Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1925 — Page 1

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BENCH REJECT AMERICAN PLAN OF SETTLEMENT I Crisis Os Negotiations Reached As Both Proposals Are Turned Down CALI-IAI X SPEAKS French Finance Minister Speaks On Country’s Economic Position (Vnlto'l Press Service) Washington. Sept- 28-The French debt con.mis-ion is unable to consider the American proposal for settlefinance Minister Joseph Calllaux m ent of the $4,200,000,000 debt, told the American debt comm tanion today. Ca’lianx explained that the Ameri-' on plan had been analyzed by finan- ; f ial experts and explained why it wis unacceptable. He- spoke at length of France's economic position ‘ and its capacity to pay the debt. The joint session of the ttwo com- ) missions consumed 25 minutes. Washington, Sept. 28—The American proposal for funding the $4,200.000.000 French debt to the United States today wi’l be rejected by | Finance Minister Joseph Calllaux. bringing the negotiations to a crisis. ( Standing on his orginal offer, übnlt-al Thursday, the leader of; the French debt mission will submit no new proposition. To encourage further efforts to-, ward a settlement, however, lie will ■ explain that he is not stubborn in his position and all that he g**W is latitude to set forth the difficulties , of French finance and an opportunity to hear the arguments from the American sidq To this end he will (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) '•ILHAM KIRBY DIES SUDDENLY Uncle ot Local Women Dies Os Heart Trouble At Monroe Saturday William AV. Kirby, age 80 years, of lamartlne. Ohio, an uncle of Mrs. Maude Dorwin. Miss Fraynke Thompson and Mrs. J A. Hendricks, of Decatur, died at the J. A. Hendricks home in Monroe at 7:30 o’clock Sat-1 nrday morning, while seated at the | breakfast table. Heart trouble was the cause of death. Mr. Kirby came to the Hendricks home last August and p anned to spend the winter there. Mr Kirby was born in Carrol county. Ohio. April 6, 1845. and died September 26, 1925. He was preceded in death by a sister, Katherine Thompson. of Decatur. He is sufrvived by one brother. Col. H. W. Kirby, of Malvern, Ohio, a former Adams county resident, and the three neices named above. Ihe body was returned to Lamartine, Ohio, for burial, leaving this city Saturday night. Mrs J. A. Hendricks and Miss Franke Thompson aceonjpanied the remains. X o GEORGE FISHER DIES Father Os Mrs. Heber Humbarger, Os Decatur, Dic s At His Home In Columbia City. was received in tbfls city It't'day of the death of George isher, 76. a farmer residing near Columbia City. Mr. Fisher was the ather of Mrs. Heber Humbarger, of 1 lis city, and a cousin of the Sehurger family, west of this city. He had •sited here on several occasions and "ns known by many people in this community. -Me Fisher had been in the best of calth and retired Saturday night 1 1 cling well. Sunday morning he was ) 01111,1 dead in his bed. Death was 1,1 t° heart trouble. Mr. Fisher was °>n in Columbia City and has al-! d .vs followed the profession of farm- ' s ' He w«- well known in Whitley I county where he lived his entire life. )

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What Chance Has A Poor Motorist Asks Cicero. Indiana, Man | Indianapolis, Sept. 28. — (United I Press.) —What chance has the poor motorist, asked Harry McGinity of i Cicero. Indiana, today. McGinity and Miss Carmen Posey, of Indianapolis, were parked at Georgetown road and CAld Spring roud when two bandits relieved Me Ginity of sl2. a watch with diamond . inset valued at SBS. and the key to McGinity's auto. Hailing two men who were passing in an automobile. McGinity gave chase. When he returned, he found that the Horse Thief Detective association had towed his car into a garage and he was obliged to pay the tow in fee. o MRS.EHINGER EXPIRES TODAY Widow Os The Late E. X. l Ehinger Dies Here Early This Morning Mrs. Catherine Ehinger. age 63 I years, well-known resldnt of this city, died at her home on North Fifth street, at 12:40 o'clock this morning, after an illness of several months. Death was due to pernfeios eneniia. Mrs. 1 Ehinger had been ill for several weeks 'and during the last few days her condition had ben critical and little hope was held for her recovery. Catherine E. Ehinger was born in Decatur November 25. 1861. She was I the daughter of John Henry and Magdalen Breniakamp. She was educated in the Decatur Catholic school. In ear y life, site was married to E. X. Ehinger. who preceded her in death about a year and a half ago. To this union, six children were born, all of whom survive. They are: Mrs. VV. H. Iterling. Bluffton; Thomas F. Ehinger. Ft. Wayne: Elmo E, and Herbert H., Ranger, Texas; E, of this city and Father Vincent, of Denver, Colorado. One sister. Mrs. Magdalena Deininger, also survivs. A brother. H. H. itremakamp. preceded Mrs. Ehinger in death several years ago. Mrs. Ehinger was a member of St. Marys Catholic church of this city, the Catholic Ladies of Columbia and the St. Marys Sodalitus. Until confined to her home she was always active in various affairs of her church ami Decatur and besides her relatives she has many friends who mourn her death. