Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1926 — Page 1

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TOREVEALPOWER HELD IN INDIANA BY STEPHENSON Probe Committee To Reveal Existence Os Super-Gov-ernment In State WILL DISCLOSE CORRUPT METHODS Indianapolis, Ind.. Sept. 28. (United Press) Revelation ot a gigaru c super-government within the state of Indiana over which David C. Stephenson at the zenith of his power as grand dragon of the Hoosier Ku Klux Klan held sway was promised today bv Thos. Adams, of \incennes, head of a probe committee of the Indiana republican editorial association. The committee has been delving tor months into the political activities ot Stephenson, who is now serving a life sentence in the state prison at Michigan City for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, an Indianapolis girl. Documents of an astounding nature, letters, pictures and other evidence have come into possession of the committee which show conclusively that Stephenson's ‘‘word was law in Indiana.” that he manipulated appo ntments and forced courts to do his bidding under threat of political destruction, Adams said. More than 50 of Stephenson’s former lieutenants who feel their chief was made the scapegoat to hide the political sins of the men they claim he placed in power are aiding ip the investigation, according »o Adams Sonm of these former lieutenants or "Klockards” have made signed statements, Adams announced, revealing for the first time the story of Stephenson's mysterious political power built on the foundation of the Ku Klux Klan organization. These confessions, according to Adams, tell of framed charges against the state highway commission; of corrupt methods in the last session of the state legislature, of the salt of various bills and who got the monay; and of contracts made !n rficials. both in city and state government in Indiana. Evidence in the hands of the committee, Adams announced, shows that Stephenson made candidates he back ICONTIMrsn OV PAM TWu> OHIO NUMBERS FRANKLIN HDAD New Coast-To-Coast Route Numbered “Seventeen” Across State The Benjamin Franklin national highway is to be marked “Route 17" across, Ohio. That highway now is number 17 at the east state line. From Tiffin to Findlay it is No. 106; from Findlay to Ottawa No 22; from Ottawa to Van Wert and" to the Indiana s ’ate line it is No. 109. The following letter from G. F. Schlesinger, Ohio director of highways, J- H. Williamson, president ot the benjamin Franklin highway association, tells of the highway departments willingness to mark the Franklin route unifoi mly across Ohio. 1 wish to acknowledge receipts of ’he blue print map of the Benjamin Franklin highway as designated through Ohio. Nou will recall that I at one time declined to give this route one numbei' throughout the state. However, •t has become necessary for us to revise our numbering to some extent and with this process I have been enabled to designate the roads used by ’be Benjamin Franklin highway with °ne number, namely state route No. If. The changes will not actually be made 1,1 ’he fields until some time next year. I know that this is ip accordance with the desires of your association, and win meet with your hearty approval."

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Vol. XXIV. Number 229.

In Good Form * ‘ ' .4 £ * life*’' John L. Hutcheson, son of a Chattanooge (Tenn.) millionaire, appeared in a Nex\ York court wearing a full dress suit. He was arrested for reckless driving on his way from a society wedding. He paid a SSO fine.

MORE ENROLL IN TRAINING SCHOOL Attendance Last Night Is Almost 100 Per Cent Despite Bad W eather The attendance at the regular class . ui ikr Cujuiuuhm# SLauitetl Training school last nignt was almost 100 )>er cent, in spite as the inclement weather. Five new students enrolled last night, also. Thelnterest in the school this fs'l is excellent. The Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren, located seven miles south east of the city, had three more en lollments in the school last night, making a total of 18 enrollments in the school from that church. Students may still enroll at the next session next .Monday night, and rtill receive credit for the semester’s work How lever, that will be th’ hud pportunity wishing to enroll may do so by seeing the dean, the Rev R W. Loose, on Winchester street this week, or by be ing present at the Central school building next Monday night. The Rev. Cecil R. Smith, pastor of the United Brethren church, gave an interesting chapel talk last night on the subject, "Personal Work.” Rev. Smith will "peak next Monday night also. There will be another feature next Monday evening. ( Kills Man With Shotgun Seymour. Ind, Sept. 28. —(United Press)—Arrest of Joseph Emltom, 22. was expected today following the death of William Stratton, 45, from gun wounds inflicted by Eshom. Claiming he found Stratton on a stairway leading to the room of his widowed mother, E.ihom fired both barrels of a shorgun in Stratton's abdomen FRESHMEN OF D.H.S. ORGANIZE Gaynell Graber Elected President; Florine Michaud, Guardian Gaynell Graber has been elected ■ president of the Freshman class of Decatur high school. The other officers chosen by the first year Class are: Dorothy Christen, vice-president; Stanley Green, secretary; and David Heller treasurer. Miss Florine Michaud instructor of Latin in the high school, was chosen class guardian. The freshmen are planning to hold several par- . ties during the'school year. With the election ot' the Freshman > class officers, the organization of the various classes in the high school is - completed, the other classes having elected their officers. I

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 28, 1926.

