Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 59, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1926 — Page 1

Vol. XXIV- Number 59.

GILLIOM MOVES TO PUNISH HIS CRITICS

I URES COOLIDGE I ID TELL TRUTH I ABOUT DRY LAW Country The Truth CONGRESSIONAL POLL ( PROPOSED IN HOUSE By William J. McEvoy, !■ st. fT <’orr< spondenll Washington March 16. — (t nlted ’ ]> rfSS ) Charging that President I-., "dare not, for political consideration" t'H the country the plain I about prohibition in a straighthewn New England way” Representative lairing Black. New York. Demo erat today t ailed upon the chief’ex eeutive to tell the counry that the p-ohibition law cannot be enforced without modifications. Coupled with this new wet move M the house side, came a novel proposal from Representative Andre Somers. Democrat. New York, for a congressional poll throughout the nation on prohibition. He introduced a resolution calling for ballots which congressmen could distribute in their districts. Somers said be took cognizance of the newspaper polls now in progress. "The results of these unofficial polls." Somers declared, "prove conclusively that this nation in attempting to enforce prohibition has a wolf by the ears. "If the people want prohibition, we should give them real prohildtfdn. let the cost be what it may. But it the majority wish to a imada Üb~ r-ral policy, then our present attitude ceases to ho an error and becomes an outrageous crime, provoking as it does, the inevitable habit of lawlessness contrary to our most cherished traditions and harrassing the welfare of the people by establishing an illicit industry of gigantic proportions. unlicensed and untaxed. o——■— ——— Auto Salesman Killed While Delivering Car Gary. Ind. , March. 10. —(United Press)—Harold Hinkle, 25. of Joliet, 111., died here today from injuries received when an automobile which he was driving to Hammond for delivery crashed into a telephone pole. Hinkle was employed as an anto salesman. n> LEAGUE COUNCIL MEETS SECRETLY Effort Being Made To Solve Crisis Caused By Germany’s Attitude Geneva, Mar. 10. — (United Press) —The League of Nations Council met secretly this afternoon in an Informal effort to solve the crisis arising from Geomany's refusal to recede from her demand that she be admitted alone to council membership. With the counsellors were the negotiators of Locarno. It is admitte dthat the only possible alternative to German concessions would be for the council to find a basis upon which Brazil and Spain would consent to postponement of further consideration of their counciil candidacies until September, when a commission would make recommendations the regular league meeting. YATiile the council met in secret, the • of the league's politi'al con uninaton unanimously recommended Germany’s admission to the league of Nations. All 12 members of the sub-commis-Sion ’ ’Pcluding representatives of the a Hes. expressed satisfaction as to Gers intentions to carry out her international obligations. Wi th the sub-commission's Tecommendationg, the League of Nations be--Ba’l ewinging open the doors which admit Germany to membership in fa . e So< ‘iety front which she has been b «red for seven years.

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IMPEACHMENT IS PLANNED House Judiciary Committee Prepares To Impeach FederalJludge Washington, Mar. 10. — (United Press) —A suh-comruittee- of the house judiciary committee was preparing articles of impeachment today against Federal Judge George W. English of the eastern district of Illinois. After voting Monday for impeachment of the jurist, the judiciary committee directed a sub-committee to draft these articles which will be presented to the house in about two weeks. The full committee will meet again next Tuesday to pprove the sub-com-mittee's efforts and will then, probably report the case directly to the house. The vote for impeachment of English was 14 to 6, including affirmative proxies of two absentees. Chairman Graham. Pennsylvania, is expected to confer with house leaders and make a tentative arrangement far consideration of the case by the lower body. o Conducting Traffic Safety Campaign In The Schools Hal M. Ayres, state auto policeman, is conducting a traffic safety campaign in this county. He has visited nearly every school in the county and has spoken to the children on the observance of traffic regulations. With the aid of other organizations, Mr. Ayres is organizing junior traffic clubs in the schools, and has drafted a set of rules which are being read in the schools. I -o FIVE MEN STILL MISSING IN MINE Thirteen Bodies Recovered; Ten Men Rescued Alive From Wrecked Mine Eccles, W- Va., Mar. 10. — (United ■ Press) —Rescue crews today are ex- ■ ploring the inner recesses of shaft number five of the Crab Orchard im- - provement company's mine here, seeks ing. five men still entombed, two of - these are known to be dead and three - are listed as “unaccounted for." Ten men were rescued alive after - almost 26 hours of entombment in - number five shaft. i Thirteen bodies have been removed i from shaft nupiber five and one man,] i rescued with 40 others front ehaft ( number six, died Monday night.

