Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1926 — Page 1

|y o l XXIV. Number 98.

COUNTRY CLUB HERE IS ASSURED

Better Homes Exposition To Be Held Here

tin INDUSTRIAL association to SPONSOR AFFAIR To Be Held Mav 17-22 On Liberty Way; Merchants To Have Exhibits AMUSEMENTS TO BE PROVIDED FOR ALL The Decatur Industrial Association will hold its first annual Better Homes Exposition in this city May 17 to 22, it was decided at a meeting of the boerd of directors of that association. held yesterday afternoon. at the C. C. Pumphrey Jewelry store. 'Die Exposition will be conduted by the Association and E. B. Williamson, secretary of the Northern Indiana Fair. The exposition will be held under a Urge tent on Liberty Way. All the spaces for exhibits already have been sold and plans are underway to make the first annual exposition of this sort, one of the biggest events this city hi>fl ever had. No admission will lie charged. Circulars advertising the even; will be sent to a!) towns and cities within a radius of 50 miles. Merchants To Display Merchandise Indianapolis, Fort Wayne. Goshen. Kendallville and many other Indiana towns and cities are holding similar events annually, and they have' all , proved successful. The ulaa -ui the | exposition is to have exhibits of all kinds of building supplies, household equipment and other displays of interest to all persons,. The large tent will be erected on Liberty Way, near Second street, and will extend almost to Third street. Displays of furniture, furnaces, building supplier, refrigerators, hardware, paints, shrubbery and practically everything sold in--* this city will be shown. In connection with the exhibits, there will be several amusement stands including a country store. Pageant To Be Held Plans are now underway to hold a pageant during the week, commemorating the 90th anniversary of the founding of Decatur. Announcement (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O Montreal-Boston Flyer Derailed Early Today Concord, N. H., April 24—(United Press) —Two passengers were injured and a hundred others were badly shaken early today when the Mon-treal-Boston Flyer w\s derailed on the Central Vermont railroad at Cerrishau, 15 miles north of here. Pour pullman cars, the baggage •ar, and two coaches left the rails. o — DECATUR AUTO STRIKES CULVERT

Four Decatur Young People Escape Serious Injury Near Bluffton Four Deeatur young people escaped serious injury yesterday noon when the Willys-Knikht sedan, belonging to John Schug, of this city, and driven by Miss Mary Catherine Schug, skidded and hit a culvert on the DecaturIlluffton road, near Bluffton. The windshield of the car was broken. None of the occupants received serious injuries. Qrayden Dixton was thrown through the windshield and received some painful cuts, but none of them were of a serious nature. The young people were on their way to Bluffton where they were taking some advertising material for the Junior class play to be held in this city next Monday and Tuesday. The car was towed to Berne and the young People were brought to this city by Lawrence Crosbie, of Bluffton.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Prison Again ML k ' O wk a * Ji SF K W a I" Denied a new trial. Charles Ponzi, (he Boston “financial wizard,’’ was sentenced to prison for a year in Jacksonville. Fla., charged with fraud in sei Ii ng real estate. COUNTYSCHOOLS CLOSE ON FRIDAY Successful Term Comes To Close; High Schools Graduate 76 All public schools in Adams county, with the exception of district No. -t-trr WttWsh -vrrwnThTp. ctnsert ■ Hee 1925-26 school year Friday. District No. 3, in Wabash townshiip was forced to miss one week of school on account of sickness prevailing in the community, making it necessary to hold classes one week after the other schools have closed. Programs were held in several of the schools on the closing day. Practically all of the schools held exhibits of art and domestic science work done during the year and these exhibits were viewed by the parents, many of whom visited the schools on the closing day. The Monroe schools exhibited work done by the pupils at the Enterprise store in Monroe. The Pleasant Mills schools ' had exceptional exhibits, it was stat- ■ ed today. Clifton E. Striker, superintendent of the county schools, stated today that the schools had a highly successful term this year. The work accomplished in all schools of the county was of a high standard and I the interest shown by the pupils was good. Four of the county high schools ’ have held their commencement exer- ' cises. They are Pleasant Mills, Monmouth, Kirkland and Geneva. The Hartford township high school will * hold its commencement program in the high school building tonight, while Monroe and Jefferson township will hold their programs on Monday and Tuesday nights, respectively. A total of 76 pupils were graduat--1 ed from the seven township high schools of the county this year. The number graduated by each shool is as follows: Monroe, 16; Kirkland,

