Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1926 — Page 1

\ol XXIV'. Nifmber 89.

PROHIBITION CZAR FAVORS BEER

Indiana Harbor Mail Messenaer Kidnanned And Robbed

POLICE OFFICERS BELIEVE ROBBERY BUS INSIDE JOB One Shipment Os $37,500 In Cash Believed Part Os Ix>ot Taken HOLDUP DESCRIBED BY EYE-WITNESSES H i.iff.l Press Service) Joliet. 111., *J»r- 14- — Frank Watson, kidnapped in Indiana Harbor this morning, when two bandits held up his mail truck and took him away with the loot, was picked up near here today at his own request after he had been deserted by the fleeing robbers. Watson, after a wild auto ride which terminated two miles north of here, had seen the two bandits open the bags and rifle them. In place of putting him back in the car they forced him to remain behind. He walked to a farm house and called police at Joliet requesting that they come after him. Pottal officials in Chicago were immediately noticed. He was taken to Chicago. H’nite.l Press Service) Indiana Harbor, Ind., April 14.—The roblxry and kidnapping of a mail messenger which occured here today was characterized by police as a frame up and inside job. The police version of the affair came after three eye witnesses to the robbery had told their stories of alleged robbing and kidnapping of Frank Watson, mail messenger as he pulled into the post office yard with a load of mail from the early train today. The bandits procured the entire (CONTINUED OX PAGE FIVE) HOME BUILDERS ELECT OFFICERS Annual Meeting Os Association Held Tuesday; • Most Os Property Sold The annual meeting of the Decatur Home Builders was held at the offices of the manager, H. S. Michaud, yas- , terday afternoon. Reports of the year's business were read by 11. D. Hite, secretary, IT. S. Michaud, manager, and W. A. Lower, treasurer. All of the proporety of the corporation, excepting one house, located near the Clover Leaf railroad tracks, have been sold and a partial distribution of funds made. The following board of directors was • chosen for the ensuing year: Bon Smith, W. A. Lower, C. N. Christen. H. S. Michaud, 11. I). liite and J. H. Heller. After adjournment of the stock holders, the directors organized •>>' the election of J. H. Heller, president; b. j. Smith, vice-president; 11. D- Hite, secretary and W. A. Lower, treasurer. The company is being liquidated. o ' — John Price, Killed By Train Tuesday, Formerlly Resided In Adams County John Price, Clinton county farmer, who met death yesterday with his wife, when a Monon train struck their automobile at a crossing in Kirklin, formerly resided east of Monroe, in Adatns county. Mr. Price was married the second time only two weeks ago. He has eleven children by his first tt >fe, who died a few years ago. Mr. Price was a candidate for trustee of ugar Creek township, Clinton county. ou the democratic ticket.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

U. S. Imports Continue To Increase Over The Exports During March Washington, April 14. — (United Press) —Imports continued to increase over exports for the United States during March, giving this country an "unfavorable” foreign trade balance of 170,000.000, the commerce department reported today. A year ago, the United States had a March favorable balance of $68,000,000. Secretary of Commerce Hoover attributed I he reverse world trade to decline in the export value of cotton and the increase value in raw products from abroad, such as rubber. TWO TICKETS FILED TODAY ( — Democrats And Republicans File List Os Candidates For Delegates Both democratic and republican tickets for delegates to the state conventions from Adams county, were filed today at the county clerk's office. It is not likely thal there will be any opposition to the democratic selections, it was learned this afternoon. Today is the last day t:> file delegates' names. Rumors are current that several republicans are not entirely satisfied with the list of names filed by the republican committee and it is probable that another list of names will be filed late this afternoon. The democratic delegates, whose names were filed without opposition, are: Henry Dehner, Rolla Houck, J. W. Vizard, David J. Schwartz. Joseph D. Winteregg. John C. Augsbutger, Arthur Kinney, James Kelly, William Linn, H. M. DeVoss and Charles N. Christen. According to the allotment. th edemocrats will be entitled to 11 delegates from Adams county. The republicans, whose names already have been filed, are. Benjamin Butler. Paul Graham, Noah Pusey, Adam Burkholder. Adam Miller, E. Fritzinger, Leona Graham. Dora Lower. The republicans are entitled to 8 delegates from this county. Up to 3 o’clock, no other candidates had filed, but the fact was practically assured the another complete ticket would be filed for the republican primary. The names qpuld not be learned, but it is thought the list will be file diate this afternoon.’ Candidates for state selections have until midnight tonight in which to file their declarations. Printing of the ballots for the primal ies will begin in a few days, the election commissioners announced today. Favors And Punch For Dance Are Stolen Here A prankish, but unmanly trick was performed last evening by someone, when they stole the favors and punch which had been placed in the Decatur Catholic high school building for the dance, which was given by the mothers of the players on the D. C. W. S. Commodores basketball team. The favors and punch had been placed in the school building aqd a few minutes later, when the committee went to get them, they were gone. The paper streamers were scattered ovr town. It is thought that hoys did the trick. — o Wabash Orator To Enter Central States Contest Crawfordsville, Ind., April 14—(United Press) —Maurice Robinson, Wabash College orator, will represent the central states in the national oratorical contest at Evanston, 111., April 30. Robinson won the interstate contest at Appleton, WK, over representatives from a dozen midwestern schools. Robinson’s speech, ‘‘The Eleventh Commandment,” which deals in a straightforward way with the youth of today.

