Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 278, Decatur, Adams County, 24 November 1925 — Page 1

Vol. XXIII- Number 278.

MITCHELL COMPLETES HIS TESTIMONY

BRIAND UNABLE TO FORM A NEW FRENCH CABINET Foreign Minister Tells Presiident He Can Not Organize Ministry doumer SUMMONED TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT H’. '• StPfi’ Correspondent) Paris, Nov. 24 —Hope that Aristide Briand would be able to form a cabinet to succeed the fallen Painleve regime disappeared this • afternoon when the foreign minister told President Doumergue that he could not organize a new ministry. After Brinnd’s announcement Pregident Doumergue called Senator Doumer. former finance minister, to the Elysee palace to ask him to undertake the creation of a cabinet. Briand asked Doumergue for 24 hours' time before giving- a definite reply to the request. If he does form the cabinet, be will take over the finance portfolio, while Briand will remain foreign minister. Briand had been at great pains to whether 1/. could gather together a workable cabinet group which would have a substantial foundation on support in the parliament. During the morning, after having delayed his answer to Doumergue’s offer of the premiership, Briand consulted with a long list of politicians, including Painleve, and Leon Blum, socialist chief, as well as Georges Bonnet. Paul Doumer and others. In the Interim, since Doumergtte's request to him to undertake to create a firm cabinet, he had been urged by many friends not to undertake the task since it might mean a new collapse within a short time which would only tarnish his splendid reputation achieved at the Locarno conference and in his past premierships. Briand tripped over the socialists. He had intended to form a “grand ministry” which would have included Edouard Herrlet, Paul Painleve. Leon Blum and Paul Boncourt. the latter two socialists. But the atti tude of the socialists, he told the T’nited Press, prevented him from accomplishing his task. Many of the socialists have held that it was impossible for them to participate directly in the government and they declined to sit in the "grand regime" he proposedi • Briand is ‘understood to be readv to assist, in forming a cabinet headed tCOX'TIXL'En OX PAGE FIVE* Lumber Fire At Des Moines Causes Big Loss Des Moines, la., Nov. 24. —(United Press—All the fire fighting equipment in Des Moines was mobilized early today to extinguish flames which started in the Wheeler Lumber company yards and spread to the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad tracks causing damage estimated at $250,000. Twenty-five lines of hose were kept playing on the blaze and the entire fighting force of the city worked for tour hours to ciieck the flames. Four tank cars filled with gasoline were pulled from under a shower of sparks and rolled away to safety.

COLORED SINGERS HERE WERNESS A'l Peerless Jubilee Concert Company To Appear At Christian Church The Peerless Jubilee Concert company, consisting of eight colored singers, will appear in this city tomorrow night, at the Christian church, at 8 o'clock. The company come K to this city highly recommended and the public. is cordially invited to attend the concert. The Peerless company has broadcast from the largest radio sending station in the world and has received congratulations from all parts of the country. It Is highly recommended by pastors and newspapers throughout the country.

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BANK ROBBERY FAILS Seven Bandits Take Possession Os Town In Michigan But Fail In Effort To Blow Safe. Cassopolis. Mich Nov. 24.-t United Press)—Seven bandits earmed with sawed off shotguns took virtual possession of this town early today, held inhabitants at bay, battered down the door of the First National bank and escaped after six unsuccessful at tempts to blow the bank strong box. During the attempted robbery, more than 20 shots wire fired at venluresome inhabitants. After the unsuccessful raid on the bank the bandits escaped in an automobile in the direction of the Indiana line. WANT ADDRESSES OF D. H. S. GRADS) i Committee Unable To Locate Several Former Pupis For Home-coming — i In the final check-up of issuing i invitations for the Decatur qigh school alumni day celebration, which | will be held in this city December 28 |it was found that several more I ''Tritiates had not been reached by the addresses on record at the high school building. The invitation com mittee would like to send each former student, graduate and former teacher of Decatur high school an invitation. Anyone knowing the address of any of the following are asked to notify Ralph Tyndall or the Daily Democrat office. Fanchon Daugherty. 1909; Wil) Conrad. 1908; Irene Evans, 1910; Robert Lenhart, 1913; Lulu Brown. 1914; John hern, 1897: Carrie Blosser, 190.1. John Jones. 1903; Tracy Nelson. 1909; Francis Davidson; Mrs. Ada Alspaugh, (Leah Case) 1897; Guy Kidd. 1913; Helen Smith; Edith Reynolds, (Mrs. Charles Wheeler): Roland Reynolds; Elmer RichmondPlans for the program for the day's celebration are continuing and present indications are to the effect icoxtixird ox fti.t: i nid I o _ Prather To Go On Trial Next Monday

