Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 10 November 1926 — Page 1

LEATHER Generally ’air toni8 ht and Thursday. Slightly colder tonight in extreme no.-the.at, portion. Slowly ruing temperature Thursday.

RJ. S. SENATE HOLDS TEN-MINUTE SESSION

KORN ADO TOLL IN Imarylandtown I TOTALS JT LIVES ■ ifteen Children Killed ■ When Twister Demolishes School Building >1 CHILDREN ARE INJURED IN STORM La Plata, Md., Nov. 10 — [Uniled Press.) — A tornado vhich ripped through this vilage yesterday, burying 56 chilIren and their teachers in the wreckage of the 2-room school, ook 17 lives, a complete check howed today. zFifteen children were killed in the rhool or died of their injuries. A negroj and his wife died in one f the four houses wrecked by the form. Twenty-one injured children were nder treatment in Washington hositais or at their homes here. Os hose in the hospitals, some may die. i\The children were in class when >he twister Struck the school and de polished it. burying all within under utters, walls, desks and stoves. La I’ala. Md.. Nov. 10. — (United Press.) — Tiny graves were ordered lug today to receive La Palata’s Uhool children dead — crushed vichns of a tornado. The totvn sexton was toH to make 5 graves but there was a hance more would be neerted tojre -eive additional bodies of victims of he twister that tore a parth fWr'otigh he village yesferday. and blew the woroom school to kindling. Beside the 15 kiddies killed, a negro ouple in one of the four hdfhes that the twister ripped apart were dead, md 21 children were lying injured in three Washington hospitals, it wits feared, might die Today. A community funeral probably will be held, but LaPalata early today was still too bowed down By the horror of the hurricane to make auy definite plans. o— — Home Talent Play To I Be Given At Bobo Friday i The U. 1L church of Boho will give a home' talent play, entitled, “The Burnsville Choir Spruces Up," Friday evening, November 12, at the Bobo school building. The public is cordially invited and the nominal admission of 10 and 15 cents will be eharged. J WINTERSEASON IS USHERED IN Wind, Snow and Low Temperature Arrive In Adams County Tuesday Night Winter, with all Its frills, including [wind, snow and a dropping temperature, paid its first visit of the year to I Decatur and Adams county last night and today. The thermometer dropped [several deg ees during the night and this morning, the mercury registered 22 degrees, thev coldest recorded here this season. Snow flurried during the night and for several hours this morning and a strong cold wind accompanied the arrival of winter. The cold/ wave was not unexpected, ani) farmers and gardeners were p:epared to meet the weather. No damage to crops was reported. Low temperatures are scheduled by the state weather forecasters for a day or two yet, at least, and. while the me:-cnry rose slightly at noon today. another drop was predicted by evening. The change in temperature is being taken as a stimulant tor business in Decatur, and local merchants are optimistic. as the business# conditions. If the cold weather continues for a fewdays local business men say that Saturday will be one of thb best business days of the year.

DECATUR DA I LT DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXIV. Number 266.

