Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1926 — Page 1

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COMMISSIONERS inspect roads in COUNTY TODAY ffl.’ft.'SF' ing; Bills Allowed TO RECEIVE BIDS T here tomorrow Tke county commlMionern nu t in , . üb r session thin morning, the fore belne devoted to the cheeking allowinK <•’ bills. This afterton the commissioners and County ‘‘ r „ 7o f Dick Hoch inspected roads u d bridges, and the board will make IWr rP port at the Tuesday meeting. Tomorrow, bids will be received ' the painting of the interior of the county Jail and for supplying stone aßl | other material required In the repair of the roads. Bids will be received on stone and for lumber or other material required In bridge repair. Road matters will come up before the hoard at the Tuesday session, also, and it was stated that one or lwo petitions for road improvements would be presented to the board. Republican Editors To Meet At Fort Wayne Indianapolis. Ind.. March I—(Unit1 —(UnitMi Press) The republican editors of Indiana will hold their annual mid Warner outing at Fort Wayne, about Jaw 15. it became known today. Invitation for the meeting was ex tended by A. K. Remmell, of the Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel which will hM» Its new plant completed trbont that time. The arrangements for the meeting were made at a meeting attended by James Patehell, of Union City, E. E. Neal, of Noblesville, Will Feudner. of Rushville, Neal McCallum, of Batesville. George Hiner, Newcastle and Frederick Schortemeier-, secretary of state. J. Frank McDermond. Jr., named Rflnnell. chairman of the outing roMittee. GASOLINE TAX FUND DIVIDED Adams County Gets $26,849.38 From State Fund; 81,800,000 Distributed Adams county will receive $26,849.3S from the distribution of the .state CasoUne tax fund, which will be wade today by 1* S. Bowman, state auditor. A total of $1,800,000 wdll be distributed among the 92 counties in the state as their share of the fund. The distribution cmers the collections for fleven months, the new law which collects 3 cents on every gallon of gasoline. having heen in effect that length of time. county will receive more of 'he state fund than Adams county. The amounts credited to the nearby con nd ttes follow: Lagrange, $12,762.51; Steuben, $13.8:o -6<; Noble. $15,246.08; DeKalb, ’'4,978.58; Whitley, $17,402.89; WaL®*h, $23,839.35; Huntington, *22.™4O; Wells, $29,854.00; Kosciusko, ’i5.830.81; J a y, $21,973.19; and Blacked. $16,467.67. Half of the money disbursed to coun- ? divided into 92 equal parts of •‘».038.15 each, and the other half is • to-rated among the coujntles on the , WBIB of road mileage. This permits county, with a few more miles •°a u than Marion county, to receive f'ghtly larger share. Alien turned over to t v 6 ,n iolle y ""I be credited to the conny hi 81>way repair fund . Editor Os Pythian Journal Dies Today Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. I.—OUnited apo j B Albert M. Preston, of IndianPyth| 3 and publisher of the "Journal, died here today. I

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A few strokes of President Coolidge’s pen. signing the tax reduction bill, and a burden of $387,000,000 was lifted from the backs of American tax- , payers. The largest slash is in income taxes. JOHN W. KRICK DIES SATURDAY Former Resident Os Adams C’ounty Expires At Home In Fort Wayne Juhn W. Krick, 47. form- r i> sident of Adams county and a nephew of Henry Krick of this city, died at 5:15 o’clock Saturday afternoon at his home in Fort Wayne, after an ill ness of Bright’s disease. Mr. Krick had been an employee of the Pennsylvania railroad company for twenty years. He was a member of the B. of L. E. and F. and of the Red Men’s lodge. He is survived by his wife, Anna; one son, Collins; two daughters. Mrs. Viola Hall and Pearl Krick, and one grandchild, all of Ft. Wayne. His father, Joshua Krick, also survives, besides many relatives in Decatur and this county. Short funeral services will be held at noon Wednesday from the home in Fort Wayne, after which the bodywill be taken to Bobo where services will be held at 2 o'clock from the United Brethren church. Burial will take place at the Mt. Tabor cemetery. The Decatur Red Men will give their ritualistic funeral ceremony. — 0 Two Women In Texas Gubernatorial Race Dallas. Tex., Mar. 1. — (United Press)—Three hats, two of them bearing feminine plumage have been tossed in the Texas gubernatorial ring so fur. Governor Miriam A. Ferguson Is seeking election “to vindicate the family name." Mrs. Edith Wilmans. a former member of the. legislature, is seeking entrance to the chief executive’s office on an "honesty in government" platform. Former Lieut. Governor Lynch Davison, the only man to announce his candidacy for governor so far. has not definitely stated his politics. o Locomotive And Four Mail Cars Are Derailed Greenfield, Ind., March I—(United1 —(United Press)—One locomotive und fontmail cars of a fast Pennsylvania passenger train No. 27 bound from New t York to St. Louis overturned a short distance east of here eariy today. Enginemen Harris and Donaldson, of Columbus. Ohio, who were in the second locomotive escaped uninjured i and none of the other trainmen or passengers were injured. The train, which was travelling i about 60 miles per hour at the time of the accident tore up about 400 feet of track. Other Pennsylvania trains are being detoured around the wreck. The track will not be cleared until late I today it was said.