Noblesville. Ind.. Nov. 24.—(United p ress j—The trial of Edward Prather. 16, on charges of first degree murder, will start Monday. Prather is charged with killing a street car conductor in Indianapolis in an attempted holdup. The hoy Iras offered to plead guilty to a manslaughter charge, bu Prosecutor Remy refused to accept any plea except for second degree murder. JAMES ELLIS EXPIRES TODA Y Former Local Resident Dies At Home In Decatur, Mich., This Morning Word was received here today that James Ellis, son of Mrs. Hertha Elis, of this city, died at 5 o’clock this morning at his home in Decatur, Michigan. The cause of the death was not ascertained. Mr. Ellis became ill a few days ago and his relatives in this city left Monday for his bedside. James Ellis lived in Decatur until about eight years ago, when he went to Ligonier. Indiana, where he owned a billiard room. Later. he moved to Sturgis, Michigan, and from there to Decatur. Michigan, where he conducted a five and ten cent store He is survived by his wife, mother, Mrs Bertha Ellis and three sisters ami one brother. The brother and sisters are: Mrs. E. (>. Coverdale, of this city; Mis s Eleanor Ellis, of Uns city; Mrs. Daisey Burns, Ix>s Angeles, California, and Scott Ellis, of Casslopolis. Michigan. The remains will be brought to this city, arriving here tomorrow night at midnight. Private funeral services will be held from the home of Dr. E. G. coverdale. Thursady afternoon, and burial will take place in the Decatur cemetery.

DINNER EBB SIX WILL COST $8.20 Thanksgiving Dinner Will Be Cheaper If Substitute Is Used For Turkey .—.— A Thanksgiving dinner, with turkey and all the trimmings for six people, will < ost about $8.20. according to estl mates made from retail prices prevailing in this city today. The price is about the same comp ire,l to last year's est'mate. The menu Includes, tut key, potatoes, sweet potatoes, escalloped corn, oyster dressing, cranberry sauce, cottage chese. head leti luce, celery, candy and nuts, pump- ) kiu pie. rolls, butter and coffee. i Tile total estimate Is baled on the !present prices and sufficient ration j for at least six persons. The estimated price, substituting chicken. <lucl| or goose in place of turkey, would total about $5.50 and the price with steak would he about $4.75. Fresh Commodities Received Isocal groceries and meat markets have received now shipments of all necessary commodities for Thanksgiving meals, and prices are. in most instances. slightly lower than a year ago. Turkey is selling at 45 cents a pound, dressed; chicken at 30 cents a pound; duck at 27 cents and geese at 27 cents. Oysters are selling at 40 cents a pint. Pork cuts are selling at 18 to 35 cents a pound and beef cuts retail at 15 to 30 cents a pound. Head lettuce is selling at most gro- , ceries at IS to 20 cents a pound and leaf lettuce at 15 cents. Celery is retailing at two hunches for 25 cents. Grapefruit prices are steady at 10 cents each, Lemons and oranges are again plentiful at 5 cent*; each. Pumpkins, one of the essentials of Thanksgiving. are piefiliful a‘t*lO to 20 cents ’ each. Mince meat is selling at 15 cents a ! can. Mixed nuts and 30 cents a pound and imported English walnuts are retailing at 40 cents. Cranberries at 20 cents a pound are slightly higher than , a year ago. Imported dates are reI tailing in Decatur at 18 cents a pound and figs at 40 cents. Potatoes remain high in price at $2.20 a bushel, and sweet potatoes are retailing at 4 pounds for 25 cents. Other prices are about steady compared with a year a K°. an, l niost commodities are plentiful.

