Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 2 June 1926 — Page 1

Vol- XXIV- Number 130.

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democrats are gatheringtoday for convention Battle For U. S. Senatorial Nomination Overshadows Other Matters \IL SIX CANDIDATES RESORT TO STRATEGY Indianapolis, Ind., June 2. (United p rP ,s.i— Candidates for democratic senatorial and state ticket nominations today put all the strategy at tlp.jr command into final campaigning activities as delegates began arrivng for the state convention tomorrow. Overshadowing even the important platform drafting was the battle among six candidates, none of whom received a primary election majority, for the long term senatorial nomination. The situation was so involved it was impossible for leaders to say who held an advantage in the contest. Divided Vote Expected. It was agreed that the first few ballots at the convention would show an almost even division of votes among William Cttllop, of Vincennes, John Frederick, of Kokomo, Albert Stump and L. Eit Slack, of Indian •polls. f < George Rauch, of Marion, and IWilliam Curry, of Indianapolis, the other primary candidates were expected to receive a much smaller vote. . ... « The first few ballots were not |xpetted t* shriw a'n’y detlnftc rrwl ’of sentiment and candidates were havingdifficulty in securing promises for | an early switch of votes. If a hopeless deadlock develops among the primal y candidates, lightning may strike anyone, it is agreed. Among foe outsiders mentioned as possibilities were' Frank bailey and Frederick Van Nuys, Indianapolis. Joseph Cravens, of Madison, Lincoln Dixon of North Vernon, and ban Sims, of Lafayette, keynote speaker of the convention. District delegates will organize tonight and elect members of the resolution, tales and credentials commit tees which will go into session immediately to draft their reports for the convention. The resolutions committee will be given suggestions on the platform by an advisory committee of fifteen which was busy today drafting tentative planks. The tai iff question and the demand of the Indiana Farm bureau federation for a plank supporting the state income tax proposal were two of the stumbling blocks in the path of the platform builders. o— RENAMED MEMBER di SCHOOL BOARD Dr. Burt Mangold Re-elect-ed To Three-Year Term By City Council Dr. Burt Mangold was re-elected a member of the Decatur school board by the city council last evening. DrMangold is serving as president of the board at present. His name was the only one presented to the council and he received all of the five votes. The other two members of the board are Mrs. Carrie Haubold and M- E. Hower. The board will reorganize next August, at which time officers will be elected. Dr. Mangold was elected to a threeyoar term, one member of the board being elected every June by the counc*b He has been president of the board for the past two years. The list of teachers for next year ban not yet been announced. M. F. Northman, superintendent of schools, bating that contracts had been signed with all but two of the teachers. ~e stated that the complete list *°uld be given out within the next or two.

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Sentenced [ ■ , * x WH* •* W**' Prince Carl \\ indisch Graeki, Hungarian Prince, was sentenced to a year in prison and lined ten million crowns for his part in the counterfeiting plot designated Io overthrow the Hungarian Republic.

CORN CLUB IS BEING FORMED Enrollments In Five-Acre Corn Contest Being Received In County Enrollments in the Five-Acre Corn Club contest in Adams county are now being received by County Agent Busche. who is cooperating in this work with the Indiana Corn Growers’ Amockitiou. Enrollment closes June laist year, sixteen corn growers of 15. this county finished (lie contest out of a total of 700 completing the work in the state. So far. eight farmers of this county have enrolled in the Five-Acre contest. It is hoped that several new members will enter the contest in addition to the above. The highest official yield of 101 2 bushels per acre in Adams county in 1925 was grown by Fred Blum, of Monroe township. The average yield for all corn in the state was only 43.5 bushels per acre last season. The Indiana Corn Growers’ Association awards a gold medal for each yield of 100 bushels of corn per acre and enrolls the contestant in the Indiana 100 Bushel Corn Club. Silver medals are awarded for yields of 85 to 100 bushels and bronze medals for yields of 75 to 85 bushels. In Adams county, one gold medal, six silver medals and four bronze medals were awarded last year. The rules governing the contest are simple. Any farmer who has fiveacres of corn in one plot and is a member of the Indiana Corn Growers' Association is eligible. The association furnishes official judges to inspect and check up the yields at husking time, which is doin' by weighing the corn from 300 hills to represent an average of the plot. Each contestant is furnished with a report blank in which to keep a labor and expense record. Those are tabulated at the end of the year and a summary published in the Indiana Corn Grower’s report, which is sent to all members. The annual report also includes articles by successful contestants, all medal winners for the state, reports of the annual meeting and the various committees. Each member is furnished a handsome membership button and an Indiana Farm Account book. Those enrolled in the contest from Adams county last year were as follows: Fred Blum. Martin D. Habegger David J. Schwartz, E W. Busche, C J Jones, W. H. Patterson, C. W. r. Schwartz. Noah Mazelin, W. T. Rupert. W. W. Hawkins, J. F. Rupert. C O. Manley. Albert Ewell, Carl E. Amstutz and Otto Hoile. — o G. E. Band To Give Concert Thursday Noon The General Electric band will give its regular weekly concert at the fac;orv at noon Thursday. The concert will be glvwi in the bandstand outside the plant. The public is invited to attend.

