Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1926 — Page 1

Vol. XXIV; Number 73.

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disappearance OF LIOUOR IS BEING PROBED Federal Dry Czar Issues ‘ Orders For Investigation At Indianapolis TOWNSEND’S REPORT IS BEING SOUGHT Indianapolis, Mar. 26.— Investigation of the alleged disappearance of 320 mses of confiscated bootleg liquor from the federal building here went forwaid today under orders from Lincoln Andrews, federal dry czar. Three sec et agents working on instructions from Andrews sifted the chafes of a shortage in the stock seised when authorities close in on George Remus. Cincinnati bootleg king. Search was said to be in progress in the dty department at Washington for a report of Addison Townsend dry agent, on the alleged disappearance of the whiskey. Chicago. Mar. 26— (United Press.) —An investigation of the alleged disappearance of confiscated liquor from the federal building at Indianapolis will not originate with the United State circuit couit of appeals here, the United Pt ess was informed today. « An order of investigation would have to come from the federal court at Indianapolis which has original jurisdiction in the case, it was declared by federal officials here. Washington, Mar. 2»> — (United Press.) —Secret agents of the federal prohibition organisation-hr Indianapolis today investigating the alleged disappearance from a government warehouse of 350 cases of liquor confiscated previously front a bootlegger. Assistant secretary of Treasury Andrews ordered the agents to make the probe after Representative Laguardia. of New York, sent Secretary of the Treasury Mellon a letter containing "information" of the alleged diversion. 0 French Francs Slump To New Low Record London. Mar. 26. —(United Press) — French francs slumped to a new low ■ecord i:n the Bourse today. One Pound Sterling could buy 141 3-8 francs compared with yesterday’s close, when francs, were worth 139.15. CLIiB MEETING BELO AT BERNE Members Os Farm Clubs Receive Prizes For Work • Done During Past Year Berne, Mar. 2(l.—Another interesting meeting of farm club members and boosters was held in the community auditorium here last night. A large crowd attended. Prizes for their work during the past year were awarded to various club members. Mr. L. L. Baumgartner presided as chairman of the meeting and made a welcome address. L. M. Busche. county agent, gave a short talk in which he summed up the results of the club work. Responses were made hy two members of the clubs, Simeon M. Schwartz, of the corn and sugar beet clubs, and Eldon Lehman, of the calf club. The latter is only 11 years old and is the youngest club member >n the county. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. otto B. Lehman, of Wabash •ownship. Both boys made interesting talks, in which they expressed their apprecaition for the assistance given to them by the business men of the county. " iiliam Linn, representing the Decatur Industrial Association, presentt’ le prizes t 0 the club members. ■*U. E. L. Austin, of Purdue Universty, who is at the head of the club work in the state, gave the principal address of the evening. A Mmilar meeting was held at Decatur Wednesday night.

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Maniac Slayer .. I. f NT M GO I Ng„ This is John M. Goins, the Stockton. Cal., real estate man, who killed six people in a frenzy of madness because he thought he was being persecuted in the courts. He killed himself when trapped by a posse. LECTURE TO BE GIVEN SUNDAY Illustrated Lecture To Open Passion Week Service At Presbyterian Church An illustrated lecture entitled "The Road to Calvary,” will be given at the First Presbyterian church Sun day evening, at 7 o'clock, by the pastor. the Rev. B. N. Covert. The fifty lantern slides depict the scenes of passion week, from the entrance of Christ in the garden to the crucifixion. Some of the slides are reproductions of famous paintings. Several illustrated songs will lie given in connection with the lecture, also. The lecture Sunday night will begin a series of Passion Week services at the Presbyterian church. The services will be held on Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday nights of next week. Special attractions will be held each evening. Mrs. Florence Sprunger Starr, of I Bluffton, will sing on Wednesday evennig. Other features will be announced from night to night. An Easter Sunrise service will be ' held on Easter Morning by the young people of the church. This will be ! followed by a church service. The Easter-tide communion service will be held as a vesper service at 5 o’clock Easter Sunday afternoon. o Rev. Miller Speaks At D. H. S. Chanel Program The Rev. O. E. Mi ler, pastor of the First Baptist church, had charge of the chapel program at Decatur high school this morning. Rev. Miller gave a very interest'.ng talk on the hook of Psalms. —o ALUMNI WILL HOLD RECEPTION “Old Grads” Os Catholic High School To Entertain I). C. H. S. Cagers A public reception for the Catholic high school basketball team, state parochial school champions and semifinalists in the national Catholic tournement, will be held by the Catholic high school alumni association, at the school auditorium, at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. All fans and followers of the team are invited to attend. Earl Christen, president of the alumni association, will preside ias chariman of the meeting. Speeches will be given by Father J. A. Seimetz, Father Theodore Fettig, Coach France Cortter, Clark J. Lutz, Jjohn Carmody and Carl “Tubby" Gass, captain of the Commodores-. The Catholic high school orchestra will furnish music.

