Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 103, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1926 — Page 1

Vol. XXIV. Number 103.

FARM RELIEF FIGHT OPENED IN SENATE

I FRENCH CABINET I APPROVES DEBT I FUMING TERMS Plan Next Goes To Chamber Os Deputies; Agreement Reached Yesterday 11 NATIONS HAVE arranged to pay By A. L. Bradford (United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris, April 30--Tho French cabinet today approved the debt funding agreement signed yesterday in WashIngWn by the American debt commissioners of th'e United States and the ['reneh ambassador, Henri Berenger. France did not make all the concessions in the agreement, Finance Minister Peret announced, following the cabinet meeting. "The government tonight will issue a full statement in order to Indicate the terms cf the accord in the most definite manner so there no longer will be doubts in the mind of the public. Certain reports have given the impression that only France made sacrifices, but the truth is that there also are advantages to France in the agreement which the cabinet has just approved." With the cabinet’s action, the agreement to fund the debt which has been a major international problem for seven years, soon will become a subject of debate in the chamber of deputie;. Examination of its provisions by the chamber finance committee will be (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O Editor Os Richmond Item Dies Suddenly Richmond, Ind., April ,10.—(United Press.)—Guild A. Copeland. 63, editor of The Richmond Item, died today from an attack of heart trouble. Copeland, a native of Evansville, had bene in the newspaper business sine e 1889. He came to Richmond as editor of the Item in 1920. The widow and a son and daughter survive. MUCH INTEREST IN EXPOSITION — Better Homes Exposition Is Creating Great Enthusiasm Here Probably no event in this city has created more enthusiasm among the many paiticipants than the Better Homes Exposition, to be staged in this city, during the week beginning Monday, May 17, and continuing for the entire week. Not only among the exhibitors and proointers is there great interest in the Exposition, but throughout the community, hundreds are discussing it and are looking forward to the big show with unusual expectancy. Anyone interested in the things pertaining to better homes cannot consistently miss the Better Homes Exposition. The show will comprise pne of the most comprehensive displays of home furnishings and home building materials that has ever been assembled in this city. In addition to this, the committee in charge is making every effort to make the show both educational and entertaining, so that everyone interested in either building or furnishing a home can secure many hints that will be of value to him. There will be music to entertain and gorgeous exhibits to interest and enlighten. No admission will be charged and everybody will b° welcome. o—. 0 —. Norge To Leave For King’s Bay Sunday Olso, Norway, April 30. — (United Press)—The Amundsen-Ellsworth-No-Bile polar expedition’s dirigible Norge is expected to leave Leuingrad for King's Bay, Sunday, according to the latest advices received here. Preparations to receive the Norge were delayed by a storm which swept Spitzeubergen Wednesday.

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Escaped Lifer From Tennessee Is ('aught Indianapolis, Ind., April 30 (United Press) John E. Foster, escaped lifer from the Tennessee state prison, at Nashville, was lield here today awaitJ ing arrival of authorities to return him io the southern prison. Foster, who escaped from the prison I last Octobe.-, was recognized in a rooming house here by a man he had known before he was sent to prison. He had been working in an Indianapolis auto factory for several months. — — o — BOYS ELECT WHITE TICKET ■—■ Son Os Mayor George Krick Elected Mayor In Junior Election The old proverb, "Like Father, Like Son,” was followed literally yesterday, in the boys’ city election, when Arthur Krick, son of Mayor George Krick, was elected boy mayor on the . White ticket, winning by a margin of 12 votes. Schooled in the game of . politics, the boy candidate made a successful fight for his ticket and carried into office with him, members of the city council, erty clerk and treasurer. Those on the White ticket are: councilman first ward. James Engeler, councilman second ward. George Harris; councilman third ward. Herald Gay; councilman at large, Joseph Straub and Dan Schafer; city clerk Julius Baker, city treasurer, Randolph Brandyberry. The total vote east in the boy’s election was 122. which was less than a year ago, the boys more than likely fueling like their parents about going to the polls to vote. The candidates on the Red ticket, headed zy Carl Gerber, received 49 votes and the Blue ticket, headed by Vaufon Snedeker, received 12. A meting of the successful can-| didates will be held this evening in the city hall at which time "Mayor” Krick will make his appointments and the council will appoint .such officials as make up the city administration. The boys will hold office Wednesday afternoon and a regular meeting of the council will be held. —, o | Motorist Cleared Os Blame For Man's Death Noblesville. Ind., April 30.-(United Press)—John de Hart, driver of an auto which struck and fatally injured Charles Williams. 78, today was exonerated of blame for the accident. Williams stepped out into the street and DeHart made every effort to prevent hitting him. BACCALAUREATE SPEAKER NAMED The Rev, H. W. Thompson Selected To Speak To I). H. S. Graduates The Rev. 11. W. Thompson, pastor of the First Christian church of this city', was selected, last night, to give the baccalaureate address for the senior class of the Decatur high school, Sunday night, May 23, at the First Methodist church in this city. Rev. Thompson has not yet announced his topic. The baccalaureate sermon wi.l be given as the opening event of Commencement week for the local senior class. Th class will attend the service in a body and friends and relatives of graduating pupils are ll 2 lt ° d (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) O — Know Your Own State INDIANA incomes during 1925 reached approxlmatfl’y $1,725,000,000, or eleventh among all the states, with only afout four-tenths of one per cent of individual incomes exceeding $10,000; per family income averaged $2,250.

