Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1925 — Page 1

VJ, XXIIL Number 199.

JURY HOLDS FATE OF “JAZZ” SLAYER

tiiTra open FUN FESTIVAL MONDAY NIGHT Bi de\7n^ E iberty T W?y e AB* Os Next Week TO BE HELD IN TENT Home To Be Open For Insnection; Valuable (lifts To Be Distributed ■ I ■■■—* Liberty Way took the aspects of a f - r ' U s lot today. The huge tent which ,i 1 house the big Elks Fun Festival in this city all next week has been erw ted and booths are being constructed for the big free event. The entire northern part of the state has been invited to attend the big free attractions. Merchandise and gifts, wh.ch will be distributed all next week, have arrived and will be placed in the tent Monday night for the opening. The gates of the tented city will be thrown open early Monday night. Rifts of value to both townspeople and farmers will be presented every night. Free attractions will be hold each Bight, also Popular Girl Contest The popular girl contest for wihch there are at present half dozen entries. will start Monday night. Anyone wishing to enter a candidate may do to by calling Dr. J. W. Clark. Entries will dose Monday night. The winner of this contest will receive a diamond ring and the winner of second place will receive a wrist watch. Both winners wi.l receive free ticket t to The Northern Indiana Fair. The Elks home will be thrown open to the public all next week and everybody is cordially invited to visit the ne w home. Walter Wilkinson, general cha.iman of the Fun Festival, said todey that everything was ready for the big event and it will start Monday night rain or shine. There will be shout twenty booths and a large stage (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE! 0 Editor Kills One Man And Wounds Another East Las Vegas. N. M., Aug. 22— Carl C. Magee, editor of the New Mexico State Tribune at Albuquerque who last night shot and killed John B Lassiter, state employe, and wounded former District Judge D. J. Leahy in a fight in a hotel here, is said today to have been more seriously injured than was first believ- «. Magee is being held under guard 2t his hotel room as is Judge Leahy. Ko charges have been filed against ♦ither man pending the outcome of * coroner’s inquest to be held at 1 prh. today,. Magee, several months ago, was involved in a criminal libel suit and was sentenced to six months imprisonnient in Judge Leahy's court. — o ■ ■■ GEORGE RAVER SUES RAILROAD Demands S4OO Damages For Injury To Foot Sustained Last May George Raver, of this city, has filed a suit in the Adams circuit court ’gainst the New York, Chicago and St. I-ouis Railroad company, for S4OO damages, for an injury alleged to have bfen sustained by the plaintiff while ''mking in the employe of the de■snrant on May 28, 1925Mr. Raver alleges that he was emPojed with a Bect - on g an g an( | waa engaged In unloading irons from a gondola car on a side track west of ecatur at the timem of the accident, e avers that one of the iron rails 1,1 on his right foot, badly crushing 1 at member He says that the injury caused him much pain, and expense ani caused him to lose work. Attorn°ya De Voss & DeVoss of this city, re Present the plaintiff.

