Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1926 — Page 1

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GAS BOMB HURLED AT MELLETT’S HOME

EXPECT NEW PLAN TO HALT HUM RUNNING Prohibition Officials Believe New Method Will Prevent Smuggling GREAT BRITAIN AGREES TO HELP By Jos. S. Wusney, (V. p. Staff Correspondent) Wishington. July 28—Rum runners! will be virtually put out of business by the new anti-smuggling regulations! arranged with Great Britain by Mniatant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews, it was predicted at federal pobihltion headquarrel* today. By the new methods, to be put into ftfect immediately, the modern bu uanneers may lie wiped clear off the >ens as were pirates in the olden dsys. one dry official said. He outlined the three main features of the new agreement as follows: 1 Exchange of smuggling Intelligence between the two nations. •- Stricter British registration for ships and closer scrutiny of papers before clearing vessels. 3 Authority for I'. S. .oast guard boats m pursue bootleg ships into British territorial waters around the Bahamas. Under the new plan. British customs officials will furnish American authorities with all possible information concerning the movement of ships suspected of operating as rum runners. The United States will be warn ed when a boat leaves a British port for rum row. British officials will appear In court for the United States to aid in prosecuting ship owners and ship masters caught violating the law. Great Britain has agreed to stricter registration of merchant vessels. Vessels also must reveal to British custom officers the true nature of their carpoes. Moody Still Lacks Majority In Primary Dallas Tex.. July 28. —(United Prr-s) ban Moody. Attorney General, today was nil! short 760 votes of ha. in" a majority in the 't'exas Democrat The fact that Moody does not have a major,iy however will not necessitate a run oft primary -as the second highest contestant, Mrs. Miriam A. lergitson, has withdtawn from the’ race. o Railway Woud Issue Bonds. Washington, D. C July 2X.- t United Press) —Tlie Wabush rai.way today asked the interstate commerce commission's permission to issue $15,500,000 in fifty-year gold bonds for refunding the general mortgage purpose RETURN FROM EASTERN TRIP David J. Dilling And Children, Os Preble, Visit In Pennsylvania David J. Dilling, well-known resident of Preble, his daughter, Miss Su'd" Diking and his son, Louis, returned Monday evening from Altoona. Pennoy vania, where they spent several ‘•ays vldting friends and relatives. ■Mr. Dilling is a native of the contmun'ty- The party made ;he trip by motor 'heir return trip was made in 19 hours, including several stops. They found exce.'lent roads and experienced no trouble on the trip. ''he following article concerning "f- Dilling and his ?on and daughter appeared in the Altoona Mirror, Tuesday. July 20; David J. Dilling, a native of Morrison 8 Cove but for many years a resident of the state of Indiana, accompanied by his daughter. Miss Susie filing, his son Louis and the latter’s tCOXTLXUKD ON PACT FIVE)

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I Portland .Man Thinks That There Is Stale Old Age Pension Law Indianapolis. July 28. — (United Pres-1 Ltiboting tinder the Impres slon that there Is a state old fig? pension law of whoso benefits h* Is b'-ing deprived, a Portland man has bombard oil the office of Governor Jackson with letters pressing his c airn. He wrote the governor advising him that he would need just $100.25 each month to keep him In proper style. Failing to receive a swer to the fir e t letter, he wrote back wanting to know whether the payments wotUd start in July or August. KK FORCER IS WORKING IN STATE , Local Banks And Merchants Warned To Be On Lookout For Man Items of interest to local merchants] and bankers appeared in this week’s waring letter of the Indiana Bankers Association. The lett-i’ warned al Indiana merchants and bankers to be on the lockout for a man cashing checks throughout Indiana, using the name of F. 11 Heard. Insurance. The man already has operate.! al Kokomo. Ixigansport, Marion and other neighboring cities. He cashes his cheeks mostly in Kroger Gro’ery -tores. The cheeks ue d.awn on the Grant Trust and Saving conpany of Mai ion. Several other men aie working in this part of the state cashing fradulent checks and merchants and bankers are warned to he on the lookout for all strangers attempting to cash on unknown companies without sufficredentials. ——o —. To Lecture At St. Paul Robert Sovine, of Honduras, wilt deliver a lecture at the St Paul church, two miles west of Pleasant Mills, Sunday evening, August 1. Special music will be furnished for the occasion. The subject of Mr. Sovine’s talk will be "‘No Excues For Sin.” The public is cordially invited to attend. WAN! CROSSING -wm Bluffton Citizens Appeal To Public Service Commission For Aid Bluffton, July 28.—Appearing before the public service commission at Indianapolis Mon Jay. O. E.Shafer. chairman of the good roads committee of the Bluffrtm Chamber of Commerce, laid before the commission the hazard of state road 13 across the Clover Leaf railroad. He was informed that not tin'il a plat of the surroundings and location of the crossing were placed in the hands of the commission, could the commission take action. Mr. Shafer then went before the state highway commission and told them of the situation. He was informed that the commission intends to cooperate with the Nickel Platt Railroad Co., in widening the approach to the crossing. The road is 2-1 feet wide and six feet will be added to each side of the road, at the point where it crosses the tracks, making tile road 36 feet wide. The widening will be gradual from a point several yards from the crossing. Tills construction Will give a motorist a chance to dodge a little if he is caught. it is also planned to cut down trees north of the Shafer residence so that the railroad tracks may be seen west to a distance west of the river bridge. The Chamber of Commerce will also invite the Nickel Plate superintendent of maintenance of ways to meet with the Chamber here soon to devise a means of safety. If nothing is done to correct the trouble the plat of the ground will be made and taken before the public service commission, but all cooperative means will be tried first.

