Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 116, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1926 — Page 1

Km! XXIV. Number 116.

BIG EXPOSITION WILL OPEN MONDAY

| Amundsen And Party Safe, According To Radio Report

I BIG SHIP AND ■ PARTY HEADED II MOK 10 NOME I Arrive Late Tonight ■ ■According to Reports I Received by Radio I I MESSAGE IS SENT I Bnst Word In 48 Hours Is | I Received From 'feller, ■ Alaska I BULLETIN ■ Nome. May 15.—(United Press,. I Amundsen Ellsworth -trans pol- ■ Bar dirigih'e Norge was sighted I If om Nome at 7a. m , today, Nome ■ B tune, or noon, eastern time. ■ The chip was sailing easily toB ■ ward this city and with moderate B B weather, was expected to make a I B safe land.ng during the morning. B Nome's population rushed into ■ ■ the streets, cheering wildly as I B cal's of "The Norge. The Norge!" B B were sounded, I Fcr seven hours previous to the I ■ Norge's appearance over the mounI B tains to the north, Nome radio op- ■ B erators had been in communica- | I tion with her. I “We are safe and well. Oi r I I expedition has been a great sueI B cess,” was the message. I It was the first word from the I I craft in more than two days and | 9 nights. I While the Norge’s radio was I I silent Thursday and Friday was ! I not clearly explained, but static I I difficulties were believed responsiI I ble. The ship reported that she I I arrived at the Alaskan port at 7 I Ip. m.. Wednesday, having crossed I the pole fifteen hours before. I I Bremerton, Wash., May 15 —(United The army radio station at [ MNi.iiip lias established communication I lIO.Vn.VI EU ON PAGE EHiHT) MINE STRIKE IS [I REACHING CLIMAX ■Decision Made Today To Refer Peace Proposals To Districts I London, May 15 —(United Press)■Delegates of the one million British ■miners who still are striking, deci'l-j ■ed this morning during a half hourj ■session to refer the Baldwin peace ■proposals to the district organiza-| they represent. The miners' representatives have adjourned until next Thursday to Rive them time to make trips to their districts. Meanwhile President Smith of the miners' union, having examined the premier’s proposal has asserted many of its provisions will require an explanation. Before Thursday, he said he will confer with the government leaders ■in the interest of clarification. “Profound appreciation of the self ■ sacrificing loyalty displayed by our ■ fellow trade unionists,’ was express ■ed in a resolution adopted by the ■ miners’ delegates. They pledged ■ themselves to give “every possible ■ assistance to any organization which Bat the termination of the general B strike faced difficulties rising from | it.” — ■ Rain May Slow Track At Churchill Downs fg Churchill Downs, Ixtulsville, Ky„ I May 15.—(United Press) —At It a. m„ ■ cen tral standard time, about five I hours before post time for the KenI tucky derby a light drizzle began to I fall. The weather continued cold and ■ the track still fast. 1

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Four Young Men Are Injured In Auto Mishap Indianapolis, Ind., May 15.—(United Press)—Four young men were seriously injured early today in the crash of a speedng aula and a heavy truck. Police blamed speed and liquor for i the acci<b nt. The injured are Earl Mevins, 26. driver of the auto, Paul Hall, 23, Pau! Smith, 20, and Howard Bishop, 28, The auto turned a earner at high speed, swerved to the left side of the street and struck a milk truck at the curb. The truck driver was in a restaurant at the time of the accident. The auto and truck were demolished. The four men were taken to the city hospital with interna) injuries. o PLAN TO BUILD SHRINE AT CRAVE Tribute Will Be Paid to the Mother of Abraham Lincoln Indianapolis, Ind., May 15—(United Press) —Plans for making a national shrine of the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of one of America's best loved, presidents, were made known here today. The grave which is located at Lincoln City, Spencer county, only a feu yards from the site of Abraham Lincoln’s childhood home, has rested on state ground for many years. Recently the state purchased several acres directly adjoining the original plot and doubeling its size. According to information reeeTW here, tentative plans for the purchase of still more ground ami the establishment of what, it is believed will become a national shrine, are being laid. The plans, which have assumed as yet, no definite form, provide for the development of ground already owned by the state and the purchase of a plot lying just across a railroad, on which Abraham Lincoln’s childhood honia stood. The fact that a wagon road and a railroad He between the two plots of ground may prove an inconvenience cco.N'i'ivi i:i) on page seven) o Lagrange Bov Found Guilty At Greencastle Greened.-tie, Ind., May 1- (I nited Press)—Convicted of passing fraud- ' ulent checks, Morris Smith, 19, son I of u Methodist minister, today was , i under sentence of one to five years 1 imprisonment at the state reforma- . !tory. Smith said he wrote the checks rather than write his parents lor j money. He was a freshman at De- | Pauw University at the time of his | arrest. His home is in Lagrange, ; Ind. — o W. A. LOWER IS NAMED ON BOARD Made Director of State Benjamin Franklin Organization - I W. A. Lower of Decatur, was named as a member of the board of direc- ; tors of the Indiana organization of : the Benjamin Franklin highway, at the annual meeting held at the i Bearr hotel in Peru last evening. Mr. < Barnes of Logansport was re-elected < president and Mr. Amos also of that < city was elected secretary. John H. Williamson, president of 1 the national association attended the i meeting and gave an address in I which he told of the progress now being made towards securing federal aid for this shortest and best coast, to coast route. A meeting of the national board of directors will be held at Findlay Monday at which time the order of business will be, i consideration of the constitution, i changes in routing and plans for a financial program. J. H. Heller of I 1 this city will attend.

