Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 23 October 1925 — Page 1

Vol. XXIII- Number 251.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS ACTS TO STOP WAR

task of picking JUROGSMAYDRAG INTO THIRD WEEK So Definite Progress Made Today In Selecting Jury l or Stephenson Case COURT PREPARES TO ( ALL FOURTH VENIRE Noblesville. Ind.. Oct. 23.— (United Thirteen more veniremen w , re examined and excused by the detense in rapid fashion today without definite progress being made toward sehct on of a Jury to try D. C Stephensun. Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry on charges of murdering Miss Madge Olierholtzer. All of the men were'dismissed becaused they had formed opinions in the case. It appeared certain the task of selecting the Jury would drag into the third week. Judge Sparks announced no session would be held Saturday unless a Jury is completed tills afternoon. This appeared only a remote possibility. Stephenson wore an extremely bored expression, paying little attention to the proceedings, spending the greater part of his time reading a newspaper. The state's attorneys lolled in their chairs while Inman questioned the veniremen.. Judge Sparks said he is preparing tc call a fourth venire of 100 men. Noblesville, Ind.. Oct. 23—Defense objection to the spghtest expression nf an opinion In the case by talesmen today still blocked selection of a jury for the Oberholtxer murder trial. D. C. Stephenson, a former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan, and two of his henchmen. Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry, are on trial on an indictment (hanging first degree murder for the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer. of Ind'anapolls. Nineteen mtjn were weeded out of the jury box during a tedious session yestevlay in which it seemed at times that agreement on a jury was near. Eph Intnan. chief defense attorney, pried into every angle of each man's nevsonal and political connections in exam ning the veniremen. Inman objected to any man whose critical affiliations might influence his vote on a verd ct, or who had formed an opinion Searching questions were shot at the talesmen examined by Inman to r veal whether any of their women • latives had ever been involved in escapades with men. While Inman's objections removed "'•n after man, the attorneys for 'he prosecution appealed satisfied with the men in the jury box at most pouts in the examination. o DEMOCRATS HOLD PRECINCT MEETS Candidates and Party WorkVers Give Talks: More Meetings Scheduled Democrat c Precinct meetings were held last evening in first ward. A. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Nichols and in third ward, A, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 0. L Vance. Each was wel attended and the interest manifested indicated a good organization to get out the vote on election day. Talks were made by George Krick, candidate for mayor, and by the other candidaates and other persons who attended. A number of men. as well as the women.' attended the meetings and all who are interested are invit'd to take part in these neighborhood gatherings. Tonight, the meetings announced are at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Macklin, on First street, at the home nf Mr. and Mrs. George Wemhotf on North Eighth street, and at the home [ of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Gehrig, on I North Eighth street The latter meeting is in second ward, 11, while the Memholt meeting is in third, B. Meetings are also being arranged for next week, excepting on Wednesday night, | when a smoker will he given at Democratic headquarters.

