Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1925 — Page 1

XXIII- _Numbor 18U

STEPHENSON CASE SET FOR AUGUST 10

I fire damages I (JEW CATHOLIC I SCHOOL BUILDING I Unknown I damage IS SI,OOO I plumbing Fixtures, Valued ■ At SBOO, Destroyed; I Smoke Causes Loss 9 fjp, discovered about 5:30 o’clock 9 Tuesday evening in the lavatory on j 9 the third floor of flic now Catholic 9 .fhool building, which is under con--9 struction on Fourth street, destroyed ■ about SS(tO worth of plumbing fixtures 9 that wore stored in tlie room prepara 9 torr to being set up. and the fire and 9 smoke damaged the third floor to the 9 extent of about S2OO to S4OO. The origin of the Ore is unknown. [ |, js thought that someone either dropped a lighted cigar or cigarette In 1 tbs room, or that the blaze started from combustion*of varnish soaked W s. Workmen had not been on the third floor during the afternoon, and It is the general opinion that combustion was the direct cans eof the fire. The plumbing equipment was in orates in the room, and straw was packed around the equipment. The blare was blazing the heigth of the room before it was noticed, and *he fire department was called. The fire wore handicapped in fighting the blaze because of the intense stno.ke. Many eitiizens volunteered and fought the smoke in an effert-to caPwi. guish the blaze The firi> confined solely to the room where the equipment was stored and owing to the 1 fireproof construction of the building, it was not necessary to use the water, rhemicals were used in extinguishing the blaze. ! Smoke did some damage, and one tjoden window frame was destroyed. One of eight, special made toilet bowls was saved from the fire, but the j other seven were destroyed by the I heat. The tire lasted about an hour, Wore the smouldering fire in the | draw was finally put out; o Rotarians Meet Thursday The regular weekly meeting of the I Decatur Rotary club will be he'd Thursday evening at the Industrial I rooms. Arthur D. Suttlcs, chairman 1 ot this week's program, is arranging ! tie program for Thursday. ME PROSPECTS EORSUGAR BEETS I red Isch Displays Sample Os This Season’s Crop; Season Is Ideal A sample of the t/pe of sugar beets '""■HR grown in Adams county this “ ason was placed on display in the Daily Democrat window today by Fred Isch , prominent farmer of French •"wnshlp. The beet is several inches ■n circumference already, and much of the growing season is still ahead. The beets have large tops this season, asSl »ing a higher sugar percentage, as it ' s ttle foliage that catches the sugar Articles from’the and delivers it ,0 llle roots. Mr. Isch lias eighty acres °f beets this season and he reports that he expects to harvest a fine crop. De has been growing beets for the !ast three seasons and declares that he is deriving more pprofit from them i -ian any other crop he grows. He also claims that the beets build up the sod and that the beet crop.? are gettin R better each season on his farm. The season has been ideal for suJ’ ar heets, the many rains causing the sets to grow by leaps and bounds, he Holland-St. Louis Sugar company expects to have one of the most suc'essfui campaigns in the history of the local factory this next fall.

