Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1925 — Page 1

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LODGE HOLDS GOLDEN JUBILEE

<TOR LAWSON, FAMOUS EDITOR. DIES IN CHICAGO Associated Press Founder Pies After Illness • Os Two Days SIMPLE FIAERAL RITES Relatives Plan Funeral From Editor’s Home In Chicago Chicago. Aug. 20 Relatives made i plans for a simple funeral for Victor , f today as the world of. journalism mourned the passing of one n» !, its best known personalities. Death came to Victor Lawson last night in 'he drab stone castle on latke Shrire Prive which he had kept open I since the death of his wife in 1915 The owner of the. Chicago Dally News and director of the Associated Prrss died at the age of 75 Just as ha was preparing to take a three w( ,ek s vacation in the northern woods in an attempt to regain enough strength to carry him through the winter. Physicians said too much work overburdened his aged heart. He died quiet y after being in bed little more than 24 hours. Lawson was horn in Chicago, Sept.. 9. 1850. Although his fatheh was a founder of th P republican party in Illinois. His son conducted the newspaper property which he later acquire# as an 'independent" enterprise. The younger Lawson virtuallygr*“W up in the publishing business in Chicago. His father was owner of The Scandinavian, and it was in the office of this paper that Melville E. 'Stone, past president of the Associated Press started the Daily News. Ijter. after loiwson's father had died he bought an interest in the Daily \--a- and eventually became its | owner. In ISSI the News was publishing I two editions, a morning and an eve- | ning edition, seven days a week, in I 1914 Lawson decided, that he did not I wish to be collected with a liaper that nuli.ished on Sunday and turned over the morning edition, known as the i Record-Het aid, to the bondholders making them a present of the entire j capital stock, amounting to $2,300,000. Mrs. Clark M. Cavenee, loiwson’s n'ece. and her husband were at the publisher's bedside when he died. Other surviving relatives included t Iver Lawson, a brother, who lives in (CONTINUED ON PARE TWO) COUNTT SCHOOLS OPEN ON SEPT. 7 Teaching Corps Almost Complete; New Superintendent Busy i Clifton Striker, new superintendent I of the Adams county schools, is busily I engaged in making arrangements for t the opening of the public schools in i *' le county. The schools will open on Monday, Labor Day, September 7. A few vacancies /remain. in the teaching corps of the county schools, I Mr. Striker said today, but the teach- : ‘tig force will be complete by the opening day of school. There is a !, change in the schools of Vabash townsil'P this year, the district schools.bein 8 consolidated at Geneva and the | Geneva town board disbanded., A eW district schools remain in the far orders of the township. Don Collorn B* 11 bp the principal of the Wabash ownship schools. Mr. Collorn has been rn cipal of the Geneva schools for , ltle last few y earß . I Mr. Sttiker has employed his sister. Margaret Striker, to assist him da t Office - Miss Margaret Christen, mJ. ter of s Christen, former li eril ’ ten dent of the county schools, Worl(i ng in Mr. Strkier’s office at j.?*, 1 ”' aidir!R Miss Striker in learnhe duties of the office.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Local Rotarians Will Hear Senator Watson The local Rotarians will meet this evening at Bellmont park, in vhe class room of the Reppert Auction school A box lunch will be served and Senate, James FL Watson, who is here to deliver the principal address at the K. of P. Celebration will give a short after dinner talk to the club members. The meeting is held at the park so that Rotarians who are members of the K. of P lodge and those who wish to attend the program this evening cast do so ami also attend the Rotary meeting. The meeting will be called at 6:15, as usual. TOOTH SUFFERS FROM EXPLOSION

Merrill Townsend Has Fingers Blown Off By Dynamite Ca p 4 ■ Merrill Townsend. 11-year old grand--1 son of H. C. Clark of Root township narrowly escaped death yesterday afternoon, when a dynamite cap with which he was playing at the home of his grandfather exploded and blew off two fingers and a thumb of his left hand and badly mutilated the thumb of his left hand. I The lad had been told that the I caps were harmless and had been playing with a box of them. H° struck one with a steel nail and it exploded, knocking him to the ground- He was rushed to ffle Adams hospital iAjh* s «jXX-Wherq. he is being cared for. The boy was badly frightened and shocked by the explosion but he is thought to be better today. spring Merrill with his grandfather. H. O. Clark and Arthur Mayer. of this city, were hunting a turkey nest along the Kuke’.han road, northeast of town. Tiey came to a bridge that had been constructed some time before and in looking around the bridge they found a box of dynamite caps that had been cara'essly thrown there during the construction of the bridge. Mr. Clark took the caps and shook them. Ma thought that they were harmless and Mr. Mayer remarked that they were or they would not have been left there. Mr. Clark threw the box of caps away but the lad picked them up and took Them to the Clark home.. Yesterday Merrill found the box and remembering that his grandfather had told him they were harmless, he began p’aying with them. He had taken several from the box and had laid them down in the back yard where he was playing. He found a steel - nail and in the course of the afternoon he struck the nail to one of the caps. A loud explosion resulted and when those who heard it. rushed to the lad he was lying unconscious-