Race Riots in New J ersey <iii i • • ■ " -

This is the Colored Baptist Church of Carteret, N. J., burned by a crowd of whites after John Carroll, pugilist, was stabbed to death by a negro, nad a companion probably fatally injured. Armed with pistols, baseball bats and rifles, the white men drove all members of the colored settlement from the city before firing the church.

Wifeheater Didn’t Mind j Whioping Post, But Had ! Dislike For Spectators Baltimore, Md.. April 30 — (United, Press) —James Kingsomore. convicted wifebeater, went to the whipping post in Baltimore’s city jail today. Four women stood among a crowd of 150 spectators who watched Sheriff Pottee f lay five light lashes with a cat’o nine tails, across the prisoner’s bat k Kingsmore’s bare back reddened,' but there were no welts. Taken down ( from the whipping post, he collapsed ( from nervousness. "I don’t mind taking my medicine."; he told his jailers aS they locked his hands arountl the whipping post, "hut I don't think you ought to make a circus out of it.” o CLUB ROUND-UP OPENS TUESDAY Seven Boys And Two Girls From Adams County Are Going To Purdue Nine Adams county boys and girls will attend the Purdue Club Round up, to be held at Lafayette Tuesday of next week. Five boys were awarded ' the trip through having won in the j one-acre clubcorn one-acre corn club last year. All expenses will be paid by the Decatur Industrial Association. The boys are as follows: Calvin Steury, Clifford Simons, Robert L. Bryan, Martin D. Habegger and Lewrence Blum. Gilbert Glendenning, who also participated in the corn club last year, will accompany the party, although he is paying his own expenses. The seventh boy who will be in the party is Albert E. Steury, whose meritorious work in the Sugar Beet Club won him a prize trip. The Misses Flora and Ludella Fuelling also won their trip as members of the Sugar Beet Club. They will accompany the Allen county delegation, since they are the only two Adams county girls , who will attend. Four other girls of' the county won trips, but for various reasons have decided not to accept them. The seven boys will be ac-l companied by Win. Linn, chairmafl of the agricultural committee of the Decatur Industrial Association. The club members will leave Tuesday morning and return Friday afternoon The three-day program has been prepared especially for boys and girls. | Lectures, demonstrations, judging con- ( tests, the Purdue egg show, the Insect collection contest, picnics and open ( house in the engineering division the University are features of the week. It is expected the attendance will b well over 2,000. — o Only Son Os Widowed Mother Killed In Fall Peru, Ind., April 30—(United Press) —Chester Jones, 13, the only son of a widowed mother, <lied today from a broken neck, sustained in a fall from a tree. |

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 30, 1926.