MIAMI WARNED OF NEW STORM Tropical Storm of Unknown Intensity Reported Headed Toward Florida Miami, Fla, Sept. 28. — (United Press) —Miami, raising her head from the ruins from the West Indies hurricanefwas warned today of another tropical storm of unknown intensity which is reported heading toward the south Florida coast, jn a message received by Richard Gray of the United States weather bureau fiom Washing ton. "Advisory 10 A. M . there are indications of a tropical disturbance, of unknown intensity centered several hundred miles north of Porto Rico. It is likely moving northwest or west northwest," the message read. o Z— To Build New Plane For New York-To-Paris Flight Hemstead. L, 1., Sept. 28.—(United Press.) —With Capt. Rene Fonck and the designers of the Sikorsky plane absolved from blame in connection with the loss of two lives when the craft attempted to take off for Paris, Igor Sikorsky and others went ahead today with tentative plans for the building of a new biplane to attempt the trans-Atlantic flight. At a coroner's inquest yesterday the happening was called a "most unfortunate incident" and all connected with the venture excused of "culpability and culpable negligence." Capt. Fonck has announced he hop- ' ed wtthln a "WTfXVW plans wrtt be completed for a sister ship to the burned craft. . EVANfifusfiC CAMPAIGN OPENS The Rev. M. F. Scruby, Os Dayton, Ohio, Preaching At Baptist Church ' i • -X’- ' MNRMC'* (MMMMkAk . X being conducted at the First Baptist church by the Rev Mc.reton F. Scruby, of Dayton, Ohio, is well under way and marked interest and enthusiasm has been shown. Rev. Scruby is a forceful and inspirational speaker. Tnt services will begin at 7:30 o’clock ea h evening. The entire community is cordially invited to attend the meetingRev. Scruby's subject for this evening will be “Religion and Rejoicing." His subjects for the ramainder of the week will be:: Weihiesday, "The Lost Christ;" Thursday, "Back to Bethel;” Friday, “Supplying the Missing;” and Saturday. "Flock ot Dovers." The subject of Rev. Schruby's sermon last night was "The Holy Spirit and Power." He said in part: The Holy Spirit and Power “The last promise made about the Lord Jesus Christ, was made by t’e angels, it was a promise of His P" sona', powerful, glorious return to earth. The final promise made by Christ was made to His disciples. The promise was: "Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you'. This promise was made for a special need. Jesus had committed to His disciples the tremendous task of evangelizing the world, so He inJ spired hope and confidence in their hearts by assuring them they would recive power for this divinely appointed task. "In spite of the great power and Im , portance of the Holy Spirit, there is the most part of woeful ignorance concerning the personality and power of the Trinity. For the most part. Christians of today would have to plead I guilty to flie same distressing ignorance manifested by some of the early ’ followers of Christ, who said: “We have not so much as heard there is a Holy Spirit. The power and importance of the ' Hfcly Spirit is seen ’.u the types by ‘ which He is represented in the scriptures. Some of these types are: the HOXTIM KO ON PAGE TWO)

Slide Down Stair Railing Costs Life Os Evansville Girl Evansville. Ind. Sept. 28. —(United Press) —A sudden whim to slide down a stair railing cost Miss Gladys Baker 20, her life. Miss Baker jumped astride^ a banister on the sixth foot of an office building here last night, lost her balance. and while a girl friagd looked on. plunged six stories down the narrow stairway shaft, aligutiug on a concrete floor. She died early today. CAMPAIGN WILL OPEN WITH RALLY Democrats Will Open Campaign S a tu r d a y Night Here; Woollen To Speak Plans are materializing for the Democratic rally to held in this city next Saturday, according to word given out at Democratic headquarters in this city. Evans Wool'.en, democratic shortterm senatorial candidate, and Arthur Hamrick, democratic candidate for secretary of state, will discuss political issues in the court roam of the coutny coart house at 8 o’clock Saturday night Preceding the speaking, a band con cert will be given in front of the court house by the General Electric band of this city. Tty entire affair will be free and both men and women are cordially invited to attend. All interested persons are invited to come to the Democratic headquarters above the Daily Democrat office, Saturday. before the meetiijg. and talk personally with Mr. Woollen and Mr Hamrick. County candidates will be present at the meeting Saturday night and will be introduced to those present. The meeting w-ill last about an hour ano a half, and will begin promptly at 8 o'clock, so it wil. be over early. Farmers and laborers are particu - aily invited to hear Mr. Woollen as he has a constructive pU)i to present to them. He will discuss the political I sues of the day, and their effect on the residents of this community. Both republicans and dem >crals | invited to the meeting, and arraa'.i | raeiits nave been made to teD? <-»re of —> o- - Gasoline Boat Burns New Albany, Ind., Sept. 28-—(Unit-ed Press) —Eight members of the gasoline ’ 'at Alien Ed II are safe today fol c .~g their escape from ihe boat which burned to the water line. The Crew, seven nn n and a woman, jumped into the Ohio river when the fire became uncoutrolable and swam to safety. ERIE OFFICIAL WILL BE HERE Vice-President Os Railroad C6mpany to Attepd Dr.iry Day Celebration w _ A telegram received this morning announces that Colonel F. G. Robbins of Chicago, vice-president of the Erie Railroad Company, will attend the Dairy Day celebration here October 19, and will speak for a few moments. He asks, however, that he not be depended on for/ principal address. A number of the big business men of the country will attend the celebration here and tne program will be an excellent one from every ‘viewpoint. The finance committee began work this morning and, according to reports at noon, were meeting wi’th splendid success. This important part of the plans will be completed by tomorrow evening, it is expected, after which apportionments will be made to the various committees to cover all expenses and to assure that everything will be carefully looked i ' after. The general committee will meet this evening to continue the plans. ' the chairman of each committee reporting progress 'ip to this time. The session will be held at the Industr'al rooms at 8 o’clock.