“EXPOSE" ROCKS ILLINOIS POLITICS Chicago Tribune Claims Republican Leaders Are Friendly With Gangland Chicago, Mar. I.—(United Press.)— Political circles in Chicago were aroused today and factional strife strife within the republican party in Illinois was made more bitter by "an expose" published this morning by the Chicago Tribune, claiming to show thut political leaders from a United Slates lenator down have been friendly toward powerful gangsters and underworld characters. The Tribune printed two "banquet pictures" in substantiation of its charges. In one picture Stale's Attorney Robert E. Crowe, Lieutenant Governor Fred Sterling. Secretary of State Luis L. Emerson, two judges, a state representative and other political figures are seen seated at the speakers' table beside Jim Genna, "political boss’ of the Italian quarter and director of the notorious Genna gang us wine merchants and gunmen. In the other picture. United States Senator Charles S. Deneen and several of his political aides are seen at a dinner alleged to be in celebration of the christening of a child of "Diamond" Joe JSsposita, a confessed bootlegger and also an Italian political leader. The faces of several judges also appear in this picture. Senator Deneen and State’s Attorney Crowe are both republicans but are bitter political enemies, leading factions of the republican party that have long been at war. The "expose” came, immediately following introduction In the United States senate of a resolution by the "Chicago b-rter-iittvwrwtient association. charging politicians with being in league with gangsters and asserting that the city Is overrun with a combination of lawless politics and protected vice. Members of both factious In the republican party were named in the resolution. PEACE REIGNS AT PALMYRA Church Members Divided, However, Over Decision In Teachefs Trial Palmyra. Ind., Mar. 1. — (United Press.)— Although peace reigns ou the surface in Palmyra today following the "draw decision" handed down by the church court which tried W. Clyde Martin, 40, teacher and athlete on charges of conduct "unbecoming an active chore hworker," there was an under current of ill feeling present at every turn. The court, in refusing to hand down a verdict either for the “prosecution” or the "defense” urged that both parties "bury the hatchet” and let “bygones be bygones.” Indications are that this is not going to be the case. At church yesterday the faclion which has been opposing Martin in his efforts to back a basketball team and other community events here refused to speak to the athlete-teacher and throughout the service there was an under current of hostility among the two factions. Martin has declared that he is willing to make some concessions to his opponents —in other words he may close his community hall on Sunday and throw out a slot machine which sells chewing gum. U. S. Navy Numerically Largest In The World London, Mar. 1. —(United Press) The United States possesses the numerically greates navy in the world, according to the Admiralty’s naval blue book, issued today. Naval vessels already built are listed as follows: United States, 643. British Empire, 447. Italy, 247. Japan, 222. France, 219. Soviet Russia, 176. Germany, 87.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 1, 1926.