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Fire Truck Wrecked By Ford Truck; Firemen Hurt Springfield, Ills., Aug. 5. —(United Press.) —Tl/ree firemen were seriously injured shortly before nonn today when a fire truck collided with a Ford delivery truck at an intersection of two boulevards. The fire engine, answering a call, turned completely over. The three firemen were rushed to a hospital, where it was said their condition was critical. WITNESSES SAY SGOTT IS SANE Jailers Say He Is Not “Prison Crazy”; No Signs Os Abnormality (United Press Service) Chicago, Aug. s—in5 —in a super heated courtroom jammed with spectators Russell Scott today heard witness after witness declare he is sane and fully capable of understanding why he is under sentence of death by hanging. Seven jail guards who have watched Scott since February 14, 1925. the day sentence was imposed, controverted the defense claim that the prisoner is -prison crazy" and in capable of real •’zing his predictment. Some of the state witnesses acted on the death watch and they were unanimous in their opinion that Scott did not exhibit signs of abnormality. o BUILDING COLLAPSES Three-story Structure In Kansas City Caves In, Killing Five Persons And Injuring Nine. Uapwa* r i,|„y, \to .UUiPress.)—lnvestigation was started today into the collapse of a three-story building here late yesterday, which took a toll of four lives. Nine others were injured. The structure was being remodeled when without warning, its walls and floors crumpled, carrying into the wreckage workers and roomers in the building. Preliminary examination led police to believe that'newly placed beams had been overloaded. BERNE WOMAN IS FOUND DEAD Miss Elizabeth Liechty Dies Os Heart Trouble At Age Os 74 Years (Special To Daily Democrat) Berne, Aug. s—Elizabeth5 —Elizabeth Liechty, age 74 years, was found dead in bed at her home here about 3:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Death due to heart trouble, the coroner reported. Miss Liechty had been ill for the last 'four days and Monday evening her sister, Miss Katherine Liechty, also of Rerne, went to spend the night with her. Mis# Katherine slept In an adjoining room and about 3:30 o’clock the next morning, she went into her sister’s room to see if there was anything wanted. She called to her sister but received no response and upon examination, found that she was dead. The physician, who was called, stated that Miss Liechty probably had been dead since about 11 o’clock Monday night. The deceased was born in France, August 3 1852, her death occurring on her seventy-fourth birthday. When four years old. Miss Liechty came to America with her parents, who settled in Waye County Ohio, where they resided for four years, before moving to Adams county. The family resided two miles west of Berne for many years and in 1915, Miss Liechty moved to Berne, where she had since resided. She was never married, and had lived alone for several years. The one sister, Miss Katherine Liechty, is the only near relative surviving. Funeral services will be he'd from the residence at 1:30 o'clock and from the Reformed church at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Miss Liechty was a member of the First Mennonite church. Burial will be made in the M. R. E. Cemetery.

PLANS LAID FOR SALVATION ARMY CAMPAIGN HERE Staff Os Local Officials Selected By C. F. Raach, Field Representative QUOTA IS SSOO Money Contributed Here Is Placed In Bank For Use In Home Service LOCAL OFFICERS Rev. W. H. Thompson Chairman Joseph McConnell Vice-Chairman C. L. Walters Secretary C. S. Nibiiclfi... Treasurer The above staff of officials of the Decatur Salvation Army Home Service, announced this morning by Mr. Charlps F. Raach, field representative of this division, will inaugurate the annual campaign to raise a quota of SSOO from this city, these funds to he deposited in a local bank and drawn as necessary by the division officials. Plans will be completed today and further announcements as to dates and to the committees, who will assist in the work, will he announced tomorrow. Mr. Raach said this morning in explanation of the drive: “Men and women take chances with their money and often lose; they take chances with their health and many lose their heatlh; they take many chances with life and MttHv lose t4*e+e lives » these days but no one takes a chance when they give to the support and maintenance of the Salvation Army. You are (CONTINUED ON PAOE FOUR) FAMOUS SINGER ACQUAINTED HERE Charles W. Clark And Wife, Who Died Suddenly Monday, Visited Here Mrs. Charles W. Clark, wife of the noted baritone singer, who died suddenly in Chicago last Monday night, within two hours after the sudden death of her husband in a Chicago motion picture theatre, was an intimate friend of Mrs. F. M. Schirmeyer, of this city, and she and her husband were acquainted with several Decatur residents. She had visited here on numerous occasions. Mr. and Mrs. Clark were natives of Van Wert, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. C.ark were attending a motion picture show. Suddenly Mr. Clark slumped in h's seat. Clark died at his wife’s side in a moving picture theatre. They were viewing the picture. “Greater than a Crown”, when suddenly Clark slumped in his seat. Thinking he had fallen asleep, Mrs. Clark shook him, but the famous music master did not respond An usher was called and the body was borne from the theater in an ambulance With the utmost of strain, Mrs. Clark suppressed her grief when she first found her distinguished husband had died. But when she reached her home, the pent up grief broke out. She fell into a swoon in the arms of ne ghbors. A physician was ca led but he failed to revive her. She succumbed within two hours -of her husband s death. Mr. Clark was born in \an Wert in 1865 and was educated in the schools there and at the Methodist College in Fort Wayne. Later he studied in Chicago, London and Paris. Singing songs In all modern languages he won fame both as a teacher cf singing and as an expert in its interpretation. He was 60 years old at the time of his death. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are survived by three children, Ronald Clark, a teacher of singing in Paris; Mrs. Virginia Lawrence, of New York; and Mrs. Louise Gardeniere, believed now in Brazil, South America.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 5, 1925.

