Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1926 — Page 1

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INDIANAPOLIS MAYOR IS I NAMED IN ADAMS PROBE investigation of sensation al charge of CORRUPTION in state and city POLITICS BY MARION COUNTY PROSECUTOR APPEARS PROBABLE; MAYOR DUVALL ADMITS HE MADE CERTAIN PROMISES TO STEPHENSON. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 7.— (United Press)—Thos. Adams, Vincennes editor directing a probe of state polities,"lndicated today he would make another ap|»eal to Gov. Jackson for an interview with IV C. Stenhenson. former klan dragon, in the state

Ajt vx uh" • • — - prison f4ty. Should the Governor again refuse his request. Adams said another course would be resorted to in the pursuit of his investigation. He claims that refusal of state authorities to permit Stephenson to be interviewed is preventing him from securing evidence which he asserts wi'l clinch the charges lie has aired. Indianapolis. Ind., Oct. 7.—(United Press} —An investigation by the Marion county prosecutor’s office of sensat onal charges of corruption in state and city politics appeared today as a possibility in the expose of the . political activities of D. C. Stephen son former klan dragon. ’ Prosecutor Wm. H. Remy, announced he would confer with Thos. H. Adams, head of the committee of editors conducting a probe of the Stephenson regime, on evidence gathered by Adams. Remy would not say before going over Adams' information whether it would be made the subject of a grand jury investigation. The prosecutor declared, however, that he could subpoena Stephenson if necessary, from the state prison at Michigan City, where the former dragon is serving a life sentence for the murder of Miss Madfte Oberholt zer, of Indianapolis. While Rr-mv prepared to look iuio * - --e. r,,npa tifMi ticiiy of one of two' documents photostatic copies of which were given out by Adams. Duvall admitted he wrote a letter to Stephenson two years ago saying he would become a candidate, for treasurer of Marion county and "go down the line for you and the boys” uovriM i:d ox page seven) CONVENTION IS . GREAT SUCCESS Meeting Os W. R. C. Called For Friday To Close Up Convention Matters she Women's Relief Corps, of Decatur, will hold a meeting at the Yoeman Hall. Friday afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock for the purpose of closing up business Pertaining to the district convention, held in this city Tuesday. The convention held here was a great success. The convention next year will be held in Fort Wayne. The Decatur corps held its annual inspection Tuesday afternoon, MJ's. I-iddia Holderbaum, of Columbia City •district inspector, making the inspecHon. Mrs. Holderbaum stated that the local corps was in very good standing for the past year. ■ Mr.-, Grace Hoffrneyer, of Indianapoils, the state president, gave an inter- ' ting report on the nationaj/conveition, held recently. At the national erf'Shipment of the G. A. R. held at the samewlme, the veterans ditcussed the stlvisabilllty of disbanding, owing to the rapidly thinning ranks qf the organization. The W. R. C. is raising a fund for the purpose of paying all expenses of the next national encampment of the G A R. A silver offering Wus taken at the convention heke Tuesday for that fund and $25 was raised

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i Vestal To Sneak At 1 Berne This Evening s : Albert. H. Vestal, Republican cahdidate for Congress from the eighth dis--1 trict, Indiana, will speak in the Com--1 munity Auditorium a Herne, at 7:45 < o’clock this evening L. A. Graham, of - Decatur, Republican county chairman, 8 will preside at the meeting. 8 d e Death Sentence Imposed t In Elkhart County Court r| Elkhart. Ind., Oct. 7. —(United B Press)—The first death sentence in , tbe history of Elkhart county will be imposed Friday by the Elkhart super i ior court on John Hall, convicted slay-. f er of Lou's Kreidler. South Bend b druggist. i- The jury, returned a verdict of f’gurty, W’wm mending the death pen-1 { alty and Judge W. B. Hile, granted t pleas of attorneys for defense that j sentence be deferred until Friday in order that they might have time to ■ t prepare a motion tor a new trial. GIVES RILEY DAY r • PROGRAM HERE 1T ... . i esting Program Here; Public Program Tonight r Mr. Calvin Power, noted reader and » lecturer, will give a public Riley Day r program in the Decatur high school > auditorium at 8 o'clo k this evening, • under the auspices and for the benefit cf the pupils of the grade schools of this city. Mr. Power gave a special program for the high school pupils at the high school building at 11 o'clock this , morning and one for the grade schools at the old gymnasium on First street I at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The public j is invited to attend the program this evening. No progiam like the one given by ■ Mr. Power, in its variety and charm for juvenile or adults audience, is duplicated by any other. He first reads poems suitable to the years of those -to whom he speaks, giving eaclf its particular setting, and telling sorne--1 thing of how the poem came to be writ- { ten and who the persons named in the, 9 poem wete; then come the pictures illustrating a pilgrimage he made to the home of the poet antkthat of the » immortal Orphant Annie. An no series t of pictures ever held groups of children or their elders in such amazing 1 thtall as does this one Tlyiusands of boys and gills in every V city were Mr. Power has presented his • work, after witnessing this most unusb ual exhibition,' hava said they would S give a dollar to se it all over again; while grown-ups from all walks of life, at the end of a two hour program, delate they could have listened two i- hours longer. S- Riley is "the peop’e's poet;” and e the message of his verse and soineb ! thing o fthe story of his struggles and o * privations and his later victories never ■- | fail to hold all who come within their t hearing. No other poet has such a glad-J :- ' som emessage for children and youth i- 1 as he, and no other is read as much K ' or quoted as often And because of the e educational value of this Rl'ey Day s offering it is hoped,every pupil ia our , h ols may get the benefit of it.