HERRIN QUIET ' AFTER RENEWAL OF HATE WAR State Guard Troops Patrol Streets Os Illinois City Again Today SIX MEN SLAIN IN TUESDAY’S SHOOTING Herrin, 111., April II (l’nit-J ed i’ress) ExcUpl for the silent and ominous appearing state guards, Herrin returned today to ,its normal experience —doing its business and keeping its guns under cover. The state guards patrolled all principal streets of the little I mining city but until noon had found nothing to alarm city authorities or to indicate that further outbreaks might folloy in the wake of yesterday's flection battle in which six men were .slain. Herrin, 111., April 14 —Daylight and I the tramp of soldiers' feet today dispelled fear of further violence in riotrent Herrin. The city which has been named "bloody" for its frequent massacres and riots, where only yesterday six men were slain in a main street gun battle brought about, by an election feud, today was at peace —a peace which might not exist ’/ere it not for the company or state guards patrol ling the streets. Night found the city deserted. Herrin counted her dead, found three klansmeii and three atlli-klansmen had been killed in I lie fight, went home to its evening meal and quietly stole away to bed—another bloody chapter in its history record id. Dawn found the city awake. Miners —those who have not been laid off by the recent curtailment of coal colleries —stepped briskly from their homes and started off to their trips (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) MANY ENROLL IN CALF CLUB Thirty-two Boys And Girls Enter Adams County Dairy Calf Club Enrollment cards tabulated at pie county agent's office show that 32 boys and girls have entered the dairy calf club this year. Several of them already have obtained their calves, while a number are now engaged in locating them. In addition to the above, last year's calf club members are continuing in the "advanced” calf club with their yearling heifers, making approximately sixty-five calves which will be in the 1926 club work. The exact number will be known by May 1. when weight records will be submitted. _ On May 1. members in the “advanced” club will weigh their calves and report the weight to the countyagent. It is also likely that monthly reports will be required of the kind of feed fed. "Advanced" members will not be required to keep records on the weight of feed fed. Members who are entering the club with small calves, born in February, March or April of this year, will weigh their calves May 1. Feed records also will begin on that date and all feed fed from that time until the close of the record period, which probably will he about October 1. will be accurately recorded in record books furnished the members. The daii’y calf club is one of the club projects being financed and sponsored by the business men of Adams county thsl year. Several boys and girls in each of the three clubs, namely, calf, corn and sugar beet, will receive free educational trips. A number of cash premiums also will be awarded.

Ilecatur, Indiuna, Wednesday, April 14, 1926,

Slashed •. - K Z - SMBcaBPr/./ LORRAIKTE PATzI-UER Tin' latest victim of the mysterious Boston moron who slashes women and rims is Miss Lorraine Palmer whose cheek was ripped open by a razor blade in the hand of the maniac, win> cscuj>ed. ATTEND HIGHWAY MEETING TODAY Eleven Decatur Men At Meeting Os Franklin Highway Association A delegation from this city is attending the anual meeting of the Benjamin Franklin lligway Association at Tiltin, Ohio, today. The party loft early this morning in three ears and included W. A. Lower, O. L. Vance. France Confer, Leo Kirsch, Douglass Haney, D. W. Beery. E. B. Williamson, Wilbur Porter, French Quinn, J Lutz, and J H. Heller. The association is making progress in its efforts to build a paved road from Atlantic City to San Francisco, the shortest coast-to-coast route in America. The highway runs from Van Wert, Ohio, to this city and from here to Huntington and will traverse the roast to be located by the state highway commission in this state. o — Pillars Funeral To Be Held Thursday Afternoon Funeral services for Benjamin Pillars, Civil war veteran who died at his home hero yesterday, will be held from the residence, corner of Madison and Seventh streets, at 2 o’clock and from the United Brethren church at 2:30 o'clock. Thursday afternoon. In the list of surviving relatives given in the account of the death yesterday, the 'name of Mrs. Harold Johnson, of Los Angeles, California,■ gi anddaghter of Mr. Pitliars, was omitted. Mrs. Johnson's mother, Mrs. Charles Pillars, daughter-in-law of the deceased, is living, also. —. oCoolidge Renominates Members Os Rail Board Washington, April 14 — (United Press I—President Coolidge today renominated Ben W. Hooper of Tennessee. and Samuel Higgins, of New Yotk, members of the railroad labor board. Hooper, who is at present chairman of the board, represents the public, while Higgins represents the railroad owners. The third member, representing the unions, will not be named until the brotherhoods make their recommendation# Weather Unsettled and colder tonight. Cold wave in northeast portion. Probably some rain or snow in east and south portions. Thursday mostly fair.

