Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1925 — Page 1

gnnf Number 195.

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I jjNtll RUNNERS U JUNIOR FARM CLUBS IN COUNTY I ftlns In Daily Club To I I Re Judged At Berne I On October , 3 I TO AWARD PRIZES I Grind Awards In All Three I (lubs To Be Made I Later In Month - ■ Tentative plans for awarding prizes ■ | the Boys and Girls Junior farm ■ dubs in this county, which are being this year by the Decatur ■ Industrial Association, call for the first I rrF nt that of judging the calves in ■ »e Dairy dub, to be held on or about ■ Ortobrt 3 in tlie Lehman Grove near ■ ' The winners in this event will lie KdrMA free trip to Indianapolis to at. ■ lad the National Dairy show, which ■ jpen-there October 10. A l expenses ■ janected with the trip, including car I sre meals and hotels, will be paid ■ a the association and those actively ■ iopporting the movement. I Grand Awards Later I It is planned to hold a big program ■ tiDecatur sometime the later part of ■ flctoter or the first of November, at ■ «hiih time prizes for the corn club I uni sugar beet members will be liwdwi and g.and awards made to I the best three or four township winI isrs in calf clubs. The trips to IndianaI polls will be awarded to two winners lit each of the twelve townships, makI dig 24 in all. and the final or grand I wards will be awarded among those., I Plans call for an all-day event. It is ■proposed to have a tent erected on I liberty Way and the 24 township I tinners in the calf clubs will be reB guested to bring their calves to DeI tatnr for exhibition and the final I awards made to the three or four best. J Th* awards to the winners in the E het and corn clubs be made at this I rent also, and the contestants w;ll. I li expected to bring their corn and I gear beet displays to the tent. I 'County Agent L. M. Busche, who I been working diligently among the I toys and girls in the county this year I till endeavor to secure a speaker of I tote for the program and it is planniedtomake it one of the biggest days lit the history of the community. WonI ierftil results have been accomplished f (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Conference On Rural Education At Terre Haute f Terre Haute. Ind., Aug. 18 —The an. i wal conference on rural education uni let the direction of the state normal ftohool was held here today- , LN. Hines, head of the normal, pre ’ided at the meeting. US WOMEN TO W IN FESTIVAL To Play Big Part In Event To Be Staged Here All Os Next ■ Week The wives, daughters, mothers and •isters of local Elks will play a big J Jlt in the big Elks Fun Festival, to held in this city all of next week, • August 24 to 29. The women have orBnizwl for the affair and workers being assigned to the various wotlis. The commttee in charge of the * ol, iens part in the Fun Festival does have a complete list of the Elks IM - The committee asks that all who can and are willing to help L the Festival call one of the three f inbers of the committee, namely, J R. Flair, Mias Margaret Moran Mrs. David J. Hensley. ] e women chairmen of the differ>ooths will hold a meeting at the 8 Home at 7:175 o’clock Thursday etlln K. At that time, final arrange°ts for the affair will be made.