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning from the St. Marys Catholic church and burial will take place at the St. Joseph Catholic cemetery, west of this city. WILL CONFIRM CLASS OCT, 18 Bishop Noll To Conduct Ceremonies At St. Marys Catholic Church Here Confirmation services will be held at the St. Marys Catholic church on Sunday, October 18. the dedication day of the new Catholic high school building. The Rt. Rev.. John F. "Noll. bishop ot the Catholic diocese of Fort Wayne, will confirm the class and will also remain here for the dedication ceremonies to be held in the afternoon at the school building. A large class will be confirmed at the services. It has been more than two years since confirmation services were held at the Catholic church here The late Bishop Aldering was unable to make his visit here last year on account of his serious illness. Bishops aye vested with the powers of conducting the confirmation services. Plans are going forward for the dedication of the school and, with the assurance that Bishop Noll will he here, 1 renewed interest has been taken and ■ arrangements are being made to accommodate many visiting priests and laymen from nothern Indiana. Bishop ! Noll will be accompanied here by his 'official escort and will be the guest of, I Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz, during the . day

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DEMPSEY-WILLS FIGHT IS BARRED IN THIS STATE Assistant Attorney General Says Bout Will Not Be Permitted SCHEDULED FOR JULY 4 Match Is Planned For Michigan City; Anti-prize Fight Law Cited Indianapolis. Sept. 28. — (United Press.l — The Dempsey-Wills tight scheduled for July 4 next at Michigan City, Ind., will be prohibited under Indiana’s anti-prize fight law. it was announced- today by Edward White, assistant attorney general. White cited the law in two parts: 'To constitute a prize tight there | must be an expectation of reward to| be gained by the contest or competition. either to be wou from the contestant or to be otlTeYwine awarded, and there must be an intent to inflict some degree ot bodily harm on lite contestant. "The term prize tight’ has no technical legal meaning, but is used in its common signification to indicate a fight in a public place for a p rize reward.” “Such a fight as proposed would break every provision of this law,” Wldte declared. "It would be next to impossible to permit such a fight.” When it was pointed out to White that fights along the same lines are held nearly every day in Indiana, he said that it was up to the city council and the mayor to determine the difference het ween’a prize and boxing match, but said the governor’s ruling would predominate in all cases. The governor's orders willite based on the opinion of the attorney general. o————— BANKING CLASS TO BE ORGANIZED Local Chapter Os American Institute Os Banking To Offer Instruction A meeting will be held Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock, in the assembly room of the Obi Adams County Bank, at which time a class in the American Institute of Banking will be organized. The publig is invited. The local chapter of the A. I. B. was organized here last fall and a six month's course was given at the Catholic school building. <’. A. Dugan, president of the First National bank, was the instructor in elementary banking. while Sister M. Vera, principal of the Catholic high school, gave special instructions in business English. Seventeen men and women completed the course, instructions being given every Wednesday evening. This year, Commercial law will be taught. Iho course, spread over a period of three years, is arranged by the Amrican institute of Banking and is one of great merit. Not only members of the Decatur banks are invited to join, but.an invitation is extender! to outsiders, business men and clerks, to take the course. Those who are interested are urged to attend the meeting and participate in the organization of the class, the selecting of a meeting place and the securing of an instructor. — —o Stephenson And Aides Are Not On Exhibition Noblesville. Ind.. Sep.. 28.--(United Press.)—!). C. Stephenson, former Indiana Ku Klux Klan leader, Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry, in jail here awaiting trial on murder charges in connection with the death of Madge Oberholtzer, are not to be exhibited before the curious, according to Sheriff Charles Gooding. The sheriff said that scores of people passing through Noblesville have stopped at the jail and asked to see the trio. All requests have been denied.