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MR. NIBLICK IMPROVING | — Well-known Decatur Banker, Who Underwent Operation At Gary, Reported Better Today. Relatives < f ('. S. Niblick, president i of the Old Adams County Bank and prominent Decatur citizen, received word last last night that he was resting easier and his condition was reported, by attending physicians, to be a little better. Mr. Niblick underwent an operation at Gary. He has been suffering for several weeks from a diseased neck g.and. The diseased part of the gland was removd in the recent operation. Mr. Niblick Is under the cure of his son. Dr Stewart Niblick, and several other physicians. ROTARIANS GIVE SUPPORT TO BARR Decatur Club Endorses Candidacy Os Bluffton Man For State Office The Decatur Rotarians, at their weekly meeting last evening, endorsed the candidacy of Rotarian Will Barr, of Bluffton, for the office of Governor of the Twentieth District of International Rotary. Mr. Barr, who is a well-known business man and leading citizen of Bluffton and a past president of the Bluffton club, agreed at a meeting of the Bluffton club last Friday to enter the race. His candidacy has met with a hearty response from Rotarians in this section of the state who know him and who would like to see him elected to the state office. The election of a district governor w II take place next February at the conference to be held at Muncie. Talked on “Gas" Business James Elberson, proprietor of a local service station, gave an interesting and instructive talk on the history of the petroleum and gasoline business and his explanation of how gasoline was refined was very instructive. He covered the history of the business from beginning to end and his discussion was thoroughly enjoyed. Abraham Simmons and Ralph Todd of Bluffton were visitors at the meeting 'nst evening and C. J. Voglewede acted as chairman of the program. —o Only Arctic Cabnosc Ir Erie R. R. Exhibit Susquehanna. Pa.. Oct. 23. — (United Press.) — An old time Erie Railroad caboose that has been in Artcic regions for four years sits on a siding alongside the Erie station here. On it is the following inscription: ‘ This caboose was loaned Lieutenant Peary by the Erie Railroad and went on hi in 1899; was used as a deckhouse on the ship. Windward, and it is the only railroad car ever sent to the Artcic regions.” While Peary's ship was being fitted out alongside the Erie dock in New York harbor. Lieutenant Peary caught sight of the caboose and asked for the loan of it for his trip. It was in the polar regions for four years and recently the railroad had it returned to be used as an exhibit. Horticultural Society To Meet December 10-11 Indianapolis. Ind.. Oct. 23. —The Indiana Horticultural Society will hold its sixty-fifth annual meeting at the Claypool hotel here December 10 and 11. it was announced today. Prof. H. W. Whetzel. of Cornell and Prof. W. S. Brook, Illinois University will be the principal speakers. Cattle Feeders Will Meet At Purdue, Nov. 20 Lafayette. Ind., Oct. 23. — The annual meeting of the Indiana Cattle Feeders' Association will be held • here November 20, it was announced today. The meeting was called by J. C. Bridges, of Greencastle, president of the association. | The principal address will be delivered by C. C. Fisher, of Union I City, Indiana,

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SUGAR FACTORY BEGINS ANNUAL | RUN SATURDAY Workmen Ordered To Report At 6 A. M.; Beets Arriving Rapidly SEVENTY-DAY RUN IS EXPECTED THIS YEAR Indiana’s only beet sugar mill. located in Decatur, will open for its fourteenth annua, campaign at 6:00 o'clock Saturday morning, October 24. I the local management stated today. I' Employes who have been engaged to work in the mill and in the yards are requested to report at the factory I not later than 6:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. The wheels in the big factory will then be (darted in motion and for the next sixty days or seventy the grind will continue day and night. Indications point to a seventy-day or longer this year. This would bring the close of the campaign up to the first of the year. Beets Arriving Rapidly. Tlie beets are coming in as rapidly as they can lie handled now and several tons are stacked on the yards. They will begin to find their way through the mill tomorrow and within a day or two will have been made into sugar. The opening of the mill was delayed a little this year, but within the last two weeks the weather has been of correct brand for the maturing of the beets and the crop looks good.- Last year was one of the biggest runs in the history of the plant in the point of sugar aroduction, the beets containing a high content of sugar. During the time the mill is operating, approximately 300 persons are employed in the mill, in the yard and at the weigh stations. The stations opened last Monday. JACKSON FAVORS SALARYSLASUING Governor Behind Budget Committee In Cutting Pay Os State Officers Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 23. — (United Press.) —Governor Jackson is stand ing squarely behind the action of the state budget committee in slashing salaries of state officials despite growing dissatisfaction against the cuts, it was indicated today. The governor was understood to have told a member of the budget committee that he knew many applicants who would accept the position of any official who would accept a reduction in salary only under pro. test. The state payroll was cut SIOO,OOO a year by the budget committee in an order a week ago reducing the salaries of some officials and discharging other employes whose work was not held necessary. Meanwhile, members of the state service commission, whose department was hardest hit. sought the opinion of Attorney General Gilliom as to the legality of t7ie committee’s action. The commission members contend their salaries are fixed by the law which established the commission and that the committee over-stepped Its power in cutting salaries from $6,000 to $5,000 a year. Gilliom said it was the first time he had been called on for a formal opinion on the problem. He said he (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Col. Mitchell Formally Served With Charges Bulletin Washington. Oct. 23. — (United Press) —Colonel William Mitchell today was formally served with charges against him and notified to appear for courtmartila next Wednesday. The formality was performed by Colonel Joseph I. McMullen of the judge advocate general's office, who called on Mitchell at his home shortly after breakfast.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 23, 1925.