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Conducting Vote Quiz tST V V ' 1 I I L •el V ir wo .*r i N b 3 1 jlfee r * $ VHWM Senator James A. Reed Judge E. K. Jarecki Complying with the request of Senator Reed, Judge Jarecki of Chicago has ordered the recount of all ballots cast in both the Democratic and Republican United States senatorial primaries in Illinois.

EVANS WOOLLEN ' TO VISIT COUNTY Democratic Candidate For Senate To Visit Towns In Adams County Aug. 11 Evans Woollen, demdrratic short term senatorial candidate, will visit in Adams county. August 11. it was announced today by Dick Heller, democratic county chairman. Mrs. Woollen will accompany Mr. Woollen and they will visit in Decatur. Monroe, Berne ami Geneva. Claude Ball, eighth district democratic candidate for congress, will join the Woollen party in Decatur and accompany them in the adjoining counties. Mr. Woolleu will not speak any during this visit to Adams county, but will return later in the fall on a speaking tour, it was announced. The chief reason for tlie visit August II is fora get acquainted trip Mr. Wool len and tile rest of his party will stop short re< “ptionwill he held a* »ach stop. , District Chairman Virgil Simmons, of Bluffton, and probably R. Earl Pet- | ers, state chairman, will join the party at Decatur. A get-acquainted meeting will be held in Decatur on August 11, the place to be announced later. While Mr. Woollen will not deliver an address, it is thought he will outline his platform in a short talk to party workers aud others interest-1 ed. x It was learned from district headquarters last night that Mr. Bail. Mr. Woollen and Albert Stump, democratic long term senatorial candidate, will return to this part of the state later in the campaign, together with sev(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) CITY ABOLISHES ITS POLICE FORCE City Os V/arren, 0., Forced To Discharge Police Due To Lack Os Money Warren, 0.. July 28. — (United Press) Warren, a city of 40,00 t) people, will try the unusual experiment of abolishing its police department. Major J. H. Marshall today signed an emergency order discharging Chief of Police Gillen and 23 officers because the city could not afford to pay their salaries. The order becomes effective Saturday at midnight. Sheriff John Smith was asked to accept responsibility for patrolling the streets and enforcing the law. "We will b e without a police department at least for the remainder of this year," Mayor Marshall told the United Press.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 28, 1926.

I t Record Wheat Yields Adams -county farmers have the best wheat crop this year they have had for several years. Yields of more that 35 bushels per acre are said to be common and averages of more than 40 bushels have been reported. Since news of record wheat yieuls, following a long period of agricultural reverses and depression. is news ot the most desirable nature, the Daily Democrat is anxious to publish accounts of the high yields. Farmers whose wheat made exceptional yield this year are invited to tell the public about it through the columns of this newspaper. Send in your name, the name of the township in which you live, the number of aces threshed and the average yield per acre. FARMER SUED Leader In Fight Against Sunday Dances In Blackford County Is Sued Two suits, for $5.0u0 damages each were fi ed in tlie Blackford circui’ court at Hartford City, Monday, against Ira Barton, Biackford count) farmer, who has been pushing the fight against the operation of tlie Adelphia Gardens dance hall on Sunday. False prosecution is the charge made in the suits. It is alleged in the complaint filed by Roscoe Crosby, xvhc had been the manager of the Gardens, that lie was not managing the pl.tee Sunday evening. and that a warrant for his arrest nad lieen filed, lie avers, constituting false prosecution. He made aflidavit that he had relinquished the managment of the place Sunday night. In another suit for $5,000 damages against Mr. Barton. Clarence Bur chard, alleges false prosecution, and stated in the complaint that he was not following his usual avocation Sunday night, inasmuch t:s he was not working at tlie park. It is claimed by the plaintiffs that suits will be pushed . gainst Mr. Barton. Prosecutor Maddox, in asking for tlie dismissal of six of the cases growing out of arrests Sunday, said that there is net sufficient evidence to warrant prosecution of lhe cases, and that no arrests had been made in the other six cases. The farmers have served notice on Sheriff Goodrich that unless he closes the dance hall on Sundays’ they will bring impeachment proceedings. The sheriff took no part In the arrests Sunday night, sending a deputy to take care of the affair.