11; Monmouth. 5; Pleasant Mills, 10; Geneva, 15; Hartford, 10 and Jefferson, 9. o— Round Os Shot From Machine Gun Fired Into Beauty Parlor Chicago. April 24— (United Press) Two women escaped death from a machine gun last night falling flat on the floor of a beauty parlor while bullets sprayed all around them. The guns were mounted on an automobile which drew up to the curb and halted only long enough to discharge one round of shot. Police counted nearly 100 bullet marks on the building. Mrs. Pearl Ruby, proprietress and a woman customer dropped to the floor as the firing started and escaped injury. The attack was blamed to a warfare between organized and independent beauty parlors.

SENATE COMMITTEE ENDS HEARING ON PROHIBITION

WETS ANO DAYS END ARGUMENTS Wets Demand Beer; Drys Call For More Teeth In Volstead Law Washington. April 24—(Vnitod Press) Wets and drys closed their ease before the senate prohibition committee today— Wets demanding legislation for beer and light wines; Drys calling for legislation to tighten the Volstead act. After Wayne B. Wheeler, anti-saloon league chief, made his final arguments to the judiciary sub-committee, Julian Codman, of Boston, wet prosecuting attorney, closed the three weeks hearings with a plea for modification of the United States absolute prohibition of liquor. •’The time has come when congress must consider the best way to get out of the terrible mess into which this ill-considered legislation has plunged us,’’ Codman said. Wheeler in his closing argument hail pleaded for a stricter enforcement of the measure. The investigation has disclosed . thut. .jkbWhU'U —luU wrought a financial, moral amk economic betterment of the country, Wheeler declared. o— Papal Legate Appointed Rome, April 24.—(United Press) — Cardinal Bonzano was today appointed Papal legate to the Euchariastic congress which Is to be held in Chicago in June. MONMOUTH H, S. GRADUATES FIVE First Annual Commencement Is Held By School Friday Evening The Rev. George Henninger, of ! Indianapolis, member of the board . of trustees of the Anti-Saloon league in Indiana, delivered the commence- , ment address at the first graduation exercises of the Monmouth high school last night. The program was , held in the high school building and I diplomas were awarded to five ] graduates. The subject of Rev. Henninger’s address was, ‘Fares, > Please.” r This was the first commencement of the Monmouth high school, it having been commissioned as a fouri year high school last summer. *1 he . graduates were: Lewis Lewton, 5 Dorothy Rabbitt, Inez Troutner, Robert Johnson and Miriam Meyers. at.,/,:,. ..ma Ctirniciinfl hv an orches-

Music was rurnisneu uy au vivuc»- | tra from Monroe. The presentation of the class was made by Paul Graham, principal, and the diplomas were awarded by Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent. Incoming Prisoners At Reformatory Outnumber Those Being Discharged Pendleton. Ind., April 24.—(United Press.) —Prisoners are pouring into' the state reformatory more than twice as fast as inmates are discharged, A. F. Mills, superintendent, revealed today. Miles said an average of 108 prisoners are received each month while only approximately 50 are discharged. The number of prisoners has trippled since the reformatory was moved here in 1923 aud today there are 1,720 inmates.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 24, 1926.

Kills Dog Reported To Be Suffering With Rabies Bluffton, April 24.—A dog reported to be suffering with rabies was shot and killed by 0. E. Sisson, a farmer living east of this city, Friday. So far us known, the dog did not bite any other animals or persons. George Morris. county health officer, took th*, dog's head to Indianapolis to have it examined in the laboratories of the state board of health. RALPH LEE MUST STAND TRIAL IN JOHNSON COUNTY Case Os Alleged Murderer Can Not Be Tried At Indianapolis LEE ONCE ESCAPED .JAIL AT BLUFFTON Indianapolis, Ind.. April 24 — (United Press)— Ralph l.ee must be tried in Johnson county for the murder of Abner Peek, Indianapolis groceryman. Attorney General Gilliom ruled today. In an opinion transmitted to Prose--tutor Rem? of Marion county, (Hiliom said that the Johnson county court to which Lee had taken change of venue, still held jurisdiction. Remy contended that because Lee broke jail at Franklin he forfeited his right to change of venue. Gilliom pointed out that there is no legal provision for Johnson county remanding the case to Marion comity. Lee talked freely with newspapermen early this morning about his escape from the Tennessee state prison, but later, jail officials barred the visitors from his cell. Sheriff deputies discounted the theory that Lee had a large amount of money buried near Markle, Indiana, which he was reported to have obtained in robberies and holdups with LeRoy Brickley, who is serving time in the Atlanta federal prison. It was pointed out that Lee and Brickley were in the Marion county jail together before Lee was taken to the Johnson county jail at Franklin and that Brickley never has been free (CONTINUED ON CAGE SIX) I —o I I Owner Os Stolen Auto i i Is Located At Gary ) ■ | A 1925 model Ford coupe, found by . State Motor Policeman Hal Ayers, near Geneva, a week ago, has been I- returned to its owner, Janies Martin, ■ of Gary. The car had been stolen and • abandoned near Geneva by the thieves. . I —-o ■ — Bald-Headed Men Hold Fresh Hope