Boys Week Proclamation Mav Ist to Mav Sth. 1926, will be i celebrated as National Boys' Week throughout the Nation. Since its initiation, the plan of devoting one week in the year, known as Boys’ Week, has steadily increased lin favor until the movement has spread to nearly all the world. It has awakened the interest and enthusi--1 asm of all persons who have watched I the boys parade on the streets and who know that the program has been so arranged that it will develop a sense of reverance for God, of ebedience to authority, of courage to do the right and will promote character building for citizenship. The boyhood of America constitutes one of our greatest national assets. The hols of today are the men of toi morrow, upon whom the Nation's burdens will rest. Into their keeping . must be placed their country’s defense and their hands must uphold American honor and ideals. Let us see to it that every boy gets a square deal and a real chance to become a good citizen of the community and of the Nation. Now, therefore, T heerby set aside and designate the period from May 1 to May 8, 1926. as Boys’ Week, and urge that in so far as we are able, ; every citizen of Decatur and Adams I county take some definite part in this movement or at least think in terms of boys during this time. GEORGE M. KRICK, Mayor of Decatur, Indiana. o FARMER HANGS SELF TH TREE r . —yWorry Over 11l Health Blamed For Suicide Os William Longnecker Funeral services for William Longnecker, 60, well-known Jay county far- ' mer residing three and one-half miles northeast of Bryant, who committeed I suicide by hanging himself to a tree | in a woods on the L. A. Thomas farm, yesterday, will be held from the Wesleyan Methodist church at Bryant, at I 10:30 o’clock Saturday morning. The Rev. Eugene Hunter will officiate. 1 Burial will be made in the Bryant I cemetery. Mr. Longnecker's lifeless body was , found, dangling from a limb of a tree, by his son, Edward Longnecker. His feet were about one foot from the ' ground. Mr, Longnecker had climbed 1 into the tree, fastened one end of the rope to the limb and the other around his neck and jumped. Mr Longnecker left home about 3 (CONTINUKD ON PAGE SEVEN) Weather Mostly- fair tonight and Saturday. Colder tonight in extereme north portion and in north and central portions | Saturday.

PROGRAMFOR BOYS WEEK IS MADE PUB LIO Many Special Events Arranged For Observance Starting Saturday PARADE PLANNED FOR OPENING DAY OBJECT OF BOYS' WEEK To give publicity to the boy as the World's Greatest Asset by mak. ing the Nations think in terms of boyhood at one time. To interest everyone in boys ami boys in themselves. To interest and organize the entire community in work for its potential manhood. To recognize Boyhood as the guarantee of the World's future. To establish a community spirit between home, school, church and sparetime erganizations dealing with boys. To emphasize fundamentals in character building for citizenship. To advocate for every boy an equal chance to work out his destiny without the handicap of underprivilege or overprivilege. “Boys—A Nation’s Greatset Asset.” I Plans are complete for carrying out 1 the program during Boys’ Week. 1 which opens Saturday. Special events have been planned I for each day and all the boys in DeI catur are urged to participate. Sat--1 urday, boys’ Loyalty day, will be i featured with a big parade and the first appearance of the boys’ band in <CONTI.NI El) ON PAGE TWO) ENGLANDFACES MINERS STRIKE I I ’ Coal Strike Due To Start At Midnight; Baldwin Seeks Settlement London, April 30.—(United Press.) —With only seven hours remaining ! in which to avert the coal strike and lockout which may begin at midnight, ' Premier Baldwin today met his cabi- ' net in the house of commons to seek a last minute special settlement. The cabinet was in session ninety minutes. There was considerable activity in the lobbies where opinion was unanimous that the situation was grave. Sir Austen Chamberlain, the foreign secretary, in a speech this afternoon, said: "According to my latest information, the position is very serious." It is understood that the privy council has been summoned to meet at Buckingham palace to discuss the coal crisis. King George has left Windsor castle for London. ’ Conservative quarters confirmed that the miners had rejected the owners’ offer, although the miners indi- . cated that they “merely had sul|niti ted a counter proposal.” I The development increased specu- ( lation regarding the possibility that Baldwin might make use of the drastic emergency powers act, passed during the Lloyd George regime, to cope , with the situation. Miners and mine owners are ready for peace or war. Arrangements have been made to feed one million prosi pectfve strikers for a time in the event of a strike, but the extent to , which ftie remainder of the 4,000,000 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) | 0 Assumes Duties On State Industrial Board Today Indianapolis, Ind., April 30 —(United Press) —Walter Mills, of Linton, today succeeded Henry Humrichouser, of Plymouth, as a member of the state Industrial board. Humrichouser will practice law ■ with Dan Schuntz at South Bend and i will be in charge of the new firm’s compensation cases.

