Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 282, Decatur, Adams County, 30 November 1925 — Page 1

Vol. XXIII. Number 282.

AIRCRAFT BOARD LENDS SUPPORT TO COL, MITCHELL Report Os Committee Charges High Commands Retard Aviation RECOMMEND SINGLE AVIATION DEPARTMENT Washington, Nov. 30 — A charge that the high commands of the army and navy have retarded aviation development, concurrence In many of the criticisms voiced by Colonel William Mitchell, . and recommendation for a single department of national defense are the salient features of the report of the house aircraft committee, as drafted, the United Press learned today. The committee will forward its findings’ and recommendations to the clerk of the house within a week about the same time the Morrow boatd report is submitted to the president. Besides obtaining approval of his proposal for a merger of the national defense organizations. Mitehell also wiy th)’ (Committee's wholehearted support for his charge that the nation is without an adequate defense system. In recommending a combination of the dolt use departments, the committee wil not go all the way with Mitchell, by urging establishment of a separate air service. The committee will 1 ecommend a unified service for procurement only and refrain from discussing the organization of the pro-jxi.-ed department.

The committee will disagree with testimony by high ranking officers that the I’nited Slates is in a parity with other nations in air strength and that lack of funds has caused inadequacies that may exist- In relative air standing the United States will be ranked not higher than third nor lower than fifth. Official figures will be cited to show that only ten pet cent of expenditures during the last five years liave gone toward new and remodeled planes. The. report will bristle with criticisms of the high commands for their lack of recognition of air power and charge that the army and navy have been backward 'in realizing the possibilities of aviation as a combatant arm. Mitchell’s charge of a “breakdown'' in the national defense system will be concurred in by the committee with the declaration that the army and navy have failed to agree on a definite air policy. The committee will report that lack of an adequate air force leaves the United States without a secure and adequate national defense system. Other recommendations by the (COVriVt'EO ON PAGE FIVE)

BAZAAR CLOSES SATURDAY NICUT Ford Touring Car Awarded To Conrad Gillig At St. Mary’s Church Bazaar Conrad Gillig, well known retired farmer of th’.s city, received the Eord touring car presented by the St. Mary's Catholic parish at the close of the bazaar held in the auditorium of the Decatur Catholic high school last week. The final awards were made Saturday night and a large crowd attended the closing program. Several other valuable and beautiful prizes were awarded Saturday night, the recipients being, Miss Beatrice Keller, who was presented with the hope chest; O. L. Vance, with a gentleman's traveling bag; John Joseph, with a hand-made quilt; Robert Kohne. son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kohne, with a fancy blanket; Mrs. L. A. Holl house, a hand-worked linen bed room set. and Dick Durkin, a fancy quilt. Many smaller prizes of floor and bridge lamps, blankets and other articles were given away during the week. The bazaar was well attended throughout the week and a neat sum was obtained, the exact figures not being available this morning as all accounts and bills have uot yet been paid. The proceeds are donated to the Catholic school building fund and the appreciation of those in charge of the event is extended to the public for its patronage.

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Pastor Pronounces Benediction After Church Catches Fire Jeffersonville, Ind.. Nov. 30.—(United Pless) Sunday morning services at the First Naznrene church here were hurriedly concluded yesterday when a blaze was discovered In th. roof of the building. Rev. J, W. Taylor pronounced the benediction and the congregation inarched quietly mu as firemen climbed to the roof. The damage was small, FIGHT TO SAVE CHAPMAN OPENS U. S. Attorney Says “Prince Os Bandits” Is No Longer Federal Prisoner - . Bulletin Hartford. Conn.. Nov 30. (United Press) —The Untied States has no further interest in Gerald Chapman as 1 he is no longer a federal prisoner hut |is now w ithin the jurisdiction of the state of Connecticut, assistant United i States Attorney Cohen told Federal I Judge Thomas today when the hearing | on the "prince of bandit s" application i for a writ of habeas corpus opened in Wethersfield state prison here. When the fight to save Chapman from the gallows opened. Judge Thomas assembled a full federal court to hear the bandit's petition. If granted. J the peition would return Chapman to Atlanta to serve out his long federal sentence for the New York mail robbery before the state could hang him sot» the murder of Policeman Skelly in New Briatain, as ordered by the state courts. o Fort Wayne Man Killed When His Auto Skids Fort Wayne. Ind.. Nov. 30.—(United 'Press)—The skidding of an auto on a slippery pavement cause dthe death of Juacah. suaUer. Em. Wayne grmteu Four other occupants of the auto were hurt. o

