Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1925 — Page 1

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lilt CHITON'S I mm OHIO CinNBSERV Part In Hold-up CLEWS are traced Check-up At Ohio City Bank Shows Loot Taken Amounted To $4,500 (United Press Service) Columbus. O„ Aug. 15—The possibility that George "Dutch” ' Anderson, escaped convict, ! nought as the slayer of Ben ! Hance and his wife at Muncie, ! Ind., staged two bank hold-ups i jn Ohio yesterday was advanced bv the operatives of the Ohio Bankers Association today. The banks robbed were the North Dayton branch of trie Dayton savings nd Trust Co., and the Farmers bank at Ohio City. Total loot was |33,000. Anderson, wanted for a Toledo bank jobbery was traced to Dayton two reeks ago. operatives said. Ohio City I is on the route betwen Dayton and [ Mamie. I Up to three o'clock this afternoon. I the two unmasked bandits who held I up and robbed the Farmers Bank at Ohio City, eighteen miles esat of here. t yesterday aftrnoon. were still at large. Several clews have been tracd down, but have proved fafise. The official checkup revealed that abont $4,500 ns taken by the bandits. __ I i ntheir rush to get away, the bandits Dissed more than $7,000, an official c! the bank said today. Several rej pons have been current, but none of | them proved official. Some of the state bank officials are of the opinion ! that there is a connection between the [ Dayton bank robbery and the Ohio I City robbery but this opinion has not ; been given out as official. o — Three Men Electrocuted On County Poor Farm I lowa City, la.. Aug. 15. — (United I Press.)—Three men were electrocuted at the County Poor Farm here late | yesterday when they become entangE led in a "live" barbed wire fence, I which had come in contact with a ' ll.OilO voltage high tension line. , The dead are: Pasl Miller, 22; John Miller, 24; ' »ud Joe Wall, 35. ■ According to witnesses. Paul Miller I *as killed when he attempted to wuwl through the charged fence gives. The other two men were electrocuted trying to save Miller. o MSENAL FOUND IN BEACH'S SAFE Valuable Goods Found In Caches Os Former Head Os Narcotic Division Wcago, Aug. 15.—(United Press.) ~An arsenal, consisting of 47 revolv*rs. ten daggers and several sets of tuso knuckles was uncovered by po‘Ce eaiiy tod ay in the private safe ” Colonel Will Gray Beach, deposed . ead of the federal narcotic division we. who i s charged with trading mgs for stolen goods. ine fe "ii ratl!eS ° f valua "' le goods, ranga the way from rare oriental *s to opium pipes and hypodermic are being uncovered eary day. ? ne ® eacd maintained caches at nous pl aeeg in Chicago. The goods ln Possession of federal agents e vaued at more than SIOO,OOO. This <lrugs ClUSlVe ° f hUB ® *l uantitleß ot f > ( !‘ ls . l the content >on of federal ofDositi' 1 at Beactl > using his powerful ion 18 heatl ot t ' le narcotic division, , oCllt confißcate d drugs and sold Soods ° ad(ilctß ln re turn for stolen

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Curfew Law Still in Effect Here; Children Warned

Youths Under Sixteen Must Scurry Homeward At 8 P. M. The Curfew ordinance in Decatur Is still effective. This is the answer to the question propounded to the Dally Democrat several times during the last few days. Fond mothers, worried about the whereabout! of their young sons and daughters, have caused the dust to be shaken off the Decatur city ordinance book and the Curfew Law has l.een discovered. The first Law regarding the “nightlife" conduct of children unoer the uge of sixteen years was passed by the "town Dads” of Decatur, in 1892It was entitled “Boys an dGirls Under Sixteen Years of Age". This ordinance made it unlawful for children under the specified age to remain on the streets, alleys, or in public buildings and places, except when escorted by parents or guardians, after nine p.m. This ordinance also sets forth that it is unlawful to skate on the sidewatr.s of the city at any time. The next time that the welfare of chilren was considered in the city’s laws was in 1898. This ordinance was and is still known as the Curfew Law. It is a lengthy declaration prohibiting any child under the age of sixteen years from being on the streets, alleys or public places in the city, after the hour of eight o'c.ock during the sum mer months and after the hour of seven o’clock during the winter months. The law is effective only when thecurfew sounds. There have been very few nights for the last several years that_the Decatur curfew has not been blown at the specified time during the summer months, the seven o'clock rule has been abandoned and the eight o’clock rule is usually continued throughout the entire year. Local noli““ have had little trouble with children prune to stay up later than the specified time. Several complaints have been received rercently, and several mothers have threatened to take the mat, ter up with the mayor and other city officials. The law is still m enect ana in all probobiiities will be strictly adhered to n the future, t was in dicated by an official last evening ■ — > * n - — — MORE ENTRIES FOR CONTEST Interest Growing In Elks' Popular Girl Contest In Adams County Interest is growing in the Adams county popular girl contest, which is being held in connection with the Elks Carnival and Fall Festival in this cty August 24 to 29. Members of the committee have received several more entries in the contest, which they are guarding closely until next week. An entry has been received from practically every part of the county, according to Dr. J. W. Clark, vicechairman of the popularity contest committee, and it is expected that about ten or fifteen girls will compete for the title, "Miss Adams County.” Other plans for the big public Elks Festival are practically completed and various people in charge t of the many booths that will fill the huge tent on Liberty Way have reported that their part in the Carnival is ready for the opening night, a week from Monday. The tent will be put up next Saturday and the booths will be constructed. The merchandise will be placed in the tent the afternoon prior to the opening. Several free attractions of merit have been secured and will be presented each night of the FestivalInvitations have been sent out to all neighboring lodges and several have signified their intentions of attending several nights of the Carnival. The new Elks Home on North Second street will be open for visitors all week during the celebration. Gifts will be distributed each night to visitors and atetndants at the carnival.