Caesar Is Inspiration Os Premier Mussolini

pfioal Is Return Os Rome To Her Former Proud Position Ed.tor's Note: Premier Benito Mussolini is “iutl of fight, and strong,’! despite reports of his illness and the frequent attempts to assassinate him. Mussolini described himself thus in the following exclusive interview with the United Press, the first since the attempt to assassinate him in Bologna a week ago Sunday. His inspiration, he said, was Caesar, and his goal the return of Rome to her former proud position. By Thos. D. Morgan, United Press Staff Correspondent. (Copyright 1926. by United Press in U S, England. Continental Europe and .Japan) Home. Nov. 10.- Benito Mussolini is building for the greatners of Italy in an effort to duplicate the work of Caesar in ancient Rdfne. But. Mussolini wou'd do il with the swords the legions replaced by picks and shovels, trowels and sledges, hammers and saws. In an exclusive interview with the United Press, the first he has given since the recent attempt on his life in Bologna, Il Duce Ranged, through bis dreams of an Italy restored to the work completed or in hand at the moment. He spoke of the new mercantile marine and talked merri ly of the latest effort to kill him — to stop in the midst of it with a gesture toward his wall bust of Caesar. “My inspiration," he said. Discusses His Plans The interview took place in the Chigi Palace and lasted 45 minutes, it varied fro m.Mussolini' s hopes for early' abolition of censorship on HaTy through' a’ discifssion' of democracy and dictatorships, and dwelt for a moment on his plans for an Italian liner that would be the fastest in the world, capable of speeding at 40 knots an hour fyom Italy to New York in four or five days. He was in jocose mood as he told of the latest attempt to assassinate him. “It was a good sized bullet this time." said the man who has been the subject of more known plots during the past four years than any other in the world. A mystic “something" protects him. Mussolini believes, against assassins. t .b; . ■ Jr.;. free. although 'SZI <«; ITIWIM OV P4GF TWvj PRESIDENT IS ENROUTE WEST Coolidge To Deliver Address At Dedication Os World War Memorial By Wm. J. McEvoy. U. P. Staff Correspondent Aboard President Coolidge's Special Ti ain*Enioute to Kansas City. Nov. 10 — An eleventh hour change in President Coolidge's program in Kansas Tity, Mo., where he will deliver an address tomorrow dedicating the Liberty Memorial to World War veterans, was announced today by his secretary. Everett Sanders. After the president makes his address and attends a luncheon in his honor, he will drive to Kansas City... Kan.. Sander said. As far as those on the presidential train could remember, it will be the first time a chief executive has ever visited Kansas City. Kas. Accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge, Secretary of War Davis, who is a native of Missouri. Sanders and the usual military and naval ait(es, the president left the capital last night at eleven o'clock. They party is due in Kansas City early tomorrow morning. —, o Revival To Open At St. Paul’s Church Sunday Revival services will begin at St. Paul’s Christian Union church next Sunday evening and will continue for an indefinite length of time. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend the services. Jay E. Smith Is pastor of the church.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNT Y

Sheriff And His Bride Killed In Auto Accident One Hour After Wedding Vevay Ind. Nov. 10.—-(United Prtss) -A double fitperal was planned today for Geo. Stewart, 50, sheriff of Switzezrland county, and his bride, formerly Mary Lyon. 30, of Madison. Less than an hour after their mar riage the auto in which Stewart was bringing his bride home was struck by a freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Sjewart was killed outright and the woman died a short time later from her Injuries. SIX PERSONS BURN TO DEATH Father And Five Children Lose Lives In Fire Which Destroys Home • • Cincinnati.' O. Nov. 10.— (United Press)—Everett Florer, and five cf his children burned to death during the night which destroyed their home at Willow Grove, Ky., 35 miles from here according to word received here today. The mother of the family escaped. The children were: Eugene, 16; Jessie, 15; Virgil. 10; Hollie, 8; Rush. 3. Another Man Ki Ned Craigville, Pa., Nov. JU. — (United Press) —One man was bnrned to death when fire'ile.stroyeS the old opera house here early today, with a loss estimated at SIOO,OOO. Robert Freed, 35, who lived on the third floor of uie bidding, was found unconscious in the structure and taken to hospital, where he died. Mary Guiter, who lived on the fourth floor, is missing and it is believed her body is in the ruins. HELDS IN CORN CLUB ANNOUNCED Nine Men Qualify Far Medals In Adams Countv Five-Acre Corn Club Os twenty Adams county men and boys in the county five-acre corn club, whose yields were checked by J. H. Keener, of the Indiana Corn Growers Association, only nine qualified for medals awarded by the Association for yields of 75 or more bushels per acre. Otto Hoile. Union township farmer. led the list with a yield of 85.1 bushels per acre. The th-ree hundred bills husked from three representative places m his plot weighed 539 pounds. The corn was Reed's Yellow Lent of the stiain Hoile has been using in corn shows held in various parts of the county during the last two years. The corn was drilled, the ket*nels being dropped jtpprcximatcly eleven inches apart. The distance between the -ovi.s averaged three feet, one and one-half inches. Mr. Keener estimated that 84 pounds of ear corn were necessary to make a bushel of dry corn, due to its high moisture content. Frank C. Mazelin,'Frank Habegger, Fred Blum and Sam 1). Nussbaum, all of Monroe t iwnship. qualified for bronze medals having yields which were estimated at 81.4; 80.9; 76.2; and 76 bushels per acre, respectively. Albert Ewell, of Preble township, was fourth in the contest with a yield of 78.6 bushels per acre. Rufus Huser and Leon Neuenschwander, of Wabash township, had yields of 78.5 and 75 bushels respectively. G. R. Bierly, of Hartford township, had a yiejd of 75 bushels per acre. Other men whose yields were checked by Mr. Keener, but who failed to make the 75 bushel mark were: E. W. Busche, C. O. Manley, W. T. Rupert, Noah D. Mazelin, Martin D. Habegger, Simon M. Schwartz, Otto D. Bieber'ich- W. W. Hawkins, Gilbert Glendening, Francis Coyne, Carl E. Amstutz.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 10, 1926.