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Murderer Who Escaped From Prison Is Caught Portland. Ore., Aug 22—Tom Murray, fugitive "kidnapping convict", and murderer from the Oregon penitentiary, wes found early today in the Savoy hotel, Centralia. Wash. His arrest was brought about through information the police of Centralia by Phillip Carson of Portland, with whom Murray fell in in a north bound freight train In which both caught a ride al Vancouver, Wash, Friday evening. Murray, handcuffed and leg ironed, will arrive joduy in Portland, enroute to the Salem prison. o — — - - THIRTEEN HURT IN TRAIN WRECK Day Coach And Four Pullmans Jump Track Near Urbana, Ohio T’rbana. O„ Aug. 22—Thirteen persons were injured, none seriously, when a day coach and four Pullmans of Pennsylvania passenger train No. 109. jumped the track at St. Paris, near here today. A broken rail caused the wreck and only high embankments paralleling the track averted a disastrous crash, railway officials said. The injured included: Harry ‘Hank” Gowdy. New York Giants catcher, scratched and bruised. Gowdy was enroute to the Pacific coast on a scouting trip for the Giants. He returned o Columbus. Mr. and Mrs D. L. Record. Chicago. sprained ankles. Frank Amerine, Marlon. Ind., cut on head. G. Mera Anderson. Chicago, sprain ed hack. Mrs. Ina Phillips. Edewood. lowa, bruised on face Ernest Phillips, Edgewood, labruised on body. Mrs. D. J. Duvall, Chicago, right leg and shotfder bruised. —.— o _ W oman Murders Boy W ho Slaps Her Son Evansville. Ind.. Aug. 22—A charge of first degree murder was placed against Mrs. Ruby Mclntosh in city court today following the death here last night of Devenas Taylor, 1«, whom she shot last week in a fit of anger because young taylor slapped her son. The Taylor boy had been at the point' of death since the shooting, but physicians until yesterday had some hope that he might recover. Early Friday, however, they gave up hope and Mrs. Mclntosh’s bond was raised from SI,OOO to $5,000. She was taken to jail when she failed to raise the amount. Authorities had let her remain at her home to care for her three week’s o’d baby. Informed of the boy’s death in her cell at the county jail, Mrs Mclntosh became hysterical and threatened to commit suicide. She is being closely watched. Mrs. Mclntosh, following the shooting. declared she thought she was shooting at the Taylor boy’s elder brother. She charged her 12 year old. Donald, In whose defense she fired the fatal shot, had been continually tormented by older men and boys. She had prayed constantly that the boy might not die. ——o Service Corporation Gets Power To Issue Stock Indianapolis, Aug- 22. — (United Press) —The slate public service commission today authorized the Indiana service corporation to issue $2, <9O, 000 of seven per cent preferred stock to sell at not less than 90 per cent of par The proceeds fromthe stock will be used to pay for improvements made or contemplated. Geneva Banks Close During The Noon Hour Geneva, Aug. 22—As an additional precaution aga'nst bank bandits, the two Geneva banks have decided to close from 12 o’clock noon until 1 o’clock in the afternon, while business usually is slack.

MYSTERIOUS FIRE AT MOMMA HOME IS BEING PROBED Assistant State Fire Marshal Making Investibation Os Ruins NO REPORT MADE I Neighbors Are Questioned Regarding Affairs In That Locality A’hert Fowler, assistant state fire marshal and head of the arson department of the state organization, ar. rived in this city Friday afternoon and began his investigation of tlte fire which desrtoyed the George Mutnma residence early yesterday morning. City officials are co-operating with .Mr. Fowler in an effort to find the person or persons who burned the Mum ma home. Mr. Fowler stated today that lie was not yet ready to make a statement concerning the blaze. He will investigate tlie tire thoroughly. There are very fe w substantial clews on which to work. A very close examination of the rema ns of the property was made yesterday afternoon. The place had been under guard by Arthur Clark night policeman, since the fire and this may lead to ascertaining some important facts. Several of the neighbors have been questioned regarding the start of the blaze ami also about things leading up to the blaze. Mr. Fowler, whose hMAquarter.-) are aj. Marion. wULxcanaln -in Decatur all day on his investigation, ft is not probable that he wi.l have any kind of a public report before Monday. -o SUMMER IS RETURNING Warm Weather Replacing Unseasonable Chill In Middlewestern States; "Warmer’- Is The Prediction Chicago. Aug. 22—Summer was returning to the midwest today. The unseasonable chill of yesterday was giving way to higher temperatures in Illinois, Indiana and lowa. In Minnesota and the Dakotas the cohl northeasterly winds hud died down and a bright sun indicated the week end would be warm. At S p m. the temperature in Chicago had risen to 63 degrees. The forecast was warmer but unsettled’”. - TO BEGIN LAYING PAVEMENT SOON Crew Os Negroes To Start Bricking Os Jefferson Street Next Week A crew of fifteen negro brick layers will arive in Decatur the first part of next week to complete the bricking of two streets in this city. The men will lay the brick on Jefferson street and then switch their activities to South First street. The crew of colored men has been contracted with by Julius Haugk, who lias the contract for the street improvements Mr. Haugk stated yesterday that he expected tu have both streets completed by early this fall. He will begin the cement sidewalks on Jefferson street as soon as the bricks are laid in the street. The brick-laying crew that will complete the two streets has already done considerable work in Decatur, ihe colored men have been very successful with their work here and are regarded as the best in their line of work. , Several other street improvements wi.l be made in Decatur this fall it was stated yesterday. The Winchester street improvement will be started soon, Mr. Haugk said. This street will be paved with asphalt. Thirtoenth street, from Monroe to Adams street, also will be improved in the same manner. Mr. Haugk said that he hoped to complete a’l his contracts before cold weather sets in.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 22, 1925.