BELATED NEWS “News Item: G. H. McManama, | of R. R. 10, Decatur, was operated I on at llie Wells county hospital Monday morning, for the removal | of gall stones and the appendix. His physician reports his condition as very satisfactory” So reads -a post card hearing the date of darch 4, 1919, received by the Dai y Democrat this morning from Bluffton. Just six years, fire months and one day after being mailed In the Bluffton post office. Aceompanying the post card was a note from C. A. Vanhorn, Bluffton postmaster, which read as follows: "Enclosed find post card which was found the other day when we moved from old office. It was found under the case at the mailing window." Mr. McManama's friends will he glad to learn that he is getting along nicely. CITY GARBAGE CONTRACT LET Council Saves $154 By Receiving Bids Second Time; Sewer Completed ‘‘lt pays to advertise” in the opinion of the oitv councilmen, who last evening received bids for the gathering and disposal of the city garbage for a second time and saved the city $154 in the contract price, as compared with the bids received two weeks ago. Two weeks ago, when bids were received. the lowest price was $629.00 Charles J. Roop. being the low bidder. A mistake was made in reading F. J. Schmitt’s bid and the council decided to re-advertise for the city garbage contract. Last evening, Mr. Schmitt submitted a bid of $475.00 and he received the contract, the next lowest bid being $480.00 Other bids submitted were George Brown, $450.00 and John Thomas, $599. Mr. Schmitt has had the contract to haul the city garbage since the city ordinance regulating the gathering and disposal of the garbage has been in effect. Other Council Action The city engineer reported the completion of the Suddith sewer in the west part of the city, and the council will receive or hear remonstrances against the preliminary assessments on September 1, 1925. The petition of Judge J. ('. Sutton and three other property owners for a cement sidewalk on the east side of South Sixth street was granted by the street and sewer committee, and the proper legal notice for receiving of bids for the construction of the walk will be given within the near future. The city clerk was authorized to i=sue improvement bonds :n the amount of $197.00, to the contractor of (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) AUCTION SCHOOL CLASS ORGANIZES Thomas Marker, Os Windfall, Indiana, Is Elected President The July class of Reppert’s auction school students held a meeting Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of perfecting an organization. The following were elected; Thos Marker, Winfall. lnd. t President; Fred Watson, Missonla. Mont.,, Vice-president; and It. E- Fortna. Lincoln, Nebraska, secretary. A peppy class meeting was held in the Old Adams County Bank Building Tuesday evening. Each member of the class Introduced himself and talked of his past and of his future ambitions. Some real talent was discovered in the class. Thos. (Sunnybrook) Marker sang two songs of his own composition and promised some impersonations in the future. Weather Indiana — Mostly fair tonight and Thursday, not much change in temperature.

