Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1926 — Page 1

Vol. XXIV- Number <5.

VINCENNES VISITED BY DRY RAIDERS

IPLAHS made for I INSTALLING more I STREETLIGHTS I Council Takes Steos To InI stall Ornamental Lights ■ On Third Street I money APPROPRIATED I [OR SWIMMING POOL I Ilans f<>: instiling the ornamental ■ street lights on North Third street. I u rth of Mar-hall to the Fifth street I intersection. were filed by Engineer I Orval Ila. ruff with the city council I last evening. The plans call for the I placing of the posts on the inside of I the wa'ks. the -ante as those within I the two bl<>< Its on Third street between I Monroe and Marshall street. Th eis I the first street lighting project to be taken up this year and blds for the furnishing of the pests wild be received by the council on Tuesday, April 6. The assessments oti the Third street lighting improvement between Monroe and Marshall streets were confirmed and ordered turned over to the city treasurer for collection. The cost to the property . wners is only 44 cents a front foot. Residents in the vicinity of the corner of Ninth and Monroe streets petitioned the council last evening to erect a ‘ Step” traffic sign at that corner. due to the fact that traffic is heavy at that point and that they deemed it in the interest of the public safety to have such a sign erected. The matter was referred to the committee on public safety. To Complete Swimming Pool An appropriation for S2.OU|) wilfr which to complete the improvements at the municipal swimming pool and to beautify the grounds around the pood was passed by the council last even- • Ing. As soon as weather conditions permit, the finishing touches will be made at the pool and plans made to KoVriMKD OV PAGE FOL'HI o Berne Fire Chief Breaks Leg In Fall Berne, Mar. 17. —Paul Felber. Berne fire chief, fractured the bone in his right leg when he fell on the sidewalk in the business section of town Monday. Mr. Felber was walking in front of the Amos Hirschy Insurance office whe nhe slipped on the icy walk. SURPIUS IN DOG TAX FUND DIVIDED Total Os $625.93 Distributed Among State, Townships And School City —— Work was < mp'eted today on prePar ng the chocks for the distribution of the surplus county dog fund, aS provided for in the Indiana statutes, Martin Jaberg, county auditor, announced This afternoon. On March 1. 1926, there was a lotal of $2,625.93 in the fund • The state law provides that $2,000 shall be kept in the fund and that the Remainder be distributed to the township trustees on a per capita basis and , to the school cities in the county J There is a provision In the law, also; that the state auditor shall receive ’’ Per cent for the state hydrophobia fund. I The distributions in Adams county * re . as follows: State auditor, $31.30; “ion township, $27.91; Root, $33.19; f'blc, $27.80; Kirkland, $33.09; Washington, $44.03; St. Marytg, $27.06; Blue ,„ r ® ek ' * 2B 02 ; Monroe, $61.41; French, Hart(crd - >30'36; Wabash, ♦b0.63; Jefferson, $25.64; Berne (school '‘t>) $38.28; Decatur (school city), >132.09. M . Jaberg stated that the checks ie ready and could be secured if o ,rustees would call at the auditor’s 1C( It is predicted that next year, th' 6 , Sll ‘ !> ' Uß not be as large, since p law provides that $2,000 'be held ip o e , an<! and taxes were reduced a ' classes of dogw in the county, recently.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

1 At Coolidge Bedside H I i I I I I I ■ MRS. HAY JOHNSON f DR.AM.CRAM I - - Jiu Ulf - --LL . -- —.- ■ '■ ■- > Mrs. Mny Johnson, nurse, and Dr. A. M. Cram, who were in - attendance to Colonel John C. Coolidge, the President’s father are , shown in consultation outside the Coolidge home at Plyrnouth.Vt.

ASSAULT CASE GOES ON TRIAL - "‘-Wh si *mwi Ervin Lieehty. Blue ('reek Township Youth. Op Trial In Circuit Court Ervin Uechlv, Blue Creek township i i .youth, went on tri ll in the Adams cir-1 cuit court before Judge Jesse C. Sutiton and a jury this morning, on a rharge of criminal assault. The charge was filed against Lieehty by Miss Dor'cthv Kelsey, also of Blue Creek, township. The forenoon was spent in obtaining a jury. The first witness, Mi s Kelsey, was called when court conven-j ed this afternoon. The alleged criminal a- sault is said : to have occurred a year ago this ( spring, along a road 'tn Blue Creek township. Miss Kelsey gave a detailed account of the alleged attack) 1 and the incidents leading up to it, ami following the attack, while on the wit-: ness istand this afternoon. Lieehty i was tried in the city court beford Mayor DeVoss last' July, and the court found sufficient evidence of possible guilt to bind the defendant over to the circuit court. Attorney Dore B. Erwin is assisting Prosecuting Attorney John T. Kelly in the prosecution of the case, while Attorney R. C. Parrish, of Fort Wayne, is defending Mr. Lieehty. A large crowd f spectators was in the court room this afternoon. PURDUE MAN TO SPEAK IN COUNTY E. L. Austin To Give Addresses At /Farm Chib Meeting's Next Week E. L. Austin, ass'.stan state club leader, of Purdue University, will attend the club meetings to be held at Decatur, next Wednesday evening, and at Berne on Thursday evening. March 25, according to word which has been reeevied by L. M. Busehe, county agent Mr. Austin addressed a meeting of the township club committee- 1 men held in this county about a year ago and many favorable comments upon his work were made by those present. His work with the club department throughout the state, coupled with the fact that he is a gifted speaker .enables him to win favor with any audience interested in farm boys’ and CCOXTINIED OX PAGE THHEE) |