Former Decatur Man Ends 30-Year Search For Missing Sister 1 James Russell, a game warden in . the Yel’owstene National Park and a former resident of Decatur, has completed his search of thirty years tor his sister, whom he had not seen s’n<e childhood. His sister Is Mrs. • Charles Clapper, of Muncie. The brother and sister were separated when they were small children, Iving in Decatur. Mr. Russell has been employed in the Yellowstone National Park for the last twelve vears. He came back to Indiana on ■t motor trip last week in another effort to locate h’s sister. He made he trip in five days. At Hartford City, Mr Russell learned from Mrs. . Oilando Sipe, that his sister was married and living in Munc’e. Mrs. Sipe is a slster-in-’aw of Mrs. Clapper. o UNION CHURCH SERVICE SUNDAY I Fourth Os Series Os Services At First Presbyterian Church The fourth of the series of union church services being held during the month of August by several of the Protestant churches of the city w;U. be held at the Flr.-t Presbyterian ’ church Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock The Rev. R. W Loose, pastor of the First Evangelical church, will deliver the sermon. The choir of the Presbyterian church wi’l furnish spe- ■ eial music. i The Llnion services have proved popular among the church going peo ; pie of the city this summer Capacity crowds have attended a.l of the previous services and a great interest has been manifested. The public is cordially invited to attend the ser- . vice Sunday evening. o Tract Os Land Near Bluffton Given To State Indianapolis, Aug. 22 —R.chard Lieber director of the Department of conservation today received a letter from Charles Deani state forester notifying him of a Sift to the state of a 2 ac re I trad of ground three miles northeast of Bluffton. On the tract stands a tree of a variety that is not found anywhere else in the world. Deam who discovered the tree purchased the land and presented it ti the state. o New Radio Store Is Established I n Decatur A new Radio store has been established in Decatur and the local radio fans or those interested are invited to inspect one of the most comp.ete and most perfect sets on the market today. The new store is in connection with the Decatur Auto Paint & Top Shop and is conducted by William Meyer and Elmer Tricker. They have the agency for the famous Neutrowound set and will carry a comp ete line of radio accessories at ill times. —o Gasoline Price-cutting War Is On At Winchester .A gasoline war is in progress in Winchester and the price of the much, used fluid has dropped to 17 cents per gallon. The price-cutting was startea this week when an independent filling station lowered the retail price of gasoline. The larger companies followed suit with a larger cut and the bat tie rages on. Gasoline is selling for 24.4 cents per gallon in Decatur. ■. O— Quakers Establishing A Religious Center At Lake Milford, Ind., Aug 22 — (United Press) —Quakers of Indiana and other states ar<p, establishingreligious center at Dewart lake, near Milford. A tabernacle is to be erected for the holding of summer conventions. More than 70 lots have been sold to members of the church who will construct summer homes on the bank of the lake.