PRESIDENT OF POLAND ANO CABINET RESIGN Resignation Is Accepted As Revolution Prevails Through Land REVOLTERS IN POWER M. Rataj Becomes The Temporary President of the Republic Warsaw, May 15. — (United Piess) — Poland’s president and premier have resigned and their resignations, accepted by M. Rataj, president of the Sejm, which is the Polish house of representatives. Witli Marshil Pilsudsky and Ilia revolutionary army in control of Warsaw. President Stanislaw Wojie»howski and Premier Witos submitted their resignations. Rataj accepted their resignations 1 and thereby became acting president of the republic. He will immediately commission a prospective premier with the task of forming a new cabinet. Latest available reports fro mthe war zone outside the city state that Pilsudski’s troops are facing grave opposition. Their position was becoming more precarious every hour, it was said, as fighting increased with the arrival of reinforcements for the Loyalist army. Pilsudski holds Warsaw with headquarters in tKe VelveTere Palace, following the flight of the president and cabinet, who escaped by airplane. But fighting continued outside the capital, with the minister of war of the resigning Witos cabinet in personal charge of operations against (lie revolutionists. His leading generals (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) I * REVIEW BOARD WILL CONVENE County Board to Meet to Check Over The Assessments The county board of review’ will convene on Monday, June 7th forth 4 purpose of checking the assessments on personal property and taking whatever action the board deems necessary in equalizing or changing the assessments. Legal notice of the meeting is published in tonight’s paper. The board will be in session for thirty days. Two of the members are appointed by the Judge of the court, the county auditor, county treasurer and county assessor being the other three members. The court has several men under consideration, but has not yet announced the appointments. The work of the board of review is very important and the task is a tedious one. Every assessment must be viewed by the board and changes made or mistakes corrected where incorrect. The assessment) of personal property as made by the township assessors is more than six million dollars. The assessment of public i|iilities, railroads, etc., are certified to the 92 counties by the state board of tax commissioners. Today was the final day for the assessors tu complete their work and for corporations to file their balance sheets and personal property schedules with the county assessor. 0 Gary Youth Dies Gary, Ind., May 15—(United Press) —Heafrt failure last night caused the sudden death of Joe Zacak. 22 year old night school student, in the swimming pool at the Emerson high school. The youth had just completed a 35foot dive and swam to shallow water, when he collapsed.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday May 15, 1926,