Modern Youths Need Safety Brakes Os A Strong Conscience Indianapolis, Ind., M.ir. 17.-*-<Unit--14 Viwr-j. i- XuiiMil to inI still the safety brakes of a strong conscience in modern youth, James Ogden, candidate for the Republican nomination for congress from the 1 Seventh district, declared in an address here last night. If young men and women are wayward and lean toward the wild life possible under modern conditions it is because they have not been properly trained at heme, he said. COUNCIL HONORS GEORGE MILLER Tributes Paid To Deceased i Councilman; Successor To Be Named Friday Tribute ; and resolutions of respect on the death of former Councilman George 11. Miller, whose death occurred in this city on March 9, were passed and adopted by the city council in regular session last evening. A copy of the resolutions is printed in another part of this paper at the order of I lie council and a loving tribute is paid to tile deceased councilman and well-known citizen, who was called by death a week ago last Tuesday. The election of a councilman to take the place cf Mr. Miller will be held next Friday evening at the city hall. According to law. a. notice has to be) given and a special meeting held fori the purpose. The notice is published in tcn'ght’s paper and the election cf Mr. Miller's successor will take place at 7 o'clock Friday evening. Several names have been mentioned in connection with the appointment. It is aho understood that one or two men have made anp’icat'on for the app intment. The latest name to be brought to the attention of the council by friends is that of Wai Wemhoff, active civic worker and a member of rhe public improvement committees of the Decatur Industrial Association and the Rotary Club. It is not known if Mr, Wemhoff Would accept the apj pc,intment, birt his friendis believe he would. Other names asasciated with the appointment are Herman L. Gillig, manager of the, American Surety company: Fred Kolter, well-known business man, and Otto L. Kirsch, former city councilman. As far as known, the councilmen have not decided on a man and their i action is being awaited with interest.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 17, 1926.

| Applicant For Enrollment In Farm Club Forgot To Sign His Name To Card County Agent llusehe his received an applicati n for enrollment in one cf the county farm clubs, but he does not know | who sent the card. The card was mailed fro mlicbo on March 15, hut the sender fa' ed to sign his name or designate which of the three clubs he wanted to join. It wn- the only application card mailed from Bobo on March 15, ami Mr. Busch would like lor the sender to forward his name, age, address, name of township in which he resides, and tell what club hr wants to enter. I o TO TRY “GREAT CHICKEN CASE" D. IL S. Football Team And Girls’ Basketball Team To Hold Mock Trial Plenty of fun is anticipated when “The Great Chicken Case" comes to trial in the high school auditorium . Friday night. The trial, which will be a mock trial, will start at 8 o'clock Friday evening. Judge Anderson?, of Chicago, will try t£e case and Clerk Nelson? man«>re the trial The pla'ntiffs are Mr. Walter Krick? and the Ladies’ A'd Society of the Zion Reformed i church? The defendant. Maurice Kennedy?, will plead not guilty. Mr. Kennedy’s attorneys. Erwin? and Merr'man?, expect their st|r witnesses Mr Guj’ Brown?, Miss Grace Coffee?, and Mr. James Blair?, to present evidence that will prove him I innocent. But the prosecution, i Walters? and Graham?, are confident that Mrs. Bert Lower?, and Mrs. John Parrish?, know some things that may cause Jesse Janies, the foreman of the jury, to hold out tor a verdict of “guilty.” The list of jurors drawn include. Fred Mills?, John Johnson?, Bryce Thomas?, Julius Ceasar?, Harold Kirsch?, Tabby Andrews?, Miss Blanche McCrory?. Ralph Yager?, Jesse James?. Mrs. Niblick?, Mrs. O. L. Vance?, Mrs. J. T. Myers?, Mrs. Christen?, and others. Mr. Guy Brown, an expert from Brown county, and a professor of lienrslics. roosterology and chickenism. will boa star witness. The names of the members of the 1 high school football team, and the girls’ basketball team, who will i represent the above characters, will i be published tomorrow. o WINSW. C.T. U. SILVER MEDAL Miss Glennis Baglev Is Winner In Oratorical Contest At Berne (Special to Daily Democrat) Berne, March 17—Miss Glennis Bagley won the annual silver medal oratorical contest held by the Women's Christian Temperance Union I here last night. There were five girls in the contest. The contest was held in the Community Auditorium and a large audience was present. The girls taking part in the contest were Misses Glennis Bagley, Elvira Lehman, Agnes Lehman, Gertrude Burkhalter and Doris Neaderhouser. The judges were Mrs. J R. Blair and Mrs. F. W. Downs, of Decatur, and Mr. Charles Kiser, a teacher in the Hartford township high school. Mrs. C. T. Habegger had charge of the contest, which wais carried out in a fine manner. Music was furnished during the program by a male quartet and a violin octet. There was a vocal solo with cornet obligato, also. A silver offering was taken, the proceeds to be used in some local improvement. Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Warmer tonight and in southeast portion Thursday. Colder in northwest portion Thursday.