Feast Os Assumption Is Celebrated Today The feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was celebrated r in the St. Marys Catholic church today. The day Is a holy day of obli--1 gation and one of the important feast days observed by the church. Masses, at the Catholic church were celebrated at 5,7 and 9:15 o'clock this morni Ing. iNEW FIRM OPEN FOR BUSINESS Fireproof Storage And Auto Laundry Opened On North First Street I The Fireproof Storage and Auto Laundry is a new business which opened in the former Holthouse garage on North First street today, the company being a subsidiary of the ’ Adams County Auto company of this ■ city. The new business will specialize in auto laundry work and storage of automobiles. Aloysius Laurent, of this city, will be in charge of the new business and the management of t{je business will be under the supervision of the officers of the Adams County Auto company. The patronage of the Adams County Auto company lias grown to such an extent that it has been impossible for the garage to take care ofki.l storage demands. The quaiters, which cover about a quarter of a block of space is adapted to such needs as the new company wishes to use it for. A lease on the building nas been secured and the public is invited to call at the new place of business when in need of automobile service. o President Has Toothache; Dentist Provides Relief Plymouth, Vt„ Aug. 15 —President Coolidge developed a toothache this morning. He motored with Mis Coolidge 15 miles to Woodstock where a dentist provided relief. Th° dentist, Dr. R. F. Jewett, who lias attended Mr. Coolidge for many years, told him to return late this afternoon for another treatment. A crown on one of the president's teeth worked loose and caused him | trouble. Dr. Jewett said. o George Cramer Hurt In Accident Today George Cramer, truck driver for the Conter Ice Cream company, was painfully injured this morning when he was loading ice from the store-house in the south part of the city, on to a truck. A board on which he was standing, broke and lie fell to the ground. A cake ot ice, which he was carrying struck, his leg and punctured the skin in several place. The tongs with which he was carrying the ice. struck his hand and caused a bad cut. He was taken to a physician where his injuries were dressed. They are not thought to be of a serious nature. ANOTHER THREATENED Columbus, 0., Aug. 15.— “King you are next.” The above scrawled on a piece of paper and signed “Dutch” was received through the mails today by W. J. King, in charge of a private detective agency here, presumably from “Dutch" Anderson, sought by Muncie authorities for the slaying of Ben Hance and his wife yesterday. The letter was dated Toledo, Aug, 14, midnight. King said he arrested Reginald Forsythe, pal of Gerald Chapman, the super-bandit, two years ago and linked the threat with the revenge meted out to the Hances by Anderson, former cohort of Chapman.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 15, 1925.

COUNTY SCHOOL ' SUPERINTENDENT RETIRES TODAY E. S. Christen Completes 11 Years As Head Os Adams County Schools STRIKER TAKES OFFICE Monroe Township Young Man Succeeds Mr. Christen In Office E. S- Christen today retired from > the office of superintendent of the I Adams county public schools, after : eleven consecutive years spent in that office. He was succeeded today by C’ifton Striker of Monroe, who was elected superintendent by the county board of education last spring. Mr. E. S. Christen Christen has accepted a position as prinicpal of the Hartford City township school. Mr. Christen entered the county superintendents' office in 1914. Since then five high schools have been established in Adams county, namely Hartford, township, Jefferson township, Kirkland township, Pleasant Mills and Monmouth, and It was largely through the efforts of Mr. Christen that those schools wij, estabten that those schools wee established. Mr. christen lias worked with the idea of giving the rural school pupils the same advantages, as near as possible, as those enjoyed by the town nd city pupils. He stated today that he has laid special emphasis on the improvement of the subject of reading and that much improvement has been shown in that subject, along with oth. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MOB ATTEMPTS TO LYNCH NEGRO Indiana Harbor Citizens Enraged By Man’s Attack On Little Girl (United Press Service) Indiana Harbor, Aug 15 —A mob of 500 citizens today atempted to lynch John Allen, 47, a burly negro, after four-year-old Waunell Crockett had •Identified him as the man who attacked her in the basement of her home. Police barricaded the station and spirited him out a back door supposedly for Crown Point. The girl was brought to the station and named Allen as her assailantt. She was wathed in bandages after being given medical treatment for injuries suffered in the attack. ________o Brownstown Methodist Church 100 Years Old Brownstown, Ind., Aug. 15 —Preparations were made today for tlfe celebra. tion of the one hundredth anniversary of the Brownstown Methodist church tomorrow. Weather Indiana—-Fair tonight and Sunday: warmer Sunday.

