Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 247, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1926 — Page 1

WEATHER Showers probably tonight and ,Wed nesday. Siightlv warmer north and central portion* tonight.

DAIRY DAY ATTRACTS HUGE CROWD

ISenate Committee Opens Indiana Probe

■SUBPOENAS ARE lISSUED FOB WALD IWPETEBSTODAY ■Se n a t e Campaign Funds I Committee Opens Inquiry Into Indiana Politics ■ CHICAGO SCENE I OF INVESTIGATION Chicago. Oct. 19 — (United ■Press)—Sen. James A. Reed, ■ chairman of the senate cam■paign funds committee, today I announced his first move in a ■ sweeping investigation oF the ■ Indiana political! klan scandal. The inquiry will he held in Chicago. where Reed is now conducting an investigation of the Illinois primary. Subpoenas were issued for R. Earl Peters. Indiana democratic state chairman; Clyde Waib, republican state chairman, and ~a half dozen other persons whose names were withheld. Senator Reed decided to go into the charges of corruption in Indiana after receiving reports from Indianapolis where a county grand jury js investigating the state pnlliticsi 1 ladianapolis, Oct. 19 — (United Press) —The activity of D. C. Stephenson, former Klan dragon, during the last session of the state legislature was under scrutiny of the Marlon county grand jury here today while machinery wa® set in motion in Chicago for a Federal inqury into Indiana politics. w< i Russell Duncan aud i. W. Ebaugh. members of the house of representatives a- the 1925 session of the Indiana legislature, appeared as witnesses before the grand jury. Several other members of the legfelatije wide -unt?rstood ,to I*' in eluded in a new list of subpoenas issued last night by Prosecutor Remy, directing the investigation. Remy today ordered Fred Butler, former secretary, and Margaret Reynold;, a former stenographed of the deposed dragon, called before the grand jury. , , Irom them he was expected to seek further information on the whereabouts of missing checks and letters of Stephenson which are regarded as vital to the progress of the inquiry. Announcement of the senate coni inveß Ugatlon by Senator Reed IIOXTIM rd ON PAGE THREE) BROTHERS WIN ' IN CLUB SHOW — —-——T- —• Two Brothers Win First And Second In Corn And Sugar Beet Exhibits Noah J. and Josdph J. Schrock, ■others, residing in Monroe township, carried away first and second honors, respectively, in the corn show held here in connection with Dairy Day by the members of the Adams County Corn Club." This brotherly act was duplicated in the sugar beet show, when Glen and Floyd Rupert, brothers residing in Washington ■"wnship, won first and second, respectively, with their displays of sugar beets. Ihe feat of thfi two Schrock boys in winning first and second honors in a list of 47 displays in the corn club Is remarkable, since the two brothers feside three miles apart and grew different varieties of corn. The RuPert boys live together and their tracts of beets are adjoining. The corn and beet exhibits, which Placed in the corridor of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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■ Kitty Ray, Broadway Star, Has A Black Eye Following Little Party | New Yo;k, Oct. 19.—(United Press' Kitty Ray has a shiner, according to ■ reports current in the beet Broadway ring circles Miss Ray, better known as Katherine to those who saw her manifest charms in the vanities, is one of Broadway's most noted beauties ' and the b ack eye on lijy lovely f< . tures has caused a furore. Sifting the current rumors, it was reliably reported that there was a party in hrnor of A J. Volstead -it which the spirit, or spirits entered into the guests and there was a fivht. | Miss Ray, it was reported, stood toe to toe with another young w orn in es ' the show world and slugged it out. ' Another report said an actor wiio prefers brunettes did the damage Anyway, there's the eye, and the beauty doctors were working on it today. HURRICANE IS HEADED FOR GULF Disturbance Os Great Intensity Travelling Toward Gulf Os Mexico Washington, D. C Oct. 19.—(United Press)—The Caribbean sea hurrieme is headed toward the gulf of Mexico, weather bureau officials said today. Hur icane warnings for ships in that vicinity were posted. The disturbance “of great intensity." is centered at about 300 miles south of the western tip of Cuba. It is travelling 200 to 250 miles a day, in a.northwest or north-no. th west direction. in 21 hours, if it does not change i's course, it will reach the Yucatan channelSuch storms, however, change their paths freqiitmiiy, weatlier-experst said. Escaping (Jas Kills One Man; Two Others Recover Indianapolis, Ind. Oct. 19 • United Press)—Ernst' Hurt, 30, is dead and two ether men are .lecovering today from effects of being overcome by escaping gas fumes at the plant of the E C. Atkins and Co., saw manufacturers. Frank McCartney, 42, is in a hospital while Henry Reimer, 37. was only partially overcome. The gas escaped when Hutt went into a pit to clean the valves on a main. . o Mrs, Lee Called As Witness Against Husband Franklin, Oct. 19.—(United Press) Mrs. Dorthy Lee was called upon today as a witness against her own husband, Ralph Lee, on trial for murder for the killing of Abner Peek, Indianapolis grocery man. Objections of the defense to her testimony were overruled by Judge Miller and she was questioned on the movements of her husband preceding the slaying. She was asked to identify the gun used in the holdup in which Peek was slain, as belonging to her husband. The defense objected bitterly and after lengthy argument over admissibility of the testimony court was adjourned until tomorrow* with a decision being given. Shelbyville Man Missing Shelbyville, Ind., Oct. 19.—(United Press) —An extensive search is being conducted here for Ebenezer local electrical supply dealer who has been missing from his home for three daysSmith left Saturday morning telling friends he was going to make a short run into the country o i business. His car was found later partly submerged In the waters of a creek near here and foul play was suspected