IMPROVEMENT Os WINCHESTER STREET ORDERED City Council Overrules Remonstrance To Paving Project ORNAMENTAL LIGHTS 9th STREET PLANNED The remonstrance against the improvement of Winchester street with curb and sidewalks and extending the improvement on both sides of the main track, which is to be improved by the township, was overruled by the city council in session last evening. Tha council's action in overruling the objections pushes the improvement one step ahead and other legal details pertaining to the improvement will be disposed of in the regular way. The contractor will begin work on the main improvement this month and the additional improvement, that of placing a curb and sidewalks along the street and improving the street three feet on each side of the main roadway will be started as soon as possible. Lights On Ninth Street Engineer Orval Harruff filed plans and specifications for the improve meat of Ninth street, from Monroe to Adams street, with ornamental lights. The plans were adopted and July t> fixed as the date on which a hearing on the improvement would be held. The posts will be placed on the inside of the sidewalk. Other Council Matters The committee's report in the matter of openingTSe TTecltard alley was filed and approved. The committee found the total benefits and damages to be SBO.OO. The oath of office filed by Bert Womack, new night policeman, was filed and approved. The finance committee allowed the usual bills and the session adjourned. o W. C. T, U. TO HOLD ALL-DAY MEETING Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley,State 1 President, To Be Speaker Here Friday An allday institute will be held by the members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union at the Methodist church, Friday, June 4. Mrs. C. L. Walters, who is president of the local union, will preside at the meeting. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, state president, will be the speaker. The following program will be given: 10:00 a.m.— Song by congregation. Devotionals, Mrs. Summerville Ught. Greetings, Mrs. ('. L. Walters. Address, Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley. Vocal solo. Mrs. Allen Mil ler. Election of officers. Piano solo. Miss Monai Butler. Adjournment. 12:00— Pot-luck dinner. 1:00 p. m. —Song, congregation. Devotionals, Mrs. John Hill. Reading, Mrs. George Dutcher. Address, Mrs. Stanley. Song, Ladies Quartette. Playet, directed by Mrs. Frank Downs. Discussion of 'Department work. The meeting is being held on Flower Mission Day and all members are urged to bring flowers to be distributed among tile sick. All members and friends are invited to attend this all day session. Infant Child Dies Marion Fuelling, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Fuelling, died yesterday at the family home on the FV>rt Wayne road, in AJlen county. The child was nine days old. Funeral services will be held from the home at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon and burial will be made in the St. John's cemetery.

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French Township Fire Insurance Co. Licensed The French Township Mutual Fire Insurance company has been Inspected by the state insurance commissioner and has received a license to do business under the insurance laws of Indiana. The company was organized tn 1885 with only a few members, but its business has grown steadily ami the company now has more than $6,000,000 worth of insurance in Adams and Wells counties John Moser, of Decatur, is president of the company. and John C. Augsburger is secretary. CONTEMPT CASE SET FOR JUNE 8 Three Officials Os Anti- ’ Saloon League Lose Important Point Indianapolis, June 2. — Arthur GilHorn, attorney general of Indiana, today won an important victory in his fight to have three offcials of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League punished for contempt of the state supreme court. A motion of counsel for the three officials to strike out vital parts of Gilliom’s complaint against them was overruled. The three officials, Dr. E. S. Shu maker, league superintendent, ami E. A. Miles and Jesse Martin, league attorneys, must answer the complaint June S. o Silent Prayer Fails To Bring About A Public Manifestation From God Tamarack, Minn.. June 2.— (U.P.f —Vernon Ewing, for a day a devout religious crusader with a high putpose, today returned to his occupation of fitting eye glasses. He was somewhat quizzially wondering about his failure to bring about a manifestation from God. For yesterday six persons prayed silently for a public manifestation while more than 100 looked on in skeptical silence- and there was no sign from the heavens. “There may be another prayer." Ewing said today. “I don’t know I haven't lost my faith in religion and shall continue my studies of theology —but some of my views on religion have changed." And with that. Ewing plodded away to repair a pair of spectacles. There were six people gathered in the clearing—which was set in the heart of a grove of tall pines—when ■the hour of silent prayer came yesterday. Ewing, his wife and one child, and three people from an adjoining town, whose names were not learned. , In the grove beyond the clearing more than a hundred people stood and looked on. Some snickered, some prayed and others gave indication they would like to join the little band of six but lacked the nerve. Three deputy sheriffs, sitting; on logs nearby, whittled during the hour's devotional, prepared to take a hand in the event any demonstrations were attempted. Killed By Freight Train. Spencer, Ind., June 2. - (United Press.)—A coroner’s inquest was to be held today into the death of Dr. John Sloan. 74, former clerk of Owen county who was killed by a freight train on the Pennsylvania railroad last night. Dr. Owen drove his auto in front of the train, apparently failing to hear the locomotive's whistle. KNOW YOUR STATE INDIANA is served by 1,550 miles of main track of the Pennsylvania railroad; 1,341 miles of the New York Central, including the Big Four, and 773 miles of the Nickel Plate. In all 29 important railroad systems traverse the state with trunk lines and feeders. Weather Indiana — Mostly fair tonight and Thursday except possibly thundershowers in extreme south portion. Cooler.