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1 Wins Two Games In World’s Series i — ±_. I ■’v M • I I t ,x MV » r / i, -ar • • •" * W 1 -a i . • s ; I ;M< ■ > W ;•* Z J . PEN MOCK Herb Pennock, star southpaw of the New York Yankees’ pitching staff, today hurled his team to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cards in the fifth! game ol the world’s series. This was Pennock’s second victory in the : world's series, he having won a 2-1 victory in the first game of the series., Sherdei, St. Louis southpaw, was the victim in both games.

FLOODWATERS 1 ARE ISOLATING ILLINOIS CITIES: Beardstown Completely Cut ' Off Fr o m Outside Country Today Beardstown, 111., Oct. 7. —i, • United Press.) — The Illinois i Lhpr*!.teda.v whtyn it rose to a stage o» „.j.. .. *'*•'***• practically all activity in the city is at a standstill. The water over the town has reached a dept where it has filled all basements making furnace fires impossible and causing suffering from the cold. z Merchants who had prepared (0 do business despite the flood, thinking (CONTINUED OX PAI.E FIVE) BRITISH MINERS ENLARGE STRIKE Coal Miners Vote To With ’ draw All Safety Men From Mines At Once London. Oct. 7.—(United Press)— Great Britain’s embattle coal miners ' tpday prepared to employ the most formidable weapon they could use in their battle with the owners of the coal mines. The national delegate conference of miners voted to withdrawal of all safety men from the mines. Throughout the coal strike about; 80.000 miners have been working as usual. They are the so-called safety men who look after the pumps, the ventilat ng machinery, care for the pit ponis and in general keep the mines from becoming foul, under ground lakes. Today's resolutions was interpreted as meaning that the miners would I permit the flooding of all the pits in .Great Britain. I Tinder the emergency regulations ■ which have been in force since the ) present industrial trouble became . acute months ago, the government would be able to man the mine pumps i with volunteers or troops, or to take virtually any means to prevent the ■ incalculable loss which would result from widespread sabotage in the pits j

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 7, 1926.

Red C ross Decides To Continue Florida Relief Fund Drive Washington, Oct. 7.— (United Press I The Red Cross convention here I adopted today a resolution for con-1 tinuing its $5,000,000 Florida relief; campaign. A controversy between the Red Cross and Florida officials had: threatened the drive. The relet fund : now totals about $3,200,000. o RETURN FROM Decatur Lodgemen Attend Annual State Convention At Indianapolis Dore B. E:win, W A. Lou r, K V. Mi.ls and Ed Beery r turned last night from Indianapolis, whcie they attended the state convention of the Indiana Knights of Pythias. Mr. L. B. Elmore was elected grand < hancelor, succeeding Nathan J. Lane. Ray Bate-' of Fort Wayne, was elected uoter guard, the first olfic" from which they climb to the Grand Chan 'ellor’s office Mr. Erwin is a past grand chancellor W the lodge, his office expiring last year. The .corner stone for the new Knight-: of Pythias h me. at Lafayette, was laid Monday, Govern r Ed Jackson being the principal speaker. The Decatur ,m< >1 attended the ceremonies. — - — o ; —— New Domestic Science Teacher Hired For D.H.S. INliss \ era Dull, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dull, of Wilshire. Ohio, has been sewed as insti actor of Domestic Sclet.ce in the Decatur high school, to fjll dbe va ancy made by the resignation of Ruth Rrisinger, who was married to George Meyers, recently. Miss Dull has taken up her woik in the local school and will teach cooking an.l sewing (lie remainder ol 'lie year in the local schools. This again completes the staff if local teachers o Lewis E. Larson Is Found Dallas, Tex., Oct. 7.—(United Press! —Lewis E. Larson, 51. wealthy church and lodge man, missing from Chicago for three years, was reported found last night at An-on Tex. Larson disappeared from Chicago March 7, 1923. He was believed to have been suffering from lapse of memory I <>r a nervous b eak-down.