SPECIAL MEETING ATM.E. CHURCH One-Day Cultivation Meeting Planned For All-Day Next Thursday I A one-day cultivation meeting will be held tn the First Methodist church Thursday, December 3. First church of this city will act as host and the church of Geneva, Geneva circuit, Monroe, Boho circuit. Pleasant Mills, Salem, and Decatur circuit will attend as guests. The general public of Decatur is cordially invited to . attend any of the meetings. Morning, afternoon and evening services will be held. Everybody is i invited to come early and stay late. The| won<eit|*s missionary societies I are urged to attend in a body, and | the men are urged to come in large ■ numbers. The speakers for the meeting are of out-standing ability, having spoken in New York, Chicago. Philadelphia. Fort Wayne. Gary and other cities. The meeting will be in the charge of Dr. W. W. Wiant, of Fort Wayne, the district sulilerintendenb Following is the program for the allday meeting: Morning Session, 8:30 a.m. Devotions Sermon, “In the School of Prayer -

Dr. W. W. Wiant Defining ami Developing the Local Church Parish Dr A C. Brown Lunch—-The Ladies Aid Society will serve. Afternoon Session. 1:30 p- m. The Evangelistic Responsibility of the Local Church—Dr. W. G. Seaman Missionary Education and OrgamzaThird Quarterly Conferences tion for World Service in the Local Church—Dn W. G. Seaman An Adequate Financial Plan for the Local Church—Somerville Light Fellowship Supper—6:oo pm. The pastor and officials’ of First church will be glad to welcome the entire membership of the Local church as well as the guests from outside the city to this pot luck supper. , The Night Meeting. 7:30 p.m. Inspirational Service—Dr R. C. Hatley, Sky Pilot tn® Himber camps of the Northwest, will speak. The general citizenship of the city of Decatur cordially invited to any and ail of thesp meetings.

Four Killed in River Plunge • ' : g f JK ■ 'M I" /' 1 C/h.l< IK'l’O W-VEH- lelfcWm FOVR' A family of font - was drowned in the East River. New York, when their closed car phmged oxer a bulkhead as they were driving in the dark. The chauffeur alone was saved.

SNOW FOLLOWS RAINY WEATHER Four-hour Snowfall Sunday Is Followed Bv Freezing Temperatures Winter weather overcame the rainy spell in Northern Indiana yesterday and snow fell for more than foil? hours late yesterday afternoon, followed by a drop in the thermometer and freezing xtjeather. Pavements and roads were made hazardous by the snow and sleet and many automobiles skidded into ditches. Thi| morning the thermonfyffer registered about 28 degrees, but a distant sun and warmer atmosphere aided in a higher temperature and at 11 o'clock this morning the theri mometer registered -32 degrees. An I overcast sky gax’e predictions nt' more snow (this afternoon and tjie temperature slipped slightly lower. Many of the farmers were able to get. their sugar beets out of the ground and into the factory last week It is probable that only a .few days of workable weather remain before winter weather sets in permanently. Few beets remain in the ground to be damaged by cold weather, it was stated by several farmers today. jSonie beet raisers, however, will lose | considerably because of the last few I weeks of wet and inclement weathOthers were able to get their (beets out of the ground and into the I factory before the rainy season beI gan. Much corn is in the fields yet, . however. 0- x_ Fire Destroys Negro Church In Gary Sunday Gary. Ind., Nov 30.—(United Press) —Damages from the fire which swept the first African Methodist church here Sunday was estimated today at $25,000. Members ot the congregation were assembling for the Sunday morning 'services when the lihtze was discoveri<d. • Hundreds of negroes sang and prayed in the street in front of the church 'while three fire companies fought the flames.