| WINCHESTER !l STREET WILL ■i BE IMPROVED ►1 ■ F» City Will Pave Sides At Time Township Improves Center Os Street i s WORK TO BE DONE THIS SPRING LIKELY The city council reported favorable on the petition of property owners for the, Improvement of South Winchester street from the Nickel Plate railroad south to the city limits, the improve- ’ ment to be made at the same time the township improves the main road bed i with emulsified asphalt. The petition- ' ers asked that the city improve the I street to a width of four or five feet on each side of the main track, which, according to the original petition, will be 22 feet wide, and then to have sidei walks and curb installed. j Trst fall the contract was awarded 3 to Arthur Zehr for the improvement I of the main road, but as the street is S wider than the part that will be improved by the township, property own1 ers pet'tioned the council to have the . "nimnroved stretch on each side of the road improved with the same kind of i’ material and that, in addition, a curb 1 be placed along the street and a cee ment sidewalk be placed out to the ■. curb. The city engineer was instructed 1 to file plans and specifications for the ~ improvement and the attitude of the s council is to improve the street this o spring if possible. Property owners n contend that the sidewalks are in pcor i, condition and that, in view of the fact t that Winchester street is one of the i. main roa«b» fending into De atur. it s should be improved in an up-to-date e manner. r —o Married Sixty Years 1, _ i* Marion, Ind., Mar. 17. — (United 1 Press.)—W. I. Hamilton, 82-year-old s Civil war veteran, and his wife today '• embarked on their sixty-first year of '• married life. Hundreds of friends i. called on them as they observed their sixtieth wedding anniversary yesteri day. f o FOURTH LENTEN ■ SERMON GIVEN The Sin Os Envy Discussed By Father Chanman At St. Mary’s Church The fourth sermon in the speeiaJ 1 , Lenten course at St. Maryis Catholic church, was delivered last night by ■the Rev. Michael Andrew Chapman, the subject being “The Crowning with Thorns, and the Sin of Envy." The speaker called attention to the fact that sin is manifold. “There is a tendency nowadays." said Rev. Chapman. * “for people to think that if they do ' not lie, or steal, or murder, or drink i “ too muo!i, all is well with them. We 1 are apt to forget that it is perfectly ’ possible to sin mortally, without say-' ing a word or doing a thing, simply by an act of will, or, as we say, in thought But sin is an offense against > God. and there are some sins which ’ can be completed in the mind, and nobody may ever know anything about 1 them except God and yourself. Envy 3 Is one of these, and though it is seldom ' that a person is wiling to admit that 1 he is envious or jealous, this vice is 1 frightfully common, and the source of untold unhappiness. It seems a very slight matter, but it may become very serious indeed. “The crowning of our Lord with the ) ~ i <rovrivi-Rn ov rmt? «f,vev> o Theatre M«n In Race For Seat In Congress i Indianapolis. Ind., Mar. 17.—(United Press.) —J. Roland Duvall, treasurer of the Palace Theatre company, today planned an active race for the Republican nomination for congress from the Seventh district. i Duvall is the third entrant in the race.

' .I, —1 Rotary President | ■■■l ! W ■ ■ - ' Carl C. Pumphrey ' i Carl C. Pumphrey, jeweler, 1 was elected president of the Decatur Rotary Club, at a meeting of the board of directors Monday evening. Mr. Pumphrey, who is one of the wellknown business men of this city, will succeed Arthur Pi. Holthouse, secretary and business manager of the Daily Democrat, as president of the 1 ' lub. He will assume his new ‘ s on the first meeting night '’Til. , ■ — ... !.