Parker Dies xctOMbb^^^ 1 I Alton B. Parker, who was a Democratic Presidential candidate, died suddenly of heart disease after being stricken I while riding in an automobile] through Central Park, New i York. DECATUR LADY IS RE-ELECTED Mrs. Mary Artman Begins Fifth Year as Ben Hur State Scrihe Mrs. Mary E. Artinan and Mrs. Rudy Baker have returned home from Gary, Indiana, where they attended the twenty-fourth annual state meeting of the Tribe of Ben Hur. Over 200 delegates and members were in attendance at this meeting. The following named persons were elected to office to serve until Muy. 1927: State Chief, W. I. Lawson, Terre Haute; State Judge, Ed Fink, Evansville: state teacher, Caroline Williams, Muncie; state scribe, Mary E. Artman, Decatur; state keeper of tribute. P. L. G. Axel, Kendallville; state captain, Charles Garver. Fort Wayne; state guide, Christens Clark, South Bend; state inner guard, Ethel Tourney, Marion; state outer guard. Lilly O’Brien, Hammond; state pianist, Osa Demboskey, Gary. This is the fifth year Mrs. Artman has served as state scribe. Kendallville was chosen for the next place of meeting in May, 1927. —o BANKERS HOLD MONTHLY MEET All Banks in County Are Found to be in the Best of Condition All but two banks of Adams county were represented at the regular meeting of the Adams County Bankers association at Berne last night. The meeting was held in the directors' room of the Bank of Berne. Clarence -Smith, of Preble, presided at the meeting. Banking conditions in the county were discussed and it was found that lI«»NITfNFEH ON PAGE TW(,, 0 Cornelius Durkin Will Broadcast Monday Night Cornelius Durkin of this city will play in the octet which will broadcast from station W. O. W. 0., Fort Wayne, Monday evening from 8:15 to 10:15. The American Legion will extend a welcome to the G. A. R. which will hold Its state convention in Fort Wayne and Mr. Durkin will play in the musical program which will be giveA during the evening. Weather Fair tonight and Sunday. Rising temperature.

DEMOCRATS IN DISTRICT MAKE PLANS FOR FALL Mrs. John Gubbins, of Muncie Elected District Chairwoman BALL FOR CONGRESS Virgil Simmons Resigns to Take Office as District Chairman Portland. May 15. —Mrs. John Gubbins, of Muncie, was selected as eighth district democratic chairwoman, at the organization meeting, held in this city yesterday afternoon, and Claude Bail was selected to run for congress to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Virgil Simmons. Organization plans were made at the meeting and the newly-elected district chairman, Virgil Simmons, of j Bluffton outlined the plans to be followed this fall. All county chairmen of the district were present at the meeting. Among others who attended woie Chailes Brown and George Inchen, of Geneva.-prominent in Adams county politics. A meeting of eighth district county chairmen and delegates from all the counties to the state convention has been called at Indianapolis during the first day of the state democratic convention, at which time further plans will be outlined for the campaign this fall. Harmony itiled at the meeting and all chairmen were optimistic in regards to the outcome of the election in their respective counties this fall. Madison county democrats* predict they will carry their entire county ticket through in the general election, <( ontini r.i> o\ PAGE TWO) VIGILANTES TO MEET IN JUNE State Meet Will be Held at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis, May 18. — Colonel George Freeman, Jr., commanding the Uth infantry at Fort Benjamin Harrison is busy working out plans to handle the state “shoot" of vigilantes which is being staged by the Indiana Bankers Association at the Fort on June 23. A. G. Brown, president of the First National bank of Greencastle and chairman of the state protective committee for the Indiana financiers, is expecting more than six hundred vigilantes from the ninety-two counties in the state to participate at the meet and Colonel Freeman is making plans to handle this holds of riflemen. Noncommissioned officers and enlisted men at the fort have volunteered to prepare the rifle and pistol pits and have them in readiness for the shoot. The competition will he judged by experienced army officers who will make the decisions and award the prizes. Some of the best shooting ever seen in Indiana is expected when these contestants meet. Numbered among them are some of the expert riflemen of the World War who will shoot it out with famous hunters from the hill portions of the state. Captain Thornton Chase of the 10th Brigade is working out the rules of the meet and will follow the regulations laid down by army regulations for similar target practlae. Former doughboys now enlisted in the ranks of tlie vigilantes will gel a chance to see if they have lost any of their ability to get in for “seconds” as the contestants will all be fed at the fort. The various county bankers associations are financing the expenses of their representatives and each county contingent will be commanded by its own sheriff or protective chairman.