He was brought to this city and later taken to the hospital where his injuries were dressed. Those who reached the laH after the accident say that had he been any closer to the cap he would have been blown to pieces. The boy’s condition is reported to be somewhat better this afternoon and unless the body becomes poisoned it is thought he will recover rapidly. o Prison Guard Is Killed As Convicts Escape San Quentin, Cal., Aug. 20 —(United Press)—With one prison officer dead and another dying as a result of their attempted prison break, six convicts here today faced the noose. B. O. Miller, prison shipping clerk, beaten and kidnapped by the convicts as they fled in a launch from the prison pier, died eiarly today. George Grayson, guard, was in the prison hospital near death from being beaten by the men as they fled. The chase across the arm of San Francisco bay to Wine Haven was exciting An airplane from Crissy field, San Francisco, would have brought the men into custody had not the speedy prison launch overtaken them just at the shore.

GRAND CHANCELLOR COMMANDER - iaMfeßv.

DORE B. ERWIN Dore B. Erwin, well-known Decatur attorney, is Grand Chancellor Commander of the Knights of Pythias of Indiana. Mr Erwin is the only member of the Decatur lodge who has become a Grand Officer in the lodge. He sppoared’on rhe progr— eiveMfH4iHlmui>t Park this aftecaoun by the local lodge in beiebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the order I h e re. ,

McCormick Calls Off His “Working Man” Role Chicago, Aug. 20—(United Press) —Fowler McCormick. 19 year old son of the International Harvester king, has returned to a life of ease and luxury. The young man who forsook a Gold Coast home, valet, butlers and chauffeurs, to arise every day at C a. in., and work in his father’s factory at Milwaukee, is now back in the McCormick mansion. After a couple of weeks here, spent in greeting accustomed to the ways of the rich again, Fowler will go to a Canadian lodge for a long vacation with his old friend. Mrs. "FJfi” Stillman. — o — NEW LICENSE PLATES HERE Automobile License Tags For 1926 Are Green And Whi t e Automobile license plates for 1926 have arrived at the Adams county headquarters, in the Graham and Walters building. The ser’al number in this county will start with 143,000. The plates will not be given out until December, but every county in the state already has been supplied with their numbers. The new plates are green with white numerals, but th’e general make-up oi the plate is unchanged from the present one. This is the earliest that license plates have been distributed to counties since the annual changng law has been in effect. — o— New Dry Officials To Be Announced Friday Washington, Aug. 20. — (United Press)—The twenty four new regional directors who are to launch “the Andrews plan" of federal prohibition enforcement Sept. 1. have been selected and their names will be announced tomorrow. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews completed the list this me. ning and will submit it to Secretary Mellon this afternoon for endorsement.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 20, 1925.

WILLIAM PEEL DIESTNURSDAI — Civil War Veteran Expires At Son’s Home In Jefferson Township William Peel, age 87 years, a vet- ! eran of the Civil War, died nt the i ht me of his son. Joseph Peel, in Jefferson township, Thursday morningDeath was due to senility. Mr. 1 eel was one of the oldest residents of the county. He resided in Geneva until recently. He was wellknown in Adams county. Mr. Peel was a son of Joseph Peel, and was born near Columbus, Ohio. April 11, 1838. He grew to manhood in Ohio and served in the Civil War with Company C. Ohio Infantry. Folowing the war, he settled in Indiana where he spent the remainder of his life. When a young man he was married to Miss Elizabeth Seeds. She died in 1886 and later Mr. Peel was married to Sarah Runyon, who also preceded him in death, having died about five years ago- Mr. Peel was married a third time .this time to Sarah Eley, of Geneva, who at present is at Upper Sandusky, Ohio where she is illMr Peel is survived by the following children: Joseph of Jefferson township William, Jr., of Lakeville, Arkansas; John, of Alexandria. Louisiana; Mrs. Clicia Kimberly of Chicago, Mr. Belle Steadman of Longlake, Mich; Mrs. Bertha Runyon of Hartford township, and Mrs. Pearl Haughton of Fort Wayne. F. M. Cottrell of Berne is a half brother to the deceased man.-A half brother, Bert Cottrell, precededd him in death. Funeral services will be held from the home of Joseph Peel, at 9 o'clock and from the M E. Church in Geneva at 10 o'clock Friday morning. Des Moines Patrolman Is Killed By Burglars Des Moines, la , Aug. 20—Patrolman Ollia D. Thomas was shot and killed by burglars in the corenr of the business district here early today. Officers found Thomas' body on the stairs leading to Caesar's case. A gray cap with a bullet hole and bearing bloodstains, was found nearby, leading police to believe that Thomas may have wounded his assassin.