CHAND JURY T 8 ADJOIISN SOON — To Complete Work Wednesday or Friday, According To Indications It was reported this afternoon that the Adams county grand jury was nearing completion of its work and an early adjournment is expected. There is a possibility that the jury will complete its work sometime Wednesday If Jot; adjournment will be taken until Friday, when the work will be finished. The members of the jury inspected the county jail at noon today, and incidentally took dinner with Sheriff and Mrs. Bakes. Others in the party, besides members of the jury, were Prosecutor John T. Kelly, IL W. Sellemeyer, grand jury bailiff: Mrs. Cecile Moser, court reporter; and John E. Nelson, county clerk. Only four witnesses were examined by the jury today. It was believed that the jury will not return a large number of indictments. Baby Is Born In Auto .Just Outside Os Hospital Door Chicago, Nov. 21. —(United Press.) — Baby Zuponeck was comfortably ensconced in warm blankets today, apparently none the worse tor his experience of last night when he poked his head out the door of u flivver for his first glimpse of the world. He was born in au automobile just outside the door of a local hospital with a cordon of nurses and doctors holding back a very curious crowd. H c is the son of Mr. anil Mrs. Anthony Zuponeck. The mother is doing well.

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Millions Gone , V V - f I MRS* AVAkr A ■ SZ.'V/Ah-T ■ Mrs. Allen A. Ryan, once a New York social queen and mistress of $1 (MMMI.(M)O, is a; saleswoman in a I'il'lh avenue bookshop. She divorced Ryan ■t year ago. and now lives in a modest flat with her five children. wine permits I ARE REVOKED! Householders Lose Right To Manufacture Fruit .Juices In Their Homes — Washington. Nov. 24. (United Press.• Ail permits for the manufacture of 200 gallons of "fruit Juices other Ilian eider.” for use in the home were revoked today by Assistant Se<r?taty of Treasury Andrews. The order includes permit issued , prior to prohibition by the internal .revenue commissioner under which householders have been legally mnnu-[ factoring 200 gallons of wine per year. PATROLMAN SHOT Chicago Officer Perhaps Fatally Wounded When Yeggs Hold Up Bank Messenger. Chicago. Nov. 24 —Patrolman Pat- 1 rick O'Shea was shot and perhaps fatally wounded here today by five bandits who held up a bank messengerls automobile and escaped with two strong boxes believed to contain $50,000. O'Shea was acting as guard for the money shipment, which was being removed from the Drovers National' bank in the Stock Yards district. The bandit machine drew alongsidei the bank car and as soon as O'Shea’s) star was sighted, the robbers opened fire on him. He returned fire and is believed to have wounded one of the bandits. | KOAELANDWANTS LI6HT RATES CUT Citizens File Petition With Public Service Commission For Decrease Indianapolis. Ind.. Nov. 21. (Unit ed Press)—A petition for a decrease in electric Pght tates at Hoagland, hid.. Allen county, was on tile with the public service commission today. The petition is signed by 34 citizens of Hoagland, who charge that the Indiana Service corporation charges them almost twice as much as is charged in Fort Wayne, only a short distance away. Weather Increasing cloudiness tonight, probably followed by rain Wednesday. Rising tempenattire.