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Barbecued Steers And Burgoo Fill The Bill Thousands Partake Os Barbecued Steers And Kentucky Burgoo Served Free To Dairy Day Visitors Today; | Every Bun In Town Used Up And Bread Sells At ■ A Premium; Visitors Pronounce Col. Lawrence A ' “Real Cook.’’

The thousands who attended the free bhrbecue may never know what burgoo is, but they’ll till agree that it certainly filled the bill, and everyone admitted that Colonel N. 1). Lawrence wfis some cook. The big dinner, served to more than 4,000 people on Liberty Way, was as much a succes as the rest of the program.

Before noon, thousands already had lined up to get tbeir share of the barbecue and burgoo, which was served by fifty Decatur ladies under the supervision of the barbecue committee. When the morning program was completed, there was a grand rush for the refreshment tent and a “bread line" with more than 3,500 in it formed about Liberty Way. It took more than 50 women and almost that many men about two hours to feed the entire crowd. The noon meal consisted ofxsandwiches, coffee and burgco. The burgoo was fine, as the rest of the meal. A complete check-up of the total number cf mea's served was not completed in time for publication, but at 1:30 o’clock every bun in town had gone toward feeding the la-ge crowd. Bread was at a premium and meat markets were raided for additional orders of meat. The big burgoo tank,< kept heated nn the NlbHck k*l. was almost emptied by the hungry guests, and those iu charge said that the crowd was much larger than anticipated, but all were taken care ofThose serving and preparing the meal worked in fine style and the line was not kept waiting at all. After the people received their food on a plate, they were, hurried to another t nt where seats were provided for those who wished to sit down while they ate. The crowd left the open-air restau-j tsnt and stalled to the Clover Leaf plant about 1 o’clock for the astern xm program. OPERATORS ANO FIELD MEN MEET Large Delegations From Distant Points Attend Dairy Day Celebration “Let us make every station and route bigger and better in 1927. It can be done.” With this slogan before them and displaying sufficient enthusiasm to realize the goal, the cream station operators and fieldmen of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., gathered inthis city today and "talked shop” and told one and another how it could be done. Station operators, route men and patrons from over the wide territory of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., attended the Dairy Day program in this city today. Several hundred men and women came by automobile. The largest delegations were probably from Spgpcerville, Mendon and Delphos, Ohio, LaGrange. Kendallville and Wolcottville, Indiana. During the afternoon, a meeting of the station operators was held at the K. of P. home, W. T. Klepper, vicepresident and general manager of the creamery company, presiding as chairman Mr. Klepper spoke to the operators on the creamery business and their relation to the success of the dairy business and how important it was to give accurate t’«ts to the farmer and the care that should be given to cream. French Quinn, local citizen, spoke on community cooperation, and paid tribute to the progressive spirit of the Cloverleaf organization. Questionnaires were passed to the operators 4nd they were asked to fill (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 19, 1926.