MORGAN WANTS ANOTHER JOBIi Dry Marshall Seeks State:. .Joh After First Week In September Indianapolis, Aug. zo--Burt Morgan federal prohibition director for Ind- ( iana is angling for a state position •’ , after September 1 it wag learned today. Morgan's duties as dry chief of the state cease the first r< me month with the genera! reorganization of the federal dry department. Hik chances for appointment to a position in the reorganized prohibition forces are slim. Morgan has the backing of Postmaster General New I but lacks support of Senator Watson. Morgan it is said is fishing tor tne | job of secretary of state teachers retirement fund a position now held oy ' Estes Duncan of Cloverdale. While Duncan's appointment is for an undeterminate term Governoi | Jackson is known to be opposed to his continuance in the position. o • Two Minor Accidents Occur In Decatur Robert Ward, three year old son of Mrs. (Teo Ward, of Eleventh street, had the misfortune of falling out a wagon in which he was playing yes'terday. and broke his leg. The two year old son of Mr. and | Mrs. Irvin Egley, of Bellmont Park caught his right arm in a washing machine which was in operation this morning, breaking the arm below the and tearing the flesh. The wound was very painful and it re- • quired twenty stitches to close It. He was resting easy this afternoon. William Hoffman, of North E.eventh street, underwent a tonsillotomy at the Adams County Memorial hospital this morning and is recvoering nicety. o Girl Stabbed By Boy, in Critical Condition Indianapolis, Ind., Aug 20— Mary ■ P om, 16, lay in a critical condition j at St. Francis hospital today witti a knife woumi in her abdomen inflicted | I while she was defending her father’s orchard against the vandalism of a gang of boys. Kenneth Farquahar, 11, her aMeg-l ed assailant, admitted he struck the girl but said he did not have a knife in his hand. BEE MEETING IS HELU HERE Illinois Man Gives An Interesting Address On Care Os Bees “Bees at Work," was the title of two interesting motion picture films shown at the beekeepers’ meeting, held in the Decatur City Library, Wednesday evening. About fifty interested beekeepers gathered to see the picture and listen to Mr. G. PDadant, veteran beekeeper and journalist from Hamilton, Illinois. Mil Dadant is editor of the American Bee JournalIn his address, the speaker emphasized the fact that there is no danger of poisoning bees with fruit sprays if the spraying is done at the ( proper time. "The spraying of trees while in full bloom is to be condemned," declared Mr. Dodant. “Not only does it prevent proper pollenizatlon.’’ he explained. ‘'But bees gathering nectar at this time are sure to be poisoned in large numbers.” After a twentyminute talk, Mr. Dadant answered numerous questions propounded by interested beekeepers. Several men from Berine and vicinity attended the meeting. Weather Mostly fair in north. Probably local thunder storms tonight or Friday in r south. Cooler in extreme north portion

HUNDREDS HERE FOR BIG K. OF P, PROGRAM

I Elks Ladies Asked To Turn In Fancy Work Soon Elks ladies who donated fancy work for a booth in the Elks Fun Festival next week. Ire requested to bring the articles to Mrs Meibers or a member of the soliciting committee by Friday. Mrs. Meibers stated today that it is necessary that the fancy work be turned in at once, in order that it may be arranged for the booth. COOLIDGES BACK AT “WHITE HOUSE”! President And Wife Return To Swampscott After Brief Visits Plymouth, Vt.. Aug. 20—Refreshed I by his six day visit to his father's home. President Coolidge today hade I farewel. to the green hills of Vermont > and started back to the summer white i house at Swamscott, where his desk ' is piled with memoranda of important problems. The president and Mrs. Coolidge will stop off at Northampton. Mass., and spend the night with Mrs. Almira Goodhue, mother of the first lady of , the land. The duplex house now occupied by Mrs. Coolidge’s mother is the one in which the Coolidges themselves lived at one time. o THREE INJURED IN BUS WRECK