NORTHWESTERN i STUDENTS RIDT 2,000 Students Protest To Michigan's Claim To Big Ten Football Title Evanston, 111. Nov 24. (United Press) —Eight rtuilqnts at Northwestern university are under arrest and more are to be rounded up today in connection with last night's riot in which 2,000 students buttled more than 100 policemen. Evanston's Cre department ami an organized crowd of world war veterans. The riot, which was started in protest against Michigan's claim to an undisputed football championship in 'he Big Ten conference, reached Its climax with the burning of an abandoned fraternity house and an attempt to burn the university's wooden football bleachers. Northwestern's team won three conference victories and lost one game while Michigan's record wa s five victories and one defeat but because Northwestern heat Michigan, students at the Evanston school claim they should be given credit for ;1 tie with Michigan. No official title is awarded. however, and when a majority of sports writers said Michigan's record entitled the Wolverines to the championship, the student mob assembled. The students started a snake dance and gathered wood for a bonfire, the intention at first being to celebrate their football team's record and let the world know they claimed a championship. But as the crowd grew, the mob spirit prevailed and the students descend'cd upon a fraternity house that was being wrecked to make way for a new building- They sprinkled it with oil and bmuetl.il. la 1 lie ground. First the fire department and then all of Evanston's police force came to the scene. Clubs and fiats, stones and pieces of timber from the bit Iding were used in a scuffle until the police ■retired in disorder. Chief of Police Wiltberger sent in a riot call to Chicago and t eserve officers were sent to the suburb. Still the riot went on. New bonfires were built. A street car was seized. Wiltberger' s automobile was turned upside down. Mayor Bartlett appeared. He was handled roughly by (COXTIXI HO OX PAGE FIVE) COOLIDGE SHUNS | CHAPMAN CASE President Prefers To Leave Bandit Prince's Case Up To The Courts I ' , .. '

if l>. Staff <*«) spopib-.it > Washington. Nov. 24 President , I Coolidge prefers to leave the Gerald i Chapman case to the courts. i The president has been advised that the matter has been pending in | the United) States and Connecticut courts and he does not feel inclined to meddle with the case. The department of justice has been keeping Mr. Coolidge informed, it was said at the white house today , ami he will more than likely follow its advice. New Haven Conn.. Nov. 24. (United Press.)- Within the shadow of the ! gallows nt Wethersfield prison, where 1 Gerald Chapman heads the list, of those condemned to die, the archbandit may ga'n a new lease on life 1 extending as long as 25 years. Chapman became a prisoner of the United States government late yes- ! terday with the signing of i writ of <C OXTIXt El> OX PAGE FIVE) O — “Cheer Up Chad" To Be Staged Here This Evening "Cheer Up Chad." u comedy drama [ iu three acts, will be presented by bome-tulent actors at the high school auditorium at. 8 o'clock this evening. The play will be staged under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethern church.' The final dress rehearsal was held at the auditorium last night. There is an interesting plot ami plenty of com-1 edy in the play, assuring an evening of high class entertainment.

THREE MEN KILLED Thousands Os Dollars Property DamI age Caused By Explosion Os High Pressure Still. — Arkansas City, Kan.. Nov. 24. (Unitled Press)- Three men were killed and thousands of dollars property damage | was done when a higli pressure still at the Arkansas City refinery exploded early today, the <len<| are; Wil l IA.\I MITCH. 50. WALTER WILSON. 36. THOMAS COOPER All three were emplojes of the re- ‘ finery. The blast was followed by ;1 fire which was extinguished a few hours later. GOV.FERGUSON IGNORES CALL Texas Governor Refuses To See Legislator Who Wants i Special Session Called Austin. Tex.. Nov. 21. (United Press.) -Governor Miriam A. Fergusou refused to see a member of the state legislature who called at her office today to deliver a petition signed by fifty-five members of the legisiatuie. asking her to call a special session of the legislature. The petition, which was in the form of an ultimatum, give the governor until December 10. to decide whether or not to call the extra session of the legislature. « Being refused entrance. Represent-] ative Alfred Totsch, delivered the ■ petition to the governor's secretary | and left instructions that it be plac-| ed in the governor's hands. Speaker Lee Satterwhite reiterated • today that he intended to call the ' special session to convene not later -than Jan. 4, 1926. if the governor refuses to do so. Stephenson And "One Arm" Wolfe Begin Their Duties In State Prison Michigan City. Nov. 21. I). _C. Stephenson, the man reputed to have made more than a million dollars through the organization of the Ku Klux Klan today became a common laborer here in the stale prison. His hands, unused to manual la-1 bor, soon will become knotty and himanicured finger nails will bo broken and grimy. | Stephenson, who faces the prospect of spending the remainder of his life here, has began work in ihe chair factory. At the same Cine, Charles "One Arm Wolfe'*, convicted of the slaying of Ben and Mary Htiuce and sentenced to life, began the task of pick- [ Ing stray threads from completed garments.