i , Warsaw Plans Traction And Bus Terminal Station Warsaw, Ind., Nov 30 By United Press —This city may soon have a terminal traction and Ims station if plans under consideration by the chamber of commerce and city council materialize. | Au old church building which was purchased by the city some years ago may be used for the terminal building.

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Day-old Babv Found Floating In A Well Princeton, Ind.. Nov 30.—i United Press) —Authorities today are seeking clues to the identity of the parents of a 24-hour old baby girl, found floa ■ ng Sunday in a well on the outskirts of the city. They said indications are the baby had been smothered ami then dropped into the well. There were no clothes ■to aid identification. BANDITS MAKE SERIES OF RAIDS Holdup Men Get More Than $1,500 In Loot In Indiana In Last 24 Hours Indianapolis. Nov. 30. — (United Press) Bandits and holdup men obtained more titan $1,500 during the last 24 hours in a series of spectacular raids over the state, reports showed today. At Mishawaka, two unmasked men entered the New York Central railroad station, locked the agent in the basement and alter rifling the station safe of more lit.in S6OO. escaped. In a daring raid at New Albany, three bandits entered a roadhouse, lined up twelve men against the wall and escaped with more than SSOO in cash and $250 in jewelry and watches. A girl bandit, aided by a young man. held up Andrew Kaufman, at Terre i Haute, relieved him of S6O in dash and escaped. The girl held a gun on Kaufman while her companion rifled his pockets and then slugged him. Thieves broke into an Anderson restailrant and took SSO. In Indianapolis a series of burglaries over the week end netted the robbers more than SIOO in eash. jewelry and clothing. —- — o — Hunter Shoots Companion Marion. Ind.. Nov. 30. — (United Pressl Wilbur Powers, IS. was recovering today from wounds received when he was accidentally shot by Orus DiHey, IS. while they were hunting near Fairmount — —. rwwni / 7 Days * 1 Weather Cloudy tonight. Possibly ruin or snow in east and central portions. ■ Tuesday fair. Not much change in temperature.