ENROLLMENTS TO CLOSE MM 31 Many Boys And Girls To Take Part In Farm Club Contests This Year Adams county boys and girls are exhibiting consldetable interest In the boys’ and girl ' club work, recently put underway, sixty-four enrolment cards having been received at the county agent's office. Most of last year’s members are enrolling and i goodly number of new members have already sent in oard.3. It is emphaI sized that enrollment cards shall be ' mailed not later than next Wednesday, March 31, when the enrollment period ends. Prospective corn club members are to keep c record on a field of corn produced on the home farm. One acre is staked off as the club acre. Next fall, when the corn is mature, the yield will be estimated. At seed corn picking time, the member is asked to select 'one bushel of seed -corn from the standing stalk, from which his ten-ear show sample will be selected Each member shall compete in the county corn club show. The members making the highest grades, yield, show and record bq ks being consider-, ed, will hare In the SIOO premiums to be awarded by the business men of the county. Sugar beet chib members are to keep a record on the production of one acre of beets. Members contract with the sugir company and the beets will be harvested separately and payment will ’ be made directly to the members. A sugar beet show will take place in the • fall. One hundred iVHars will be awarded to members of the beet club. Ca’.f club members will use purebred - -heifwr eaUc.s. bio, nin .February, M irch F or April, 1926. The calves shall be f registered and no doubt members will take great pride in owning an Individ- ’ ual of this nature. A record shall be kept of the feed fed. Although mem- ’ bers are to finance their own calves. ’ assistance will be rendered in finding suitable calves, at the price members (CO.VHNI KO ON PAGE THREE) . o DR YS MOBILIZING “SHOCK TROOPS" Anti-Saloon League Planning To Battle Wets When » “Beer Hearings” Open 5 1 Washington. Mar. 26 — (United ; Press)—After more than five years of more or less active duty, the “shock troops" of the anti-saloon | league ar e being mobilized to battle ■ the “wets" again when the “beer [ hearings" start in congress April 5. Church organizations, the pre- , Volstead organizations, temperance f unions and oher dry groups will gath- ! er under the banner of the anti- , saloon league to combat the “wets" f at. the hearing, Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the league said today. “We have sent out the call to organizations all over the country, and expect to be able to show definitely through testimony that prohibition has been successful.” Wheeler I declared. The list of witnesses would be announced Monday, he said. Wheel- ; er will make a flying trip to Chicago to debate the prohibition question by radio with Clarence Darrow there Saturday night. c Approval Os Gas Company Merger Is Expected Today c Indianapolis, Ind., Mar 26.—(United a Presls)—The public service commisy sion was scheduled to approve today f the first of the pnoposed Insu'.l utility mergers in Indiana. a At its conference this afternoon, the s commission will consider the petition s of the Northern Indiana Gas and Elec- ;,' trie Company to merge with the Northa'ern Indiana Public Service Co. | The merger involves exchange of a about $44,000,000 worth rot (securities. | No oposition to the merger was i voiced when the raise was recently heard by Commissioner Clyde H. Jones.

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Motorist Leaves Woman At Side Os Road After Hitting Her With Auto Bicknell, Ind., Mar. 26. — (United Press.)- Authorities were without a clue today in attempting to trace the auto driver who struck Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, 30, on the Bicknell-Vln-i-ennea road and left her for dead at the side of the highway. After hitting Mrs. Smith, the driver stopped his car, dragged her to the side of the road and beat and choked her into unconsciousness. No motive for the attack was known. Although in a serious condition Mrs. Smith is expected to recover. o WILL CONFIRM CLASS SUNDAY Six Decatur Young People To Be Admitted To Zion Reformed Church Six Decatur young people will be admitted to the Zion Reformed church by confirmation next Sunday, it was announced today by the Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, pastor of the local church. Those to be confirmed are: Lewis Werling, Cyrus Cable, Florence 1 Werling. Ixtrena Reppert, Nedra Caney and Cleo Werling. The class was publicly examined in <rnnecti;:i with last Sundays service and the work was rendered by the young people in a gratifying manner, according to those attending the service. Rev. Fledderjohann will deliver a sermon next Sunday especially devoted to the interest of the confirmation class. The subject will be, “WatchTowers of Faith." >o League Os Women Voters Elects State Officers Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 26. —(United Tess) —Mrs. Frank Streightoff, Indianapolis, was elected president of the Indiana League of Women Voters today at the closing session of the state convention here. The ticket prepared by the nomination! committee went through by unanimous vote, there being no nominations from the floor. Other officers elected were: Mrs. Mary Gallahan Kolb, Peru, first vicepresident; Mrs. H. R. Miesner, Michigan City, second vice-president; Mrs. J. E. Neff. South Bend, third vice-presi-dent; Mrs. Ora Thoinpsoin Ross, Rennselaer, treasurer; Mrs. Paul Meifield, Frankfort, secretary. ■ -o Pillars Funeral To Be Held Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Benjamin ' Pillars, who died at her home in this city yesterday morning, will be held from the residence, corner of Madison and Seventh streets, at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Cecil R. . Smith will have, charge of the services. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. , a School Os Denistry Gives $13,000 To I. U. Memorial Bkpmington, Ind., Mar. 26.—(United • Press) —Pledges of mor ethan $13,000 from the Indiana University Schoo! of Dentistry to the Indiana University ■ Memorial Fund Campaign were an i ncunced here today. In subscribing $13,372, the students i in the dental college pledged 100 pet cent of their quota. o Newcastle Planning For Annual M. E. Conference 1 Newcastle, Ind., Mar. 26. — (United - Press) —Plans are 'being completed to r day for the eighty-third annual confer ' ence of the Nprth Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, tc > be held here April 6 to 11. i Bishop George Shephard, of Portland - Oregon, and Bishop George Garse, ol - China, will be the principal speaker) at the session, it was announced, tl Weather y Mostly cloudy tonight and Satur . ' day, colder tonight.