TEACHERSWILL HOLD MEETING IN FORT WAYNE I 1 Splendid Program To Be Given at Two-day Session, Oct. 15 And 16 SC 11 00 LS TO BE DISMISSED ONE DAY The program has been completed for the annual meeting of the Northeastern Indiana Teachers' association, at Fort Wayne, October 15 and 16, ' 1 According to M. F. Worthman, of De- 1 catur, secretary of the organization. Many features have been added, I which will make the program the best ever presented by the association. Headquarters for the two-day event j will be established at the Keenan ; Hotel, and meetings of the various groups will be held in several differi ent auditoriums in Fort Wayne. The I general sessions will be held at the i First Presbyterian church. ' To Dismiss Schools. The officers of the association are I Helen A. Tyner, of Huntington, presi I dent; A R Fleck, of South Whitley, vice-president, and M. F. Worthman, lof Decatur, secretary. There Is also 1 an executive committee composed of i members from nine counties in the i northeastern part of the state. Schools- in Adams county will be I dismissed all day Friday in order I that the teachers may attend the I meetings. The various group meet i ings will cover every educational! phase and all departments of school 1 work. Glenn Curtis To Speak. One of the highlights of the meet- | ing will be a talk to the Athletic group by Glenn Cnrtis, athletic direc - i tor of Martinsville high school and a j : brother of H. L. Curtis, physical train . ing director of the local public | schools. Mr. Curtis, is a forceful I speaker and is said, by sport critics, to be one of the best basketball coaches in the middlewest. He has ■ 1 made two championship teams, and j ■ -Vj* • erixiia contender „ ■ neei. secured for all groups, and sev- | oral speakers of national repute have ' been secured tor the general meetings. I The meeting will start early Friday . morning October 15, and will last I until Saturday night, October 16. All Adams county teachers have i signified their intention of going to ' the metieng. Miss Mary Kathryn | Tyndall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (COVI’INI ED ON PAGE SEVEN) NEW EVIDENCE IS GATHERED ■ *■ ■ - State Plans To Introduce More Testimony Against Aimee McPherson dty Lincoln Quarberg Los Angeles, Cal.. Oct. 7. —(United Press)- A mass of new evidence tending to disprove Aime Simple McPherson’s famous tale on kidnapping was I prepared by the state today for pre- , sentation at tile hearing of the evan- . gelist on charges of criminal conspir- > acy. The testimony includes details of the . deep sea diving operations which attended the long search for Mrs. Mei Pherson in the ocean after her, disappearance last may and which paused the death of two men. i Robert D. Hunt, Venice diver, was a on# of the new witneses called by the state. He was prepared to testify, if was said, that the search tor the evani gellst’s body was continued for publii city purposes. > Hunt also told District Attorney inI vestigators he was hired by Mrs: Minnie Kennedy, co-defendant and mother ■> of Mrs. McPherson to keep up his divs ing exploits to h<-lp convince the pub > He. that the evangelist was actually rtiov.neJ.