SETTLEMENT OF COAL STRIKE IS OP TO OPERATORS Miners Accept Gov. Pinchot’s Plan, Putting Situation Up To Operators ACTION OF MINERS COMES AS SURPRISE Harrisburg. Pai, Nov. 30 — The anthracite coal operators and Governor Pinchot held the stage today in the strike situation, following the acceptance, Sunday by the miners of the governor’s plan for peace In the hard coal fields Governor Pinchot has resumed his tour ot state institutions in western Pennsylvania, interrupted several weeks ago by illness What move the operators will take on the miner s approval of the settlement plan was a source of great speculation It was believed that John L. Lewis, miners' president, had placed the other camp in an embarrassing position by the miners’ imine(covrixi i<:i> ox i»«;k five) o Youths Hold Mock “Duel" With Unloaded Guns: One Is Shot Gary. Ind.. Nov. 3o (United Press) Albert 'Higgle. 16, is in a hospital seriously wounded today as a result of a mock 'duel'' between he and | Mitchell Trimble, IS. with "unloaded guns." -Albert was'shot in the abdomen. DECATUR AUTO IN AN ACCIDENT Car Driven By Dick Heller Damaged In Crash With Six Other Cars A Decatur car figured in a peculiar acident in which seven automobiles were damaged on the Kendallville road about nine miles north of Fort i Wayne yesterday afternoon. The accident ocurred at the interurban crossing just north of the Irene Byron sanitarium. D'ck Heller and Bryce Thomas, of Decatur, were driving north on the Kendallville road and did not notice the railroad approach because of the heavy snow. A Nash sedan, driven by I-'. L. Rowland, of Fort Wayne, was coming from the opposite direction and slowed down for the crossing. Mr. Heller, thinking that an interurban was approHching. threw on the brakes of the car he was driving and the wet pavement caused the Heller car to smash head-on into the Rowland car. Both cars were plunged toward a deep embankment, but the cable along the side of the road held the tars from falling over. The two wrecked cars were pushed back on the road and other cars coming through the snow storm were unable to stop in time and piled up against the wreckage. One woman was thrown through the windshield of the car in which she was tiding and her face was badly lacerated. A young girl riding in another car was thrown through tile rear glass and her arm and shoulder wire cut. Five of the seven cars were badly damaged. The Rowland car had two fenders torn off, head-lights broken, a wheel broken and a twisted frame. The Heller car had a wheel torn off. | broken headlights, torn fenders, radl|alor damaged and the frame twisted. I Four of the cars were lowed into Fort I Wayne, and the others were taken to I Huntertown for repairs. ■ ■ o — ; — — Richmond Police Get LSI) Gallons Os Wine In Raids Richmond, Ind., Nov. 30. ( United Press) Fourteen liquor eases were pending in court here today as a result of raids by police and federal agents. More than ISO gallons of wine were seized in the raids. o Seek Driver Os Auto Which Killed Child Kokomo. Ind., Nov. 30. (United Press) The driver of an auto which killed Hetty Ixniise Harrison, seven, last night, was hunted by police today. The little girl was hit as she was crosing a street with her father, Richard Harrison. The drvier did not stop.

Who’ll Take Care While The Caretaker Is Busy — Striking Chicago, Nov. 30. -(United Press) — Approximately 250 grave diggers and I caretakers In five Uhlengo <<'inet<ri.s I went on n strike today for higher , wages and a shorter day. If the strike Is snc< ••ssful, officials will call strikes in all local cemeteiies, It was said The workers want a minimum of $6 a day, an o.'ght-hour day and recognition of their organization. The present wage is front $4 to $5 a day with a nine hour working day. DAIRY SCHOOL WILL BE HELD Three-day Meeting To Be Heid At Berne On December 16, 17 and 18 A "Dairy Feeds and Feeding School" will be held at Berne. December 16. 17 -old IS. as the result of plans which have just been completed by officers of the Adams County Cow Testing Association, cooperating with the agricultural extension department of Purdue University and the local county agent The first of the three days will be devoted to a discussion of the growing of alfalfa and soybeans, as well as other dairy feeds, by Mr. K. E. Beeson, of the soils and crops department at Purdue. G. A. Williams, of the dairy department at Purdue will lecture on the second and third ■lay« Discussions of the srbjects will be given by local farmers. The school will be held in the tipper room of the Milk Condensery at Berne where it was conducted last year. Other interesting features besides the lectures will be included in the programs. The first evening will be known as ‘ Young Peoples Night " when community singing will be featured. The public is invited and those interested should watch the paper I for details of the program, which will be announced as they are further worked out. At a similar school held last year, the total attendance at the four meetings was 853. GOV.FERGUSON AFTER A SCALP — Demands Resignation Os. Director Os Texas Technological College Bullet'n By George W. MrVey tU. I’ Stuff Correspondent) Austin. Tex., Nov. 30. (United Press t Governor Miriam A. Ferguson today requested the resignation of Einon ('. Caller, publisher of the Fort' Worth, Tex., Record-Telegram as a member of the board of directors of the West Texas Technological college. The request in the form of a letter in which the woman executive arraigned Carter because of an entertainment she alleged he gave al his home tor the Oilmen's association, charged the publisher with serving stimulating drinks to guests. Carter was escorted froth a football field Thanksgiving day as he stood behind Governor Fergusou't box and ehqered for the "Texas Aggies" and Dan Moody. Moody is attorney general of the state, who has been pressing an investigation of alleged irregularities in granting state road contracts lit her letter Governor Ferguson said she understood Carter "fitted tip a I building in the eld-fashioned bar room I way. providing a bat with a footrail and the sawdust on the floor and be -I hind the bar you had a man dressed in 'I the old fashioned bartender white J apron style." "I ant Informed you invited tome two or three hundred guests and to those who came, you dispensed drinks, that were, to say tile least, stimulating.” The letter also charged Carter with giving away souvenir canes, "in which there was a hidden vial, some 30 inches long that contained approxl mutely one pint of beverage " I Evacuation Os Cologne Is Started By Allies ■—— Cologne. Nov. 3tt. (United Press) Evacuation of Cologne, in keeping with ; promts, s to ejeur allied forces from • the city tit Hie beginning of Decern- . lier, started today.