BRENNAN ANO SMITH WIN IN ILLINOIS VOTE Democrats Nominate Wet Candidate; Administration Candidate Loses SMITH WINS EASILY FROM SEN. MC KINLEY By Edward C. Derr, United Press- Staff Correspondent Chicago, April 14. —Prohibition and the World Court are to be the chief objects of attack during the bitter senatorial campaign that l.linois is facing as a result of yesterday’s statewide primar’es Domocrats o', this sue voted their satisfaction with the “dripping wet" platform of their boss, George E. Bn-nnan naming him as their candidate for United States senator. Brennan s greatest appeal for votes will be made on the fact that he favors —not medication —’but repeal of the prohibition laws. Coolidge Candidate Beaten Republicans,, in a primary contest of even greater national significance, refused to endorse Ihe pre sent senator, William B. McKinley, a so-call-ed Coolidge republican; voiced their disapproval of the World court and selected Col. Frank L. Smith as their candidate. Smith will not discuss prohibition but will ask for votes on bis promise to fight the court to tiie very limit. Boss Bi cumin's nomination had appeared so certain from the very start that the democratic primary attracted only passing attention within the state. It was In the other fight, where the republicans were selecting between McKinley ami Smith as their candidate to defeat Brennan, that the real Interest centered Smith swept Chicago with ease, surprised his most loyal supporters by piling up more (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) NAMED DELEGATE BY PRESBYTERY C. D. Teeple. Os Decatur. Selected As Delegate To General Assembly C. D. Teeple, of this city, was selected as a delegate to the General : Assembly of the Presbyterian church, to be held at Baltimore, Md., May 26, at the spring meeting of the Fort Wayne Presbytery, at Auburn, yesterday. Mr. Teeple’s selection comes as a pleasant surprise to the Decatur church, his selection as delegate being the first for the local church since 1915, when C. J. Lutz was so honored. | The Rev. B. N. Covert was select-' l ed as an alternate delegate to the Baltimore meeting. The Fort Wayne Presbytery is entitled to send two I pastors and two laymen each year. | G. E. Beugnot, of Auburn, was the other layman delegate selected. The two pastors selected as delegates were Dr. C. O. Shirey, Bethany church of Fort Wayne, and the Rev. C. L. Mackey, of Elkhart. The fall meeting of the Fort Wayne Presbytery will be held at. the Anthony Boulevard church in Fort Wayne, the meeting decided. It was also decided that Dr. Samuel Callen, new pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Fort Wayne would be formally installed on April 26. Twenty-eight congregations were represented at the Auburn meeting, and Rev. T. R. Allston, pastor of the Bluffton ohurch, was chosen moderator to succeed Rev. B. N. Covert, of Decatur. Rev. A. P. Bourns, pastor of the Westfield church, Fort Wayne, was elected state clerk, succeeding Rev. C. O. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Guardsmen Becoming Efficient In Answering Riot Calls To Herrin Carbondale, 111., April 14. — (United Press) —Members of the 130th Infantry, Illinois National Guard, have become so accustomed to answering riot calls to Herrin that they now perform with the maximum of efficiency in the minimum of time. A siren has been installed on their armory here and when word of yesterday's Herrin riot was flashed here by telephone, the siren called the troopers to duty from their jobs in Carbondale, and they were at Herrin within an hour. ASCHIIMAN BOY KILLED BY TRUCK Former Decatur Boy Meets Almost Instant Death In Fort Wayne ,Car! Asehliman. 5 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Asehliman, of Fort Wayne, formerly of this city, was struck and instantly killed by a truck, while playing in the street In front of the Asehliman home yesterday afternoon. The boy started to run across the street when the truck struck him. Death was almost instant, before tned-i cal ai«l could be summoned. The father, Homer Asehliman, formerly was connected with the Bake-RJte Company in this city. They moved to Fort Wayne several years ago. An aunt, Mrs. John Clancy, resides in this city. o— — Investors In Hawkins Company To Lose All Indianapolis. Ind-, April 14. — (United Press)—lDbpes of investors in the Hawkins Mortgage Company that they would salvage a part of their savings from the wreckage of the concern, were smashed today. Car! Wilde, referee in bankruptcy, said there would be practically nothing to pay the investors. Stockholders of the Cooperative League of America, a subsidiary of the Hawkins company, may receive 40 cents on the dollar. Wilde said a previous announcement that a refund would be possible to the Cooperative league stockholders was misinterpreted by the Haw-kins investors as applying to them, also. Amundsen’s Dirigible Lands At Oslo. Norway Oslo. Norway, April 14—(United Press) — Thousands of enthusiastic Norwegians today turned out to greet the Amundsen-Ellsworth polar dirig ible Norge when she arrived from Pulham, Eng., at the end of an al! nfght cruisie above the tumbling j waters of the North Sea. Schools and other public buildings were closed and most shops followed the example. i The city was dressed in flags and i bunting, while on Ekeberg Hill, in the .suburbs, virtually the entire popula tion gathered to shout “welcome” tc the men who seek the pole. o Two Held On Charges Os Drunken Driving Marion, Ind., April 14 — (Unitec ' Press)—John Poole and D. Debates were held today on charges of drunk en driving, following a collision o two automobiles in which three per sons were seriously injured. The injured were Ed Howell, 75, hi wife, Ellen, 66, and Mrs. Marguerit Thomas, 40. All lived near Jonesborc o Elks To Hold Regular Meeting This Eveninj The regular meeting of the Elk will be held this evening at the horn ' Tim election of a loyal knight and lecturing knight will take place.