Fol lowing Discovery ; Chicago, April 24—(United Press) —Fresh hope was held out today to men sensitive to the fact their heads are bald. A Chinese scientist a tthe University of Chicago announced before the City Club that he had found through experimenits on rats that the injected deisaled thyroid brought I about normal growth of hair. Removal of the thyroid glands, on the other hand, caused the rats to lose i their hair. The young scientist, Hsi Chung Chang, said he was convinced his experiments opened away to restore . hair growth for men. Weather l Mostly fair tonight and Sunday. • Cooler tonight. Strong west and northwest winds diminishing by Sunday.

Going North ■ " < - . : Another Arctic expedition will plunge into the icy waters of the North this Summer, led by Captain Donald B. MacMillan, veteran explorer, and financed by the Field Museum I and Chicago bankers. 1 Mother And Three Sons Lose Lives In A Fire North Adams, Mass.. April 24— (United, Pross)—Four persons. Mrs. Hermidao Major and her three sons —lost their lives when fire destroyed their home in Adams here early today. — —o .Joseph Pennell, Noted Etcher, Dies In Brooklyn Brooklyn, N. Y„ April 24 —(Untied Press)—Joseph Pennell, noted etcher and lithographer, whose paintings of the skyline of iower Manhattan have been praised by leading art critics of his day, is dead at his hotel here at the age of 65. Pennell fell ill a week ago with a cold, which developed into pneumonia, His wife, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, who wrote several books he illustrated, was with him when he died. BUSINESS SIGNS ARE ENCOURAGING Evans Woollen, Indianapolis Banker, Reviews Financial Situation Indianapolis. Ind., April 24- —(United Press) —Two encouraging business signs were seen today by Evans Woollen, Indianapolis banker, in a review of the financial situation. “The question we face now is whether the unmistakable slowing of business is one of the readjustments between production and consumption which we have witnessed each spring for several years or the beginning of a recession that may run into a depression.” Woollen commented. “Automobile production and building construction are unabated. More passenger cars were made in the first quarter of the year than in any other like period and more in March than in any other month except one. “Construction over the country has gone 25 per cent ahead of last year.

aVMV • • ' * These two industries have been important factors in the- prosperity wc have enjoyed. “Why, then, admit the posibility of a recession?” _Q Symphonic Orchestra Os Berne Fills Engagements Berne, April 24—The Berne Symphonic Concert Orchestra, under the direction of H. B. Hoffman, furnished the music at the commencement exercises of the Poneto high school, in Wells county, last night. The orchestra is composed mainly of members of the Berne high school orchestra, with a few added instruments. The orchestra will play at the Chester Center high school banquet next Tuesday evening. It has several other dates pending, including a radio program from station WOWO in Fort Wayne.

CHICAGO MAN BUYS SITE FOR CLUB HOUSE AND EIGHTEEN-HOLE GOLF COURSE AT EDGE OF CITY Site Includes 150 Acres Os Land Formerly Owned By Clark Lutz, Conrad Gi llig And J. F. Snow At South Edge Os City Limits; Purchaser Plans To Convert Lutz Home Into Club House And Erect Dancing Pavilion And Other Amusements; Plan Calls For 18-Hole Golf Course And 9-Hole Course For Amateurs. Work On Project Begin* Next Week. Decatur is to have a fine country club and goll course. A transaction was completed late yesterday afternoon involving the purchase of 150 acres of land, adjoining the city limits of Decatur on the south, for a high class country club and 18-hole golf course. The Clark Lutz. Conrad Gillig and part of the J. F. Snow properties comprised the sale to Paul Schulte, a prominent