Collision With Truck Causes Arrest Os Both The Drivers Indianapolis, Aug. 20 —Collision of a motor bus and a truck here today ' resulted in serious injury of three per- j sons and slight injury of fourteen i others The three seriously hurt live in ; Kokomo. They were Mrs. Anna Gillespie, 52 C. G. Collins, 50 and Mrs. Collins, 45. Edgar Allen, 28, of Peru bus driver was held on a charge of assault ana battery and speeding. He said the bus was traveling about 20 miles an hour as it approached the intersection where the accident occurred. o ■' Young Man Questioned In Old Murder Case South Bend. Ind.. Aug. 20 —Clarence i Gill, 20 was questioned by police to- ' day in an attempt to clear up mystery surrounding the supposed suicide of Frank Sawyer, 30, wealthy auto dealer. Suspicion was cast on Gill when he asked the night desk sergeant at the Mishawaka police station on several occasions regarding Sawyer's death. Sawyer was found shot to death in his auto on the night of June 30 and a verdict 6f suicide had been returned. Arrest of Gill caused the case to be reopened. Police were told Gill and Sawyer were rivals for the attentions of a woman known as "Peggy" who disappetared shortly after Sawyers deatho Man Attempts Snicide, But Kills His Brother Elkhart, Ind., Aug- 20 —Carl Schott, 1 33, a plumber, had threatened to kill ' himself several times and relatives maintained a close guard over him. Last night he took down his shotgun, saying he was going squirrel hunting. He placed the shotgun against his chest and was about to end his life when his brother, Calvin, :i 42, tried to take the weapon from him. a In the struggle the gun was dis- -- charged and Calvin was killed, Carl was held today on a murder charge.

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JAMES WATSON ARRIVES HERE TO TAKE PART Other Prominent Men Are On Program—Women To Take Part LOCAL MAN IS HEAD J). B. Erwin Is Chancellor j Os Indiana Knights Os Pythias Lodge At three o’clock this afternoon about 1.000 visitin? and local members of the Knights of Pythias lodge were assembled at Bellmont Park listening to the addresses planned in connection with the Fiftieth Anniversary celebration of the local lodge. The program was about a half hour behind schedule. Senator James E. Watson wiU deliver his address at about 4:30 o’clock and it is expected that another 500 hundred people will be in attendance by then. The program will continue tonight with the presentation of ‘‘The Friendship of Damon and Pythias” by the Decatur dramatic team. The public is cordially invited to attend. Decatur dressed up fur the Gulden

Jubilee celebration of the Kekionga lodge of the Knights of Pythias being held today at Bellmont 'parka The big parade that opened the afternoon's activities started at 1:31) o’clock. About forty autos, headed by C. T. Dorwin. of Lafayette and Fred Schafer, charter members of the local lodge. Dore B. Erwin, grand chancellor of Indiana Knights of Pythias, Senator .lames E. Watson ami Clem V Hoke, past grand chancellor of Ohio, led the procession The Monroe band, the Decatur dramatic team and several hundred visitors formed the parade which wended its way through Decatur to Bellmont park east of town where the program is being held this afternoon and tonight. United States Senator Janies E. Watson at rived before noon and will (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o EXPLAINS PLAN FOR INSTITUTE Co. Sunerintendcnt Writes To Teachers Regarding Chautauqua Here A letter explaing the plan for holding the annual county teachers' institute in conjunction with the community ehautauqua in this city, August 31 to September 5. has been mailed to the school teachers throughout the county by Olifton £( tik-e county' superintendent of schools. Mr. Striker has season tickets for the Chautauqua and the teachers are asked to procure the tickets from him. The Decatur city school teachers may procure their tickets from Supeilintends/q' M F. Worthman. or J. S. Peterson, chairman of the ticket committee of the chatttauqixt The price of the season tickets is $3 each. Enclosed in the letter to the teachers is a copy of the ehautauqua program. There will be no regular Chautauqua session in the forenoon for teachers, but it may be necessary to call an extra meeting of the teachers for the purpose of discussing institute work and other school problems << interest, tl*e letter points <W-