Price Two Cents.

ANDREWS COMES OUT FOR CHANGE IN VOLSTEAD ACT Believes Legalizing Os Beer Will Aid In Enforcing Prohibition ACTION STARTLES SENATE COMMITTEE Washington, April 11 (United Press) l„ ('. Andrews federal prohibition czar, today came out in favor of legalizing beer of low alcoholic content. Testifying before the senate prohibition investigating committee Andrews said he believed modification of the Volstead act to encourage mild alcoholic beverages would aid enforcement of prohibition, t Having startled the committee with his advocacy of light beer, Andrews caused a now stir whPn he estimated that there are aliout 172.000 stills operating In this county now. Much Liquor Now Made Charles Williams, an associate of Andrews, who had l>eon called to explain workings of a still, displayed before the committee, gave an estimate of forty gallons a day as a still's capacity whereupon Senator Reed deduced that 68.600,000 gallons of liquor might be made in a single day in the United States. Andrews, in answer to a question concerning his opinion to strict government supevision of beer distribution, said: “I think that would aid lawenforcement..” The question was put by Senator Ret-d. democrat, Missouri, wet. who (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) M. E. Sunday School Board Meets Tonight The Methodist Sunday school board will hold a meeting tonight immediately after prayer meeting. All members are urged to attend the meeting. Business of importance will be transacted. 0 WILL DESTROY REMUS LIQUOR Choice Bonded Whisky, Worth $300,000, To Be Poured Into Sewer Indianapolis, Ind.. April 14 —(United Press)—More than eleven hundred cases cf choice bonded whisky, worth nearly $300,000 at bootleg prices, will be poured into the sewer here under the mandate issued today by the United States circuit court of appeals at Chicago. Plans for destroying the liquor will be made as soon as the mandate W received here. It was stated at the federal building where the liquor is stored. The booze formerly belonged to George Remus, bootleg king of Cincinnati, and was seized in a raid on the Squibbs distillery at Lawrenceburg, Indiana. During the two years the liquor was stored in the federal building here 330 cases disappeared, it was revealed yesterday by Attorney General Sargent in Washington. —o Archbold Funeral To Be Held Here Thursday Funeral services for M. V. B. Ar.libold, former Decatur citizen who died recently in Tampa, Florida, will bo held from the residence cf Mrs. James Archbold, on Fifth street., at 2:30 ' o'clock Thutsday afternoon. Th ’ Rev. O. E. Miller, pastor cl' the ttapti t t church, will official'.’. Burial wi I be • made in the Decatur cemetery. Ibe i body will arrive in Decatur tomorrow morning.