SAYS WITNESSES ARE THREATENED Keyes Places State’s Wit-! nesses in McPherson Case In Hiding Los Angeles, Sept. 28. — Asserting that his witnesses in the Aimee Semple Mcherson case were being threatened by letters. District Attorney Asa Keyes ordered their removal today to a secret hiding place. More than a setfre of witnesses from Carmel By-The Sea and other California cities brought here for the preliminary hearing of Mrs. Mcherson and her mother on charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice, were affected by the order. Los Angeles, Sept. 28. — (United Press. I — Hearing of the charges of conspiracy to defeat justice against Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson, fa mous evangelist, and four associates, were expected to produce further sensations here today as District Attorney Keyes led up to the examination of his star witness. The prsecution seeks to establish that the evangelist's story of abduction into Mexico last May was a fab rication and that she was with Ken neth G. Ormiston. former radio operator at -Angelas Temple, the seat of her cult, at Carmel By The-Sea. The climax of the hearing to de termine whether the defendants should be held for trial in superior court will be reached with the testimony of Mrs. Lorraine Weisman Seilaff who swore Mrs. McPherson promised to pay her for producing a fake "Miss X, the mysterious figure Ormiston named as his companion in a cottage at Carmel By The Sea the period the (CONTINI'BD ON PACK TWOI DECATUR PUPILS GOING TO GENEVA Officers of High School Class And Ten From Central To Attend Memorial The high schools and grade schools i ■ I ■ ‘inr will b< W ■' ' '•**»** 1W ial service to be held at Geneva Wednesday afternoon. Principal Walter J. Krick, of Decatur high school, the officers jf each of the high school classes, Principal W. Guy Brown, of the Central grade schools, and ten pupils from Central will attend the service and take part in the program. of the city •ehools, said today that it M. PV'Worthman, superintendent was a great pleasure for the local schools to join with Geneva and the other schools throughout the county In honoring the memory of the beloved writer. Since it would be im--1 possible for all of the pupils in the city schools to attend the service, it I the high school classes and ten repwas decided to have the officers of representative pupils from Central, together with the two principals, attend. : The high school pupils who will at- • tend the service at Geneva are: sen- ‘ iors — Robert Frisinger. Mildred > Worthman, Mary Kathryn Schug and ’ Gordon Teeters; juniors—Roy Ana- • dell, John DeVoss, Lillian Worthman - and Geraldine Hower; sophomores—i Robert Passwater, Florence Anderson f men—Gaynell Graber, Dorothy Chris- • John Engle and Donald Koos; freshi ten, Stanley Green and David Heller. • The Central pupils who will attend t are: Helen DeVor, Violet Kizer, - Richard Steele. Robert Hite, Stanley i Hollowpeter, Waldo Bauman, Madon t na Krugh, Glen Hurst. Franklin Kel--1 ler and Margaret Straub. , The pupils and the two principals s will leave Decatur about 12 o'clock 5 noon, tomorrow, and drive to Geneva, t o I Coca Cola King Is 111 t Atlanta, Ga„ Sept. 28 —(United i. Press) —Asa G. Candler, 75, million- ■- aire founder of the Coca-Cola Soft Drink Manufacturing Co., was dangi- erously ill here today. Candler was stricken with paralysis.

For the Fight IF Gene Tunney arrived for his fight in Philadelphia in an airplane piloted by Casey Jones, avia tot.