I• ° — PRIZES GIVEN FOR WINDOW DISPLAY ; E. F. Gass Store Gets First Prize For Dairy Day Decoration Awards fcr the best trimmed cr decI I orated windows for Dairy Day were made this afternoon by the committee of judges cipmpausd cf Miss Elsie Stark. Chicago,' of the National Dairy council, chaiiman. Harry H. Redfearn. butter and egg man cf Chicago, and Prof. O E. Reed, of the Michigan Ag ricu tural college, A trip over the city was made at noon; the committe. being escorted atound the town by Miss Margaret Mylott. Six prizes were awarded, the prizes being donated by th? (Ucvertrhf Creameries. Inc., the Hillside Cheese Company, the Conter lee Crean Com-, pany, the Decatur Sanitary Milk company and the Swiss Dairy farm The first was" awarded to the IC- F Gass store, the window display being a dining room effect, showing th? serving of dairy products at the table The John T. .Myers Company doth ing store, was awarded second prize, I a unique display being erected by Herman Myers. The judges stated that I both Atuduws were wonderful ‘tx’ i that they had little ho ic ia making a selection and, after some delibera tion, decided in favor of the Gass tot - The awards, together with the prizes won by the five stores fellow: FIRST—E- F. ga.-s. sore of quality 30 pounds of butter donated by Ci >v--leaf Creamery. SECOND—John T. Myers Co., pounds of Cheese donated by the Fill side Cheese Co'and $5 worth of mill, tickets donated by Park View Dairy THlßD—Vance & Linn. 12>4 pound; of Cheese, donated by the Hillside Cheese Company. FOURTH — Central Grocery, $5 worth of milk ticke.s donated by th. Decajtur Sanitary Milk Co. FlFTH—Northern Indiana Gas & (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) SEEK BANDITS WITH AIRPLANE Five Bandits Hold Up Bank At Dowagiac, Michigan; Get Large Sum Dowagiac, Mich., Oct. 19 (United Press)—Aided by an airplane from Niles, Mich, search for five young bandits who yesterday staged a sensational daylight holdup of the Lee State Bank here, obtaining $46,700 in cash and about $30,000 in securities, centered today into northern Indiana. The automobile wifjh which tUe bandits escaped, while pursued by half a dozen machines, bore an Indiana license and it is thought the men fled to the sparsely settled district between Elkhart and Mishawaka, Ind. No ari*ests had been made yet, however. Chief of Police Oscar Burch, who was wounded in the back from a load of buckshot during an exchange of volleys with the robbers, was report- | ed resting easily today.

ITOUR OF QUEEN’ MARIE STRIKES iTWO SNAGS TODAY Queen’s Violation Os Diplomatic Etiquette Is Severely Criticised KEEPS PRINCE UNDER HER WING By Ludwell Denny, U. P. Staff Correspopdent Washington. Oct. 19.—The onward sweep of Queen Marie's American popular tour hit two snags today. Officials were busy trying to hush up criticism of the queen's violation of diplomatic etiquette in holding a state dinner here last night without first making a courtesy call on President and Mrs. Coolidge. Although her Majesty's banquet was described by the Rumanian legation as "a family dinner,” invitations were sent the ministers of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia, the charge d'affairs of Great Britain and France, aftd other officials. Meanwhile Washington society matrons were aggrieved by Marie's last miuute decision not to let Prince Nicholas out of her sight. Under the original plan of the Rumanian legation, young Nicholas was to be billeted in th*e royal suite of a local hotel some distance from the queen’s temporary palace at the legation. But her Majesty decided Nicholas must sleep in a room next to hers and stay in at night. This of course elhninated informal entertainment arranged for the prince. This maternal solicitude, coming on top of revelations of- a secret service guard for John Coolidge at college, set . :. *. i• s • t-'«» <»x I’xm i iiKi'.r. > END NEAR FOR EUGENE V. DEBS • Death Expected Soon For “Little Gian t” Os Socialist Party Elmhurst. Ills, Oct. 19—(United Press) —The condition of Eugene V. Debs, “Little Giant" of the Socialist party, was unchanged at 10:20 a.m. today, his personal physician at that hour reporting that "The end is almost in sight” Debs is now uncont c'ous and recognized none of his friends and relatives who are waiting at his bedside. "Our friend is sinking faster and faster: we cannot hope for him to live more than a few minutes," Dr. H. O. Wiseman told the United Press at 11:05 am. Debs' wife. Mrs. Katherine Debs; h : s brother, Theodore; and his sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heinl, all of Terre Haute, Indiana, were constantly at his bedside. There were few tehrs until the thin little man sl'pped into uneonsciousnass and there were no more smiles from his pressed lips. Attendants were kept busy answering telephone calls from long personal friendh of the socialist leader — fr'ends anxious to be advised of his condHon and. to express words of eneou.raf"ni|ent to ftlie memhferts of his family. Large Banana Squash Is On Display Here • A large banana squash, one of the largest ever grown in this part of the state, was brought to the aDily Democrat office last night and will be on display Jiere for several days. The squash was grown by Mrs. W. R. Kidwell. of Adams county. It has not been weighed, but estimates are that it will tip the scale at about 50 pounds.