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Mrs. .1. H. Heller Hurt By Auto At South Bend Mrs. J. H. Heller was slightly injured last night when she was struck by an automobile while crossing a down town street at South Bend. A car driven by a one armed man ran around several other cars and the fender struck het with such force she • was thrown quite a distance. No bones were broken but she was badly bruised. She will be brought homo this eve. nlng ■ CAMPAIGN IN SPIRIT CRAFT 1 Blase New York Being Treated To Interesting Spiritual Acts i Dy Julian Snyder • (United Press Staff Correspondent! New York. Aug. IS.— (United Press) ' —Blase New York is being treated to la campaign in spirit craft. ' I The campaign got under way with 'I a boisterous premiere in the Rose room of the Hotel Astor, at whch 1 repotters shouted at the mediums and charged their dressing rooms for exclusive seances and exhibitions. To doubting Thomasas were answercd these important questions: 1. How to he successful in love, ( polities or business. 2. How Gepald Chapman or the Dia- ! mond bi others may revenge them- ' selves upon society after death. 3. How spirits spend their leisure time in the Heavens above. This advice was given: "Play your I original hunches and you’ll always win. i These so-called hunches are messages "* Tfoffi spTrlfs who are ” tryttfg to hep [ you.” ( The seers being presented this week In the Astor hotel have come from far and wide at the request of Dr. [ Hereward Carrington. Ph. D., mem ber of various psychical societies and , leader of the present campaign. His object, he told the United Press lis to educate citizens in spirit craft I and eliminate the fakers from the brotherhood. He said the public mast , be the judge. The whole undertaking , is being financed by "two millionaires,’’ l.e said, but declined to name r them. For the nominal fee of >1.65 for i adults, (children and reporters free) . the public may see and judge. I The premiere last night was boisterously shacking, considering the number of alleged departed souls that were dragged from the great beyond for the edification of a critical first night crowd. There were "Ohs’* and “ahs” !]and rounds, of applauses when a medI ium shouted at “that stout lady in the ■ third row” that 17 years ago Harry ' passed into the great beyond. “Am I 1 right?” and the lady nodded. While this was going on came cries from reporters “Try that on me,*’ or "Over here,” and "Hey, do that again." Between the spiritual acts the newspaper men invaded the dressing rooms | of Jhe performers and dragged them ' into dark corners for exclusive seances I and exhibitions. The mediums prespired grimly (through it> all with ■ good grace. A number of Interesting things were I heard and seen in these back stage t ' exhibitions. Khaldah/ the Egyptian telepathist, actually guessed right several figures the United Press correspondent had I secrety written on copy paper. , Dr Conrad H. Hauser, the psychic ’ scientist, in an interview obtained much pulling and pushing, solemnly warned society not tqj put Gerald , Chapman to death 4 : o Bandit Gets $15,000 In 3 St Louis Millinery Shop 4 — » St. Louis, Mo.. Aug. 18—A bandit 1 today entered the Estelle Harpole mil. ) linery shop, forced the proprietor, Mrs. s NeLe Muench, into a rear room and • robbed her of >15,000 in cash and > jewelry. | Mrs. Muench attempted to resist ■ the robber but he shoved her into the 5 rear room and stripped valuable braces lets and rings from her fingers. - A second woman is the shop fled to the street screaming.

AMERICAN GIRI; FAILS IN EFFORT TO SWIM CHANNEL Gertrude Ederle Collapses Within Seven Miles Os Her Goal STIFF WIND BLOWS UP Swimmer Spends Eight Hours, 48 Minutes In The Icy Waters — | (By Giibrie! Court a), United Press ; Staff Correspondent) Cape Gils Nez. France, Aug. 18 Gertrude Edeitie collapsed and abandoned her attempt to swim the English channel shortly before 4 pm this afternoon. Beaten by unforeseen weather conditions and a stiff wind which blew up from the sputhwest after. j she had started, the young American girl was forced to quit after she was estimated to have covered the distance from Cape Gris Nez to within about seven miles of Dover. The North American Newspaper alliance announced through the United 1 Pi ess today that Miss Ederle’s collapse was due to seasickness, caused by swallowing quantities of water in the heavy seas. She suffered no per-1 manent ill effects, however and with ! in a half hour after she was taken ' aboard the tug was able to sit upon j deck and eat -a light meal. With the channel smooth and every thing apparetly propitious for a successful effort Miss Ederle entered the water at Cape Gris Nez at 7:10 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) oELEVEN MEET VIOLENT DEATH Accidental Deaths Claim Heavy Toll In Indiana During Last 24 Hours Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 18— Eleven persons met accidental deaths in Indiana during the past 24 hours, reports showed today. Four were killed- in auto accidents, three in a mine accident, two drowned, one was scalded to death and one was crushed under a pile of lumber. Lido Burt and Marie Grot police women of Chicago, were killed when (heir auto was struck by a Chesapeake & Ohio train at North Judson. Harry Smith, 37, Orville Fritz, 35. and Wli'ie Lays, 35, were killed in a fall of slate at a coal mine near Petersburg. The. three men were operating a cutting machine when the roof above them collapsed. Sylvester Nelson, *73. au Inmate of the Madison county infirmary, was filled by an interurban car near Muncie. Albert Borradaile. 