Legion’s Chief I JL. Ir ■ T* ' P JQHNf R w QVlggl John R. McQuigg, of Eastj Cleveland, O„ is the new national commander of the American j ■ Legion. He was elected on the , first ballot. A veteran of the , World wars, he is fifty-nine]] years old. j, STATE MEETING TO BE GONTINUEO ' I Teachers Defeat Plan To Hold Three District Sessions ; Officers Elected Indianapolis Oct. 23—The annual convention of the Indiana state teachers association today rejected a pro-j posal to have three separate nieetngs each year instead of one. The resolution for the separate meets was sponsored by school superintendents and principles and oppos-j ed by the teachers. IT was proposed in the resolution Ito ho d meetings at the same time I each year in Indianapolis. South Bend and Evansville. Mrs. Martha Whitaker of Richmond was elected president of the association and will pres de at the convention next year She was supported by the teachers of the organization. ■ o— NEW OIL WELL IS BROUGHT IN; Jefferson Township Well, Shot Tuesdav. Promises To Be Good Producer f I An oil well, which gives promise of being a paying investment, was brought in on the farm owned by the ; Rev. W. F. John'son in Jefferson township. Tuesday. The farm is located six miles east of Berne and is occupied by Omer D. Lehman. Soon after the well was shot, the oil in the pipe measured about 100 feet deep. Pumping was started Thursday morning. The drilling was done by Forest Grove, of Payne. Ohio, and the work required about two weeks. Previous wells drilled on the Johnsoh farm proved to be dry holes. Two more wells will be started on the farm next Monday morning. A line has been laid to cary (he oil front the well that was brought in ' this week to the Geneva oil folds. Holiness Association To Meet At Monroe, Sunday The Adams County Holiness Association will meet in the Monroe Friends church Sunday afternoon, October 25, at 2:30 o’clock. The Rev. Mr. Hunt, of Bryant, wil deliver the sermon. Special singing wil be furnished by musicians front Bluffton and other places. The public is invited to attend the service. Weather Unsettled tonight and Saturday, rain probable. Somewhat colder Saturday. |

STATE OFFICIALS SEEK REPEAL OF INHERiTANCETAX Governors of Several States Call On Ways And Means Committee SEVENTEEN STATES ARE REPRESENTED By Paul R. Mallon, (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Washington. Oct. 23.—Six state gov-, ernors and personal representatives I of eleven others demanded repeal of the federal inheritance tax before the. house ways and means committee to-1 day. The federal government usurped the levying power of the state in this tax in a war crisis and has unjustly | continued it since, the governors con- ■ tend in their arguments for repeal. The delegation of 17 state execu-j fives was led by Governor Clifford Walker, democrat, Georgia, who pre-| sented a resolution adopted by a conference of governors at Savannah last June, asking repeal of the federal inheritance tax. A Wartime Measure. The present law would not and could not have been passed save as a war time measure and the time has no wcome for it repeal.” Representatives of other governors included W. I. Nolan, lieutenant governor. Minnesota; A. C. Bollinger, tax commissioner, of Illinois; Henry Cours, attorney, New Mexico; H. C. I McCluskey, secretary to Governor; Hunt, of Atizona; William Belknap, state legislator. Kentucky; Lieutenant Governor Clem Kimball, of Iowa; |T. H. Tho'reson. tax commissioner, of | North Dakota; B L. Baer, tax com(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) MUSTERED OUT 60 YEARS AGO ■ i Decatur Men Started Home From Civil War Battlefields, Oct. 23, 1865 Sixty years ago today, several Decatur men. tired and battleworn, but happy, were mustered out of service lin ths U. S. Army, and “'a-ted their journey homeward. Those Decatur] men and others, numbering about 300 lin all, were the only ones left out lof nearly 2,000 men who fought with the 17th regiment during the Civil War, the others having fallen on the battje fields. They were mustered i out sixty years ago today, because their services were no longer needed. The war was won by the Union forces. 