Youth Misses Sunday School; Must Serve Sentence For Robbery Columbus, Ind.. Sept. 28 —(United Press.) — Orrine Hogan. 21. didn’t know which was wo.se —church or I tile state reformatory. He stayed away from church Sunday and was taken to the reformatory today to serve a sentence of two to 14 years. The youth had been sentenced for robbery, and the sentence was suspended pending good behavior, part of the good behavior being his regular attendance at church. Hogan became 1 tiled of the church attendance and devi l ?d even a sentence would lie better than too much church. ALBERT A. ACKER DIES AT HOSPITAL I— t ■ Decatur Grocer Succumbs • To Short Illness of Neph- j' ritis And Heart Trouble i' Al bert A. Acker, age 40 years, ' Decatur business man. died at the Adams County Memorial hospital at , 11:26 o'clock Sunday night, following , i short illness of nephritis and heart ( trouble. Mr. Acker, although In poor I , health for the last two months. , did not become seriously ill until a week ago last Friday. He was removed to the hospital last Mondavi and his condition gradually grew worse. , Air. Acker was a son of Mr. and Mis Samuel Acker, of North Second , street, was born near Willshire, 0., . September 10, 1885 After being eni- , ployed in Fort Wayne for several: . years. Mr. Acker moved his family > to Decatur about six years ago and , since that time has operated » grie , eery store at the inersecion of Second and North Fifth streets. Mr. I Acker was a member of the Knights. of Pythias and the Moose lodges in this city. Surviving Mr Acker are his widow. Mrs. Maude Mumma -Acker; three! children. Robert, Iris and Mary, all; at home; his parents, and two brothers. Floyd, of Decatur, and Russell.; lof Fort Wayne. Funeral services | II will be held from the residence on) North Second street at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. Som- ; erville Light, pastor of the First, Methodist church, officiating. Burial i will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The Moose lodge will conduct services at the house and the Knights of ' Pythias will give their ritualistic cere- ’ mony at the cemetery. , o —— MID-WEST SYNOD MEETS THIS WEEK Delegates From Zion Rei formed Church Go To Louisville For Session The Revl A. R. Fledderjohann and i M. A Kirsch of this city will leave , tomorrow for Louisville, where they > will attend, as delegates, the annual > Mid west Synod of the Reformed . churches. Mrs. Ben Elzey will repret sent’the Women’s Missionary society of the local Reformed church at their r annual meeting, held in connection - with the Synod. The Misses Eleanor Reppert and ■ Frances Limenstall will represent > the Girls' Missionary Guild, which - convention will also be held at . Louisv lie this week. Tre meetings ; will begin tomorrow night and will last until Friday evening. Office In Court House i Is Being Re-papered l The office of the county superin- ■ tendent of schools and the county at--1 tendance officer, in the court house, • is being repapered, the paper-hanger i starting work on the room this morn- • Ing. The room had not been papered I for several years. The two officials • have their offices in the same room. ■ Weather ■ Partly overcast tonight and Tues- ■ day; not much change in temperature.