ARMY OF 10,000 MEN PICKED FOR ANTI-BOOZE WAR Force Made Up Os Coast Guard, General Agents And Others FIGHT OPENS SEPT. 1 Assistant Secretary Andrews Has Remodeled Dry Machine Ready By Joseph S. Wasney (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Aug. 22 (United j Press) —An army of 10,000 men, mould-1 ed from the various agencies available to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews for prohibition enforcement, will fight the wur against the illicit liquor trade which Andrews yesterday decreed for Sept 1. The coast | uard will contribute 5.000; the general prohibition agents force 1,860, the narcotic squad 300 -and the inlet mil revenue and border patrol serivce 3,000 more. With plans laid ’and chiefs chosen. Andrews on Monday will begin the strategic disposition of those forces in the terrific campaign by which he hopes to end prohibition’s difficultes. With the removed dry machine I ready to stait, Andrews prepared to weed out about 1.000 employes of the old organization. AU unclassified employes of the service have been notified they will be dismissed on October 15. unless they are reappointed. Under the decentralization plan, salaries now range from $1,860 to $6,000 a year, the lowest being paid to "police type” agents and the highest to administrators. Men rendering meritorious service however, will gradually be advanced in rank and pay to $7,500 yearly. Seven new administrators will be appointed by Oct. 15 to replace the chiefs who are now acting directors. Andrews said he was trying to secure "big men" for the posts he filled temporarily and that he expected to have success in securing the type of men he desired. Andrews plans to attack.bootleggers on all sides at once. He hopes to cut off their supplies, raid their caches and break up tile marketing places. LITTER WEIGHS ALMOST A TON Carl E. Amstutz Qualifies For Bronze Medal In Ton Litter Club A bronze medal will be awarded to Carl E. Amstutz. Jefferson township boy, whose litter of nine bred Durocs were weighed up Friday at exactly 180 days of age. The litter weighed 1,763 1-2 pounds, an average of practically 196 pounds. The litter was not kept separate from other hogs on the farm and those who assisted in the weighing noted that other shoats running with the litter had thrived just as well. About thirty farmers of the community had gathered to witness the weighing. Fred Kauffman was drafted as official weigh-master, Otto Ho le served as chief computer of weights, and James Kenney, Martin Reef ana Jonathan Rumple were asked to affix their signatures to the official weight cards The meeting was opened by L. I M. Busche, county agent, who gave some interesting information which has been brought out by the Hoosier Ton Litter Club. This is the second litter to be weighed up in Adams county this year and it is said several more will finish the contest, making very keen competition for the Schmitt trophy and other cash prizes which are to be awarded the winners. -ll■—u II -w■»«■«»II cifwasuwan Weather Probably fair tonight and Sunday but some cloudiness. Warmer.

(Chicago’s New $17,000,000 I Market Is Formally Opened Chicago, Aug. 22 — Chicago's new $17.001),006 market place was formally opened today. The new mart gives Chicago perhaps the largest single food distributing unit in the world With the opening of the 166 buildings group. South Water street, a landacnrk and a sho w place here for a score of years becomes but a memory. In recent years the o'.d mart lias developed a business amounting to $.500,000,000 annually, exceeded in volume only by packing industry. STEPHENSON TO BE TRIED OCT. 12 Former Klan Leader And Henchmen T o Face Trial At Noblesvile Noblesville, Ind., Aug. 22—Trial of D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux K.’an. ami’ his two henchmen, Earl Klenck and j Earl Gentry, was tentatively set today for October 12 in Hamilton county court. The three men are held in jail here on an indictment charging them with murder for the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, of Indianapolis. The date was set by Judge William I M. Sparks, of Rushville, special judge n the case, after a conference with Judge Fred Hines, of the Hamilton county court, and attorneys in the case. Eph Inman, hies defense attorney, said the date would be satisfactory to him. Judge Hines said the only possibility of delay in the Stephenson trial would be through a demand by Edward Prater. Indianapolis youth charged with murder, for triail before Stephenson. Judge Hines said Prater would bo given trial first if he wanted it. o To Erect Fifteen New Buildings At Mooseheart Mooseheart, 111., Aug. 22— Secretary o Labor James J. Davis. Director General of Loyal Order of Moose, while a » Mnoaeheart s few days ago, selected sites for 15 more buildings to be erected here during 1925 1926. The cost ofl these addjltiontsl bufldingV ’will be | $400,000 00, according to Mr. Davis, | Among the buildings will be the Erie, j Pa., Pittsburgh, McKinley, Maryland, I Ca’ifornia, Minnesota. New York and I Canada cottages and the Illinois GymI nasium. The cornerstone for the McKinley building will be laid October 27, which ’ will be Mooseheart day—the birthday of Mr. Davis. United States Senator McKinley of Illinois has donated $30,000.00 for a cottage for the children. He will be present and lay the cornerstone. It is expected that many of the 50,000 Moose members «»11 make a pilgrimage to their "City of Childhood’’ on that day. Mr. Davis announced that work will, be started on some of the 15 build- 1 ings this year, and that all of the cornerstones will be laid not later than the date of the convention next year. In addition to the 15 buildings there' are plans for 25 other buildings to be erected within the next five years. Mooseheart, which was 12 years old in the 27th of July now has over 200 buildings erected at a cost of $10,000,000.00. Before it was transformed into a city of childhood, Mooseheart was a cow pasture MacMillan Expedition Plans Tg Start Southward Washington, Aug. 22—Commander MacMillan has ordered the planes and two ships of his Polar expedition to ma?.e ready for departure southward from Etah. according to a message from Lieutenant Commander Byrd, received at the navy department today. The expedition is expected to evacuate its Arctic base within a few days. Byrd expressed disappointment at the abandonment of proposed flights over the uncharted northern seas.