1 George B. Cline, one of the Decatur] men who was discharged sixty years ago today, (tilled at the Daily Democrat office today and told the story of that eventful day and the journey homeward. Six of the Decatur men are still living. They are Mr. Cline. Theodore Schnador, of Columbtts, O.; 'Jacob Railing, of Chicago; J. M. Blossom. of Dayton. Ohio; L. R. Blossom, ! of Decatur, and J. Battenburg, of i Vicksburg. Michigan. All were mem-] bers of Company C, 47th regiment.l Company C left Decatur during the fall of 1861, and was in lhe thick of the fighting throughout the war. After being mustered out at Bat-1 ton Rouge, Louisiana. the survivors ,of the 47th regiment were transported up the Mississippi river to Cairo. (CONTINUED ON PACI’ TWO) o Christian Church To Hold Special Services The first anniversary of the dedication of the new Christian church in this city will be observed next Sunday with special Rally Day and homecoming services. A free basket dinner for all members and friends of the church will be served in the basement] of the church at noon. The afternoon] service, which will begin at 2 o’clock, will be in the nature of a roll call. French Quinn, well-known Decatur citizen, will deliver an address. The public is cordially invited to attend I the services.

LENGERICH CHILD DIES Only Child Os Mr. And Mrs. Herman Lengerich Os Decatur Dies Early This Morning. James Edward l>*n*erlch. age nine months and 11 days, son of Mr. and M(s. Herman lingerie!), of North Fifth street, died at 5 o'clock tills morning of complications, including pneumonia. The baby died at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and ; Mrs. Ed Ulman, of Union township.] He was the only child in lite family.' Funeral services wil be held Monday. monring at 8:30 o'clo-k from the St. Mary's Catholic church, and burial wil lie made in the Catholic cemtery. S.S. CONVENTION OPENS AT MONROE Large Audience Attends First Session; Closes At Berne This Evening ■ I A large audience attended the opening session of the annual Adams Cotin- 1 ty Sunday School Convention held ini I the Monroe Methodist church last jnight. The convention continued in session today, with meetings at the Evangelical church in Herne this forenoon and afternoon. The closing sesI sion will be held in the First Mentionite church of Berne this evening. A Fellowship banquet will lie held in the Community Auditorium at Berne at 6 o'clock this evening. I The Rev. Somerville Light, pastor |of tlie First Methodist church of Decatur. and Miss Nellie C. Young, superintendent of the children's division of the state Sunday school asokiatioti. were the principal speakers at the. session held in Monroe last night. Both delivered interesting and instruc-, five addresses. Music was furnished I by the Mennonite male chorus, of j Berne; the Monroe orchestra; and the Evangelical Sunday school of Linn Grove. Mr. H. G. Rowe, superintendent of, the young people's division of the state I I Sunday school association, was sched-' 1 tiled to speak at tlie forenoon and afternoon sessions today, while Miss Young will speak again this eveningn. The election of officers will be held this evening, also. Teaching Os Indiana History Held Legal I Indianapolis. Oct. 23. — Attorney General Arthur Gilliom today ruled that the use of the text book. "Indiana, its History and its Constitution," written by George S. Cottman, in the public schools of the state is legal. The ruling holds the text book may be used if the history of the state is taught incidental to the teaching of | I the constitution. Department of education officials 'held the book permits instruction ac-] ' cording to this ruling. o Wild Geese Keep People Awake In Logan, Ohio Logan. O„ Oct. 23 Loganites slept little last night. A flock of wild geese estimated at several thousand, on their way to the |southland, honked over Logan at 9 ' p. m. I The lights of the city confuted the (leaders. Around and around the city the geese flew and as the hours wore along the flying became faster and the honking louder. At 3 a. m. when all of Logan usually ; is sleeping, the leaders found tile r ■ hearings and headed south again. — o More Decretion And Less Valor Is Urged Indianapolis, Oct. 23. — Police officers have been urged to make dis cretion the better part of valor in arresting liquor law violators in Indianapolis. Police officials issued the order in [the face of criticism of the methods I used in booze cases, made by Special Prosecutor Joe Beckett. Beckett declared the officers either made arrests without sufficient evidence or between the time of the arrest and trial "forgot" some of the evidence.