GRUESOME SCENE IS ENACTED TODAY IN MURDER TRIAL Grim Story Os Deaths Os Rev. Hall And Mrs. Mills Recited In Court SURVIVING KIN HEAR DESCRIPTION Somerville, N. J.. Nov. 10 (United Press) —A widow, a widower and a girl robbed of her mother sat in court today and listened to surgeons anti detectives, in the cold language of the clinic and the police headquarters. recite a grim story of the deaths ol husband, wife and mother the Rev. Edward \V. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. It was a gruesome session of court. It told on the spectators who sat with nerves taut, but none gave up their seats. It on lawyers who snapped and snarled at each other. The judge seemed restless. But Mrs. Francis^ Stevens Hall, the widow, accused with her brothers, Henry and Willie Stevens, of the murder of Hall and Mrs. Mills, which took a mother from Charlotte Mills and a wife from James Mills, remain- ( CONTI Ml) ED ON PAGE PIVEI JURY CONTINUES TO QUIZ JULIAN Evansville Man On Stand In Political Corruption Probe For Three Days Indianapolis. Ind.. Nov'. 10—(United Press) —Examination of L. G. Julian. Evansville, cont nued before the Marion county grand jury today, in its investigation of alleged political corruption under the Ku Kliix Klan in Indiana. Julian was in the grand jury room throughout the morning session and was ordered to reappear this afternoon. It was the third day lie has been ■I v..na< - — wti...... Honing of the former business partner of D. C. Stephenson, uppareist'y proceeded smoothly under assurance that Julian’s testimony would, not involve him in any criminal proceedings’. Warmer Weather Due To Arrive Thursday Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 10—(United Press)—The season's first cold wave which descended on Indiana last night will give way to slowly rising temperature Thursday, the weather bureau predicted today. Flurries of snow and temperatures as low as 25 degrees were reported in the state last night. o NEW OIL WELL IS BROUGHT IN Schulte Company Brings In No. 1 On Samantha Young Farm Oil well number one on the Samantha Yeung tract, southeast of Salem, was brought in this week by the Paul Schulte Oil and Gas, Inc. The well did not have much of a showing befer • th>shot, but indications are now that it will be a fairly good well This well is the eleventh one mmp'eted by the Schulte concern. Drying will continue through the win'er. it was stated at the S r huPe offl ss this morning, and it is e\pected t -.at several good wells will be brought in this winter. Activity in other fields in Adams county /has slowed down some'since the fall weather set in, but then- Is still some drilling in*a few of the fields.

