Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 263, Decatur, Adams County, 6 November 1925 — Page 1

Upi XXIII. Number 263.

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FARM EXHIBITS ■ ARE ARRANGED I FOR ROUND-UP Cbm And Sugar Beets, ■Grown by Club Members, Placed In Tent Al I -DAY PROGRAM IS [SET EOR SATURDAY Jk, ral Decatur men have been busy day placing the farm d'splays in B large tent on Liberty Way where big Atlants county, Farm Club will be held tomorrow as tb closing feature of the farm club which was sponsored by Decatur louts through the Decatur Industrial Association, in cooperation with M Busche. county agricultural it. ■Torn and sugar beets from all parts | of the county will he on display in ■L tent and a visit to the exhibit be well worth anyone's time. To- < noon, the farmers of the cotingive a dinner for the members i fteli Industrial Association at the gymnasium on First street. this afternoon there were tl.'i exhibits ami 32 sugar beet exEach corn exhibit consisted Os ten ear samples, while each sugar - allday program has been arfor tomorrow and it is estithat more than 1.000 people participate in the exhibit and pror m Many champion displays are in the show at the tent. I«uge ■K r beets, raised in the beet club and excellent examples of Ad county corn, as well as the calves in the calf club, will be shown. ■ Tomorrow's Round-up wil close the farm club work -and local merwho were active in the work, their keen enjoyment in the this year. It is probable thivt a HBni lar program wil be conducted ■■ext yeSr. ... O ■Fix Prisoners Escape Through Roof Os Jail I Miami. Fla.. Nov. 6. — (United ■Press.) -In the second jail delivery six weeks, thirteen prisoners smashthrough the roof of the Dade jail here early today and ■piade their escape. ■ The prisoners tore away the tempor■ary covering of the roof of the jail jKwhch had been undergoing repairs scrambled down the carpenters' ■scaffold to liberty. s | In a previous break a few weeks two of the prisoners were killed a gun battle with sheriff's deputies* ■and policemen. o — BULLETIN Albert Baumgartner, 52. who was ■ injured Tuesday evening in an auto■mobile accident southwest of this ■city, died at the Ajlams County Mem- ■ orial hospital at 3:50 o’clock this as- ■ tcrnoon. Mr. Baumgartner, who re■sided on a farm near Berne is sur[vived by a wife and seven children. ■He was brought to this city follow- ■ 'ng the accident, but never regained ■ consciousness. A fractured skull was ■ the direct cause of his death. ■GERALD CHAPMAN I LOSES HIS APPEAL I “Prince Os Bandits’’ Must Hang For Murder On December 3 Hartford, Conn., Nov. (I.— (United I Press. > —Gerald Chapman, “prince of ■ bandits," has lost his appeal to the ■ Connecticut supreme court and unless B something unforseen develops, will I hang in the Wethersfield state prison ■ on December 3. In a decision, which was written ■ by Chief Justice Wheeler and con- ■ curred in by the entire court, it was B held that there was no error in the I ruling of the supreme court which I found Chapman guilty of the murder ■ of a New Britain policeman in 1921 I and sentenced him to hang.

DECATUR DAIIY DEMOCRAT

Says Prohibitionists Are Making A Winning Fight

Stephenson's Hope J ’ JI • ? 3 ft \ "F. PT-i" INTJ-tAK “Eph” Inman, of Indianapolis, is the lawyer on whom I). C. Stephenson. former Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, rests his hopes in his trial for murder, now in session at Noblesville. namespeakerT FOR MEMORIAL Appropriate Program Arranged For Memorial Service For C. S. Niblick An appropriate program has been arianged for the public memorial service to be held for Charles S- Niblick Decatur banker, whose death occurred Wednesday, October 28. The service will begin at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon and wiil bp held in the auditorium of the new Catholic school building. C. E. Bell, will preside as chairman of the meeting. Music and vocal solos will be given during the program anil the public is invited to attend. All the lodges of which Mr. Niblick was a member are planning to be represented at the service and ten-minute talks will be given by four Decatur men. The program as arranged by the committee follows: ■‘Charles S. Niblick as a member of the community," C. J. Lutz Vocal solo. Mrs. Daniel H. Tyndall ‘‘Charles S. Niblick as a neighbor" J. T. Merryman. “Charles S. Niblick as a lodge member,” French Quinn Vocal solo. Mrs. L. A. Holthouse "Charles 8. Niblick as a church member.” John H. Carmody. The service will last one hour. It is being held as a tribute to the memory of one of Decatur’s esteemed citizens. WILL GIVE PLAY FRIDAY, NOV. 13 W. M. S. Os Presbyterian Church To Stage “Cindy’s Chance” On Friday, November 13, a play entitled "Cindy’s Chance" will be given at the Library under the auspices of the Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church. The play is a story of mountaineer lite as it is lived in the Kentucky mountains and of a yoiyig girl’s struggle for education and advancement. Mrs. Alma Frisinger. as “Granny,” takes one of the leading roles in the play. Iler interpretation of a courageous and spunky old lady, who,is determined that “Cindy” shall have her chance, is good. Hetty Erwin, as- the red-haired mountaineer girl, makes an appealing "Cindy.'’ Mrs. Frisinger (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Gary Police Set Out To Ston Burglaries Gary. Ind.. Nov. 6.—A campaign to halt the wave of burglaries in Gary was started today by local police officials. Police officers are canvassing all of the downtown stores in an effort to have alley lights installed in the business district.