, ————————— PYTHIANS SEEK : MORE PLEDGES l Decatur Lodge Asked To Raise $543.50 More For State Home Fund , Kekionga lodge. No. 65, Knights of Pythias, has been asked to raise $543.50 in addition to that already pledged by the lodge, for the state Pythian home fund. It is necessary for the lodges of the state to raise $70,000 more before the work on the new home can be started and the Grand Chancellor has apportioned the amount among th! various lodges of the state. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge last October, legislation authorizing the construction of the home, providing that work on the same should not begin until $200,000 was actually in the hands of the Grand Master of Exchequer, was passed. At that time, there was $130,000 paid in and was available. Some lodges had not, at that time, responded and others had paid very little Recently, the Grand Chancellor apportioned to the several lodges certain suns, and, while no assessment was actually made, the lodges throughout the stale are expected to secure this fund, so that the required $200,000 may become available and the e woik begun. A committee has been appointed to solicit the $543.50 from the local lodge. The committee consists of W. A. Lower, ehaitman, Ed Beery, John E. (CONTINUED OX PAGE THREE) O PROVIDES BOND FOR HIS RELEASE Lloyd Bieberstein Furnishes ' Bond In Sum Os $1,500 To Gain Freedom Lloyd Bieberstein, young Adams county farmer who escaped from the) county jail here two weeks ago, surrendered himself yesterday and was released, furnished bond in the sum of $1,500 for his release, and was not released on his own recognizance, alone, as stated in the Daily Democrat yesterday. There are two affidavits on file against Bieberstein in connection with charges of forgery. He was released on his own recognizance in one case, but provided $1,500 cash bond in the other case. | One of the affidavits pending against Bieberstein contains nine counts. He was acquitted on a charge of forgery recently after a flaw had been discovered in the affidavit.

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CLEAN-UP OF VOLSTEAD LAW VIOLATORS BEGUN Thirty-two Persons Under Arrest At Noon; More Arrests Planned CONDITION IN ROAD HOUSES REPORTED BAD Vincennes, Ind., Mar. 17. — (t nilexl Press) —The full force of the federal dry department in Indiana struck out today at violators of the Volstead law in Vincennes. Thirtv-two persons had been nrrested at noon ami the dry iicents. led bv A. R. Harris, »lenntv federal prohibition adDiinUi ml or in Indiana, were onnUnnina their raids. Fifteen or more arrests are yet to be made, it is understood. The accused were taken to Terre I Haute on a special train this afternoon for arraignment before Clyde R. Randall. U. S commissioner. Harris took active charge of the raids and several arrests had been made before word snread about the citv of the dry cleanup. Road house s soft drink stands, pool rooms and dives were visited by the drv souads working in four separate groups. Evidence of liuuor law violations as a basis for the raids was collected hv two of Harris' men who had been working quietly in Vincennes for two months or more Conditions in road houses on the outskirts of the city were particularly bad according to information obtained by investigators. It was said that many boys and eirls of high school age had been getting iiouor for “wild parties” at the road houses. o Pre-E«rtor Service At Presbyterian Church The regular Wednesday evening Pre-Easter service will be held at the Presbyterian church this evening The service will start at 7:15 o’clock. The pastor will preach on the subject: “The Covetousness of Judith." Special music will be a feature of the service. ENROLLMENTS IN CLUBS OPEN Bovs And Girls Besrin To Enroll In Farm Clubs Os Adams County Boys and girls of the county are beginning to enroll in the calf, com and sugar beet clubs. A number of enrollment cards have already been received at the county agent'.s office. Irvin Kizer. Hartford township boy. bears the distinction of being the first t oenroll. Irvin hau enrolled in the calf club and intends to feed a purebred registered Jersey catlf which he already owns. Thus far, seven boys and one girl have enrolled in the calf club. Eight boys have enrolled in the corn club and one boy has enrolled in the sugar beet club. Several questions regarding the proper procedure for enrolling have been asked. The following suggestions have been made: First —Prospective club members should carefully read the rules of the club which they contemplate joining. This will avoid any chance for a misunderstanding. Copies of the rules may be obtained from school teachers or from the farmers who are serving as club committeemen in the various townships. Rules can also be obtained at any bank in the county. Second —An enrollment card carefully filled out should be sent to the | county agent. These cards may be obtained from the 'same parties mentioned abow Enrollments will be taken during this month. Those intending to joiu, should immediately obtain and mail one of these cards mentioned above.