PENN HIGHWAY BOOSTERS TO BE HERE TUESDAY t Delegation of Citizens From ' Ohio Cities To Meet , With Local Men I TO GO TO HUNTINGTON Party Will Proceed Farther West From Here In Interest Os Road A telegram from John H. Williamson. of Findlay. Ohio, this morning., said: "We are leaving strong Tuesday morning. Will he joined by oth-| ers at Ottawa an 1 Van Wert and ar I rive at Decatur at 2 o'o'ock Tuesday) afternoon. Our speakers will make: addresses and we would like to have; one of your local men on the pro- j gram Also get as many as you can from Decatur to join us on the trip west.” The meeting, which is in eonnec-j tion witli the Wiliam Penn Transcontinental highway, will be held at the Industrial rooms at 2 o’clock to r morrow afternoon. It is important j for unless we show some pep and interest, there is a gteat probahi ity that we will be dropped from the route. That means losing an opportunity to get on a federal road, means a delay at least in securing a state highway from the state line to Huntington and means a chance to be a real, spot along a real highway, similar to the National Road At 7:30 o'clock this evening, at the Industrial rooms, a meeting will be held for the purpose of compfeting a county organization and all boost|ers should attend this and then plan if possible to go to Huntington to , morrow where a general meeting is (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) —o SCOPES APPEAL IS CONTINUED Tennessee Supreme Court Delays Action In Dayton Evolution Case Knoxville, Tenn, Sept. 28. (4 nited Press.) —The appeal in the case of John Thomas Scopes, convicted Dayton evolution teacher, was continued for 20 days today when it came before the Tennessee supreme court. The first motion filed as court convened, was a request by State’s Attorney General Thompson that John R. Neal, chief counsel for Scopes, be given 20 days to file an assignment of eimrs regarding the trial at Dayton last July when Scopes was found guilty and fined SIOO. The request was granted. After the defense tiles its assignment. Attorney General Thompson announced he would ask an additional ten days to make reply, indicating that actual argument will be started about November 1. —— , 0 James H. Humphreys, Ex-State Senator, Dies Linton, Ind, Sept. 28. — (United Press.) — James IT. Humphreys, 72. former state senator, will be buried here tomorrow afternoon following funeral service at the First Baptist church. The former senator, who served in the legislature from 1915 to 1921, died at noon Sunday. o Frankfort Scoutmaster Has Sunday School Record Frankfort. Ind, Sept. 28. — (United Press.) —Eleven years of unbroken attendance at Sunday School is the record held here by 11. L. Pickell, scoutmaster of Boy Scouts of Frankfort. A service bar worn by Pickell shows 572 consecutive attendances at Sunday school, the bar being of gold and set with diamonds. It is in three separate sections, part of it being given in each of three different cities where Pickell has lived.

“Baby Burglar,” Who Admitted Five “Jobs” Steals Movie Money Indianapolis, hid, Sept. 28. (United Press) —Tlie “baby burglar" was in the detention home here again today bcause he tried to steal enough money to go to a movie. The kid. only nine years of age. had previously been in the detention home when lie confessed to a string of five burglaries. At that time he was placed on probation. He leaped the bounds of his probation Sunday when he broke into a poultry store to steal some monetary chicken feed. "I wanted to go to a ipovie and didn’t have the money," the youngster told police. His name was withheld. He is one of a family of thirteen children. SOPHOMORES AND FRESHMEN ELECT Chester Reynolds Heads I). H. S. Sophs; Dorothy Haley Leads Frosh The Sophomore and Freshman .classes of the Decatur high school held meetings this morning and elected offices for the year. Chester Reynolds was elected president of the Sophomore class. Helen Hanbold was elected vice-president,; Helen Schroll was chosen as secretary and John was selected treasurer. Floyd Gibson, manual training instructor, was selected as guardian and sponsor for the second year pupils. Dorothy Haley was elected president of the Freshmen at their class meeing. Elizabeth Macklin was chosen as vice-president; Harry Dailey was chosen as secretary 7and John Engle was elected treasurer. Ralph Tyndall, history instructor, was selected by the first year pupils as their guardian and sponsor. With the organization of these two classes all four of the classes of the Decatur high school have been organized for the