TWELVE FILE DECLARATIONS Candidates For Various Offices In Primary File Notice With Clerk Twelve candidates for the nominaI tlon for various county ana township ottnees in tne primary election next May have filed their declaration with John E. Nelson, county clerk. Rumors' are current that several more candidates will make their declarations and i many already have announced that they will mike the race for the several offices. The final day for filing for county and township offices is set by law as April 3. So far. nine democrats and three republicans have filed their names at the clerk’s office. Abraham Bagley, of Berne, h is filed his name as a candidate for surveyor of Adams county, subject to the democratic primary. Irving Kerr, of Berne, entered the democratic race 'for nomination for the offipe of treasurer? and Ed Ashboucher, of this city, also has. filed his name f r the ?ame office. Ernest Worth man has filed for the democratic nomination for Preble township trustee. Ira Wagoner has filed for the democratic nomination for Monroe township trustee. Oliver Heller of Berne, and Roy Baker, cf this city, have filed their declarations of running for the nomination for sheriff on the democratic ticket.. Five other men also have declared their intentions to become candidates so rthls office, but as yet they have not filed their declarations. with the clerk. John Snow and F. V. Mills, of this city, have filed for tile democratic ——niait*--" ’..r Wa.'imyyjju towu&lup trustee. Rudolph Welland has filed his intentions of running for the democratic nomination for trustee of Union township. The three republicans to file, so far, are: Emanuel Joray, for trustee of Fiench town-hip: Samuel Fogel, trustee of l.fefferson township and D. E. Bollinger, for trustee of St. Mary’s township. ——o SISTER DIES AT HARTFORD CITY Mrs. Lauren King, Sister Os Mrs. James Elberson, Called By Death Word was received today of the death of Mrs. Lenna King, of Hartford City, a sister of Mrs. James Elberson, of this city. Mrs. King’s death was due to complications. She had been in ill health for some time. Mrs. King was born in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1867. In 1898. she was married to, Lauren King at Dunkirk. In 1919, Mrs. King, her husband and two daughters moved to Hartford City, where they had lived until about a year ago when they 1 moved to Gas City. The death occurred at the Gas City hospital. Funeral services will be held at the Burk & Fennig funeral parlors in Hartford City, Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The body will be taken to Bryant for burial. Mrs. Elberson left for Hartford City today to be with the family until after the funeral. — o. Tax Board Considers Proposed Bond Issue Indianapolis, Ind., Mar, 10. (United Press) —Members of the state tax board today were to confer with members cf the state board of education regarding the proposed $129,000 bond issue of Wabash county which is before the tax commissioners. Judge William Hough, who is in charge of the case, said that the board has practically decided on its decision in the matter but wished to confer with the school officials before drafting the order. | Just what the opinion of the board 'is or when a definite order will be 'drafted, Judge Hough refused to say.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 10, 1926.

Seven Candidates Now In Race For Democratic Nomination For Sheriff C Oliver Holier, of Berne, was in thia I city, yesterday, and announced bls candidacy for the democratic nomination for sheriff of Adams enunty. Mr. Heller is the seventh man to enter the lace for the nomination for sheriff and the second entry from Berne. He began today distributing his candidate 'cards. ' Mr. Heller formerly lived in this city und then moved to Monroe, where | he lived until about a year ago, when] 'he moved tp Berne. He has resided in Berne since that time. —o TRUSTEES VISIT OTHER SCHOOLS Schools In Southern Part Os County Included In Trip Made Y esterday The township trustees, accompanied by Clifton Striker, superintendent of 1 the Adams county schools, and N. C. Nelson, county attendance officer, vis- ' ited the school? at Monroe. Geneva, Hartford center and Jefferson center 1 yesterday. The party met at Monroe ■and visited the high school and grades there first. All of the twelve trus- ' toes, with one exception, were present. After visiting the Monroe schools, the party proceeded on their trip. Dinner was served to them at Geneva by ' the domestic science class of the Ge-j neva high school. The high school there also gave a short program fori the visitors. Another program was] 1 given by the grade pupils at the Jef-’ ferson center school and the Hartford I 1 town thip high school and g-adr pupils' ' also gave programs. The v><nestic science class of the Hartford high school served a light lunch, also. Hal (’. Ayres, of Portland, state automobile ' policeman, accompanied the party and made short talks at the schools in the interest of the traffic, safety campaign. 1 The paity took a trip through the I.imberlost district near Geneva. This was the second trip of this nature taken by the trustees, county superintendent and county attendant' officer, they liavit g visited the schools ’L the northern 1; rt of the coifnty I. st week. All are agreed that the trips were very interesting and beneficial, since the trustees are enabled to exchange ideas ’ in regard to the conducting of the schools and school matters. o NEED OF PURITY : IS EMPHASIZED A j Rev. Chapman Delivers ,■ Third Os Series Os Lenten Sermons Here The third sermon in the Lenten course, being given at St. Mary's ’ Catholic church by the Rev. Michael ' Andrew Chapman, of Huntington, dealt with the "Second Sorrowful 1 Mystery, the Scourging of Christ at ' the Pillar in Pilate’s Palace.” ' "This mystery,” said Father Chap- ‘ man, "is traditionally related to the redemption which our Divine ReLdeemer made for sins against the ’ | holy virtue of purity. In comparison I with the other sufferings of our Lord, ’ the crucifixion itself, this was a lesser punishment, but it was entirely unnecessary, because He was to undergo the death penalty, which should have freed Him front this additional pain and humiliation. Stripped and chained to the pillar, He enI dured first the formal beating which Pilate himself administered, then the brutal flaggelation of the soldiers, till His back was torn and bleeding, and ' His strength almost exhausted. But even more than the physical pain was the mental anguish caused by this degrading punishment, for His was the ( 1 punishment of slaves. St. Paul escap-| I | I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ( Weather l Snow or rain north and rain in > south portion tonight. Warmer to- . night in east and south portions.