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COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE MAKES INSANITY PLEA Plead For “Another Chance” For Jazz Crazed Girl Who Killed Mother JURY IS MIXED Seven Men And Five Women Deciding Fate Os Dorothy Ellingson (United Press Service) San Francisco, Aug. 22 —• ((Special to Daily Democrat) - jThe fate of Dorothy Ellingson, I accused slayer of her mother, was placed in the hands of a jury here at ten o’clock a. m. today. Seven men and five women comprised the jury. San Francisco, Aug. 22 - Dorothy Ellingson's future will be placed in i the hands ot a jury of seven women and five men at 10 a.in. today. Judge Haro’d Louderback, instead of instructing the jury immediately as had been expected when the state completed its closing argument late ■ yesterday, ordered them to report 20 I minutes earlier than usual this morn’ng. i In the final defense argument. Attorney Walter McGovern asked for the 17-yeaflold alleged matricide a . verdict "not guilty by reason of insanity.” He pleaded for “another ’ chance” for the jazz erased girl whose sordid relationships with men. 1 whose late hours and illicit pleasures ‘ brought her finally into court, charg--1 ed with the murder of her mother. The prosecution's closing plea was conventional, asking for a verdict declaring Dorothy guilty of first degree murder. | DEMONSTRATION HELI) | Indianapolis Woman Gives ExhibiI tion Os Fruit Canning At Dan Mazelin Home In Monroe Township The canning demonstration held at the Dan Mazelin home in Monroe township. Friday afternoon, was well attended by ladles of tile community, i Miss Ella Jordan, of Indianapolis. I direlted the canning of tomatoes and I corn, using a can sealer which forms lan ai*--fiight seal, regujar factory I cans which do not need sealing wax lor solder being used- A pressure I cooker was used in processing. About sixty farm women and girls from a radius of several miles ; gathered to see the demonstration. i Refreshments were served by Mrs. Mazelin and her daughter. JOSEPH SHOAF EXPIRES FRIDAY Pioneer Os Adams County Dies At Brother’s Home In Kirkland Township Joseph Shoaf age 69 years, a pioneer of Adams county, died at the home of his brother. William Shoaf in Kirkland township, at 7 o'clock Friday evening. Death was due to creeping paralysis, Mr. Sb.oaf having been ill for the last two months. He was bedfast for the last two weeks. Mr. Shoaf was a son of John and Mary Shoaf, and was born in Hocking County. Ohio, January 23, 1856. He came to Adams county with his parents when he was 9 years old, and | spent the remainer of his life here. • Mr. Shoaf never married, but lived > with his brother after the death of his i parents He was a member of the Re- -' formed church. Mr. Shoafs parents. - three brothers, John, Louis and George r and one siste’ - , Ellen, preceded him in .- death. Surviving are two Brothers, j William, of Kirkland township, and y Ambrose, of Washington township. a Funeral services will be held from the Antioch church at 10 o’clock Mont day morning, the Rev. O. Scherry, of s Vera Cruz, officiating- Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery.