Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 23 August 1926 — Page 1

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DEATH CLAIMS RUDOLPH VALENTINO

I swat court I ro HEAR DALE'S I APPEALSEPT. 27 I .jjgh Tribunal to Rule on I Sentence Imposed on I Muncie Editor I RULING TO END ■ LENGTHY FIGHT ■ Indimp-’ i" Hearing on the appeal] ■ o( oorge R Dale, publisher of the! ■ Mamie Post Democrat, from the re-1 E eittly sustained deei-sicn of the Dela-I ! W4rt . circuit mutt that he should serve i | jail sentence for contempt, will be[ | i«-.i befoie the United States S.l- I > pteme Court at Washington, on September 27. it was learned today. Dale's troubles arose two years ago ,hen ho criticised Judge Clarence E. ‘ Dearth, of tire Delaware court, and fjnme.t th.- grand jury He was cited : (or indirect contempt and repeated! . t he statements in his legal answer resulting in a citation for direct contempt On each of the charges, he received three months jail sentence anil SSOOI lines. Supreme court sustained the indirect charge, but reversed the other. I Dule's appeal is based on the cod- ! tendon mat the court was dominated by the Ku Klux Klan and. in reality, 1 was not a court. He claims that he was being per ! seated by the Klan through the judge} ' h 4 being deprived to his consltltiitional rights as a publisher and citizen. in one of his peladirgs inale averted that he once killed i Kluxer who had •ought to intimidate him, but that he was never indicted. Sudduth Baby Dies Shortly After Birth ■ ——— Mary Wavalene, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs. Walter Sudduth, residng one and one-half miles west of Decatur, died at 12:15 o’clock this: morning. The baby was born at 6 • > ■ Sunday evening; RuryivHnr! are the parents, one brother. Argo, i and one sister. Reba. One sister] - Ick Tuesday afternoon, with the Rev. Cecil R. Smith, pastor (ft the I United Brethren church, officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. DEMOCRATS TO MEET FRIDAY Candidates for Township and County Offices to Meet at Headquarters, All Democratic cadidates tor township and county offices in Adams county will meet in Decatur, at Democratic headquarters, next Friday. "W, at 7 o’clock, County Chairman | Dick Heller announced this morning.; The purpose of the meeting will be| to discuss plans for the campaign 1 this fall. The present plans are to have several prominent speakers of state and nation wide scope come to Adams county during the* campaign and deliver addresses. Democratic headQuarters will be opened about the middle of September and will remain open until after the November election. No one has been selected to act as Permanent secretary at headquarters > but it is expected that a selection will be made in the next few days. The precinct committeemen will he called together the week of September 12 to organize and make plans fur the election. Friday night’s ®“eting will be for candidates only, a °d all township and county candidates are requested to be present. The district! democratic committee, composed of county chairmen for Tsy, Wells, Delaware, Madison, Ran““iph and Adams counties, will meet & t Winchester, Tuesday night of this * c ®k, to complete plans for the camP»i|n in the entire district.

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'Tax Rate for Public Library Is Established Th® proposed tav rate fcr the Decatur Public Libi ary board for next year la the same as that in effect thia year. The levy in the city of Decatur is fixed at five cents and in Washington township one cent on the hundred dollars. The five-cent levy will raise a budget of $3,064,69. while the onecent levy raises $364.72. a total of $3.428 41. The trustee? will adopt the j rate cn September 14 CERTAIN VOTERS MUST REGISTER Secretary of Democratic State Committee Explains the Law • Indianapolis. Ind., Aug 23. —Ceitain classes at voters must register if they are to vote In the election this fall, Marshall Williams secretary of the Democratic state central committee, said here today Mr. Williams called to the attention of the voters of the state generally and of party leaders the provisions of the legistrat'on law as it now stands. The period for registering he stated : is September 4 to October 4. Negotiations are now under way between the Democratic and Republican state central committees for an interparty agreement to accept as valid and to abide by the permanent registration law of 1926 Under this agreement j which it is now expected will be concluded at an ear.y date, both parties bind themselves not to contest the constitutionally of the amended regulation law of 1825 or the validity of the elections held under it. The general rule, laid down by the law as amended by the last legis ature, is that all persons are considered to be permanently registered who voted ' in the general election of 1924 and who I have not since moved from the pre clnct in which they resided at the time of that election. The following classes of persons : must legister in order to vote on NovI ember 2. according to Mr. Wiliams' I statement: 1 All persons who were not 21 years i of age at the tlme.of the general elecI |.,j i, but >* in , i„- 21 oi *o-. 2. All persons who did not vote at the general election in 1924 3. All persons who voted at the genera’, election of 1924 but who have since moved odt of the precinct in which they resided at the time of that election. 4. All persons whose precince boun ! daries have been (hanged since the general election of 1924 The local registeration board sits from September 4 to October 4 to receive applications for registeration The board is composed of the county auditor and one person of opposite politics to that of the auditor. The board sits in the county auditor’s office. • o Seven Men Killed when Freight Jumps Track — Princeton, 111.. Aug. 23. (United i p r ess)—Seven men enroute to a work j camp were killed, and three more were injured, when the freight train on which they were hiding jumped the track at Wyanett near here late yesterday. All had been members of an extra gang working near Galdsburg. and were riding on top of an oil tank car when a brake hod broke, and 10 cars toppled over an embankment. Many People Buy Lots In Bellmont Park Division Many Decatur people took advan tage of the lot sale held by Colonel Fred Reppert and his Auction school Students at Bellmont park. Saturday afternoon, and purchased lots in the popular sub-division at Bellmont park. All of the lots offered were sold. , and it is piobable that several of the purchasers will start building homes in the sub-division yet this' year Many of the lots were sold at low prices. , The modern home offered for public auction was purchased by John Hill, of this city.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 23, 1926.

William H. Taft Discusses Crime Situation In U. S. Chief Justice of U. S. Supreme Court and ex-Presi-dent of United States. Explains Defets in Ad ministration of American Criminal Law; Holds Defects Not Beyond Remedy; has Optimistic View as to Future.

Editor's Note: William Howard! Taft, chief Justice of the United States I Supreme cou-t and the nation's only j living ex-president, has given to the United Press an exclusive interview, dealing with the crime situation in the United States—a subject now occupy- | ing keen interest of private and public investigations throughout the country The interview will be carried by the United Press in two installments. The first installment, which follows, contains an analysis of legal phases of the crime situation Tomorrow's installment will deal with some of the more human elements of t,he situation. by Carl D. Groat United Press Staff CorrespondentCopyright 1926. by the United Press Copyright in Canada Unauthorized •reproduction in full ori in part prohibited. Pointe Au Pic. Murray Bay Quelrec, Aug. 23—(United Press)—Defects in administration of American criminal law were explained In an exclusive interview with the United Piess, by William Howard Taft. Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Couit as due chiefly to — Weakening of Judges’ powers by restrictive state statues Lack of organization of the judicial force so as to mass an adequate number of judges where business prosecution is congested. But the defects, he held, are not beyond remedy, and he took an optimistic view as to the future of American disposition of crime case"?. He expressed delight at America's awakening to the situation involved in lax adminis tration of crime laws He predicted ( tha the American people “when they realize the grand total of destruct on of life and property, due to the failure on the part of legislatures to make provision, financial and otherwise, for adequate police, for adequate detection of crime and adequate machinery for prosecuting, wil! make the legislators IVURTI.M B» •>* ,w '” ORCHESTRA HAS ■' t ...... I ITSELF ARRESTED Musicians Pull New Stunt in Sunday Dance Fight Yesterday Hartford City, Aug. 23.—1 n order to prevent any delay in the dance at the Adelphia Gardens dance hail, west of Montpelier, last night, which would he caused by possible arrest of the orchestra and manager oh warrants filed by Blackford c ounty farmers, the members of the orchestra and the manager each had themselves arrested about 5:30 o’clock Sunday evening, on charges of following their usual avocations on Sunday. Each was fined $5 and costs and they appealed their cases to the circuit court. The cases were disposed of before the time for the regu ar Sunday evening dance to start. The orchestra, composed of six musicians, went to the dance hall ami played one or two selections while three or four couples danced about 5:30 o'clock. The affidavits against them were signed by H. <’ Hopper, farmer re iding ih another township from the on° in which the dance hall Is located. Since one case was pending against the musicians when the night dance was started, they could not be arrested on the same charge, so the farmers who had been fighting the Sunday dances made no effort *o have the musicians arrested again. Kirkland Orchestra To Give a Social The members of the Kirkland orchestra will give an icy ■•ream social on the Kirkland high school lawn, Tuesday even’ng August 24. A program has been arranged and a concert will be given by the orchestra Uh public is cordially invited t attend.

Film Star Dies V <1 ’%j- Y ' ■ ’ ..a i- .= .• £ \ NM / F t W / ! < Rudolph Valentino AUTO DITCHED " NEAR DECATUR (’ar Driven by Muncie Man Is Sideswiped on State Road South of City An automobile accident occurred yesterday on the Limberlost Trail, state road 21, south of this city near the Henry Siting farm, when a car driven by an unknown person side-swiped a Dc-dR-e 'lo’.|ing far owned by a man from Muncie, when It. attempted to go around the Mun--.i',.-' <x „, Tl„ Muncie enr w.m thrown in o th cditch and was damaged considerably. It was taken from the ditch and put in the Eiting farm yard, and the occupants proceeded to Muncie via train, one of the occupants were seriously injured. Only a few other minor accidents were reported near this qlty over the w’eek-end, and no one was injured to any great extent. MISS BARRETT BEATEN AGAIN American Girl Abandons Attempt to Swim Channel; Covers 5 Miles Dover, Eng. Aug. 23 —(United Prpss)-- Clare Be4le Barrett, who started to swim the English cannel today, abandoned ner attempt when five miles off shore at 5:30 p.m. Seasickness and cold forced the abandonment. Dover. Eng.. Aug. 23 —Clara Belle Barrett swimming instructress of New Rochelle, N. Y., at 1:40 p.m., today began her second attempt to jwim the English channel. Miss Barrett entered the water here accompanied by Kathleen Huntley of Dover. The sea was moderate and the tide was expected to take the swimmer outside the Goodwin lightship. She used a crawl stroke at the start. At 2:40 p.m. afte*- one hour in the water, Miss Barrett was Owo miles off shore. Mrs. Clement Corson, a DanishAmerican swimmer from New York, departed for Cape Gris Nez, Fiance, today with th« intention of entering the watei there at 11 p. m., in an eifort to swim the channel.

PLANS FOR FAIR NEAR COMPLETION Practically All Space in All Departments Sold; Wednesday School Day With practically all space in all departments sold, final arrangements were started today for the Northern Indiana Fair, which will open here a week from Wednesday. September 1, and continue until Saturday, night, September 4. Dav and night programs w’ill be given on each of the four days of the big event. Wednesday will be school day at) the fair and all school children of I the county will be admitted to the fair free on that day. Four bands have been engaged to furnish music for the fair. Family tickets for the fair, which will admit the heads of families and all of their children each day and night, have been on sale for the last t.wo weeks and a large number have been sold. The sale of family tickets will end on Saturday, August 28. and none will be sold at the gate. Day admission to the fair will be fifty cents and night admission will be twenty-five cents. A charge of twen-ty-five cents will be made for automobiles. Fast Races Expected It is expected that the speed program at the fair this year will be a great feature. One big attraction at the races will be the appearance of Miss Alice Paul, owned by Penn Robinson, of Decatur, in the 2:12 pace. The track is in fine conditllon and record time is expected in the races. The automobile exhibit will be the largest-—ever held in Adams county, it is said. There will be displays of fifteen makes of motor cars and trucks, with from one to four models of each make. The poultry exhibit will be exceptionally large, judging from the large number of entries already received, in addition to the regular cash premiums offered by the fair association. kuvhml:ii ax page SIX) o LITTER WEIGHS . 2.678 POUNDS' - —— i Joe P. Habegger, Monroe Township, Feeds Heavy Litter of Pigs About twenty neighbors, friends and business men from Decatur and Berne gathered at the Joe P. Habegger farm, south of Mornoe. Friday evening, to witness the weighing of one of Habegger's ton litters The litter consisted of 11 high grade Chester Whites and their weight totaled 2.678 pounds, or an average of 245 pounds. 3 he hogs showed the effects of extra good care and a ba anced ration and undoubtedly will make excellent pork. The litter was exactly 180 days old. .having been farrowed February 21. It is the heaviest litter weighed in Adams county so far this year. Habegger's litter is one of three he entered in the Hoosier lon Litter Club. The other litters consist, respectively.of 10 and 11 pigs and will be weighed next Friday evening at 6:15 when those interested are Invited to attend. The 32 pigs were fed in one drove. Regarding the feeding of the litters, Mr. Habegger said, “as soon as the pigs began to eat, 1 gave them shelled corn in a ‘creep’ their mothers could not enter. Before they were weaned they were revelving slop made of ground oats, middlings, oil meal and semi-solld buttermilk." Habegger explained having them on practically full feed before weaning enabled him to remove them from their mothers (COXTIXFW) OX PAGg FIVE) — ■-■■o — ■■ Quakers Meet at Muncie Muncie, Ind., Aug. 23—(United Press) Friends of Eastern Indiana, Western Ohio and Southwestern Micbarc heie for the Indiana yearly meeting of friends which opened here today. About 17,500 friends of the district are represented at the conference.

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Demarcus C. Brown, Head . Os State Library, Dies Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 23. —(Unit ed Press) —Friends of Dec arcus C Brown. 69. today mourned the death of the man who for twenty years wai head of the State Library here. Death resulted from a sudden relapse following an operation necessitated by six months ot ill health. Brown had tendered his resignation as State Librarian several wqeks ago, effective September 1. FRANK WALLACE TO SPEAK HERE State Entomologist Will Speaw on Corn Borer at Rotary Club Each member of the Decatur Rotary club has invited a farmer guest for the meeting to be held Thursday evening, at Bellmont Park, at which time Hon. Frank N. Wallace, state entomologist, will talk on the evils of tihe corn borer and how to destroy the pest. Plans have been completed for the meeting and the Rotarians hope to have at least 45 farmers present at the meeting. Each Rotarian has extended an invitation to a farmer friend in the county to attend the luncheon and meeting. Mr. Wallace will deliver his talk following the luncheon meeting. The meeting will be held in the auction school room at the park and the farmers who have been invited to the meeting, are requested to meet there. The meeting will be held at) 6:15 o’clock. One purpose of the meeting is to widen the acquaintanceships among the Decatur business men and farmers and, according to the plans made, farmers from every township in the conty have been invited to attend the meeting. Although the corn borer has not infested the corn crop in this county, the pest has been found in Allen, Steuben and DeKalb counties and in Ohio and the Adams county farmers are deeply interested in the subject. Mr. Wallace, who has made a study of the pest, will more than likely suggest mjeans of destroying it if it does appear in this county John H. Carmody, who extended j the invitation to Mr. Wallace to at- | tend the meeting received a letter ■ww,. ■ ’■'■'* .■■! he Wold be here Thursday evening at; 6 o’clock. o— ———■ Pola Negri Collapses When Informed of Death of Rudolph Valentino Hollywoood. Cal . Aug 23 — (United p regS )—Pola Negri collapsed in her bungalow at the Ambassador hotel today when informed of the deatli of Rudolph Valentino. Prostrated with grief, the polish star swooned without a word of comment when informed by her personal maid that the great screen lover, her reported fiance, had succumbed. The house physician at the Ambassador rushed to Miss Negri s bungalow and the star’s personal doctors were summoned, also. — —o- — Mrs. Noble’s Pupils to Give a Recital Several of the music pupils of Mrs. C C. Noble will give a recital at Mrs. Noble’s home. 346 South Third street. Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Noble is a graduate of the European School of Music, and has studied with various well-known European teachers. The friends and general public are cordially inyiLed to attend the recital. Odd Fellows to Meet A meeting of the Odd Fellows lodge will be held this evening at 8 o’clock. Initiatory degree work will be conferred and members are urged to be present. Drowns In Lake Michigan Michigan City. Ind.. Aug. 23—(Unit ed Press) —Funeral arrangements were being made today for Marie Worgromic, 16. of Cicero. 111., who was drowned when caught in an undertow while swimming in Lake Michigan near here.

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FAMOUS MOTION PICTURE ACTOR LOSES BATTLE Son of Italian Farmer Dies After Reaching Heights of Fame in U. S. DEATH FOLLOWS AN OPERATION New York. Aug. 23—(Special to Daily Democrat) • Rudolph Valentino, who came to this country as an emigrant gardener and rose to the heights of fame as an actor, died at the Polyclinic Hospital here today. Humbly born the son of a farmer in Italy he died with four skilled physicians at his bedside and with the country waiting each word from his sick room almost as it waits for word from the sick chamber of a president. The aetjor was 31 years old. He was l>orn on May 5, 1895. The last official buUefin was issued shortly before noon wher it was admitted that the actor was “rapidly failing.” His temperature had mounted to 105. His pulse was hammering at the rate of 140 strokes to the minute. His respiration was 30 to the minute. In a few minutes, the actor was dead. The operation w'as performed a week ago Sunday. Valentino had been in New York in connection with the release of one of his pictures, “The Son of the Sheik.” He had attended several parties and was in a gay mood most of the week preceding his illness. After he had been stricken by acute appendicitis he was taken to the hospital. The ulcerous condition was said to be more of a menace to his health than the appendicitis. At first it was believed the operation had been completely successful. On Tuesday it was known that peritonitis had developed, but physicians said it was localized. The hospital meanwhile was beseiged by visits and telephone calls from thousands of those whose hours had been made happier by Valentino’s screen appearances. .ii. an<i i-xi i? “g*: f’’ “ (COATIMF.n OX PAGE SIXI NEW COTTAGE IS DEDICATED Decatur Epworth Leaguers Dedicated New Cottage at Webster Sunday Approximately two hundred Decatur Methodists attended the dedication of the new cottage at Epworth Forest. Lake Webster, erected by tin- Epworth I .eague of the First Method.ist church of this city, which was held Sunday afternoon. All took their dinners with them and a cafeteria meal was enjoyed in the cottage at noon Two long tables were heaped full of good things to eat. Following the dinner, a dedicatory program was held. W. F. Beery presided as -chairman of the meeting and led in the singing. Talks on the youth in the church of fifty years ago, of twenty-five years ago and of today were given by Frank Brokaw, C. L. Walters and Miss Berniece Nelson, respectively. Three former pastors of the Decatur Methodist chourch were present and nmde brief talks, congratulating the Decatur people on the fine cottage. They were the Rev F. F. Thornburg, new superintendent of the Richmond district of the Northern Indiana Conference; the Rev. U S. A. Bridges, now superintendent of the Wabash district: and the Rev. Char es Tinkham. now pastor of a Methodist church in Elkhart. Jay Olinger, ct Garrett, president of the Fo t Wayne district of the Epworth Leagu- also made a few remarks. The principal dedicatory address ICO.VLINLEU OX PAGE FUtM)