72, of Camden, Ohio, died in a hospital at Richmond from injuries received when his auto was struck by an interurban car near Richmond. Webster Daniels, 18, Chicago, drowned while bathing at Winopa Lake and Margaret Graves, 5, of Hammond, fell through the top of a cistern and drowned. Henry Hoffman, 58, factory worker, was crushed to death by the shifting of a pile of lumber at the Globfc-Bosse-World Furniture factory at Evansville. Falling into a tub of hot water. 1 Mary Helen Klotzbier, two years old, was sca,’ded to death at Indianapolis. Eight others were injured in accidents yesterday. Walter De Long, 20, of Indianapolis, fell beneath a train at Terre Haute and was probably fatally hurt. De Long was “bumming” his wayback to Indianapolis and tried to “hop’’ a Big Four train. , Virginia McConnell, of Indianapolis, was in a serious condition in a hospital at Lafayette from injuries received in an auto accident when | her car skidded and overturned in j fresh gravel. Six other occupants of the car were slightly hurt.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 18, 1925

I Four Hundred Indiana Miners Return To Work Terre Haute, Ind,. Aug. 18—Four hundred miners were to go back to the pits in the Shlrkie mine number I one in Vigo county today after I weeks of Idleness. | Hope for renewed activity In the I Indiana coal district was held with the opening of the Shlrkie mine, i which followed resumption of work last week in the Bardyke mine, em-j, jlloying three hundred men. The Hoosier mines have been hard hit in recent months by the cotnpeti-l tion of coail mined in Western | Viiginlu and Kentucky by non union, miners. o LINE OF MARCH IS ANNOUNCE!! -= (■olden Jubilee Celebration Os Pythians Opens With Parade Thursday j I The line of march for the big parade which will officially open the Knights of Pythias Golden Jubilee celebration here next Thursday, was announced today by Dallas Brown, [arade marshal. The parade will! j start at the Pythian Home on Third street at 1 p.m and finally lead to Bailment Park where the program I w.ll be held. All arrangements for the frig cele- ! bration have been completed and ! indications are that the event will I be one of the biggest of its kind ever | staged here. Senator James E WatI son will be one of the speakers. Grand lodge officers will be present, and lodges from all parts of northern Indiana will be represent d. A pro- ', gram will be given during the afternoon and another during the evening, with a big chicken supper between the two. The merchants of the city are requested to decorate for the occasion by displaying the American flag in front of their places of businessin the parade w’.il be many decorated automobiles and floats, beating the grand officers, visiting Knights, the cast of the play Damon and Pythias, and many others. Anyone who so desires is invited to join in the parade and also enjoy the program at the park. The lhe of march for the parade is as follows: assemble at Pythian Home on Third street; march north 1 on Third street to the intersection of Fifth street, south on Fifth to Monroe, west on Monroe to Seventh, south on Seventh to Adams, east on Adams to Second, north on Second to Jackson, east on Jackson to Fihst, south to First to Monroe, and east ion Monroe to BeUmont Park. Decatur Young Man To Sail For Foreign Land I William Parent received a letter yesterday from his son, Orval, who at present is at Seattle, Washington, ’ stating that he has accepted a posi- | tian on a boat, through the United 1 States Shipping board, and expects to leave this country soon. Orval, who has lived in this city most of his life, has many friends [ here who wish him well on his anticipated trip. He did not state in his letter where he was going. He asked for his Wirth certificate and other credentials which must be filed be- ; fore he sails. o - Indianans In Auto Wreck Near Fond Du Lac, Wis. i Fond Du Lac, Wlsi, Aug. 18— Harriet Ellen, three year aid daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. W- A. Johnson.: Perryville, Ind., is dead. Mrs. Squires! i Shute, the child’s grandmother, is in 1 a serious condition, and two others more or less seriously Injured as the result of a three car smashup at ( .Theresa, near here, today. A dense fog. coupled with slippery highways, is blamed tor the accident. Weather Mostly unsettled tonight and Wednesday. Showers or thunder storms probable. Not so warm Wednesday I in northwest .portion.

