Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 20 October 1925 — Page 1

Koi. XXIII- Number 248.

■fRMK BALI IS II MENTIONED IN SENATOR DACE I ■Muncie Millionaire ManuI facturer Holds ConierI ence With Governor I I ucKSON ILL WITH | I coLD AT HIS HOME ■ I liuliunapolis. Oct. 20 — The I Syi.inn <•!' I'niuk Ball, inillionI Lr. manufacturer anti philanI Khmpisl <>f Muncie was brought I Bto th. lor. front today in the I IjH.lilicai free-for-all over ntimI IL I successor to the late SenBElaliu' Halston. I i.r.al significance was nttacliI B ri | h\ politicians to Ball’s visit I lb, l,m. Jackson at the goverI ■ pot’s home here during the I 9 * Bill was called to Intlianupo- ■ |lis lor the conference by the ■ |goveinor. it was learned. At ■ ■ li.ksoii's home, it was said I ■ 8..11 was the only person adI ■nutted to sec him. ■ -| ... r ,,|d front which the governor ■ I i,-.'.! suffering is more sever! ■ |tl,;.n was at first thought by physf- ■, I several scheduled pol.t cal ■9 , milvrences were called off. ■ \f-. r conferring with the governor. I I ,„! Jackson had yet decid- ■ 1... a i! ' senatorial appointment. ■ 11. refused to disclose the subject ■ ■ . . ..nn rence. or to reveal whethI ■ .l.ekson had madt* overtures to- ■ ■ ! ..’f Ting him the appointment. ■ }t.,11 Im- the support of the strong ■ I, ,1,1... m organizations in It la ware ■ I .-m-v and the tenth congressional ■MH district. ■ —o ———— I I Seeks To Have 30 New I \ ork Night Clubs Closed I X, w Yot k. Octi 20—Padlock proE led States Attorney Emery Buckner ■ I aeainst :>u of the leading night clubs ■ ■of New York City in which evidences ■ I of violation of the Volstead act have ■ ■ been discovered. ■ Buckner appeared in equity court I I and filed suit against the various E I chilis, cases and restauarnts. asking I I that they be declared common nuisI I ar., and demanding "abatement by ■9 p ai||n( ’i j ” i o I Wild Ducks Arrive At | Reservoir At Celina I (,-lina. Ohio, Oct; 20 —Wild ducks | I began arriving at the reservoir here I I in large numbers during' last weekI I end. The early arrivals are the I I Medgeons and the teal. The mallards I I have not put in an appearance so far. I ROBBERS VISIT I PLEASANT MILLS Mann Garage Looted Monday Night; Safe, Tires, Guns Hauled Away | Thieves broke into the Mann garage I I at Pleasant Mills Monday night and i hauled away the safe and several other | I articles. The safe contained no money. I The loot included three double-barrel ' shot guns, six autffhiobile tires and [ I three tubes.__ Three of the tires were I Auhurns and one was a Goodrich. I The theives had evidently broken a window in the rear of the garage and. after entering through the opening, pried open the large doors in the front bf the garage. An automobile or truck ■ had been backed into the garage thru tlie front doors and the loot was then loaded into the car. A cash register, on top of the safe, was set aside and not taken by the thieves. The register had been left open and contained no money. One of the shot guns belonged to Mr. Mann while the other two had been left at ’he garage for repairs. The safe contained a book account and several Papers, but nothing of mqch value. The robbery was not discovered until this morning when the garage .was opened for business. Sheriff John Raker was notified and he made an investigation but obtained no clues. The garage is located near houses, hut no one reported that they had heard the thieves at work