STATE ROADS TO BE RENUMBERED Indiana Highways To Be Numbered To Conform To Federal Schedule Indianapolis. Sept. 28—All roads in the Indiana state highway system will be renumbered October 1 under a permanent numbering system, it was announced today by John D. Williams director of the state highway commission. The state roads will be Numbered so as to conform to the schedule adopted recently by the federal bureau of roads in designating as federal routes certain cross country trunk, lines. There will be thirteen federal routed in Indiana which will bear federal numbers and markers. For instance the National road which now is known as state road 3, will be known as United States route 40. i Renumbering of the roads ar .first ' which win be replaced by marker* which have been ordered. North and south roads between one and 31 are east of Indianapolis and east-west roads bearing even numbers two to 36 are north of Indianapolis. 0 Evelyn Nesbit Going Back To Harrv Thaw’s Bungalow To Reside Chicago. Sept 28.—(United Press) —Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is going back to Harry K. Thaw's atlantic City Bun galow to live—but she’s not going back to live wilh Thaw, fier former husband, she said today. “Harry and I are just good friends." the dancer said. "Besides I'm not divorced from my former dancing partner Jack Clifford.” o ODD FELLOWS INITIATE CLASS Local Lodge Gives First Degree; Geneva Team Confers Second ■ St. Mary’s lodge, No. 167, 1.0.0. F., of this city, held an interesting meeting Monday evening. Approximately 100 Odd Fellows were present. The i f'rst degree was exemplified to a t class of candidates by the Decatur . degree team. The second degree was exemplified by the Geneva lodge. Following the degree work, a supper was served to everyone present. 1 Work in the third degree will be givi- en next Monday night. t The lodge voted last night to donate ;• $lO 'to the Florida Relief fund, being s raised here by the American Red Cross.

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HOPE TO REACH ENTOMBED MEN RY BP.M. TODAY Effort to Communicate With 43 Men In Michigan Iron Mine Fail DRILLS ARE NEAR THE EIGHTH LEVEL Ironwood, Mich., Sept. 28.— (United Press.) —Officials of the Oliver Mining company announced today that they hope to reach the 43 entombed men in the G. Pabst Iron mine by 8 p. m. Conquest of the remaining wall of rock which is resisting the drills will reveal whether any of the' men have survived the horror of 96 hours underground prison with no food, scant illumination, and an uncertain supply of water. Calculations at mon indicated that within a few hours the drills will break through to the eighth level near where the miners are believed entombed. | Ironwood, Mich., Sept. 28.—(United I Press.) — Renewed attempts were made today to communicate with the 43 miners who are entombed 500 feet underground in the Pabst Iron mine, but were not successful. A railroad telegraph operator was lowered into the main netrance of the mine to try to establish contact with the men byy Morse code. He tapped on the pipe on which signals were heard yesterday, but' could ' obtain no response. The attempt was made after it was poipted out that if properly spaced, the eight tar. 1 , heard by one of the miners would have signalled “S. O. S.” the .universal call of distress. Ellenwood Gets 2-Day Parole From Reformatory Indianapolis. Ind. tiept. 28. — (United Press)—After a two weeks stay i't the Indiana state ref ormat ary Sylvester Ellenwood, of Wei s county, serv ing a 1 to 14 year sentence for grand larceny, has been granted a 2-day in Foit Way tie. E! enwood wai> sent'need in the Wells circuit court Sept. 13. During the parole he will be iu custody cf the Fort Wa. ne police. LINN GROVE MAN HURT IN ACCIDENT Albert Lanning Seriously Injured When Auto Hits Bridge Abutment Berne, Sept. 28.—Albert Lanning, of Linn Grove, had a miraculous escape from death Saturday night, about ID o'clock, when the automobile driven by Mr. Lanning struck the cement abutment of the bridge near the Goldie Gottschalk home, aortheast of linn Grove. The car was totally destroyed in tile wreck and Mr. Lanning was i severely injured His injuries consisted of a broken jaw bone, a fracture of three ribs and a deep cut under his . chin About 9 o’clock Saturday night, Mr. Lanning's car struck another acr, owned by Wilson Bixler, which was parked on a Berne street. The Bixler car was damaged and shoved against another car, owned by Mat Donnelly. 1 Lanning did not stop his ear and no e one was able to identify him or t,ell the number of his car. Arnos Neuenr sqhwander. town marshal, heard the s crash and was soon on the scene. Seeing that the car was speeding away, ). Neuenachwander hot into his own ear ( land had about decided to return to . town when he noticed the ear ahead of j him was weaving froi. tie side of he e road to the other, o he decide 1 to g continue the chase, which continued (1 until Lanning's cat struck the bridge I abutment.

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