i Eccentric Photographer, I Who Abstained From Taking i Bath For 20 Years, Is Dead New Yotk, Oct. 19—(United Press) One of Broadway’s most eccentric, figures was dead today. Maria Jose Mora, who a genera-. tion ago was New York's mast fashionable photographer, died in a hospital while the courts were appointing guardian to take care of h s hoarded wealth and see that he fed himself. Mora, he himself had said, had not taken a bath for 20 years. Although he had SIO,OOO .in the bank, he ate 15 cent meals and lived in a tiny room. Long ago, Mont became convinced that bathing washed off “the spark of life." SEN. ROBINSON TO SPEAK HERE Junior Senator To Deliver Address Here Next Friday Afternoon Senator Arthur R. Robinson Junior senator from Indiana, will deliver an address in this city next Friday afternoon. at 2:30 o’clock. It was impassible for Mr Robinson to be in this county for a night meeting and it was necessary to schedule the meeting for afternoon. The meeting win be he'd In the elfcult of the court house, L. A Graham Republican county chairman, stated today that he has not selected the chairman for the meeting.. — o Further Reduction In State Taxes Predicted Newcastle, Ind., Oct, 19 —(United Press)—A further reduction in state taxes were predicted by Governor Ed Jackson here last night, speaking; before one of the larges; republican rallies of the campaign. Jackson summarized the achievements of the republican state administration in the past two years and after calling attention to the reduction in the tax rate this yeir, predicted another cut in 1927. Noble County Tax Levy Ordered Reduced Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 19.— (United Press) —The state tax board todayordered a reduction from 62 to 58 cents in the tax Itevy cf Noble county, the reduction being tpade in the gravel road repair levy. The board approved locally fixed levies for the Kendallville school city, the Kendallville civil city and the , public library. Foxes Becoming Menace In State Os Michigan Mt. Carmel. Mich., Oct. 19.—(United | Press)—Foxes, long believed to be virtually extinct, are rapidly becoming menace here. 'I hey are making rapid inroads on poultry flocks and diastie steps are being considered to exterminate their.. They have become so bold that they ■•arty on their depredation-'•by lay awell as by night. ‘National Corn Husking Contest To Be Held Soon Lincoln, Neb.. Oct. 15).— (United Press) —The national corn liasiklnsf contest, in which the state champions of seven mid-western states will compete, will be held near her ’ the third week in November, it has been officially announced by judges of the contest. The champions of Indiana. Illinois, South Dakota. lowa. Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska will comtiato for the national championship in the village of Fremont. Arrangements are ; being made to handle a crowd of nearly >6,000 persons during the contest.

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DAIRYMEN FROM FAR AND NEAR VISIT DECATUR Thousands Os Dairy Farmers From Indiana And Ohio Are Present MAYOR KRICK GIVES WELCOME Decat ’r B’’l K'en---r>— h " -n -1A - f band, the ' ' t v e Dunin ' and e W’’k‘’<?. the MacfJev qua~tette and JUrmony Four quartette, united in rovally entertaining in Decatur all day today. Call it Dairy Day or whatever you may,- this October Tuesday is one that will never be forgotten in the, history of Alams county, Northern InI diana and Western Ohio. Delegations I from far and near gathered here and partook of the splendid program which was fostered by the Cloverleaf creameries and of the fine meal prepared by Colonel N. D. Lawrence. Crowd Gathers Early. Dairy Day officially began at 10 o’clock this ntqrnlng, but long before that time, hundreds ha 1 gathered along the main thoroughfares and in. stores. By 10 o’clock, the huge crowd had assumed the proportions of a young mob and when the program started the attendance was beyond expectations. Between 5 000 and 5.500 persons had registered" at the registeration booth in front of the court house up to 1 o’clock this afternoon. More than two hundred had registeted at the office of the Cloverleaf Cieameries and those in charge cf the registeration estimated that more than o’.ooo people were in attendance at the Dairy Day program at noon. J. S. Peterson, H. F. Ehinger and C. O. Pcrter wete in charge of the registration booth At 10 o’clock, promptly, the G“n- --• era! Electric band opened the program and t':om then cur the excitement grew. Following a concert by tlie General Electric band, the Decatur Junior band struck up some familiar selections. Mayor Krick Gives Welcome After the concert, Mayor George Krick represented the official city and greeted the visitors. He then introduced C. J. Lutz, of this city, who welcomed the guests in behalf of the residents of Decatur and urged them "to go the limit all day.” Rube Wilkins acted as platform manager and after another band concert, Levon Hetiney presented a whistling program accompanied at the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) RETURN FROM W.C.T.U.MEETING Decatur And Adams County Delegates Attend Con venvention In Laporte Mrs- C E Hocker, of Dseatur, president of the Adams Co nty Women's Chris ian Trope since Union, Mrs. C. L. Waite s, president of the De itur union, and Mrs Delton Pass - ater. a lay de egate, returned la t n’ght fr.-m Laporte wlter. they attended he ani nual state convention of the W. C. T. U. "The convention c osed Monday noon. Mis- Elizabeth Stanley, of Liberty was re-elected to her sixth term as president of the state organization. The convention gave Mrs. Stanley a great ovaticn and her election was unanimous. Mrs. Stanley served as vicepresident of the organization for several years before being elected president. The next convention will be held in Princeton. The local delegates rep >rt that the people of Laporte were very hospitable The Chamber of Commerce cun(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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