U. S. Representative Gives Encouragement To AntiSaloon League (By Edward C. Derr, United Press Staff Correspondent) Chicago. Nov. 6. — Prohibitionists are making a winning fight for enforcement of the Volstead act, Representalive Giant M. Hudson. Michigan. tolil the 22nd national convention <jf the Anti-Saloon league ot America here today. "The prohibition laws are more generally observed than formerly; , convictions of violators have increased ami jail sentences have been gainng in favor" Hudson declared. Investigation Liquor Traffic As chairman of the special committee of the 68th congress, appointed to investigate traffic in alcoholic liquors, Hutison has spent the greater portion of the summer sending out questionnaires to government officials, state officers, prohibition agents, social workers, and business leaders. The answers are being tabulated and will be reported to the winter session of congress "What I am telling you people today," Hudson said, “is virtually the substance of the official report that will be presented to congress." Adequate Penalties Lacking “After careful study and investigation. we have reached the conclusion that the great weakness in the enforcement of the 18th amendment through both federal and state enforcement codes has been the lack of adequate penalties. The 'system of fines for the major violations of the law has had no deterring effect and operates oiUy as a license law." Laws should be passed, Hudson, i said, whereby continual violators should be deported if they are aliens, land thrown into penitentiaries if i they are American citizens "But. aside from this weakness, i prohibition has been a success.” the ! congressman continued. “Our committee’s investigation re(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DECATUR TO GET NEW STATE ROAD State To Take Ov£r DecaturHuntington Road; To Pave Route No. 7 Representatives from a dozen counties through north central Indiana appeared before the state highway commission at Indianapolis yesterday. urging the paving of road number seven, from Huntington west and the taking over of the road between Huntington and the Ohio state line, through this city, by the commission. The matter was presented by men from Huntington, Wabash, Peru, Logansport and other towns farther west J. H. Heller represented Adams county and O. E. Shafer appeared for Wells countyThe commissioners declared their position favorable to the project, but; announced that paving would be im-’ possible before 1927. They promis-j ed to start the work that year, however. and complete it as soon as available funds will permit. They also said that the road from Huntington to Decatur and east, to the tate line will be taken over as soon as the commission can secure funds with which to maintain or improve it. which will probably be after the! 1927 legislature has made the appropriation. The proposed road, which is the route for the Benjamin Franklin highway through Indiana, is one ot the most important routes now under consideration by the commission, and will, during the next f«w years, become a leading east and west road. John I). Williams and Earl Crawford spoke for the commission and , President Charles W. Zeigler presided The delegation, while somewhat disappointed at the results, hoping to secure some paving in 1926, are, nevertheless, hopeful and will carry on their organization and eanifytign for a link across the state in the great coast-to-coast federal highway system.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 6, 1925.