MANY ASPIRE TOPRESIDENT COOLIDGE'S JOB Politicians Arc Amazed At Number Os Hats Being Tossed Into Ring CONVENTION IS TWO YEARS OFF Washington, June 2 (United Press) —Huts are falling iato the ring for President Coolidge's job so fast that politicians here are amaz«-d. Senator William E. Borah, antiworld court dry; Vice President Charles G. Dawes and Former Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois have made recent gestures indicating they would not refuse the 1928 repub iic.in presidential nomination. With the next republican convention about two years on'. and no word from the White House as to whether Mr. Coolidi'f. wiil seek another term, unusual significance is being at achMl to rec.nd developments. Several In Background Besides the four mentioned, a dozen others are in the Jiack ground, led bv Speaker Nick Longworth of Ohio, Secretary of Commerce llcivi r of California, and Senator Wadsworth. the New York wet. While anything inly happen in two years to boost or kill the chances of the leading tuartet. here is the situation as interpreted by politicians here: Borah: His dry Baltimore speech lined I m welcome leadership of dry rc piiuliians in congress us their prospective candidate. His boom was first launched in his home state of Idaho after his fight against the world court ‘n the senate this sp-tng Further impel,!.-, was given t > the m< vement in L’inois when lie aide 1 ae anti-wor'd court campaign of Col. Frink Smith i i his successful priin'tty fight Ygc.iiist Senator William U. (VV.vriM'KD OV I’Atlß TWm o MORE CHILDREN ARE ENROLLED Attendance At Daily Vacation Bible School Reaches 260 Today The attendance at the Daily Vacation Bible school, which opened at the Central school building yesterday morning, showed a gain of twenty pupils today over the attendance on the opening day. There were 260 pupils in the class rooms this morn ing. The average dally attendance at the school last summer was 262 and the committee in charge of the school believes that this year's attendance will equal that of last year. The pastors of the seven Protestant churches supporting the school had the following to say this morning in regard to the Bible school: “The Daily Vacation Bible school, now in progress in this city, is something of which tlie people of this community can be justly proud. Parents, whose children attend, should consider it a great privilege that such a school is being conducted. It is a piece of work that lifts life upon a higher level and basis, and points out to the child the things that are good, nobl,, and worthwhile. Life can always he better lived if considered from the standpoint of religion. The recognition and acknowledgment of the Divine along with daily problems makes all the difference in the world. Life without religion becomes onesided and unbalanced. "Religious education is just as important and just as valuable if our lives are to unfold symmetrically, as our secular education. We gain a different point of view toward life end receive a broader vision of the world’s needs We come to realize that life is a privilege, a challenge and a sacred trust. It teaches our children the requisites of good citi(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Borrower Ls I I * J Andre Citrcon, the “Henry Ford of France." startled financial circles with a 250.000,000 franc bond issue yielding more than eleven per cent. Bankers denied that the Citreon auto industry is in serious condition.