Legion Asks Congress To Act On Legislation Indianapolis, Ind., May 15.—(United Press) —Telegrams were sent today by the national executive committee i of the American Legion to members of congress calling on them to refuse to permit adjournment until three bills sponsored by the legion are brought up for action The bills are the Johnson bill for disabled veterans, the Tyson-Fitzger-ald bill on retirement of disabled army officers and the Green bill for payment of adjusted compensation to men who lost their lives in the service. o ■ — PROGRAM TO BE GIVEN SUNDAY Special Missionary Program Arranged For Sunday Night In This City A special Missionary Program will be given Sunday evening at 7:30 at the Evangelical church. The program is given under the auspices of I the Young People's Missionary Circle j of the church, observing their “Happ’ness Box" offerings. Following is the partial program: Opening Devotional services Address . Miss Gladys Kern ( Instrumental selection Reading “Jesus is Calling” . Miss Elva Amspaugh. Duet Mrs. Runyon and Mrs. Adler I Address Mrs. C. E. Hocker Playlet, "Aunt Margaret's Tenth" Cast Aunt Margaret Bertha Foreman Ruth (a niece) ..Elva Amspaugh | Mother of Ruth Clarice Lux Miss Walker (a friend) Zeltna Foreman Esther (A Missionary worker) Hester Martz Offering Announcements Benediction Rev. R. W. Loose Tlie Circle closes its year with this month. The year has been unusually full and very successful. o North Side High School Has Cave-in Today Fort Wayne, May 15 — (United Press) —A section of roof, 100 feet, square, on the new North Side high school here, collapsed early today. No workmen were on the job however and no injuries resulted. Officials of the contrcating company were, unable to assign any cause for tin* cave-in or estimate the approximate damage. The steel girders, concrete and timbers crashed through three floors of the building which was nearly completed. o K. OF 0. DEGREE IS CONFERRED Second and Third Degrees to Be Given at Huntington Sunday The exemplification of the first degree was conferred on a class of. candidates by the officers of the Knights of Columbus at the K. of C,' hall last evening. On Sunday, May . 16th a joint initiation of the Decatur and Huntington councils of the Knights of Columbus will be held at Huntington. Tlie second and third degrees will be conferred on the class at Huntington, the program starting at onethirty Sunday afternoon. In the evening a banquet will be* served in the Elks club. A number of local Knights of Columbus will go to Huntington tomorrow to attend the initiation. The third degree work will be conferred by District. Deputy Frank P. Culinan and staff of Lafayette.

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FIRST ANNUAL EXPOSITION IS READY TO OPEN Show Opens at 7 O’clock Monday Night On Liberty Way PLANS ARE COMPLETE Public Is Cordially Invited To Attend Every Night Every thing is ready for the opening of Decatur's first annual Better I lonics Exposition, under the auspices of the Decatur Industrial Association on Libortv Way Monday night, E. B. Williamson, general supervisor. stated today. 'Hie big tent has been set tin and carnenlers were busv till day today building booths for the various displays and attractions. Moro than two dozen displays will lie shown in tlie big canvas house. Exhibits of nil the necessities for a modern home will be placed throughout the tent. Concessions of all , kinds, including country stores, bingo I stands and refreshment stands also will be set up. The tent will lie decorated in harmony with the celebration. Flowers and shrubbery will adorn the stage. r They will be furnished by the Decatur Floral company. Flags of all nations and the United States Navy signal code flags will be flown from i the top of the tent. Ono night will be designated as Slophen Decatur night, at which lime a special program will ho given in honor of the man for whom the city was named. It also will designate l the nintietli anniversary of the founding of Decatur. Each night will boa feature night. There will Ito music, singing and other attractions. Admission to the tent will be free every night. The icontinied ox i*agk skvkx) o RENEW EFFORTS IN SCOTT CASE State of Illinois Starts to Reonen Case of Russel Scott Springfield, 111., May 15. — (United Press) —New efforts to send Russell Scott, former Canadian business genius. to the gallows for murdering Joseph Maurer in a durg store holdup have been started by Hie state department of public welfare. Willi tlie aid ofitheihrHtliant young attorney. William Scott Stewart, Scott escaped thu gallows just a few hours before h« was to have been hanged when a Chicago judge granted a petition for a sanity hearing. The jury in the sanity hearing found Scott insane and he was sent to the stale asylum for the criminal insane at Chester, 111. There “to die insane or await recovery and die on the gallows.” Now, in the opinion of Chauncy H. Jenkins, director of tlie department es public welfare, Scott is sane and should be removed from the asylum and hanged- as the law of Illinois provides. A staff of alienists is to 1 examine him and test his sanity. I T rior to the sanity hearing by which I Scott escaped the gallows he was granted stays of execution in the be--1 lief that his missing brother, Robert, was about to surrender and confess to the murder Robert was found in California after Russell was declared insane and is awaiting trial on a murder charge. o —— Young Man Attempts Suicide at Fort Wayne Foit Wayne. Ind., May 15 -(Un t d Press) —Samuel Ando.' er, 23. attempted suicitle here late today, when he . shot himself in the abdomen in front : of lit. Joseph hospital. His death is expected nionr.'atari! .