Queen Marie Refuses To Have Interviews Censored

Truck Driver Drowns As Motorists Speed By His Overturned Truck Hammond, Ind., Nov. 10. — < United Press) —Chas. Dawson. 31. of Chicago Ridge, was dead today because motorists who passed while he lay pinned beneath a heavy truck wi re in too big a hurry to help him. The tri/k on which Dawson alui Sam Hanley were riding skidded on the snow covered road when Hanley attempted to aviod a collision with an auto ami overturned in a ditch filled with two feet of water. Several antes sped by and Hasley called for help but they failed to stop. When he finally got assistance in lifting the truck Dawson had drowned. FALL AND DOHNEY PLEAD NOT GUILTY Deny Conspiracy Charges; Bound Over For Trial On November 22 Washington, Nov. 10. — United Press) Albert B. Fall and E. L. Doheny today pleaded not gu lty to qharges of conspiracy to defraud the government in connection with the Elk Hill Naval Oil reserve lease. They were formally bound over for trial by jury in District of Columbia supreme court starting Nov. 22. charge aga nst them was the f;m Lrf-rhS n(t seanoVf crrnvinai cases to reach the stage of personal appearance in court —five years after the SIOO,OOO little blacg bag episode upon which the charge is based and nearly three years after the incident was exposed by the Walsh senate 0.l committee. — MISSION FIELD DAY TO BE HELD Bishop In M. E. Church To Speak* ■"tn Church Next Sunday a Plans are being completed for the annual meeting of The • Board of Foreign Missions of The Methodist; Episcopal church, which is to be [ held in First Church, South Bend, [ Indiana, Monday, Tuesday and Wed- | nesday, November 15 to 17. This im-. portant. meeting is seldom held in this section and, therefore, affords North Indiana Methodists a rare opportunity to obtain official information first hand. In connection with this meeting, Sunday, Nov. 14. will be observed as “Foreign Mission Field Day." The bishops, 'the members of the board, the secretarial staff, the editors of church papers, and missionaries on furlough will, on that day, occupy pulpits of more than one hundred Methodist Episcopal churches within a radius of one hundred miles of South Bend, presenting to North Indiana a united appeal in behalf of foreign missions. First church, Decatur, is very fortunate in having assigned to the pulpit for next Sunday morning, Bishop John C. Nuelsen. The entire membership* should hear this very distinguished speaker. The general public is invited. Washington Church Is Holding Revival The evangelistic services at Washington church, of the Decatur M. E. circuit, have been well attended during the past—week. Meetings will lie held every evening this week at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev. H. J. Kieser brings the message each evening. Thursday evening, there will be special music. Miss Lois Fuhrman, Flossie Shady, and Mrs. Kieser will lender several special numbers. The children’s hour in the afternoon is very well attended.

Her Majesty Isn’t Going To Be Suppressed When She Talks To. Reporters By John Montgomery (United Press Staff Correspondent) Aboard Queen Marie's special train. Drnver, Colo.. Nov. 10. — (United Press) Queen Marte of Roumania isn't going to be suppressed when she talks to Newspapermen, she made it plain today following an ifnnouncemen*by professor Petresce. representative of Premier Avoresco, that her at ail meetings of herself ami newsMajesty must allow him to be present paper correspondents hereafter. Her Majesty laughed at Petreosco's picnoun-.-emeiit. She intends to continue her friendly relatius with the co respondents aboard the tarin without the restraining influence of an official chaperone. Petrescu was fearful that !ic»r Majesty might utter some remaik in these meetings with newspapermen that would be injurious to i»- Averesc-o Regime. He told last night that “it was the Queen's desire that he be present at conferences hereafter." when questioned, he admitted this action was prempted by him and atrr it was learned that the decision wfis entiiely unknown to the Quepn. An attempted love feast last ni£ht turned into a lightly veiled squabble. In honor of Governor Nellie Taylor Ross of Wyoming, Col. John H. Carroll. in charge of the train, gave a dinner to which all the warring ra - tions aboard were invited. It was the first gathering of the Roumanians and took advantage cf the opportunity to the American Officials and Carrol] bewpeak Lus uuUuaiXy its director, .of the tour and stress the fact that the railroads of the country and no one else weie paying the cost cf tier Majesty's visit. Immediately hi s listeners became excited. C. M. Laptew, Gentleman in waiting, and in command cf the Roumanian party arose and comnietred cn number of disturbances aboard the train since its departure from New Yoi k. The dinner ended hurriedly at the Last course and the Roumanians retir'd to their end of the train for a conference while the Americans went to their compartment for a like discussion.