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Youth Wants Marriage To Aged Wife Annulled Cincinnati, O„ Oct. 20—Carmen Powe J, youthful husband) of Mrs. Agnes Smith Powell, 60-y ear-old ' grandmother, came into court again ' today, seeking to annul his marriage.) ’ The 19-year-old husband, on the 1 first anniversary of his marriage yes- j terday, claimed he was intoxicated at the time of the wedding, and was threatened by two sons and a son-in-! law of his wife. This was denied hy the grandmoth-er-wife who declared young Powell j was a “willing party to the ceremony", A decision was expected from the , court today. W.L. HOFSTETTER : BETS FREE LOT r / Sale Os Lots In Hanna Addit tion Ends With Award Last Night • William Lester Hofstetter, 623 . North Second street, was the lucky » man who received the free lot in th- | Hanna addition from the Home Build- ] era through th e C. S. Kitch company, . at the Old Adams County bank building last night. He held registration r ticket No. 75 and received a deed for I the lot, together with an abstract, a - dollar for recording and ten cents for, I the transfer. A large crowd gathered for the oc- , casion and Mr. Austin Stults conduct- - ed the closing program of the very successful sale of lots. The crowd t j selected Dr. H. F. Costello. Mrs. Henry - Adler and Isadore Bernstein as the - judges and little Miss Hoagland to draw the ticket from the glass jar. [ It was decided that the third number b irawn should be the one to secure the 1 lot and It was all over in a few moments. The sale of lots in the Hanna addition. as conducted by the Kitch com-1 I pany. was a very successful one. all ' of the thirty lots being disposed of between Saturday morning and Mon- ( day evening and during the same time the Home Builders disposed of three of their houses, through the ! assistance of Mr. Stutts and his force. ' The company which handled the sale is qualified and believes in keeping its word to the letter. It is the be- ! lief here that the lots will grow in ' value and that a number of the pur- ’ chasers will erect houses on them during the next year. r TO HOLD“COON" : hunt Saturday b Prizes To Be Awarded In Contest To Be Held At Pleasant Mills An old-fashioned “coon hunt” will be held at Pleasant Mills on Satur-j day afternoon. October 24, and the 1 sportsmen of Adams county are invited to join in the chase. The hunt will be a real one. except that Mr. Raccoon will not be killed and roasted at the end the chase. A pet coon will be taken over three or four miles of territory and then , the hounds will be turned loose and the dog or dogs picking up the trail I first and the ones treeing the coon first will receive prizes. First and second prizes will be i awarded on the line hunt and first and second money will be awarded" ■ on treeing the coon. Last week,-a coon hunt was held , at Van Wert. Ohio, and thosO in charge of the hunt next Saturday ex-, pect dogs and hunters from that • and Lima, Ohio. An invitation is ( also extended to farmers and hunti ers in ties county to join in the hunt i and enjoy the sport. Other coon hunts are being planned for Lima and other nearby places, and local sports- , men expect to attend. The hunt at Pleasant Mills will , start at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. o Mrs. Roy Juday Dies At Albion, Michigan i Mrs. Roy Juday, a former resident of Geneva, died in a hospital at Ali bion, Michigan, at 9 o’clock Saturday i night, following childbirth. The baby i lived and is strong and healthy. Mrs. ( Juday's body was brought to her , father’s home in Geneva Monday. Funeral services were held in Geneva this afternoon.

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William 11. Turner was supposedly killed in a Kentucky mine blast. His “widow." shown here with her son, received $25 (MM) insurance. Then ti letter was received from Turner, J postmarked Hamburg, asking about his w ife's health. He returned and his arrest followed. He claims he was forced to leave. the country ;it the point of a gun and blames his father-in-law.

BEETS ARRIVING AT SUGAR PLANT Opening of Plant Scheduled For Last Os This Week Or First Os Next F. O. Martin, of Washington townshpl, living south of Decatur, brought in the first truck load o (sugar beets j to the Holland-St. Louis sugar factory yesterday. The load weighed 9.620 pounds Three carloads of beets were received yesterday from the Ohio territory, and the beets continued to arrive today and were being piled up on the yards. | All weigh stations throughout tlie Iteritory of the local sugar company .opened yesterday and the annual campaign was well under way today. The mill will not open until the last of the week or the first of next week, it was stated today. The cool weather has aided in maturing the beets and pitting the sugar content in them and prospects point to a good crop this year. The beet growers are paid a guaranteed price for their beets, based on the price of sugar. The sugar market at present is I lower than it has been for several months. o ENTERS AIR SERVICE John Corbett, Former Decatur Boy, Signs To Become Government i Air Mail Pilot. I t John Corbett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Corbett, of Fort Wayne; former residents of this city, has been signed as a government air ma 1 pilot. He is a brother of Mrs. ' Fred Ful'enkamp. of this city, and a brother of Francis Corbett, a senior in Central Catholic high school of Fort Wayne, who won the state high school oratorical contest last year. Mr. Corbett spent three years in France with the United States army during the world war. He had some! experience in flying at that t'me and recently has been taking lessons from Otto Smith, the well-known in- ] structor in aviation from Monroe. Mr. Corbett gave a demonstration of various kinds of fancy flying at the Sand Point Gardens aviation field near Fort Wayne Sunday.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 20, 1925.

