corporate cities and towns. Wells county — Ten per cent, increase on all land outside the incorporated cities and towns. Ten per cent, increase on lands and lots ip Bluffton sufficient to restore ’the assessments made by local assessor#. Blackford county—lncrease of ten per cent, on land, lots and improvements in Hartford city. The action of the state tax board in recommending a five per cent, increase on'valuation of all land and improvements outside the corporate cities and towns in Adams county will increase the valuation about SIOO,OOO, William Zimmerman, county assessor said this afternoon, when notified of the state Board’s action. " Indianapolis, Ind., July 31 — The state tax board today sent out equalization orders to boards of review in 52 counties in the state to revise assessments on real estate and personal property. Land values in thirty-four counties were increased by the board's order The increases ranged from three pe* cent in Benton and Delaware counties to twenty per cent in Fountain county. In Jennings county the land assessments were ordered increased fifteen per cent and in eight other counties ten per cent increases were ordered. Ten counties were directed to make five per cent increases and in the other counties partial changes were re(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 NAMED MANAGER OF NEW HOTEL Mrs. Cordelia I. Townsend, Former Decatur Lady, Gets Responsible Job Mrs. Cordeiiar I. Townsend former Decatur resident has been selected as manager of the Charmlnel home and transient hotel. Columbus, Ohio, now ready for business, and one of the finest ventures of its kind in the entire country. The ne w building was erected by Dr. Charles F. Bowen and represents a combination of the latest and most acceptable features of apartment buildings, together witli ideas and plans for incorporating every conceivable home comfort. It is so arranged that parties living in the hotel may either prepare their own meals or go to the dining room. If you decide to furnish your own meal every known convenience is provided and when you leave the table (i maid clears the table and washes th dishes. It is complete in every detail and while it will cater to permanent tenants it will also cto a general hotel bus'ness. The Columbus Dispatch of Tuesday contained a 12-page section devoted to the Charminel with a full-page picture of the new 12-story building, also a photo and write up of Mrs. Townsend, telling of her connection with the Great Northern, Oliver, National, Ebbit and Palmer hotels. Mrs. Townsend will no doubt make good in her new and responsible position. She was selected from among many applicants for the responsibility.