CROWE-BARRETT FACTION SWITCHED SUPPORT IS CLAIM Powerful Faction In Illinois Changed From .McKinley To Smith In Primary MORE DETAILS OF PRIMARY RELATED Federal Building. Chicago, July 28. — (United Press) — The powerfu Crow-Barrett faction switched its sup port from Senator McKinley. Republican Illinois, to his opponent, Frank L. Smith, after a discussion about how much money McKinley would eontri hute to the Crowe-Barrett Cook county ticket. Henry I. Green. Camaign manager for McKinley, told the Senate pri mary investigations committee today Green said lie ami McKinley had discussed giving SI,OOO award to the Crowe-Barrett ticket, and they expect ed the Y'r owe-Barrett faction to sup port McKinley In Chicago. The money, however, was never paid and the Crowe-Barrett faction went over to Smith. Federal Building, Chicago, July 28 — (United Press.) Senator William H. McKinley, unsuccessful republican senatorial candidate, financed his s3s(l,turn campaign himself, Henry I Green, the senator s manager told th< senate primary investigating commit ;ee at the opening of the third day’s session here today. It was McKinley s policy not to re ceive cont-ibutlons in the senatoria’ race, expenditures of which are knowi. .o have reached SG2b.OOO Green said Green said he did not personally re • s.. „ Ceive atiV contributions from any per son other than McKinley. "Os course, contributions may have been made to other persons," the wit ness declared. "But I don’t think more than SS,OOO could have been raised that way—l had understood that Mrs. Medill McCormick, wife of the former senator, was to contribute some advertising to the foreign lang uage newspapers, 'that would hav< cost about $8,000." "Isn’t it quite singular that you re reived no contributions?" ehairmai Reed asked. "Well, whether it was right or not it was our policy to receive no con ribul ions." the foreign language newspapers"" "I have heard that they did, but 1 ■ do not know that they did, nor to what extent." Poincare Says France Will Pay As She Is Able Paris. July 28. —(United Press) — Premier Poincare told the chamber of deputies finance committee today that he would not ask parliment to ' ratify the debt funding agreements, recently reached in Washington and London before. parliment begins its summer adjournment. The premier said France would pay. however’ according to her ability and it was understood that debt negotiations would be re-opened during the parliamentary recess. HURRICANE IS STILL RAGING Storm Moving Northward Along Florida Coast; May Reach New York Washington, July 28. — (United Press.) — The hurricane sweeping northward along the Florida coast was centered between Titusville and Jacksonville aud is approximately half way between Palm Beach and Jacksonville. It' the storm continues at Its present speed, it may not reach the latter city until tonight. The hurricane has shown no signs of "blowing itself out", tiie weather bureau said, and may be expected to continue slowly up the coast. Unless unexpected conditions force it out to sea, the storm may even peach as far (CONTINUED ON PAGE BIX)