PARDONS BOARD MAAES REPORT Board Recommends Refusal Os All But 10 Os 220 Pleas For Clemency Indianapolis, Ind., Juno 3—(United Press) A report of the state pardons board recommending refusal of all but forty out of 220 clemency Ideas heard at the May session was before Governor Jackson today. Petitions refused included that of T. Guy Perfect, of Huntington, sentenced for criminal assault. Three pardons were recommended, one for Roy Gillaiid, sentenced tr: m Posey county for life for murder, who was released by the governor, in ml vance of the board's report. Commutation of tentence or "emission of fines w< re recommendPd in tlie oilier eases where clemency was favored. Howard Thomns. sentenced from Fayette-county for conspiracy to • oni mit a felony was among those paroled. Commutations of sentences included: Burr Maple, Wabash county, forgery, mini mum sentence reduced from 2 years to 14 months. Manetho Smith, Delaware county, vehicle taking, minimum sentence reduced from three to two years. Charles Crowley, Lake county, burglary, minimum sentence reduced from ten to five years. Joe Wilson. Lake county, rape, minimum sentence reduced from five to two years. Sylvester Roush, Allen county, rape, minimum sentence reduced from five years to four years three months. o — House Ratifies French War Debt Settlement Plan Washington, .lune 2.— The $4,025.000,000 war debt settlement with France was ratified today by the house. it now goes to the senate where it faces a hard battle. The settlement proposes funding of the debt over a sixty-two year period —payments begins with $30,000,000 annually for the first two years and gradually Increase thereafter. o Indianapolis Daylight Savings Ordinance Vetoed Indianapolis. Ind.. June 2—(United Press)—A daylight savings ordinance passed by tlie Indianapolis city conncity was vetoed today by Mayor Duvall. o Circus Laborer Slain. Buffalo, N. Y.. June 2. — (United Press.)—James Warren, negro, circus laborer. 22, Birmingham. Ala, was dying at the Emergency hospital today. Charles D. Odom, 42. of Peru Ind., manager of the circus, was held charged with shooting Warren when he refused to obey Odom's orders.

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PRISONER HEEDS WIFE'S PLEA TO TELL THE TRUTH Edward Garner Admits He * Fired Bullet That Killed Anderson Policeman BLUFFTON MAN IS BEING HELD ALSO Anderson, June 2 (t’nited Press) Responding to the pleadings of his wile. Edward Garner today made a confession that he fired the bullet which killed Leonard ('lay, Anderson policeman. Ihe confession was made after Garner's wife, Dorothy, ’ had been permitted to visit him - and had urged him to “tell the ■ truth." Anderson, hid.. June 2. (United . Press.) Prosecutor Busy of Madison . county today prepared for an early grand jury investigation of the slaying of Leonard Clay, Anderson policeman killed in attempting to arrest two bandits. A first degree murder indictment 1 will be asked against Edward Gamer, wounded in the tight in which Clay was killed. Indictment of I.leyd Sheneman, Garner’s companion, on a chr.ige of auto banditry will be sought. Garner answered all questions of authorities with the flat declaration that "I didn’t do it." He was unable 1 to explain the bullet wound in his ’ body. i Police said they had obtained information from Sheneman ithpTTcatiug the two men in numerous tillin:; station holdups and small robberies. Dorothy Garner ami Florence Sheneman. wives of the two suspects, werw brought here ftoiu Indianapolis for questioning. Mrs. Garner told authorities she had repeatedly begged her husband to quit the game but that only recently he had taken a long auto trip to map out prospective victims. Lloyd Scheneman, alia:; Il cltsrd L. Carxlton. one of the alleged bandits held at Anderson, has been living in Bluffton He was married to Miss Florence Stout, of Bluffton, st.me time ago He is reported to have confessed to a series of robberies in Bluffton. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley To Speak At Pleasant Dale * Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, of Lib Tty. , state president of the Women's 1 Christian Temperance Union, will give an address at the Pleasant Dale , church, in Kirkland township, Friday evening, .lune 4 Mrs. Stanley comes highly recommended as a state and . national lecturer for community beti ferment. She is especially interested in rural life and child welfare and is , a staunch advocate of the country as 1 a place to live and rear a family. ■ A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend this meeting anil hear her lecture. o LARGE CROWDS VISIT NEW PARK Manager Os Sun Set Ainuse--1 ment Park Announces i Schedule For Dances Dan Zoser, manager of the new Sun Set Park, southeast of Decatur, announced today that dances would I be given Saturday and Sunday nights of this week at the new pavilion, 1 which was opened Monday night. 0 Beginning next week, dances will be '' given on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturr day anti Sunday evenings during the summer, Mr. Zescr stated. The opening of the new pavilion , was attended bv hundreds of people. 8 Several hundred persons wow- press ent for the opening dance on Monday >• and another large crowd attended th” 1 dance last, evening. Mr Zeser inI, tends to go ahead with the improve ment of the park this summer.