ATTORNEYSSEEK TO BUILD OP AN ALIBI FOB KLENCK Witness Says Klenck Was With Him During Time Os Oberholtzer Attack MEDICAL TESTIMONY ENDED FOR PRESENT Noblesville, Ind., Nov. 6.— (United Press.)—Finishing with expert medical testimony for the time at least, defense atI torneys in the murder trial of ID. C. Stenhenson, Earl Klenck and Earl Gentrv todav began to build un an alibi for Klenck. The former klan dragon and his two henchmen are charged with murder for the death of Ma titre Oberholtzer. of Indianapolis. James Carter, a fellow deputy sheriff with Klenck in Indianapolis early j this year, testified that Klenck was with him on Sunday. March 15 and told of Klenck’s movements the two following days. The time covered by his testimony was that during which Miss Oberholtzer was alleged to have been abducted by the three and taken to Hammond. Ind. Two other deputies were to take the stand this afternoon to testify for Klenck. Additional expert medical advice was piaced before the jury in support of the defense claim that Miss Ober(CONTTNUED ON PAGE THREE) SOCIAL GIVEN BY EASTEBN STABS Lodge Entertains Masons And Families In Masonic Hall Last Night More than one hundred men. women and children gathered at the Masonic hall last night and enjoyed the party given by the Order of Eastern i Stars for all members of that lodge, the Masonic lodge and their families. | Bridge. Five Hundred. Bingo and dancing were enjoyed by all present. A four-piece orchestra furnished the music for dancing, which lasted until a late hour. Bridge was played in the club rooms and was enjoyed by many. Two large Bingo tables provided entertainment for both young and old. Refreshments, including sandwiches, coffee and doughnuts were served in the dining room. Plans are alerady under way for another- similar party, which probably will be given next month under the supervision of the local Masonic lodge. O James E. Jones Becomes Director Os Prohibition ■Washington. Nov. 6—James E. Jones, assistant dry commissioner I under the Roy A. Haynes campaign, | today was appointed director of pro , hibition by Assistant Secretary of | the Treasury Andrews, superseding his former boss. Haynes, who lias , held that post, becomes "leader of the field co-ordinating work" He still retains the title and salary of prohibition commissioner. Jones is in charge of all administrative work and next in command • to Andrews. I J. W. Tyndall Buys W. A. Kuehler Residence By a deal consumated today, John W Tyndall became the owner of the W. A. Kuebler residence, corner of ' Fourth and Monroe streets. Possession will be given December 1 or about that date Mrs. Kuebler Is planning to leave early in December for Los Angeles, where she will spend the winter with her daughter. Weather Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Probably rain in south ami cetnral porI tions; not much change in temperature.

Man Who Killed Imbecile Daughter Is Weakening

Man Who Claims Deed Was Humane Act Losing His Resistance (By Stanley Whitaker. United Press Staff Correspondent! Littleton. Col.. Nov. C—Slowly and certainly, as the panorama of his trial for murder unfolded in the district court of Arapahce county. Dr. Harold E. Blazer, is beginning to weaken under the strain. The resistance of the 61-year-old country doctor, accused of tlie killing of his imbecile daughter. Hazel In-: grit Blazer, is ilowly being beaten down. White creases, unmistakable signs of a gruelling strain, are beginning to line the ordinarily florid forehead and radiate from the corners of his eyes. Trial Hardly Started ' Anil yet the trial has hardly started. It will probably be noon today . before the jury is complete and the ( court ready to hear the' opening . statement of Joel E. Stone, district 1 attorney. Being a physician. Blazer realized i the preparation necessary if his body and mind were to stand up under the raging court battle. Before the trial he went to the part of the state where he had formerly lived and practiced his profession. There he hunted and fished for several weeks. ( Mrs. Frances Bishop. Blaser’s daughter, whom the prosecution will ask to tell the story of finding her invalid sister dead and her father with a slashed throat in her home, watches the proceedings from the spectators' section of the court. During a recess she chatted with her father und was apparently trying to give him encouragement Interest in the trial centers about the question of whether or not the murder is justified in the cause of I mercy. The defense, no doubt, from questions asked prospective jurymen, will base its first attempts to clear the accused man on a plea of tem(CONTINUFD ON PAGE TWOI SCHOOL GROUNDS BEING BEAUTIFIED Shrubbery Being Planted In Lawn Around New Catholic- School Building Work has started on the beautifying of the grounds around the new Catholic school building, corner of Fourth and Monroe streets. Tlie landscaping is being done by the Wagner Park Nursery company of Sidney. Ohio, the same concern which placed tin- shrubbery around the court house building in this city and at the C. Schafer home on Monroe street. Shrubbery is being placed in front of the building and along the north side. A hedge of shrubbery wiil also be placed around tlie lot. This year. Decatur people have done much in beautifying lawns and in planting shrubbery and trees, with the : result that more attractive places have been obtained and greatly adding to the beauty of the city in general. Durling the summer anil fall, several landscape artists have been at work in the city and tree experts have also been here trimming the many shade trees found in this city. Next spring will find the new plants and shrubbery coming along in fine style and Decatur will stand out as a city beautiful. o Dawes Gets Support In Fight At Indianapolis I Indianapolis. Nov. 6. (United I Press) —Vice President Charles G. Dawes left Indianapolis today assured of the support of the people of this city in his fight for revision of the senate rules. Al a mass meeting here last night, the crowd rose to assure tlie vice president of their approval of ills plans. Dawes hurled a bitter barrage of words against the rules of the senate j declaring that when he was elected to office he was not "looking for a fight but found it his duty to have one."