Seek Youth Who Threw Girl From His Auto I 11,.1r..■ J.i. Ind . I 1,.t. .1 L Press)—Police today are iceking to learn the identity of a young man who | gave his name as Martin M<-Glyn, who ■ threw 1!) year old Connie Thompson from bis automobile on a road near here.--The girl, who met McGlyn at a _ dance and then went motoring with him, is recovering from severe inp H juries sustained when she was pushed from the speeding machine. Police who investigated the case. > found that there was no such address v as the one McGlyn gave the girl as I his home and that no automobile was listed as being owned by a "Martin I McGlyn" with the secretary of .state. : TOURNEY TICKETS : GO ON SALE TODAY " • s p Large Number Os Seats Al1 ready Reserved For Sectional Tourney Here # There was n big rush for season tickets for the high school sectiont al basketball tournament, to be held j in the De.catur high school gymnasf ium, Friday anU Saturday of this 1 week, when the tickets went on sale . today. Principal Walter Krick stat--1 ed this afternoon that almost 190 seats had been reserved in Decatur, . alone. - Berne has asked for fifty t season tickets. Several will be sent , to Hartford township, Kirkland townt ship, and the other schools entered in the tournament. Persons wanting V tickets should call the high school 1 building, phone 725. at once. ? The season tickets, which will adnut the holder to all four sessions ;of the tourney, sell for $1.50. Admission to a single session will be i4O cents. The reserved seats will i be held open until the start of each i session, and if the holder of the » ticket is not present at that time, purchasers of single admission tickets may occupy the seat. The entire gymnasium, with the exception of the balcony on the north side, will be reserved. The south side is being reserved for Decatur fans ami i the north side for the fans from the • other schools over the county. Deca-j tur high school pupils have -taken most of the seats in the end balcony. , The tournament will start at 7:31) o'clock Friday night, when Berne meets Monmouth. Jefferson township and Monroe will play at 8:30 1 o'clock Friday night, also. There s will be three games Saturday morn- ? ing, two Saturday afternoon and the < final game on Saturday night. ? Mr. Krick announced today that i France Confer, coach of the Decatur i Cartiolic high school team, will serve i as official score-keeper and Ralph t Yager will be the official time(CONTIMI El> ON PAGE THREE) ; L, J. FARR DIES SUNDAY MORNING 1 _ Oldest Brother of F.M. Farr, r Os Decatur, Dies at Home | Near Hartford City L. J. Farr, 73, oldest brother of F. ' M. Farr, of this city, died Sunday ’ morning at his home six miles west r of Hartford City, following an ex ' tended illness of Sugar Diabetes. Mr. 1 Farr was born in Grant county, De-, cetnber 6, 1852. Mr. Farr was a farmer and had resided on the farm where he died for I the last six years. He is survived by | his wife. Rebecca Farr, and three! - brothers, F. M. Farr, of Decatur, Ezra| ■ Farr, of Montpelier, and Van Farr, of . Marion. 9 Funeral services will be held at Farrville. four miles south of Van ■ Buren, at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial will be made in the Farrville cemetery. ' Weather Generally fair tonight and Tuesday except snow flurries in north portion tonight. Much colder.

AUTOS COLLIDE ON STATE ROAD Four Persons Escape Injury In Accident South Os Geneva Sunday (Special to Daily Democrat) Geneva. March 1— Four people .escaped injury In a serious automobile accident which oecured on state road No. 21. three-fourths of a mile south of here, at 7 o'clock Sunday evening. A Ford sedan, driven by W E. Sprunger, of Berne, collided with a Ford roadster driven by Thomas McCabe, who has been stay- ’ ing at Geneva, since he installed the, Geneva water works last summer. | Mr. Sprunger. accompanied by two women, was enroute io Portland. ( Mr. McCabe was coming north on the state road. The cars side-swiped I each other, the sedan tinning over In I the ditch at the side of the road. 1 1 There was a few feet of water in the ditch and the car was nearly half covered with water after it turned lover. The occupants escaped without injury, howveer. The Sprunger car was badly damaged and Mr. Sprunger lert it in the ditch while be continued on his way to Portland. When he returned later in the evening, three tires, the steering wheel and several other accessories had been stolen. Mr. McCabe's car was not damaged, with the exception of one tire being punctured and two hub caps being tore off. o Fire Causes Small Damage This Morning i Firemen were called to the Beard home on Jefferson street at 7 o'clock this morning, wWfc(> a srn.dl roof. blaze had started from unknown origin. It is thought that the cause was! from the chimney, but some also, are of the opinion that a rubbish fire nearby was th? cause. Local firemen had no trouble in exxtinguisliitig the blaze. Damage is estimated at $lO or sls . OLD SCHOOL BUILDINGS SOLD i Frank Heiman And Son Buy Old St. Joseph Catholic School Buildings Frank Heiman and Son have purchased the old St. Joseph Catholic, (school buildings ou Madison and Fifth; streets and has started to wreck the buildings. | The buildings were purchased for SSOO and, according to the contract, Mr. Heiman must have them removed by May 1, 1927. He stated this morning that he would-sell the flooring, lumber, bricks and other building material in the buildings and would try to have the buildings torn down by next fall. He has a force of four men on the job today. The buildings include those facing on Madison street, the one on Fifth street and the former Sister's home. The north building on Fifth street j will not be wrecked. This is a modern building and is now occupied by the janitor of the school and his family. Several hundred thousand bricks are contained iu the building and a large quantity of good lumber will be obtained from them. Mr. Heiman stated that it' he is unable to sell the material he may build one or two houses in Decatur this summer. The St. Joseph Catholic school Is now' located in the modern school ' building on Fourth street. o Yeomen To Celebrate Anniversary Os Lodge Marion. Ind., Mar. I.— (United Press) —Plans are being completed today for the twenty-ninth annual cele'bration of the founding of the Yeoman Hodge in Indiana, here next Saturday. I Delegates from all parts of Indiana 'are expected to attend the session,! which will be (addressed by Harry Evans, of Des Moines, lowa, and Frank Baylor, vice-president of the order.