JUNIORS HOLO FINAL PRACTICE Cast Os “The Whole Town’s Talking” Ready For First Performance Final rehearsal for the junior class play. “The Whole Town’s Talking,"! to be presented at the Decatur high school auditorium next Monday and Tuesday nights, will be held tomor- 1 row afternoon. Everything is in readiness for the play and those in charge say that it is one of the best home talent productions ever to he given in this city. Tickets for the play are on sale now and may be secured from any member of the junior ( lass of the Decatur high school. Tickets are selling for 35 and 50 cents. One section of the auditorium has been reserved, but no seats will be saved. Tickets I are good for either night of the play. Mrs. J. R. Blair is in charge of the production, assisted by Miss Josephine Myers, junior class sponsor. Two dress rehearsals already have been held and tomorrow afternoon, final, rehearsal before the first presentation I of the play, will be held at the high school auditorium. Doors will be opened both nights at 7:30 o'clock. The play will begin at S o’clock each night. o : Settlement Os Textile Strike Improbable Now Passaic, N. J., April 24. — (United Press.) —With the Botany Counsolidated Mills, one of the largest textile manufacturing units in this area, threatening what amounts to a virtual lockout of its striking employes, prospects for an immediate settlement of the strike are more unfavorable than at any since it began 13 ’ weeks ago. A statement issued by the Botany ‘ company announced that "so many of its employes had returned that the mills were unable to employ any more." The company reiterated its . determination not to deal with “professional agitators,” a phrase aimed at Albert Weisbord, alleged common- . ist leader of the strike. I —o

Spanish Flyers Arrive At Saigon, Indo-China Saigon. Indo-China, April 24.—(Unit-1 ed Press)— Captains Gal'.arza and. Boriga, Spanish Madrid to Tokio fliers, I who took off from Bangkok early this morning, arrived here at 1 p. m„ and 1:40 p m . respectively. o ■ IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO START READING STORY Readers of the Daily Democrat may yet start reading the new serial, "Judith of Blue Lake Ranch,” one installment of which is appearing daily in this newspaper. The first chapter and part of the second have been published, but a synopsis is printed, telling the story up to date. Start it now.

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Chicago num and business associate of Douglas Haney in the oil fields south of Decatur. The Lutz home, occupying a commanding position of the land, will he converted into an up-to-date club bouse and will have added Io it a dancing pavilion and dining hall, with locker rooms and shower baths below. An eighteen-hole golf course, one of tiie few in Indiana, wiii be laid out by an English golf expert and a nine-hole course for beginners will be constructed on the-level land I south of the Lutz property. Work To Start Next Week Work on the courses will begin next Wednesday. Mr. Schulte stated yesterday. Engineers will arrive in this city the first of next week, and the entire acreage will be seeded. It is thought that part of the course wis be ready within the next six weeks. Mr. Schulte was greatly impressed by the natural beauty of the land and his engineers are of the belief that it can be made into the finest golf course in the middlewest, j The land includes rolling hills, creeks, long stretches of level land and all other necessities for making the local course one of the best. The large course will contain aTI the hazzards of other large courses, while (the small course will be constructed so as to make the game interesting to amateurs who have been Inoculated with the “gold bug." Decatur has been desirious of having a golf club for many years, where golf could b» enjoyed and where parties and meetings could be (CONTINUED OX PAGE SIX) O Jury Fails To Convict Alleged Habitual Criminal Indianapolis, Ind., April 24. — (United ’ Press) —Walter Snepp, of Shelbyville, accused of being an habitual criminal, today was granted a new trial. May 6, after a jury failed to return a verdict. , Throughout twenty hours of balloting ten jurymen stood for conviction . and two for acquittal. The state nought to convict Snepp , of operating a still and send him to . j prison for life. CYCLONE SWEEPS OKLAHOMA TOWNS

Three Persons Reported Killed By Twister Near Durant Last Night ’ Durant, Okla., April 24—(United Press) —Cutting a swath 200 yards wide and about ten miles long, a cyclone swept through three villages north of here last night. Reports today wiere that three were killed and at least a score injured. The twister razed about 30 town and farm Imuses, damaged telephone lines and crops. Unverified' reppjrts from Fillmore und Kenefic said three others died of injuries received in the storm. An accurate check was impossible because many of the injured were not taken to hospitals but were being cared for at farm houses. “I