COMMITTEES ADE APPOINTED ■ I Committeemen Named To Carry On Farm Club I Work In Each Township The organization necessary in ' puting on the boys and girls club • work in Adams county this year is ] now being put under way. “In conformance with plans previously made. County Agent Busche has appointed a committee of fanners in each township of the county to line up the club members in their respective township, as welljts to serve in an advisory capacity. The committees are as follows: Union —Rudolph Weiland, chairman. Gerhard Reinking, Ed. Miller, Florian Geiimer, W. C. Beard; Root —W. H. Stults, chairman. Chas. Bittner, Amos' W. Lewton, Christe Bolinke. Hubert Zerkel; Preble—AugUst Schueman, chairman. Adolph Bultemeler, C. R. Smith. Otto Ewell, Wm. Johnson; Kirkland—Milton Zimmerman, chairman. W. H. Dettinger. Fred Adler, Otto Hildebrand, Harve Beery; Washington—Ben Eiting. chairman. W. W. Hawkins, Frank Heiman. Ray Smith. W. T. Rupert; St. Marys— Kermet Bowen, chairman, Otis Shifferly, M. Davison. Wilson Gulick, Clay Green; Blue Creek —H. L. Sipe, chairman. W. H. Patterson, Ed. Miller. C. J. Jones, D. D. Habegger; Monroe—Vance Mattax. chairman, Noah Rich, Wm. Mitchel. Fred Blum. Jacob J. Schwartz; French —Martin l Moeschberger, chairman, Ed Neuhausj or, Wm. Grandlienard: Hartford — > Dan Stadler, chairman. Ralph Myers, IA. C. Munro, John Duff. John A. 'StWfryr Wnbewh— Orton Wheeler. ' chairman. Amos Kin hhofer, John Felty, Ed. Stably, Rufus Huser; Jefferson—Jos. C. Fogle, chairman. Carl E. Amstutz, Sol. Mosser, Elmer Stuber. The charlman of the above committees are expected to be in charge of the work in their townships and (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o TAX RETURNS ARE BEING FILED NOW Adams County Citizens Are Busy Making Reports On Their Incomes Adams county citizens are busy this week filling out their annual federal income tax blanks. The deadline has been set for March 15 for individuals and firms, and those who j have left their reports for last min--1 ute filing are making a last minute rush to get them to the Internal Revenue Collector at Indianapolis before midnight of March 15. The tax has been reduced for individuals from 2 per cent to l’/i per cent and the exemptions have been increased. A single man is allowed exemption on $1,500 and a married man is allowed an exemption of $3,500 plus S4OO for each child under 18 years of age . Several Decatur attorneys and insurance dealers are assisting in the filing of reports. The reports must be in the hands of the Internal Revenue Collector by midnight of next Monday. — Hoosiers Will Make Pronosals At National Road Safety Conference Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 10. —(United Press) —Members of the Indiana dele-’ gallon to the national highway and ] street safety conference to be held in Washington March 23 will carry no] proposals with them, it was learned today. Aconference of John D. Williams, I director of the highway commission [and Frank Singleton, of the service I 'commission with the other members of* the delegation named by Governor j Jackson was held today. The Hoosiers are to attend the meet- • ing merely to obtain the views of other states, it was said.