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Frederick Wool worth. although sharing in a $15,000,000 legacy left by his uncle, founder of the five and ten cent stores, lives as a recluse in a lonelv cabin in the woods near Bedford Hills, N. Y„ with a male attendant. He receives no visitors and is said to be .suffering from a nervous ailment. T O SET OATES FOR LOCAL FAIR Fair Managers To Meet At Muncie. March 3, To Set Dates For Events A mealing of the Eastern Indiana Fair Circuit will be held at Murtcle Wednesday, March 3, at which time the fair managers will .set the dates of the following fairs: Montpelier, Ind., Middletown. Warren. Muncie, Decatur, Portland Connersville. Greenfield and Converse. E. B. Williamson, manager of the Decatur fair, will attend and will make an effort to get the date of Sept. 1, 2, 3 and 4 for the local fair. If this can be arranged, the Decatur fair will follow Celina, Ohio, and North Manchester, Ind., ami proceed Van Wert, ami the Indiana State Fair. Mr. Williamson is receiving letters daily from concessioners, exhibitors, show people, etc., asking for dates as well as locations for this fall’s exposition. He says that this is the first time in his experience as a fair manI ager that he has received so many inquiries at this early date. o— Convicted Robber Gets Leniency At Richmond Richmond, Ind., Mar. I.— (United Press.)—lntervention of Flint, Mich., authorities today was given as the reason for the leniency shown Donald Hech, of Flint, who was convicted here of robbing stores at Dublin and Pershing, near here. Mervin Hayes who was Hech'a accomplice has been returned to prison to serve out an unfinished term for which he had been paroled. ——o— Search Started For Missing Marion W oman Marion, Ind.. Mar. 1- — (United Press.)—A state wide search today was started for Mrs. May Tetters, 25, who disappeared from her home here February 15, leaving her husband and a small child. When she left home she declared she was going to visit a sister in Hammond, but never arrived there. It is feared she committed suicide in a fit of despondency over ill health. o Township Assessors ' Start Work This Morning The township assessors started this morning on their annual task of assessj Ing and listing all personal property owned in Adams county. The assess- ■ ors received their supplies Saturday and they will make their first report to County Assessor William Zimmerman next Saturday.

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OPPOSITION TO COOLIDGE PLAN STARTS ATTACK Senator Norris, Nebraska, Leads Attack On President’s Resolution BACKERS HOPE TO RUSH IT THROUGH Washington, Mar. 1 (I uited Press) The Coolidge resolution to appoint a special congressional committee Io negotiate bids for the $137.000,(MMl power project at Muscle Shoals was taken up by the vote of the senate today and the opposition. led by Senator Norris, Nebraska, republican, immediately opened an attack on it. Norris lodged a point of order against the resolution on the ground that it did not adhere to the rules of congress. He said it was legislation. but that It was in the form of a concurrent resolution which does not require the signature of the president as general legislation does. Washington, March I—The same coalition of republicans and democrats that crushed independent opposition to the tax bill and the world court today, took up the Coolidge Muscle Shoals resolution to rush it through the upper house. The) resolution qalls tor appointment of a joint congressional comI mittee to conduct, negotiations for a lease of the $131,060,009 government I power and nitrate project established on the Tennessee river in Alabama during the war. The house alreadj' has adopted tbe resolution which was drafted on the suggestion of President Coolidge. Its adoption by the coalition in the senate Is such a foregone conclusion that leaders already have discussed who should ia» appointed by tbe senate to serve on the committee created by the resolution. Opposition to the resolution is led by Senator Norris, Nebraska, repute llcan, who favors government operation. FINO NO TRACE OF E. E. HUNT Sheriff Baker And Party Expected To Arrive Home From Michigan Tonight Sheriff John Baker. Jesse Rice and two Muncie detectives are expected home tonight from Michigan, after a several days chase after E. E. Hunt, alias E. E. Hunter, who is wanted in several neighboring towns for forgery, auto theft and for beating his hotel hill, in this city. No definite word has been received from the party since it left Decatur, mut Mrs. Rice stated this afternoon that she had received word from her husband that lie would be home sometime tonight. It is not known definitely whether any trace of Hunt has been found other than he was in Michigan. He went to Michigan a week ago with his bride, formerly Esther Faye Krugli, of this city, driving there in a stolen auto. The search for the man will not be given up, it was learned today, and several elites wall be used in the hunt iu Chicago and other places, where it is thought the man and his bride might bav egone. Hunt represented himself in this city as the president of an aviation concern in Seattle. Washington. Woman Fails Against Hot Stove; May Die South Bend, Ind., Mar. L—(United i Press) —Marian Cole. 6, is in a serious ■ condition at a local hospital today from burns receievd when she fell • against • hot stove at her home here ’jiand ignited her clothing The child LI has been uac> tiseious .-Ince taken to • the hospital and is not expected to live.