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MUMMA DRAWS SENTENCED? ITO 8 YEARS Former Decatur Man Sentenced For Burning Residence In This City ENTERS PLEA OF GUILTY THIS MORNING George Muinma, 42. a well driller, formerly of this city, entered a plea of guilty to second degree arson in the Adams circuit court this morning and was sentenced to from one to eight years in the state prison. Mr- Muinma was charged with arson, having previously confessed to having set fire to his home on Fourteenth street, in Decatur, on the morning of August 21. Immediately after the fire had been extinguished by local firemen last August, evidence was found that led local authorities to believe that tlie fire was of Incendiary origin The fire was reported to the state fire marshal's office and W. T. Fowler. assistant marshal, came to this city and investigated the fire. Mr. Mumma was taken to Indianapolis several days after the fire and ;• confession was obtained from him re-, gat ding the burning of his homo. A charge of <irst and second degree arson was filed in the circuit court, here. This morning a new affidavit charging second degree arson was filed and the old affidavit was dismissed Since Mr Mumma made no effort to collect the insurance, he could not he charged with first degree arson. , Mr. Fowler appeared in court for the state this morning. He highly commended local police officers and members of the fire department in Decatur for their close cooperation in the case. “1 have never had better cooperation in any case." MrFowler said. He left at noon today after the final report of the local ■ case had been filed. Trolley Car And Auto Crash; Woman Injured Gary. Ind.. Nov 30. (United Press) —Mrs J .1 Bravos, of Chicago, lay in a serious condition in Mercy hospital here today with injuries received when the auto in which she was riding crashed into a Holley car near here. 0 11 ■■■ I Six Injured In Auto Wreck Near Princeton Evansville. Ind.. Nov. 30. — (United Press)—A woman is at the point ot death and five others are severely injured as the resillt ot an automobile • accident six miles south of Princeton late Sunday night Mrs. XV. E. Doss. 51. Wheaton. Ky.. suffered a fractured skull and is not „ expected to recover. BUSINESS GOOD. SAYS HENRY FORD Auto Manufacturer Thinks' Business As Sound Today As Any Time Recently Detroit. Mich., Nov 30—General business conditions in ( America. Henry Ford believes, are “probably as sound today as any time in recent years." "They should continue so." he said in an interview with the United Press, "if people will buckle down to honest wink on every job so that 1 full value in labor and full value in ; service to the public may continue I possible. This has much to do with continued good times." he added "Foul stressed the importance of ■'clean, healthful. working conditions." saying "They have a very real bearing on a man’s ability to do bis best work and Io contribute Ids full share to (he genera! advance- | inent of society." What the coining year holds in store for business Ford declined to predict, (xplaining with a genial smile: "That would be prophecy; ami 1 am not a prophet " , It wi’s apparent, however, that he expects no serious economic fluctuation of shares on the New York t stock exchange i "That had nothing whatever to do ■ with industry." he declared. "Stocks affect neither production nor value.’’