I For Charity SY W I J w | MRyFC.CHURCH] The first public appearance of Mrs. Frederic C. Church, of Boston, formerly Muriel Vanderbilt, was made when she espoused the cause of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and collected funds.

CONSIDER PLANS TO REBUILD SHOPS, Total Loss In Fire In Clover Leaf Shops At Frankfort Set At $250,000 Frankfort, Ind., Mar. 10—(United Press) —Officials of he Clover I>eaf division of the Nic : ,e Plate railroad today were considering plans for rebuilding machine shops and erecting rooms which were destroyed by fire late yesterday with a loss in excess of $250,000. | Two men were slightly injured in fighting the blaze which originated when an oil burner on a locomotive exploded. The injured were Sanford King and Paul Underwood volunteer firemen who suffered slight burns when they were struck by falling timbers. Firewalls between the machine shops and the roundhouse and the erecting room and the blacksmith shops prevented further damage, it was said. i Seven engines and tanks which were in the building undergoing repairs were badly damaged as a result of the flames. The shops were erected less than two years ago at a cost of $500,000. o | Elks To Initiate Class This Evening The regular weekly meeting of the Decatur lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will be held at the Elks home at 8 o’clock tonight. Ther,> will be an initiation ceremony for four candidates and business of importance will be transacted. All members ate urged to attend the I meeting. SYMPTONS OF SPRING ARRIVE Chill Winds Give Way To' Seasonable March Weath- ; er In This Locality Seasonal March weather arrived in ' Adams county today after several days of cold weather accompanied by bliz- ' zards and snows. The mercury rose | several degrees yesterday and this morning the sun aided in driving I away the chill winds. Prediettons are ,that fair weather will remain for the present, at least. I The snow has all melted and the first symptoms of spring are arriving. Several people of this city say they 'have already see nrobins and other ■ signs of warmer weather. It is thought ' that, the present weather is general in the midlewest.

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FILES CONTEMPT CHARGE AGAINST I THREE PERSONS Three Members Os AntiSaloon League Face Contempt Os Court Charges LEAGUE APPROVES SHUMAKER’S STAND Indianapolis- Mar. 10 (United Press) — Attorney (leneral Gillioni today moved to punish three members of the Indiana anti-saloon league for contempt of the stale supreme court. Gilliom filed with the court, a complaint against Dr. E. S. Shumaker, superinlendeiit of the league; Ethan Miles, attorney for the league, and Jesse Martin, one of the directors. He alleged that the trio were guilty of contempt of the court for “statements false and contemptuous" in the annual report of Shumaker as secretary of the league. Shumaker. Gilliom said, was largely responsible for the report, but he held that Miles and Martin were collaborators in the w T ork. The annual report of Shumaker, 'Gilliom alleges, in the action, was ’ conceived for the purpose of influencing the supreme court in its decision on liquor cases and for defaming th ecourt before the people of the state of Indiana and destroying the integrity of the judges in the minds of the people. In his action. Gilliom sets out the polMs ill Shumaker’s report which he alleged were contemptuous of the state’s highest tribunal. I He the case be taken up in the name of the state and suggested to the court that various interested attorneys throughout the I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) School Building Burns; “Wild Party” Blamed • Columbus, Ind., Mar. TO. —(United Pres?) —A “wild party” today was blamed for the destruction of the Goesch school building, located near Ijere, which was destryoed by fire with a loss of $1,500. The flames were discovered after neighbors reported seeing lights in the building about midnight. It is thought that the revelers accidentally left a cigarette stub on the floor. o SCOUTS HONOR FATHER FETTIG New Assistant Pastor Os Catholic Church Guest Os Honor At Banquet The Rev. Theodore Fettig, new assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic church, was a guest at the regular monthly meeting of the Decatur Boy Scouts, held last evening in the form of a banquet at the Decatur Industrial rooms. Scoutmaster Bryce Thomas was in charge of the meeting and William Klepper, Jr., introduced Father Fettig. Regular scout routine was disposed of and Rev. Fettig gave a short [talk. I Father Fettig stated that he was glad to see an active Boy Scout organI ization in this city. He was Scoutmaster of a troop at the Cathedral in |’Fort Wayne and takes much interest in Scout activities. He -said that, last year, he took his summer vacation with the Scouts at the lakes and that he hoped to be able to -work with the boys here. He complimented the Decatur people on the fine community spirit shown here and stated that he never saw a better feeling among the I people. He urged the Scouts to live up to their oath and Scout laws and . thanked the members of the troop for inviting him to their meeting. ■ Other guests were Avon Burk. R. J. Harting. Eno Lankenau, Thomas Durl kin, C. C. Pumphrey and A. R. Holthouse.