MAY ABANDON EXPEDITION TO I’ ARCTIC REGION MacMillan Party Ceasei lessly Buffeted By Adverse Elements MESSAGE IS RECEIVED ' Secretary Os Navy Wilhur Sends Message To Explorers Today (United Press Service) Washington, Aug. 18 — The Mac-' Millan-navy air expedition in search j of an undiscovered Arctic continent ceaselessly buffeted by adverse elements, in all probability will, he abandoned this week, according to indications here today. A radio dispatch was sent to Lieutenant Commander Byrd, leader of the naval flyers, by Secretary of the Navy Wilbur today, asking for a report ot weather conditions and whether Byrd believes it was worth while to conj tinue the attempt. At the same time a radio was re- ■ ceived from Byrd not in reply to Wilbur's radio, saying that unless tn« flyers were favored by exceptionally good weather conditions, the remainder of this week, the projected flights over the Polar seas would have to be abandoned i Opinion at the navy and at the National Geographic society, whose officials were called in by Wilhur before dispatching the radio to Byrd, was that the flight would be called off by Wil--1 bur and that the expedition would immediately backtradt south to carry out other portions of the expeditionary program in the uncharted areas of Baffin island, which lies to the west of southern Greenland- | o ELKS FESTIVAL FLANSCOMPLETE Many Free Attractions And Features Scheduled For Event Next Week Everything is in readiness for the big Elks Carnival and Fun Festival, iwhch will be held on Liberty Way in Decatur next week, commencing Mon. day night, acording to Walter Wilkinson, general chairman. “We are plan ning to make this affair the biggest and best ever held in northern Ind iana", the chairman said. Most of the merchandise and other equipment for the concessions has arrived. The tent will be put up next Friday afternoon and the concessions and stage will be erected Saturday. The big show will start Monday night. Plenty ot free attractions and other free features are a part of the program. It is planned to make every night a "big one.. The grand round-up will be held Saturday August 29. when a considerable amount o merchandise will be distributed to the patrons. The popularity contest, also, will end Saturdaynight and the winners wi'l receive their gifts. Several entries have been received for the popularity contest and interest is becoming country wide in this phase of the Festival. If anyone desires to enter the contest or if they have the name ot someone they wish to enter, they are asked to leave the name of the candidate at once with Dr. John < laik or I Raymond Harting, or any of their 'committeemen. Entries also will be 1 accepted on the opening night of the Festival. — o—-———— —- Shenandoah To Be At Indiana State Fair Indianapolis, Aug. 18—Pliny Wolford, secretary to Governor Jackson, today announced receipt of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy say-] ing arrangements were being made to have the giant navy dirigible, Shenandoah, at the Indiana state fair on September 7.

! Hearing Is improved After Drop In Airplane; Terre Haute, Aug. 18. —(United Press) —Mrs. Jessie Schibern of Wiliamsport, ■lll., who has suffered deafness for a number of years, notices (i decided Improvement in ber hearing following an altitude drop of about 10,000 feet in an airplane. According to Harry Musick, Terre Haute pilot and owner of (he airplane, the de scent was made to the ground at a speed of about 150 miles per hour in a direct nose dive. _o TO BECOME NURSE AT C. E. FACTORY Miss Olive Walters To Have Charge Os First Aid Room In Plant Miss Olive Waiters, former nurse at the Adams County Memorial hospital, is taking a two week's course ' of instruction at the General Electric plant in Fort Wayne, preparatory to accepting a position as nurse at the Decatur G. E. plant. Miss Walters will begin her duties about i the first of the month, it was stated/ The local G. E. plant maintains a first, aid room in the building and Miss Walters, who is a registered nurse, will be in charge- Miss Kathryn Hy-| land, of this city, is also taking al two week’s course of instruction at the Fort Wayne G. E. plant and will, accept a position with the local plant I in the payroll department. The local plant is employing about 450 persons now and a night force is also working. Hawkins’ Co-defendants Must Finish Appeal Soon f Chicago, Aug 18—Judge Samuel; Alschul er today set Sept. 15 as the final date for 12 co-defendants with Morton Hawkins, head of the defunct I Hawk.ns Mortgage company of Port land, Ind., to file their briefs in the I circuit court of appeals from the decision of last spring which sentenced I the alleged conspirators to varying j prison terms and fines. They were convicted