GAGERS GUESTS GF ROTARIANS Catholic High School Bas-j kctball Team Entertained By Club Last Night , Members of the Commodores' basket-1 I ball team of the Decatur Catholic high school, winners of the parochial high sch|:o! championship and semi-finalists in the National Cathollo basketball tournament, held in Chicago last week, together with members of the -chool athletic board and team enthusiasts, were guests of the Rotarians at their regular luncheon meeting last even- ) Ing. Following the regular Rotary program. the meeting was turned over to R. J. Harting, who acted as chairman and extended a hearty welcome to the ! Commodores and congratulated them on their splendid victory at Chicago. “Teedle” made a real talk and called cn the Rev. J. A. Seimetz, rector of| . St. Mary's Catholic church and han-1 ! orary member of the athletic board. | 4 Father Seimetz told of a few amusing Incidents which occurred during the' I tournament and left no doubt in the . minds of those who heard him that he, j, was mighty proud >cf the Commodores. | The Rev. Theodore Fettig. asslistunt I pastor and director of athletics in the | 1 school, told how hard the boys played ■ „ and what a splendid bunch of fellows a they were. He expressed the hope that . the Fort Wayne Iposters would .not .. bring alxiut a severance of athletic relations between Decatur and Fort j Wayne and that he hoped that I Fort Wayne enthusiasts would take u the defeat in the proper way and that games could' be booked between the two teams next year. Coach Franco Confer, whp was also welcome4-s- a reinstated member of the Rotary Club and referred to “as 5 the Knute Rockne of Decatur,’ spoke in high terms of the splendid spirit I shown by the team and expressed bls pleasure over their manly fight. ? Following the Conini) dores' defeat, _ by the Louisville, Ky„ team, the meins bers of the team congratulated the (C'ONTINI ED ON PAGE THREE) lr O—JURY TO PROBE TAYLOR MURDER L II- Los Angeles County Grand i. Jury To Investigate Fresh Evidence By Lincoln Quarberg, (U. P. Staff Correspondent) I Los Angeles, Calif., Mar. 26. —The Los Angeles county grand jury will n investigate the William Desmond a Taylor murder mystery as a result of j fresh evidence brought to light, it was n announced today by acting District Attorney Buron Fitts. The inquiry is to begin as soon as i District Attorney Asa Keyes returns a . from his tour of eastern states with new evidence he claims to have gathered. “There probably will be some indictment,” declared Fitts who coin- | pleted questioning of several witnesses today on instructions wired him by Keyes. 0 ~ 0 ~~~~ >t J. E. Headington Dies y At Home In Celina, Ohio iJ. E. Headington, an uncle of Mrs. S R. E. Glendening, of this city, died i' this morning a this home in Celina. Ohio. Mr. Headington has been in ill health for the past year. Mr. Headington was manager of the J. A. _ Long packing plant in Celina and was known to several local people. (I He formerly resided at Portland. 3 Funeral services will be held in Cer_ lina at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon. e o o Resolution Calls For Prohibition Referendum i, >f Washington, Mar. 26. — (United •s Press)—A joint resolution, calling for a national referendum on prohibition “ m the congressional election of 1928 was introduced in the -senate today b> Senator Edge, New Jersey, republican r- and leader of the congressional wei block.