ENTERS I. O. O. F. HOME Miss Gusta Cramer, Former Chiefi Operator Os Local Telephone Exchange Leaves City Today Miss Gusta Cramer, one of the best known ladies of this city and who served in various capacities at the central telephone office for many years and for a number of years was chief operator, will leave this evening tor Greensburg. Indiana, where she will reside at the I. O. O. F. state home. Application was made through the lodge here. Miss Gusta having bwn a member of the Daughters of Rebekah tor years. She asks the Daily Democrat to bid good-bye to her many good friends here and to thank all of them for the favors which have been extended her during the years she has been ill. The best wishes of hundreds of citizens here will follow her to her new home. CITY SCHOOLS TO CLOSEWEDNESDAY Teachers to Attend Convention At Indianapolis During Rest Os Week Forty-one Decatur teachers, including M. F. W*rthman, superinetndent of city schools. W. J. Krick, principal of Decatur high school, and W. Guy Brown, prinepial of the Central building, will attend the Indiana/State Teachers’ Association to be held in I Indianapolis. October 22. 23 and 24. Several of the teachers will leave 1 here on the Pennsylvania train at *>■* (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) i : O Case Os Alleged Bank Bandit Ready For .Jury Greencastle. Ind.. Oct. 20.—(United • Press.)- The case of William Evans. ' of Terre Haute, alleged member of the bandit gang which looted tlie Spencer, Ind., banks in Novemlier, 1923. will go to the jury tomorrow, it was announced today. The defense rested its ease yester--1 day and the state began calling witi nesses in rebuttal today. Weather Fair tonight and Wednesday; but I with some cloudiness. Not much | change in temperature.

OPPOSITION TO MELLON'S TAX PLAN IS SEEN • Most Republicans Disapprove Os Scheme; Democrats Openly Against It DEFEAT OF PLAN IN CONGRESS PREDICTED By Paul K. Mallon If. I’ Staff t’orrespondfiit) Washingion. Oct 2o (United I Pres) The new Mellon tax p'an is in for a fight. Suggestions made by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon were received with reserved approval by most republican members of the ways and means committee which is framing the new tax bill, and democrats openly turned their thumbs down. Promises of non-partisian co-operation were nowhere in evidence. Disapproval Is Manifested Even some of the leading republicans on l>oth sides of the capitol manifest their disapproval of the scheme suggested hy Mellon. They desire a straight out exemption from Incomes under $5,000. And about this project the entire settlement revolves. Committee members contend they have not had enough time to consider the new Mellon plan in its entirety and determine its mortis and demerits. Hut Representative Garner. Texas, ranking minority member of the committee, speaking for the democrats, was stern In his condemnation. The plan would never go through congress, he predicted. A The stir is raised over Mellon's suggestion that the present brackets of 2. 4 and 6 per cent, on normal incomes be reduced to 1. 3 and 5 per cent, with a stipulation that the prese.nt 25 per cent allowance for earned incomes be elmiinated- According to the ex(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —o — PLANS ARE MADE FOR HALLOWE'EN Caiithumpian Parade Assured ;Event Advertised In Neighboring Towns The Callithumpian parade in this City on Hallowe’en is assured, and it will be a happy, delightful occasion for both young and old. The funds have been secured ami the cash is now in the hands of the committee. Reports coming in from over the surrounding teritory indciate that a number of delegations will take part in the event. The parade has been advertised in all surrounding towns with cards and it is known that a number are planning to take a prize. The General Electric company will cooperate in the parade, and will use their band and will follow with a callithuhipian dance. Everybody is invited to taka part. "Get your funny face and your funny clothes ready and help make it a merry night," is the intent'on of all. The event is given for the purpose of entertaining every one and largely to get away from the old practice of destruction of property on the occasion. Everybody’s asked to cooperate with the plan and to refrain from the old custom of seeing how much property can be carried away or destroyed. Details of the line of march, where to meet, those in charge of the parade, etc., will be announced within a few days. O Harry Sheridan, Referee In Bankruptcy, L Dead Frankfort. Ind., Oct. 20. — (United Press.) Harry Sheridan, 63, for 27 years a referee in bankruptcy for the. Indiana federal court, died at his home here today. Death followed an operation for appendicitis yesterday. Sheridan was first made referee in bankruptcy in 1898 and had been reappointed every two years since then. He had planned to retire at the expiration of his present term next September. Sheridan was in charge of the hearings at which Warren T. McCray, ten governor of Indiana, was found bankrupt shortly before he was sent to the federal prison at Atlanta for fraudulent use of the mails.