Ift-bHOFFG--READ THE BIBLE Dr. Halley Gives Practical Suggestions On How To Read Great Book In spite of the inclement weather, a large audience greeted Dr. Halley at his third Scripture recital at the Reformed church last evening. Dr. Halley prefaced his recital by a few practical suggestions on-how to read the Bible. He said, in effect: First, one should have a general idea of the books of the Bible and of their arrangement and historical setting. It is a shame that many Christians know the names of their favorite movie actors better than the names of the books of the Bible, lie declared. The Bible may be studied by char acters. Some just read their favorite passage, but the best way is to study it by books. Get the idea the author tried to give by reading, not by chapters, but by sections of books or whole books at one setting. The convenient mechanical arrangement of verses and chapters was invented many centuries after the books were written. Read and reread a book many times; thus you will get the author's idea. Do not depend too much upon commentaries, and concordances are usually harmful. The topical method of study is not to be encouraged, for one thus may wrest Scripture from its true shade of meanifig, which may depend upon the context. Do not read the Bible to confirm doctrinal belief. Read it with open mind for just what it tries to say and its reals doctrines will soon stand out, wiihout the prejudices of (COXTIXI'EII ON PAGE TWO)

Price Two Cents.

SPECIAL SESSION IS SHORTESi 'I SENATE'S HISTORY U. S. Senate, Cozened For Impeachment Trial, Adjourns Until Dec. 6 SENATORS DISCUSS NEW TAX PROPOSAL Vasliiiigton. Nov. 10 (United Press) The I . S. senate* met in a ten-minute specitil session today, postponed Hit' scheduled impeachment trial of Federal Judge Geo. W. English and adjourned to meet Dec. 6 for the opening of the next regular congressional session. The bfiet meeting today was perhaps the shortest special session in senate history. It had to be held because the senate before adjourning last spring adopted a resolution to try Judge English at this date, but managers of the house, which impeached English, announced they did not desire to proceed with the trial in view of English's resignation last week. The manabers asked that the senate be adjourned as a court until Dec. 13 so that after opening of the regular December session the house could ratify the decision to drop the trial. Washington, Nov. 10. — (United Press) —With, capitol corridors buzzing over the new tax reduction proposals, the U. S. Senate convened at 12:30 p. m., today in what was planned as a prefunctory special session. Although the meeting was called to delay action in tile impeachment case of Federal Judge Geo W. English, fittle attention was pair! that subject and senators and representative| centered their efforts around the projects submitted by President Coolidge and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon for a cut in the nation’s revenue levies. Chairman Smoot of the senate f'nance committee swung around into line for the project as amended by Mellon. Smoot was at first skeptical thait the $250,000,000 treasury surplus should be used for reduction of taxes, and particularly he opposed the President's plan of having the reduction in the form of a rebate -in : .bci').'Wh le he s not yet c:>nvine<'<i that" a 12*4 Per cent reduction next year, as advocated by Mellon, is the thii/g that, he would do if he were operating the government, the Utah senator said he would wory for the plan and predicted its adoption CHAMPION CORN HUSKER NAMED Jnsper County Man Wins State Title In Contest On Farm Near Flora Flora, Ind., Nov. 10.— (United Press)—Chas. Budd, cf Jasper county today carried home the crown of champion corn busker of Indiana. Budd, a tile ditcher by trade. Ix -it ten professional buskers for the title and shucked 29.2 bushels in one hour and 20 minutes. He was hard pressed throughout by , Wm. Cole, of Fountain county, but won out with a final burst of speed. Cole was second with 29 bushels and Floyd Allgood, of Putman county, was third ' with 27.7 bushels. ' and mud failed to dampen the enthusiasm of, th e gallery of 2,500 that watched the contest, which was held on the farm of George Pn len. near here. Budd will represent HtS'xtate hi the midwest championship meet at l-'i-ee-mont, Neb, next week, in which he will compete with the host Hunkers of I linois, lowa. Nebiaska M'im< ca and Misouri. A cold medal and $101) ca ll wa 8 awarded to Budd by the Pararie Fanner.

The Daily Democrat Receives News of the World by the United Press Service