PROSPECTS OF A COAL STRIKE ARE INCREASED Adjournment Os Wage Parley Sine Dine Adds To Difficulties MAY RESUME MEETING Conference Adjourned Subject To Call Os Either Side (United Pre«H Service) Atlantic City, N- J.. Aug. s—Adjournments—Adjournment of the anthracite wage parley sine dine has increased the prospects of a walkout of 159,000 miners in the hard coal fields September first. Early resumption of the conference was expected by both sides, however, since it adjourned” subject to the call of either side through the chairman” The temporary break in the negotiations in which union leaders and spokesmen for the anthracite operators had reached an apparently hopeless deadlock, came Tuesday evening on a motion by the miners, which was unanimously adopted. The full scale committee of the miners was called for a meeting tills afternoon at which time they will definitely decide upon a course of ac tion. President Lewis and members of the conference committee will remain here for several days at least, it was stated today, but none appears .o have any idea what will he the next move, if any toward reaching The immediate cause of the break ing negotiations was a refusal at Samuel D. Warriner and William J. Richards to come to Atlantic City and (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) FIRST TON LITTER OF YEAR WEIGHED Ten Pigs Fed By Reuben Schwartz Weigh 2,153 Pounds; 180 Days Old Feeding a litter of pigs to a weight of 2.153(4 pounds in six months is the accomplishment of Reuben L. Schwartz, young Monroe township farmer. The litter consists of ten pure-bred Durocs which were farrowed February 5. and were weighed yesterday evening at the age of 180 days. Although J. D. Winteregg, Howard Gilliom. of Berne, and Leonard Sprunger, of Walwsh township, were official witnesses, there were several neighbors present to see the litter weighed. The largest pig weighed 269 and the smallest 179. Au individual A-type house was used as farrowing quarters last spring. The mother of the litter is a large sow of good quality and a consistent producer, since she ordinarily raises litters of 8 to 11 pigs. She is a member of a large litter which indicates that good breeding is of importance when large litters are desired. Slop made up of ground oats, middlings and bran was the ration given to the mother when the pigs were farrowed. Skim milk was also provided in a small amount. After a limited feed of about two weeks, a small amount of corn was added to the ration and within a short time she was on full feed. The pigs had access to feed 1n a self-feeder for some time before weaning. A balanced commercial feed was used. After being weaned, the. pigs were given ground rye and oats in addition to the commercial feed. At about .4 Vi months soaked shelled corn was added to the ration, and Mr. Schwartz states that the hogs practically neglected the hominy feed for the corn. Although tankage was kept before the litter at all times, very little was eaten due to the milk and when providing the necessary protein. The hogs consumed considerable of a mineral feed consisting ot 10 pounds wood ashes, 10 pounds acid phosphate and 1-pound salt.

Police Save Boy From Death At Mother’s Hands Gary, Ind., Aug. 6.—-(United Press.) —Hammond police saved George Gain, 12-year-old boy, from a death at the hands of his mother. Mrs. Mary Cain, who had beaten him into insensibility with a shovel, when her cries alarmpd neighbors. The mother had suddenly become crazed and the boy, deaf and dumb, was unable to call for assistance. HOSPITAL HAS A BUSY YEAR Total Os 545 Patients Cared For During Last Year, Report Shows A total of 545 patients entered the Adams County Memorial hospital dur-i ing the year ending July 30, according to the annual report of Miss Kmiiie 1 G. Christ.; superintendent There' were twelve pations in the hospital when the year opened and there were seventeen when the year closed. The I total number of patient days was 5,932. During the year, 177 major operations. 56 minor operations anil 122. tonsillotomies were performed There were 81 medical cases and 41 matern-| ity cases. A total of 41 halites were botn a,' the hospital durin the year. I while only 29 deaths occured. There! were 22 fractur°s. two eye cases and two cases of electrical burns. Doctors Remove Safety Pin From Baby’s Throat Indianapolis. Aug. g.—(United Press) ; —Pushing an opened safety pin from the throat of a baby into its stomaeh. Jwo doctors here performed ;fn emergency operation today and saved the child’s life. Tlie child was Elizabeth Koos, the 15 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Srank Koos of Terre Haute. She was rushed to the Methodist Hospital here early today by the parents after she had swallowed the pin and it opened, lodging in her throat. Physicians said the child will recover. but it will be necessary for her ' to be Kept in the hospital for several days. SOLICITING MONEY FOR FARM CLUBS Committees From Industrial Association Call On Business Men Today Three committees of the Industrial Association have been working all day today, raising money for the expenses incurred by the association in sponsoring the farm clubs, and also for tlie several other th'ngs that the club lias done In the last year. All Decatur merchants and factories will lie solicited. About half of the btiisness men of Decatur had been seen by the committee at two o’clock this afternoon and only one refusal has been reported. Those merchants who have not been solicited today will he called on later this week, the committee members said. The quota for the three comittees is $1,500 and it is estimated that more than half of that amount already has been collected. The members soliciting report close co-operation of most of the merchants, and all seem pleased with the results so far that the various farm clubs have brought. It is thought that the quota will be reached the latter part of this week. All business houses are being solicited whether members of the Industrial Association or not. since the clubs indirectly aid all business houses. Convinced That Miss Stallman Ended Own Life Mattoon, 111-, —Convinced that there is no mystery about the death of Miss Cora StallmarJ but tJhat she ended her own life states attorney C. H. Fletcher announced today that his office had ceased investigation. The girl either ended her own life or during an illness leaped into a well and died of the shock, Fletcher said.