Implement Manufacturer Gives .81.000,009 To Charity ( Miami, Fla., Oct. 26. (United Press) I Bequests totaling more than *1,000.- (| OO are made to charitable institutions in Chclago, under the terms of the will of the late James Deering, prominent farm Implement manufacturer of Chicago and Miami, filed today In the Dade county courthouse , A trust fund of *son,l)uil Is set aside to establish a charity ward In the Miami city hospital. Four pictures in the Deering home in Chicago are given to tile Chicago Art Institute. Deering died on Sept. 21. while enroute home from a trip to Paris. TEMPERATURE IS ABNORMALLYLOW Middlewest Reports Cold Wave; Eight Inches Os Snow In Ohio Chicago. Oct. 20.— (United Press.) —Abnormally low temperatures over the middlewest were reported by the weather bureau today. The low temperature belt extends from the Rocky Mountains east and the thermometer reading are 20 degrees below normal in some areas. Tlie Pas. Man., reported the lowest temperature during the night — ten degrees above. Continued low temperatures for 1 this time of the year and snow slur- ' rieg in the lake region with a reaction ' to warmer in the northwest are fore- 1 cast. Snow In Ohio. ( Cortland. 0.. Oct. 20. — (United , Press.) — Telephone and telegraph lines were down and traffic was harnp ered today by au eight-inch snowfall which covered a wide area in Trum- ( bull county. The snow began falling early last night and continued unabated until today. Trees were laden and branches broken. Telephone and telegraph wires sagged to the ground under the I heavy burden. The snow was the heaviest for this time of year since 1873. o— BULLETIN Washington. Oct. 20 — The date for the court martial of Col. William Mitchell has been set for October 28, it was announced here today. ON PYTHIAN HOME SITE COMMITTEE W. A. Lower Selected To Help Pick Location; I). B. Erw in On Committee W. A. Lower will leave tomorrow for Indianapolis where he will attend a meeting of the committee of nine, appointed by the Knights of Pythias of Indiana, to select the site for the new state Pythian home. Mr. Lower was named a member of this committee by the grand lodge and Dore B. Erwin, who recently retired as Grand- Chancelor, was named as a member of the building committee, both very important positions. The site committee will meet tomorrow to organize and to fix the dates for visiting the proposed location cities.’ of which there are quite a number. They will spend a dny or so at each place and go over each proposition carefully. The proposed new home will cost several hundred thousand dollars and will prove a great asset to the city which se-ures it. Among those which ■ offered Hie apparently best propositions were laifayette. Muncie, Shelby- . ville. Logansport. Connorsville and Kokomo. Two Cars Collide On State Road At Noblesville Noblesville ,lnd . Oct. 20 - (United i Press)—Three persons were nijured in an auto collision on the state road . west of here late yesterday. The injured were. John Watson and his wife, of West field, and Mrs. Charles McCormick, of Indianapolis. Tlie Watson ear was struck by an . auto driven by John Newby, and shovI ed cross-wise of the road. The mat chine in which Mrs. McCormick was r riding was following elose behind and crashed into the Watson ai(to.

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JURY IS HALF COMPLETED IN MURDER TRIAL Six .Jurors Meet Approval Os Both Sides In Stephenson Case PROCEDURE DRAGS MONOTONOUSLY ON Noblesville. Ind.. Oct. 2(1 After six days of questioning scores of talesmen, a jury for the trial of D. (’. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, and Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry on charge of murdering Miss Madge Oherholtzer, was apparently half completed at noon today. Six of the men in the jury box seemed to meet the approval of both state and defense attorneys. Efforts to find six other jurors dragged monotonously on before a small crow<*. There were only twenty-six spectators in court during the morning session and four of them were asleep. The six men who have been passed back and forth by both sides until they stand tentatively approved are all farmers. The veterans of the jury box slouched wearily in their seats, occasionally refreshing their chew of tobacco and at other times taking little naps. Noblesville, Oct. 20— Tlie last available members of the second special venire of 100 men were called today for examination in the search for a jury to try D- C. Stephenson. Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry on charges of murdering Miss Madge Oherholtzer. It was regarded as a certaintv that Judge Sparks will have to order a new panel tomorrow. Heavy inroads were made into the list of talesmen during the fire of questions as the men in the jury box were passed back and forth by the defense and state attorneys yesterday. , Several men were excused because of personal business or sickness in their families. Once during the afternoon the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — o Probe Report Os Drunken Party In Negro Lodge Hall Indianapolis, Oct. 20—Report of a drunken party attended by scores of persons in the hall of a negro lodge was Investigated today by Police Chief Rikhoff. Rikhoff sought a man who told a police matron he wasn’t afraid of a raid because he "paid s2<Mi to the police.” 0 BABY CREMATED IN SCHOOL HOUSE Ashes Os Child Taken From Heater In Building Near Corning. Ohio Bulletin Corn'ng. O„ Oct. 20.- (United Press) —Ashes taken from a heater in a school on the outskirts of Coming were sent to Columbus today for analysis, authorities believeing a baby bad been cremated there during the night. A preliminary analysis made by Dr. R. B Book, a Corning physician, revealed tlie ashes contained a part of a human skull, a tooth and a bottle that had contained carbolic acid. Dr. Book said. Entrance to the school had been forced during the night. Authorities were drawn to the furnace when Mrs. Mary Linscott, jauitress. found the building reeking with a st range odor. Tile ashes were sifted and taken to Dr. Book, who declared there was no doubt but that an infant about one year old hail been cremated there. The ashes were taken to ColumbUp by Coroner H. Q. Minshall and Sheriff Harley McNabb of New Lexington, both of whom declined to make a finding until the Columbus analysis is completed The teacher. Miss Beatrice Wright, locked the school building after regt ular classes late yesterday. Tlie door 1 was forced during the night, Sheriff McNabb declared.