PENNOCK BESTS SHERDEL IN A TEN-INNING BATTLE NEW YORK TIES SCORE IN NINTH AND PUTS OVER M INNING RUN IN EXTRA INNING; BOTH PITCHERS GO THE FULL ROUTE; RUTH FAILS TO GET A HIT; YANKEES TAKE LEAD OF 3-2 IN THE WORLD SERIES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 —R. H. E. N.Y. . 000 0 0 1 0 0 1 1-3 9 1 ST.L. 000 1 00 1 000-2 7 2 Batteries: for New York. Pennock and Severeid; for St. Louis, Sherdei and O’Farrell. Sportsman Park. St. Louis, Oct. 7.—(United Press) —New York gained a one-game advantage on the world’s series here this afternoon, when they went 10 innings to beat the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 3-2, in the fifth game of the baseball cham-

Valuable Automobile Stolen At Portland Portland. Oct. 7. —A Lincol sedan, valued at about $5,000 belonging to I N. E. Masters, local oil operator, was stolen from Mr. Masters’ garage on East High street, early Wednesday | morning. No trace of the stolen ear : has been found so far. The car was fully covered by insurance. M. E. Official Board To Meet Friday Night The official board of the Methodist church will hold an important meet- 1 ing in the church parlors, Friday evening. at 7:30 o’clock. A lull attendance | of the board members is requested. SPECIAL SERMON | FOR THIS EVENING lEvanirelist at Baptist Church iu btvona Coming Os Christ Special stress has been laid on the sermon to be preached this evening at the revival service at the Baptist church, by the evangelist, the Rev. M F. Scruby, of Dayton. Ohio. The subject of the sermon is "Sixteen Million Reasons Why I Believe In the Second Coming of Christ.” There will be a service Friday evening, but none on Saturday evening. The revival will close Sunday night On Sunday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, there will be a mass meeting, to which the public is cordially invited i The Sunshine B. Y. P. U. will meet Friday afternoon, immediately after the close of the public schools. Rev. Scruby preached on the subject, "Lessons From the Dove Cote,” last night. He said. In part: * “We have hete, a picture of great multitudes of people coming to Christ, and entering his kingdom. This promise was in large measure fulfilled on the day of pentecost, when three thousand people, Jews and Gentiles, believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, and accepted him as Lord and Saviour The promises of God are not like the promises of man. When we make a promise, it becomes void as soon as it has been fulfilled. God’s promises may be fulfilled in the experience of multitudes of people, through many centuries, and yet remain just an valid as when He first made them. "This question of the prophet gives birth to three questions which we wish to consider. First, Why should people come to Christ? Second, How should we come to Christ? Third, Why should so many come to Christ? Tere Is a complete answer to each question in <he experience of the doves returning to the dovecote. "As the doves return to tile dovecote to be fed, as people should come to Christ because he is the true bread (COXTINUKD ON PAGE SEVEN)

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pionship. Bill Slh rtltTs wobbly pitching in the tenth helped the Yanks to put over the single run that won the game. Sherdel weakened alter a hard battle, committed a wild pitch, passed two batters and hit another. This, combined with a sacralee fly, gave the Yanks the game. Babe Buth, who hit three home runs in yesterday’s game, failed to get a hit today. Lineups New York St. Louis i Combs, cf Holm, cf Koenig, ss Southworth, rs Ruth, If Hornsby, 2b Meusel, rs. Bottomley, lb I Gehrig, lb. Bell. 3h I Lazerri, 2b Hafey, If Dugan, 3b O’Farrell, c Severied, c Thevenow, ss Pennock, p Scherdel, p — First Inning New York —Combs filed to Hafey. I Koenig was out, Thevenow to Bottom- ’:. I::! 1 - l> I .>f ' 11. to tjehrig on the first base. Southworth was safe when Koenig fumbled a drive that went past Pennock. It was an error for Koenig. Hornsby (CONTINIEO ON PAGE SIX) FIFTEEN WOMEN ARE CANDIDATES All Aspire To Seats In U. S. Congress; Many Seek State Offices Washington, Oct. 7 —(United Press Fifteen women are running for congress this year, according to a list of candidafes on file today with the clerk of the house. They aspire to membership in the lower house. A sixteenth, Cora Bixler, Pennsylvaii-la Socialist,, who sought senate membership, died after the state primaries. Women's organizations estimate that perhaps 200 more are candidates for state and municipal offices throughout the country. These entries represent the largest . phalanx of candidates put forward by women since suffrage was accepted, ! and th eresult will probably entrench more women in public office over the country than before. Terms of two women governors ! elected two years ago expire this year and one of them, Mrs. Nellie Ross of Wyoming is a candidate to j succeed herself. The other, Gov. | “Ma” Ferguson of Texas, was defeated in the primary. At present there are three women in the house and none in the senate. The three house members have reI celved renominat ion and wll face opponents at the poll < November 2 .n their fight for re-election. I

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