; Allotments For River And Harbor Work Approved Washington, April 30. — (United Preus) —Allottments of more than $45,000.000 for maintenance and improvement of river and harbor works under the congressional appropriation of $50,000,000 were approved today by Secretary of War Davis. Davis also announced that his department planned to put all such work on a five-year basis and would ask congressional approval for such a program entailing expenditure of $5t),000.000 a year. o STATE SENATOR ENGLISH DIES Attack Os Pneumonia Proves Fatal to Noted Indianapolis Politician Indianapolis. Iml.. April 30 —(United Press) —Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon for Captain William E. English, 75, state senator and former congressman, it was announced today. Captain English died late yesterday from pneumonia followed by an attack of influenza contracted on a trip to Florida. He was a past Grand Master of the Masonic lodge of Indiana and <. y .st Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks of America. During his early political career. Captain English was affiliated with the democratic party and served in the state legislature and was elected as congressman from the seventh Indiana district. Later, he transferred his allegiance to the republican party. At the time of his death he was a state senator from Marion county. Captain English proposed several constitutional amendments at the last session of the state legislature which will b evoted on at the state election this fall. o [Convict Miners Hurl Dynamite At Bosses Birmingham, Ala.. April 30. — (United Press.)—Details of a riot at Flat Top prison mine yesterday when 40 infuriated convicts sought to kill two check runners by hurling sticks of dynamite at them came to light today as officials inquired into the disord, ers there. Calmly and deliberately, it was officially stated, the convicts set out to kill Whitey Freeman and Tom Tucker, two white “check runners," or “straw bosses’’ who had given testimony before the grand jury investigating alleged cruelties to prisoners, in favor of prison officials. Both Freeman and Tucker are trusties. EMBALMERS - MEET HERE Eighth District Organization Holds Session In Decatur Today EmballWerts from the various towns and cities in the Eighth Congressional district were gathering in this city this afternoon for a meeting of the Eighth District Embalmers Association, to be held at the Pythian Home on Third street. The opening session was scheduled for 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. Professor Clifford Askin, of Indianapolis, was scheduled to give a lecture at the meeting this afternoon. Dr. Somerville Light, pastor of the First Methodist church of this city, was also on the program to give a talk. Round table discussions were to be held. Several musical numbers were arranged for. also, including singing by the Poe quartet. A banquet will be served in the Pythian Home dining room at 6 o’lock this evening. An orchestra will provide music. Several toasts will be given following the banquet. Other numbers on the program this evening, include readings by Miss Myrtle Buyer, of Geneva, Mr. Frank Nelson, of Auburn and Miss Eleanor Rohrer, of Fort Wayne.

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SEN, HARRISON TAKES LEAD IN SURPRISE MOVE Democrat Moves That Other Bills Be Sidetracked For Agriculture — EARLY ACTION ON QUESTION ASSURED Washington, April 30 --(Cimlc<l Press) An unexpected I fight for farm relief legisla- [ lion broke out in the senate j today when Senator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, moved that the senate lay aside the public buildings! bill and take up the Jardine bill passed by the house establishing a division of coo|H‘ralive marketing in the agriculture department.. At the same time a special rule providing for consideration of farm re’ief legislation within the next week was reported favorably by house committee rules. Under the rule the Haugen bill will be called up Tuesday with four days for debate. Want Legislation Delayed Washington. April 30—Administration leaders are attempting to persuade President Coolidge that a postponement of farm relief measures until next year is the only hope for a conciliation between the widely separated farm organizations. The welcome figure of peace (CONTINI ED ON PAGE TWO) Too Hard-Headed To Be Killed; Bullet Is Flattened On Forehead Marion. Ind., April 30 — (United Press)—Noah Bodkins, 65, was alive today despite the fact that Vint Wilson. 60, fired point blank at him on a street car while they were going to work The bullet flattened against Bodkins’ forehead. He was not seriously hurt. Wilson was arrested. ARRESTED ON LIDUOR CHARGE Adams County Man Fined And Sentenced In Weils Circuit Court Bluffton.April 3ft—(U. P.)—Ed Hirschy, who resides east of Bluffton in Adams county, was arrested by Sheriff Forrester McLain last night, charged with illegal possession of liquor. Ho was brought to this city where charges were tiled against him. In circuit court this morning, Hirschy entered a plea of guilty and was fined SIOO and costs and sentenced to 180 days on the penal farm. Sentence was suspended upon the agreement that Hirschy was not to drink, manufacture or be caught in n place where liquor was made. He agreed to this, paid his fine and returned to his home in Adams county. Evidence presented was the bottle of whiskey taken from Hirschy and the man who was with him at the time also made a statement, saying that Hirschy had given him the liquor that he had. The man's name was William Kaehr. also of Adams county. No charges were filed against Kaehr. o Two Lives Lost In Fire At Granite City, Illinois Granite City. Ills., April 30.—(United Press.) —Fire which burned for 12 hours took two lives, a check up of the still smouldeting ruins revealed here today. The dead are: Mrs. Julia A. Deeltie. 6:1: Clifford Shelton, 8. a grandson of 'lt •• Der-btc. More than fifty persons fled the flames which destroyed an entire block of stores and apartments, sweeping unchecked because of a broken water main.