WILL HOLO UNION | CHURCH Annual Thanksgiving Service of Protestant Church- ' es Thursday Morning — The Union Thanksgiving service of the Protestant churches of the city will be held at the First Christian church on Thursday morning, beginning at (<: 3t> o'clock. Au offering will be lifted for the local United Charity fund, which fund has been receiving Thanksgiving of-, ferings in the pusLyears. This fund, is used tor local needs and emergency cases. Dr. Somervlll Light, pustor of the Methodist church, will bring the message. The Rev. H. W. Thompson, pastor of the Christian church, will preside. The program is as follows. l*relude. 'lnvocation Rev. A R. Fledderjohann Congregational Hymn President's Prorlaination Rev. B. N. Covert Prayer Rev. It W. U'ose Solo Mr. Leo Kirsch Thanksgiving Sermon.. .Dr. S. Light Solo Mrs. Dan Tyndall Offertory. i Benediction Rev. C. R. Smith Doxology. ' Postlude.

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CHARGES ARE REPEATED BY | FLYING COLONEL Calls Board Os Inquiry* Probing Dirigible Wreck “Whitewash Board’’ REPEATS CHARGE OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE if. P. Stuff Correspondent)Washington. Nov. 24. — Col. ) William Mitchell closed his personal testimony in his own defense before his court-martial .jury of generals here this after- ' noon with the statement that he l believed "more than ever” that the naval board investigating [the Shenandoah disaster was a (“whitewash board.” Major Henry Leonard, judge [advocate of the Shenandoah I court, informed of Mitchell's state- | ment. said it "was very likely" tlftit Mitchell would be called before that board to explain his statement. I Mitchell, in concluding his testimony. assert-d that this nation's national defense system is broken down. This inadequate defense, h,. said, was what he meant in his charges of “almost treasonable'' administration which he leveled against the war and navy departments. Washington. Nov. 24. (United . Press I -Colonel William Mitchell toI day reiterated his charge of "crim ; inal negligence*' in administration of (the nation's air service by the war . department. Mitchell told his jury of generals lth.it sending up aviators in war time •De Haviland planes constituted "criminal negligence.” “The government should get rid of these flam’ng coffins." Mitchell declared. "As long as airmen are forced to go aloft in DeHaviland .planes, they are going to be killed. It is criminal negligence to keep men flying in ships of this type.” Under cross examination by Major Allen Gullion. assistant trial judge advocate. Mitchell charged that all air service equipment “is growing ■ more dangerous every day." "We are even running out of spare parts." he added. ' Gullton questioned Mitchell on that part of his San Antonio statements which referred to accidents in the air service and brought out that the ) number of flying hours per fatality has steadily increased since 1921. Gullion cited figures to show that there were 931 flying hours per fatality in 1921. compared witlt an aver- << ox rixi ph ox fti.t: five*

Bazaar Onens At I). C. H. S. Auditorium This Evening I Supper will be served at 5:30 'o'clock this evening in connection i with the bazaar which opens in the • Catholic high school auditorium tonight. A home-cooked meal, consisti ing of everything that is good, will be served for thirty-five cents Followling the supper, the activities will begin al the bazaar. All the articles are {displayed in the auditorium and the public is invited to attend. TO HOLD HEARING HERE DECEMBER 2 Industrial Board To Hear Four Compensation Cases In This City The Industr'al Hoard of Indiana will bear four compensation cases in this city on December 2. The hearings will start at U a. tn . and Eph P. Dailey j will be the hearing member of the board Any questions pertaining to compensation matters should be taken ■ up with Mr. DaHej' while he is in De. i catur. The compensation cases to be I heard Vet ember 2 are: Charles Hoss 1 vs. General Electric company: Howard I Habig vs. Indiana Pipe Dine company; 1 Charles Parker vs. General Electric company; and H Hovitie vs. Decatur Castings company.