Mayor-Elect .... «, —.... ■ ■ ■ ----- - J ’Sw t A 4J/M-TE.S' Ja 'SZAX-K'ES2a» Skite Senator James .1. Walker was elected mayor of New) York City by a majority of tOO.IMMI votes in the municipal election last Tuesday. Walker is a democrat. DEBATE HELD BY CENTRAL PUPILS Contest Held During Chapel Exercises At School This Morningin a debate at the Central school this morning, held in connection with the chapel exercises, the affirmative team, captained by James Burk, won from the negative team, led by Richard Tri< ker, by the close margin of 256 points to 250. Superintendent M. F. Worthman. Miss Anderson and Miss Stephenson acted as judges. The question was. "Resolved that Capital Pnishment Should Be Abolished." Both teams consisted of three members. James Burk. Thurman Irelan and Margaret Kitson represented the affirmative, and Richard Tricker. Mary Engle and Jesse Carey Sutton represented the negative team. The contest was dose and tlie judges had a hard time deciding the winners. The Central school pupils all delivered their arguments in fine style, according to those who heard tlie debate, and a great interest was shown by al pupils and contestants. Following tlie debate, the remainder of the chapel program was given. Dorothy Young sang a solo; Russel Jaberg played a piano solo, and Miss Helen Francis Chrsman sang a solo.. The chapel was held as tlie opening I Friday morning exercise. DEMONSTRATION | IN TYPEWRITING —. High School Pupils Show Accuracy And Speed During Chapel Program T(ie advanced typewr’ting c(ass of • Decatur high school, under tlie super- [ vision of Siguard Anderson, instruct-■ or in tlie commercial department, gave an interesting demonstration in typewriting as a part of the chapel exercise this morning. Tlie Vlctrola was used in the demonstration to show how Bccuracy and speed were obtained I through rythm. Myrtle Akey. Mildred Akey and Lloyd Ahr demonstrated rapid finger action on the machine. Miss Myrtle Akey, ehnmpion typist of Colorado in 1923, and Milderd Akey. one of the champion high school typists of Indiana last year, gave a speed denionstraw -W- - AVA*.— (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —ii Woman In Jail Learns Os Her Child’s Death South Bend, Ind . Nov. 6. A jail sentence imposed by federal ji(dge Slick on Lena North for the sale of liquor was remitted when the court learned of the death of tlie woman’s > baby in an accident at Peru. , The woman had already served ten days of the fifteen day sentence.

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ACCIDENT OCCURS ON STATE ROAD NEAR PORTLAND Car Driven By Jas. Wright, Portland, Collides HeadOn With Bus ONE PASSENGER OF BUS ESCAPES INJURY -- Three persons were injured, I two seriously, when a seven- ' nassenger touring car collided : head-on with a Fort WayneWinchester bus. four miles north of Portland, at 11:30 'o’clock this morning. A third i nersou. who was a pasAenger I in the bus, escaped uninjured. The injured are: James Wright, of Portland —severe cuts and bruises and probably internal injuries. _ Fry. driver of the bus—--1 broken knee cap and many cuts and j bruises. I. A. Nelson, of Chicago—broken no«e. cut below eye. and severe ' bruises. The inis, occupied by the driver | and two travelling salesmen, was going north on state road No 21. Mr. Wright, who was driving the ’ouring car. turned south onto tlie state road off the Pennville road at rhe Pleasant Rid*.’Je church corner In making the turn, Mr. Wright swerved his car to the left side of •he road and before he could steer t back to the other side it collided with the bus. which was well to the right side of the road, according to •be driver and occupants of the bus. The cars crashed with such great 'orce that each was telescoped and bpv were locked together. Neither of the cars upset, but they were badly damaged. Occupants of other cars that arrived upon the scene shortly after the accident, aided in removing the Injured presons from the wreckage Ambulances were summoned from Portland and Wright and Fry were removed to tlie Jay county hospital at Portland. Nelson was taken to the office of a physician in Portland where his injuries were dressed. Nelson was riding in the front seat of the bus with tlie driver. The other occupant of the bus. who was riding in a rear seat, was not injured and he was able to continue on his way to this city. He was a travelling salesman from Indianapolis. but his name was not learned Mr Wright is owner of a nursery I in Portland and is well-known in that 1 city He was riding alone in his car ,t the time of the accident. —o — Budget Committee To Hear Protests Tomorrow Indianapolis. Nov. 6—-A storm of protest which lias been gathering | ibout. the state budget committee since salary slashes were announced I last month was due to break when j the committee meets here tomorrow. The committee, when it made the salary cuts and reduced the number of employes in some state offices, set November 7 as the date for hearing ithe complaints. SATURDAY TO BE TAG DAY Children Os City To Sell Red Heart Tags To Help Volunteers of America Contributing to tlie Volunteers of Anur ia tomorrow through the pur- • chuse of n red heart tag means helping some of the most needy children in the state. Those who have been invited to j compete for the prizes and movie I passes are asked to meet tlie leader. Miss N. X' McGath, at headquarters 1 after 9 o'clock to receive their 5 tags and instructions. I Purchasers are requested to display t their tags to avoid second appeals, s The committee hopes every one will have two hearts on Saturday, your n own and one ot the Volunteers of America to help some one else.