Condemned . - ■ ■’» FKAK7K CARTER Despite the plea of his lawyers that he has the mentality of j a five-year-old, Frank Carter,! Omaha’s mystery sniper, has been found guilty of one of the series of murders he committed and faces the extreme penalty , of the law. i MASONS PLAN FOR INITIATION i Snecial Meeting To Confer Master Mason Degree Announced For Tuesday , Four candidates will be initiated in the Master degree of Masonry at the Masonic hall next Tuesday afternoon and evening, and John Dickerson, master of the lodge and his assisting officers, are planning for an old fashioned good time. The session will convene at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon and as many of the candidates will be taken through as possible until 6 o'clock, when a banquet will be enjoyed, followed at 8 o'clock by a resumption iof the work and closing with the i lectures. The lodge has been growing steadily and, with a number of applications on hand, it is necessary to speed the work along with this spe- | cial meeting when the four young men will receive the final degrees of the Blue lodge. All members are urged to plan to attend. Several will be here from outside lodges. o “Tennessee Killer” Pays For Crime With His Life i Michigan City, Ind., Mar. 26. — (United Press)—Harry Smith, negro, known as the "Tennessee killer" was electro1 cuted foday at the state prison here 1 The condemned man was executed I for the murder of Martin Smith, another negro, at Gary in a quarrel over the latter’s attentions to Harry’s wife. Smith was strapped in the chair at I 12:02 and twelve minutes later prison ’ physicians pronounced him dead. II o FRANCE FACING ANOTHER CRISIS 1 ' Franc Slumps To Record Low As New Cabinet , Crisis Appears Certain Paris, March 26—(United Press) — l ' Another cabinet crisis appears inevitable as socialist and radical opposition to the government’s financial project develops. Today the franc slumped to 29.1 1 to the dollar, a record low which de picts the threat of bankruptcy whirl d threatens the French treasury. A r dollar normally would be worth u about five francs. J, Ninety-six'socialists in the cham y,ber of deputies Stubbornly maintair )■ | their opposition to finance Ministe !t> Pereti’s proposal for an [incrteafse< I tax on business turnover.

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ACCUSERS OF TEACHER ASK POSTPONEMENT Trial Os Teacher-Athlete At Palmyra, Ind., Delayed For Second Time NO NEW DATE SET FOR THE HEARING Palmyra, Ind., Mar. 26 — (United Press)— Palmyra went back to work this afternoon a i little disappointed because the expected church trial ol W • Clyde Martin, teacher athlete, on charges of “conduct unbecoming an active church worker,” again failed to materialize. Marlin’s accusers asked a second postponment because ol lack of an attorney. No new date for the hearing | was set. — Palmyra. Ind. Mar. 26—(United | Press)—All steps in Palmyra led to the little frame building which . houses the Church of Christ today as the hour for the opening of the trial of W. Clyde Martin, 40, teacher athlete and alleged heretic approached. Inside the church the congregation i assembled to hear the evidence presented first by Martin’s accusers and then byy the man over whom more community friction has arise!) than anything in the history of the town. Only members of the congregation will be permitted inside the church during the trial but Martin’s adherl ants, are not all members of the ' Palmyra CJiunh of Christ and it is I certain that the crorfd outside the i walls of the church will be equal to. j if not greater than the crowd inside. Martin in going on trial has professed lack of interest in the immediate outcome of the proceedings I< ox I IM i:il ON PAGE EIGHT) Church Choir To Render Cantata Easter Night On Easter night, the Zton Reformed shurch choir, composed of 25 voices, will render an Easter cantata, entitled “Redemption's Song." A detailed program will be announced spon, it was stated by those in charge, today. Work is picgressing on the cantata and it is ’ said to be one of the finest ever to be produced in this city. BANQUET HELD BY DEMOCRATS ‘ Candidates For Senatorial Nomination Speak At 1 Muncie Meeting More than 300 democrats from the various counties in the Eighth ccngres- ’ sional district attended the annual banquet at the Delaware Hotel at Mun--1 cie last night. Candidates for the United States Senate supplied the oratory for the meeting, which was presided over by James Fleming, of Portland, district chairman. The meeting followed a banquet I held in the ball room of the Dela- . ware Hotel. About 100 persons were turned away from the meeting, all seats being sold several days ago. . Music was supplied by a Muncie or- ‘ chestra. All the candidates for the United States Senate in the Democratic primary were present and delivered short - talks with the exception of J. E. Fredt- rick, of Kokomo, who was attending a !- meeting at Peru. Mr. Fredrick’s adil dress was read and received considerable applause. 1 Mrs. A. P. Flynn, Indiana Democratic e- chairwoman, delivered a short talk, h urging organization as the best posA i sible means of winning next fall. h| C. H. Musselman, editor of the Berne Review, and Dick Heller, of Decatur. 1- attended frem thi- eouaity Several n attended the meeting from Bluffton sr and Portland, while large delegation* :d attended frem Anderson. Muncie and Elwood.