Golf-itis Taking Toll Among Decatur Citizens

Religious Education In Public Schools Rejected Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug 15 —Proposal to introduce religions education In the pub.ic schols of Fort Wayne has been rejected by the school board. A petition was presented to the board asking establishment of two classes in non-sectarial religious education. Protestant ministers and laymen were behind the petition. o MISS FLETCHER STILL HOPEFUL Indianapolis Girl Says She Will Still Mary German Count (United Press Service) Southampton, England, Aug. 15 — "Nobody sems to understand but I love Count Von Schmetow still". . Pretty Miss Ixniisa Flethcher, daughter of Stoughton A. Flethcher, Indianapolis Ranker, gazed wistfully out over the channel waters today just before the Berengaria put off for her homeland and spoke thus of the youthful German nobleman whom she had planned to wed last Thursday. She insisted that she would still wed the count, and clung to her original story that the wedding was "postponed" not cancelled. Pained at Publicity But cumulative evidence points to the possibility that the girl may err in her prMietions th»t the count will follow her to the States and wed her there. At least, the indications are that the proud Junker family of Pommerzig, Germany, is pained at American publicity methods which attended the brief romance of Miss Fletcher and the young count. Miss Fletcher appeared sad as the boat pushed its prow toward America. No less downcast was her companion. Mrs. Jean Justice, pretty New York widow of a former newspaper man, and publicity agent, who appears to have played the role of matchmaker — without complete success. Crown Prince Enraged The aristocratic Von Schmetow family- ail Germans with the title “Von" are aristocrats of the old school —seems to have taken particular grievance at the story put forth in Berlin that former Crown Prfnce and 500 nobles would attend the wedding on the 13th, when in fact the Ex-Crown Prince was not bidden and only a few nobles were invited- Both the girls deny that they were responsible for the report. But, regardless of where the story emanated, it stirred the elder Count. Humiliated end enraged that ills family name was bruised about in the Press, the haughty Prussian held that the prestige of junker circles was damaged by incorrect publicity. There was a long session between the father and the young American girl at the Bristol Hotel in Berlin. What happened in this conference only the Prussian and the girl themselves know with perhaps Mrs. Justice, Miss Fletcher’s comrade sharing the secret. That it didn't result in shattering the weddding P la^ j* J 1 !!,/!™ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o THEY READ IT Three women called at the Daily Democrat office this morning and asked for copies of Fr. day's paper, making the following inquiry when the paper was handed to them: is this the paper with the Saturday Specials? We’re here to do our shopping and want to look over the "ads”. One woman came from Pleasant Mills and said she always reads the ads before she comes to town to shop. The thrifty shopper first reads the ads in the Home paper and the merchant who wants to reach the greatest number of people and attract the shoppers to h's store will advertise in the columns of the Daily Democrat and be assured of getting his message into at least 3,300 homes.