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GRECO-BULGARIAN CONFLICT CEASES PENDING MEETING I Powers Called To Meet In ( Paris Monday To Work Out Settlement NATIONS DETERMINED TO STOP HOSTILITIES Geneva. Oct. 2L-—Should Greece or Bulgaria refuse to abide by the forthcoming league decision in the Greco-Bulgar conflict the famous Sanctions clause, article 16 of the league covenant, will be applied for the first time since foundation of the league. The league secretariat let this be known tonight. Sofia. Oct. 23 Demand for war on Greece increased among the Bulgarians this afternoon when reports from the trout declared Greek airplanes had bombed fugitives. Geneva Oct. 23 Acting to halt definitely Greco-Bulgarian ( hostilities, the league of nations today warned the warring parties to refrain from hostilities and summoned its counsel to act on the crisis Monday. ' Th? council will convene Monday afternoon in Paris, this being the earliest date which would permit of arrival of the Greek and Bulgarian representatives who will sit as members of the council. Is is reported that British Fore'gn Secretary Austen Chamberlain will attend I This actioir. undertaken by French Foreign Minister Briand.. as presii dent of the league’s council follow,ed an appeal by Bulgaria under 'articles ten and eleven of the league covenant demanding immediate convocation of the council on tlie GrecoBulgar conflict. | Under this section of the league l covenant a member or non member of the league can make such an appeal when it feels there is aggresi sion against it. or when the world's peace appears threatened by an existing conflict between two nations. Upon receiving this appeal. Sir Eric Drummond, secretary-general of the league, immediately notified Briand, upon whom, as council president, | the task of calling together this important body of the league devolves. The Bulgar appeal said Bulgaria has ordered voluntarily tlie withdrawal of her troops from the Macedon an frontier for the purpose of Bulgaria's complete confidence In the jnst intervention by Hie league | (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) MEMORIAL PLAN ISWIDELV known Story In New York Times Tells Os Plan For Porter Memorial Here That the proposed memorial for Gene Stratton-Porter to be placed in this city will become widely known and respected is shown in the following article published in a recent issue lof the New York Times: 'A memorial to Mrs. Gene Strattoni Porter is being planned by the citiIzens of Decatur. Ind., situated on the ledge of the I.imberlosl swamp, made famous by Mrs Porter. In accordante with Mrs. Porter's expressed wish. "I should like to be Lmried mt'der a tree and have a huge boulder 'rolled upon my grave," it is probable . that a fifty-ton boulder will be re- ! moved to Decatur from its present site. a mile or so away, and that it be i marked by a bronze tablet. It is furI , tiler proposed that the State road (leading to Limberlost cabin and to r the swamp be officially named, "The ■ * Limberlost Trull," and that an acre -of. ground lie acquired beside each a schoolhouse in Adams County and that ■ native trees be planted thereon. *