year. The Athletic Association will be organized later this week. Principal Walter Krick said this morn’ng This association is open to all high school pilpils and its policy is to boost athletics in the local schools. Their first duty, after election. of officers, is to select a cheer leader and assistants. Other School Notes The arithmetical system of grading in all local public schools will De discarded this year and the alphabetical system will be used, it was announced this morning by Superintendent M. F. Worthman. The key to the system (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) SAFES CRACKED AT FORT WAYNE Yeggs Handcuff Day Watchman At Dessauer Store And Steal $4,000 Fort Wayne, Ind, Sept. 28.—(United Press.) — Two men who cracked two safes in the Dessauer Brothers department store here Sunday after handcuffing John Zurbach, 60. the day watchman, to a steam radiator, were still at large today. The yeggs obtained SI,OOO. Their robbery was discovered last night when the watehitaan entered the place and sought to relieve Zurbach. The aged day man said he had been handcuffed to the radiator about 8 o’clock Sunday morning by the two men. who had also blindfolded him. Clay County To Hold Centennial Celebration Indianapolis. Sept. 28. (United Press) Former residents of Clay county, who now live in Indianapolis, met Sunday afternoon at the Central library to make arrangements to attend th Clay county centennial celeI bration at Brazil Thursday and Fris day. Elias J. Holliday, Henry Knudsen, - J. I). Strachan. Joseph Sauer and Mrs i G. Sinclair were named to complete the plans.

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WORK OF RAISING VESSEL STOPPED BY HEAVY SEAS • Giant Cranes Unable To Operate On Account Os High Waves LITTLE HOPE OF LIFE Navy Officials Believe It Unlikely That Members Os Crew Are Alive (United Press Service) New London, Conn.. Sept. 28 Operations for rescue of men I trapped in the sunken stdnnaI l ine S-51 were halted this afternoon. The seas were running high in die wake of stormy weather overnight. The giant cranes. Monarch and Century, counted upon to hoist the stern of the S-.”l could not operate in the heavy swells. Newport. RI, Sept. 28—An unofficial wireloss dispatch received here short y after 10 a m today from the scene of the submarine S-51 disaster, stated that a diver, sent down to the S-51 had found the bulkhead of one compartment slightly damaged but closed. Navy officials here said if this information were accurate there still was a remote chance that at least a few of the. 34 trapped men might bo alive. New London. Conn, Sept. 28—The great marine deck Monarch arrived 'Tils morning on the scene of s nkfng of the submarine S-51. . The huge vessel which left New York Saturday n'ght, is equipped witli derricks (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) —o OFFICER URGES ARMY AIR UNIT Says Armv Pilots Are Convinced That Such A I nil Is Necessary Bulletin Uy William J McEvoy (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Sept, 28. — (United I ress) —Army airmen are convinced that if the United States air defense is to he made effective, it mu i be taken out of (lie hands of those now in control and operated by “actual flying men." Major W. G. Kilner. executive officer in the army air service, told the president's special aircraft board today. Kilner. who had charge ot all aviation training during the war, declared that there was great dissatisfaction among pilots with the present system. A reorganization to establish a separate air unit—as recommended by Major General Patrick—was advocated by Kilner. the fir,st witness when hearings were resumed by the borad in a crowded house committee room today Bulletin El Paso, Texas, Sept. 28.— (United ■ Press) Discussion of the air defense of the United States was placed on the forbidden list of officers by Brigadier General Castner, commander ot the First cavalry division of Fort Bliss here today. “Any officer of my command who ’ talks about the air controversy will be court martialed and put where he will never again be able to talk." Castner declared in a statement to newsI paper men. “There will be no 'Colonel Mitchell’ 1 on the Fort Bliss reservation.” he der dared “This idea of letting a bpnch . of officers run around the country 1 criticizing their superiors doesn't make ■ an army. It makes a hunch of bolslie- :- viks in uniform.” he said. i- “Discipline is the first thing that a i, soldier should learn. As long as 1 i am officer no one is going to talk tine less I tell him he may,” the general said.