Many Local Men Join Chibs In Neighboring Cities Back in the days of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, coffee houses were the popular retreats for the tired business man. Later tame tea shops, then beer gardens, then road houses, but now a new fad has struck the world and centered in America- It's country clubs and golf clubs today. America has forgotten the other forms of amusement and rest anti has whole-heartedly and enthusiastically taken up the golf fad. Hundreds of country clubs and golf courses have ' been built and such words as “mashie” j "miditon”, and "birdie” have been substituted for suc+i topics as the civil war, baseball and other topics of yesterday, wherever men are congregated. Golf is the latest topic in Decatur. Many of Decatur's citizens have joined neighboring country clubs and everybody has become interested in the great game. Men who last year laughed at the idea of hitting a white ball all over a 300 acre field today are joining the ranks and golf is speedily replacing other amusements. C. E. Peterson and C E. Bell were among the first in Decatur to catch , the fever. They joined the Bluffton j club last year and became enthusiastic : boosters for the game- Then the fad i struck its deadly pangs on another j business man and C. A. Dugan, president of the First National Bank, yielded to the thought of spending the afternoon fishing white rubber balls out of creeks. Jump by jump and leap by leap the terrible disease, that someone for no reason at all named Golf, wound its way into Decatur. At present, there are about twenty I or thirty active players here. Incltidi ed among these are Dr. Roy Archbold J. T. Myers, Herman Myers, J. F. Arnold, John Carmody, L. C. Waring, James Cowan Raymond Harting. Harold Kirsch, Van Grant and many others. The habit is growing and prospects are bright for a golf club for this city next year. PIGEON RACE TO START HERE Shipment Os 500 Homing Pigeons Sent Here From Toledo, Ohio Ben Elzy, local agent for the Americen Express company, today received a shipment of 500 pigeons from the Greater Toledo Homing club at Toledo. Ohio, with instructions to release the birds at seven o’clock Sunday morning. Each bird is marked with a silver ring around its foot and. when released, they are so trained that they wiill fly back to Toledo.] The pigeon arriving back at the club first will be declared the winner of the contest. Each year several of these contests are staged by the To-1 ledo club and most of the races are' startd at Dcatur. Mr. Elzy stated; this morning that anyone wishing to' witness the release of the birds is welcome to come to the express office at the Erie railroad where the race; will begin. The birds come in baskets with! about 50 in a basket. A trap-door | used for release of the racers is hei’d in place until the start of the homeward trip by small wooden bars. At the stroke of seven A- Mi, all of the traps are opened and the birds flock up into the air, Toledo bound. Those who have witnessed the start of the races say that it is a spectacle ■ worth seeing. The piieons lose no, time in sensing the direction and starting for their home town. Tomorrow’s race is the second one this year started from Decatur. This one. however, is the largest shipment ever received here. „ o Miner Dies Os Injuries Bedford, Ind.. Aug. 15. —Charles Conover, 19 died in a hospital here from injuries received in a mine accident two weeks ago.

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MUNCIE COUPLE ARE VICTIMS OF REVENGE MURDER “Dutch” .Anderson Sough! “Dead Or Alive” For Double Slaying HAUNTS AREWATCHED Murder Occurs Near Muncie Late Friday; Man “Squealed” On Chapman Indianapolis. Aug. 15.—(United Press.) — Orders to take George “Dutch” Anderson, pal of Gerald Chapman, dead or alive, went out today throughout the state of Indiana. Believeing that Anderson might have fled in the direction of Indianapolis after killing Ben Hance and his wife near Muncie in revenge for Hance's “squawking” on Chapman, detectives made a thorough search of the city. Every haunt of the underworld and all hotels here were watched for the outlaw. Jerry Kinney, inspector of detectives, instructed his men to be ready to “shoot to kill” if any trace of Anderson is found. Word was sent to police and sheriffs over the state to be on the lookout for Anderson and to be prepar,ed to deal with a dangerous crimini aL Believing the theory that Anderson might have sought refuge in Indianapolis. the nearest large city to the scene of the crime, authorities admitted they were without a trail in the search. Charles “One Arm Wolfe, accused by Hance as he lay dying in a coun- , ty roadside as being an accomplice in ' he attack, was in jail a Muncie. Wolfe claimed he could give saisfactory explanation of his movement throughout the day yesterday. Munaie. Ind., Aug. 15. —• (United Press) —Charles “one arm" Wolfe of Muncie, alleged, to have been thje companion of George “Dutch” Anderson in the slaying of Ben Nance and i his wife. Mary Nance, here yesterday ■ afternoon, was taken into custody early this morning and has entered a I denial that he had anything to do with the double shooting. According to Marshal Bodtier Os Middletown, the first police officer to reach the dying man, Nance named Wolfe and Anderson as his slayers. Other persons who reached him before he died, declared that Nance did not mention Wolfe's name, holding Anderson responsible. Chapman’s Revenge It was Gerald Chapman's revengee. carrtled out by members of his gang. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) UNION SERVICE SUNDAY EVENING — Third Os Series Os Joint : ’ Meeting's At First Methodist Church The third of th ? series of union church services, being held during the month of August by several of the Protestant churches of the city, will be held at the First Methodist ehurch Sunday evening. The two union servicI es previously held were largely attended and great interest was shown The Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, pas- ‘ tor of the Zion Reformed church will | deliver the sermon Sunday evening. i The Rev. R. W. Loose, pastor of the I First Evangelical church, was originI ally scheduled to deliver the sermon, j but the two ministers traded dates for their sermon at the union services, to accomodate Rev. Fledderjohann. The students of the Reppert school of Auctioneering will attend the ser- • vice in a body and aid in the song service. The male quartet of the First Methodist church will render special music, also.