(Two Gary High School f ootball Stars Drowned Gary. Ind., July 28 (United Press) | —Search was continued today for th< body of Joe Shay, brilliant Emerson I hlch school athlete who was drowned, in Lake Ml ’iilgar while canoeing yes•terday with Robert Delcng, another star of Emerson high. Coast Guards begin a systematic patrol of (he bench near the scene of the drowning after hours of search failed to locate the body. Delong made a valiant effort to save Shay, who was unabt to swim, but was forced to give no Ihe attempt and barely reached shalijw water before he became exhausted. SCHOOLBOARD IS REORGANIZED Dr. .Mangold Re-elected President; Worthman Rehired As Superintendent Dr. Burt Mangold*, was re-elected president of the Decatur school board, at the annual re-organization meeting. last night. Mrs. Carrie Hau bold, who served as treasurer during the past year, was elected secretary, and M. E. Hower who wa(s secretary last year, was chosen treasurer for the. ensuing year. The board re-employed M. F. Worthman as sui>erintendent of the city schools. Mr. Worthman signed a three-year contract. He has been superintendent of the city schools for the last several years and has been instrumental in elevating the, standard of the local schools. New desks for the commercial de partment of the high school and for the fifth and sixtli grades at the Central school were purchased by the school board last night. Yager Brothers, of this city, will furnish the desks for the Central building, while the commercial desks were bought from Kiger and company, of Indianapolis. The school board will be busy dur ng the next few days preparing its annual financial report, which must be completed by August 1. REGISTRATION ACT UNDER FIRE ■ ■VulidUv QI Law Passed Bv tHZ?»Te^!s?aTureS)(7?TiiteiSP J By Election Board Indianapolis, Ind., July 28. —(Unit'd Press.) —Validity of the registraion act passed by the 1925 legislature vhich is the basis of registration ol voters for the November election was under tire today. W. W. Spencer, democratic member of the state board of election com missioners, declared that iu his opinion the law may be unconstitutional. The law provides that the poll lists of those who voted iu the election of 1924 shall serve as the registration list for tlie coming election. Only new voters and pefeons who stave changed precincts are required ■,o register for the election under its •revisions. Doubt over the law can be cleared ip only by a decision of the supreme tourt on its constitutionality or by a special session of the state legislature to correct it. according to Spencer. The 1925 registration act was passed as supplemental measure to the exiting election law aud was intended to simplify the process of registration The supplemental sections, according to Spencer, are not properly covered by the title of the act as required by the state constitution. Question as the validity of the act was raised by Frank Martindale, democratic chairman of Marshall county, and Spencer’s opinion was expressed iu a reply to Martindale. Spencer and Maurice Tennant, republican member of the state election law. planned to confer with Attorney GSneral Gilliom on the legal issues involved in the question. Even though both political parties agreed not to take a test case into (ourt, the election could be thrown into confusion by any voter tiling a suit over the law, Spencer said.

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WIDOW OF SLAIN EDITOR IS MADE ILL BY FUMES Two Children in House Are Overcome;Bomb Thrown From Passing Auto SLATER GATHERING MUCH EVIDENCE ftY UNITED PRESS Canton. ().. July 2X A gas bomb was hurled at the home of Don R. Mellett. murdered publisher of the Canton daily News this afternoon from an auto which dashed by the house loaded with unidentified men. Mrs. Mellet widow of the slain reformer and her sister-in-law Mrs. Lloyd Millett who was sitting on the porch were made ill by the fumes. Two children inside the house were overcome. Canton. Ohio, July 28. —(United Press)—A chain of circumstantial evidence which may lead to Immediate arrest of a suspect was being forged here today by Ora Slater, leader of the investigation into the murder of Dan R. Mellett. Canton publisher Slater was known to be confident that he is on the right track but refused to say ii it led from the automobile found abandoned at Alliance, 0., after the murder. Olliers working on the case attached increasing importance to the car stolen in Pittsburgh ■ and containing bullets similar to the one that killed Mellett. Meanwhie the City awaited action ■ of the committee of H’O citizens which is to meet tonight with directors of inter-civic organizations. C. H Roener, chairman of the board of directors has prepared a report on conditions and recommendations for cleaning up the underworld. Christian Citizenship Conference Aug. 1 To 6 The Chrisian Citizenship icomO’rence will be held at Winona Lake August 1 to 6. inclusive. Several noted speakers are on tlie program to give lectures durin., the confereu e. TheR. v. Jam-- S. ?>'. r. in. D 1 piesident ■'l. ' .. i'| nr.- >■!. M !. ir I of .Marion, will have charge of the music. Fire Raging In .Muncie Muncie —Fire at 1:30 o’clock was raging in the Barefoot Poultry house aud Transport garage in this city and several other building.- were threatened. The fire started at about 1:30 o'clock aud was not under control yet at 2:30 o’clock. All of Muncie's lire fighting equipment was rushed to tlie scene of the fire in au effort to cub the blaze. GEORGE DALE IS ARRESTED AGAIN Muncie Editor Charged With Criminal Libel; Already Under Sentence ...uncle, Ind., July 28. — (United Press.) —George Dale, Muncie editor and foe of the Ku Klux Klan, was arrested today ou an affidavit charging him with criminal libel. The affidavit was sworn out by Raymond Warner, of Muncie, who took exceptions to statements concerning him which appeared in Dale’s paper, the Post-Democrat. Dale was taken into custody at his home by Sheriff McAuley and two deputies. He is already under jail sentence tor contempt of the Delaware county court and is preparing an appeal to the United Stages suprenif court. Dale’s charges that the county court dominated by Influence of the klan resulted In the contempt case against him

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