of using the mails to fraudCassius Shirley and Clarence W. Nichols, Inflianapolisi attorneys, appeared for the dozen defendants befroe Judge Alschuler and asked for more time. Hawkins was not represented. His appeal will be heard separately later. Judge Alschuler set the first Tuesday in October as the date on which he would decide when the arguments on the appeals are to be held. q Titled Italian Lady Is Sued For Slander Chicago, Aug. 18 —Not satisfied with the filing of a slander suit demanding half of the Marquise Adelaide de Jannilli’s >2,000,000 rurtune, Harold Brennan, a ‘cash and carry'* grocery clerk today was seeking her arrest on a charge of extortion. "My reputation and my future have been impaired and the marquise must I pay”, the >25 a week clerk declaredBut when deputies carried the warrant to the Marquise's fashionable hotel they learned what they already suspected that the titled lady had checked out, leaving no forwarding address. The widow of the late Italian am bassador to Japan—now a leader in Chicago society—is alleged by Brennan to have accused him falsely of stealing >l,lOO worth of jewels, lost at a drinking party attended by the grocery clerk and the marquise more than a week ago. This constituted the quisc forced him to sgn a document slander suit The extortion charge is based on Brennan's contention that the marquise forced hi mto sign a document promising to repay her for the lost jewelry. Ivey Succeeds Lohrei At Bedford High School Bedford, Ind., Aug. 18—Announce- ■ ment was made today of the appoint- > ment of Charles Ivey of Rochester, as • physical director of the Bedord high ’ school, succeeding Jesse Lohrei, of Goshen, resigned.

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HARRY WEBSTER GETS A LETTER SIGNED “DUTCH” Threat Is Supposed To Be From Anderson, Slayer Of Muncie Couple VICTIMS ARE BURIED Coroner’s Inquest Of Revenge Murder Is Nearing A Completion (United Press Service) .¶ Indianapolis, Aug 18 —Harry Webster, Indianapolis detective, today received a threatening letter purported to be from George "Dutch" Anderson, member of the ontlaw [outlaw] gang headed by Gerald Chapman. .¶ "King comes first, then you," the letter read. "You had better make your peace with God. I’m in town.” The letter was signed “Dutch” and was mailed in Indianapolis. .¶ Webster, who is superintendent of the protective division of the Indiana Bankers’ association, has been investigating activities of a gang of bank bandits which he says was headed by Anderson. .¶ The "King” referred to in the letter to Webster, is apparently W. J. King, a detective at Columbus, O. King aided in the arrest of one of Chapman’s gang two years ago and has received within the week two letters signed "Dutch” and threatening him with death. —— .¶ Muncie. Aug. 18—In a little country cemetery encroaching their farm home. Ben and Mary Hance were buried this afternoon. .¶ As their children said, “Such is the reward for helping the law,’’ for it was because Hance had “squealed” on Gerald Chapman, bandit prince, that he and his wife met death here Friday afternoon at the hands of George “Dutch” Anderson and Charles "One Arm” Wolfe. .¶ The coroner’s inquest is nearing completion and it is indicated that the verdict will implicate Anderson and Wolfe as the murderers. —— .¶ Muncie. Ind., Aug. 18.—(United Press) —Fear that vengeance of Gerald Chapman’s gang might strike down other victims in Muncie today caused authorities to exercise extreme precautions in investigating the murder of Ben Hance and his wife. .¶ George Anderson, pal of Chapman, is hunted throughout the city and Charles “One Arm" Wolfe, Muncie police character, is held in default of $100,000 bond as a suspect in the double killing. .¶ Great care was taken to protect witnesses appearing at the inquest into the death of Hance and his wife from possible violence by the Chap(CONTINUFD ON PAGE TWO) . ————o———— RETURNFROM TOUR OF EUROPE Josephine Malley And Mr. And Mrs. J. P. Malley Enjoy Trip Miss Josephine A. Malley and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Malley arrived home last night after a seven week's tour of Europe, with a party of fifty friends from Indianapolis. They spent a week in Ireland and from there they went to Scotland where they visited Robert Burn’s cottage. While there they met Miss Josephine Myers, of Decatur, who is touring Europe with a party of Indiana University friends. They also visited Whales [Wales], France, Havre, Paris, Lourdes, and while in Rome they saw the Pope. From there they went to Milan, Genoa,. Switzerland, Lake Lucerne, West Baden, Germany, Brussels, Paris, Llseux. At the latter place they visited the Shrine of the little flower of Jesus. Miss Malley expects to make the trip again next year.