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SPECIAL SESSION OF COURT CALLED FOR MURDER CASE Judge Hines Sets Date For Disposing Os Charges Against Trio ACTION IS DEMANDED Stephenson Wants To Go To Trial Soon; “Getting Plenty Os Rest” Noblesviile, Ind., Aug. 5.— (United Press.) Special adjourned term of court to dispose . of the murder cnarges against ' I). C. Stephenson, former klan i leader, and his two associates, , Earl Gentry and Earl Klenck, was called for August 10, today by Judge Fred R. Hines, who will hear the case. The action was taken after Judge Hines had refused to receive a motion for immediate joint trial of tlie i three men in connection with the I death of Miss Madge Oberhultzer. of | Indianapolis. "I want to expedite matters as much as possible, but I am under the J impression that no motion of any kind ' can be received in this adjourned term," said Judge Hines. “Some notice would have to lie served on the public if a special adjourned term is called to consider this case." j After some discussion. Judge Hines ! and Floyd Christian, defense attorney agreed that the present term ! should lie adjourned and another called for August 10. Defendants Hear Wrangling. Stephenson and his two co-defend-ants listened complacently to the wrangling over the motion which was the result of a conference with his attorneys in which he demanded action. “i’m sorry now' w'e didn’t go to trial thp very first thing." said Stephenson. : who has been in jail three and a half months while his attorneys bickered fpr trial of Klenck or Gentry first, j He was as plump and rosy as the day ! he entered the Marion county jail on I a charge of murdering the young woman by refusing her medical aid j after a Pullman trip to Hammond, • Indiana, which resulted in hgr taking bachloride of mercury. ‘•Well, there’s one thing about it —we’re getting plenty of rest," he told newspapermen. DEFER PAVING OF ACKER ROftD Improvement Postponed Until Next May; Contract For Other Roads Let The improvement of the Samuel Acker road, north front the end of Nodthi Second street to the Smith bridge, where the state road begins, west from the end of North Second street to the Holland-St. Louis Sugar t’aooory, will not he improved until next Map, the county conimisAlthough Arfchud Zehr was the low sioners decided Tuesday afternoon, bidder for the improvement of the road, the contract was not awarded to him yesterday, the matter being continued until next May. The road w'iil be improved wjith emulsified asphalt. The road could not be improved irn'lil late this fall and the closing of the road would interfede with trucks getting to the Sugar factory, during the campaign, it was stated. Also, the west stretch of the road is used as a detour to the state road nortli of the li'ty, and since, state road number 21 is now being improved ami w'iil not be opened to traffts until about Lecetnber 1. it would have been impossible to close the road now. The other two roads, the Ed Green road and the Ben Eiting roads, wdich connect with the state road south of the city, will be improved at once, | the contracts being awarded to Julius (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)