Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 275, Decatur, Adams County, 20 November 1926 — Page 1

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|OLL OF BLAST ■on oil tanker ISTANDSAT EIGHT ■lumber Os Dead Expected I To Mount; Eight Workmen Reported Missing SOME OF INJURED EXPECTED TO DIE JM E.iitinnre, Aid. Nov. 20.—(1’nited Kissi- The life toll of an oil explowhich ripped the Norwegian tanManilla in to dray docks here stood at eight today, with that it would inbuilt, perKps to sixteen, when eight missing are accounted tor. Five of the score injur- d are expeetBBii to die. ■ Th.- explosion was terrifi?. I; tore tire Manilla hurling pieces of girders and the steel deck for of feet. -s® drydock workers and thirty■v<- members of the crew were aboard the time. There was no warning, fitter tiie rear of the blast/lames burst the shattered doek and sides of ship. I Many injured were caught in the Me ran about with their co.'thon fire, screaming in pain. J Some could not run and lay down the deck with arms or legs blown ■ff. while blazing oil spattered bver MB Tiie missing workmen are believed have bee ntrapped be ow decks as screams could be heard. How were thus trapped, or whether perished, will not be deminitely until the interior of the craft ■ cool enough to allow a thorugh whearch. <n Thj explosion did thousands of doldamage to the drydock, brok ■rindows for blocks around and was Heard as Jar as ten miles away. I Chicago Plays Wisconsin Chicago, Nov. 20. — ( United Press) — ■'he University of Chicago was pre■ared to make a desperate stand aBainst the University of Wisconsin join baii team, in an effort to keep the /ear f;uui lacing labelled "the worst in Baroou History.’'■ Chicago, defeated by evciy other conference team this season opposes he badger* with everything to gain, md nothing to lose. two INDICTED FOR PRITCHARD DEATH Two Tipton County Farmers Charged With Murder Os Soldier Kokomo, Ind., Nov. 20. — (United Press.)-\two Tipton county farmers laced trial today for the murder of 3uy Orville Pritchard, Fort Benjamin Harrison soldier, found dead at the side of a highway near Carmel last October. Jacob Ratcliff and David Orr were Indicted by a grand jury here yesterday. Orr had been arrested soon after the killing and released on his own recognizance. Ratcliff had not previously been mentioned in connection with the case. Indictment of the two farmers, both prominent in the community, was a complete surprise. Prosecuting Attorney H. R. Miller refused to reveal I his case against the men but ho is understood to lujve evidence that Pritchard made trouble several years ago between Orr and his wife. — —o “Whispering Galleries” Is Withdrawn From Sale London, Nov. 20. — (United Press.) —The publishers of “Whispering Galleries," the book of biographical in- 1 timaties of the great and near great, ) including kings, presidents,/diplomats ( and statesmen of England, free United i States and the continent, which has < shocked London, announced today < that the anonymous author had in- i structed them to withdraw it from sale.

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Ball Brothers Foundation Formed To Control Estate Muncie, Ind., Nov. 20. — (United Press l-The Ball Brothers foundation, a corporation, formed here yesterday, will control the $.1,500,000 gift from the estate of the late Edmund Burke Ball.' Muncie manufacturer, to the state of Indiana. The gift, the largest single bequest ever made in this state, is for charitable, educational and religious purposes. The foundation for the next five years will be controlled by members of the Ball families. At the expiration of five years, one director will be named by the governor of Indiana, a second by the president of Indiana University and the third by the member of the Indiana State Normal school, eastefti division, at Muncie. These appointments shall be for five, three and respectively. o — SOPHIA BLEEKE DIES LAST NIGHT Union Township Woman Dies Os Pneumonia At Hospital In This City Mrs. Sophia Bleeke. 67, wife of Charles Bleeke. of Union township, died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital, in this city at 8 o'clock frday night, following a short illness of pneumonia and heart trouble. Mrs. Bleeke was taken ill with a cold about two weeks ago. and pneumonia developed. She way brought to the i hospital here Tuesday night. Mrs. Bleeke was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Selking, and was born in Root township. Adams "county; "JuneTC 1859. On October 30, 1889. Surviving are the husband, two sons. Joseph and Fred, at home; two grandsons, Harry and Roy Bleeke; one brother. Fred Selking, .of Allen county; one sister. Mrs. Jacob Neff, of Allen county. One sister, Mrs. William Bfeberlck, is deceased. Funeral services will be held at the home at 1:30 o’clock (Standard time), and at the Emmanuel Lutheran church in Union township, of which the deceased was a member, • at i:4'» o’clock Monday afternoon. The Rev. Mr. Frosch will officiate. Burial will be made in the church cemetery, f The body was removed to the Zwick and Myers funeral parlors last night and was taken to the home this afternoon.

Brother Os Douglas Fairbanks Is Dead Hollywood, Calif., Nov., 20—(United Press)—John Fairbanks, brother of Douglas Fairbanks and general Manager of the Fairbanks Pictures corporation died at his heme here today. He had been in failing health since he suffered a stroke of paralysis four years ago and a recurrent stroke las* night preceded his death this morning o Grand Jury Recessed Until Monday Morning The session of the Adams county grand jury, which began last Tuesday stood recessed today, the jurors having adjorned Friday evening until Monday morning. HOPES HELD FOR ENTOMBED MINERS ______ » Five Os Six Men Entombed In Pennsylvania Mine Believed To Be Alive Hazelton, Pa., Nov. 20—(United Press)—ln a statement issued shortly after noon today, George M. Wood, superintendent of the Lehigh division of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company mines, said he bieievsjd five of the six m’ners entombed in the Tomhicken shaft for more than 96 hours are alive. Hope has been abandoned, Wood ,said, for Charles Smith, 25.

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POSTMASTER TO BE NAMED SOON L. A. Graham, Republican County Chairman, To Get Post, Indications Are The change in the postmastership of the Decatur postoffice will be made about January 1, following the appointment which will be made as soon as congress convenes next month. L. A. Graham, Republican county ohairman, claims his appointment is assured and that it will be made next month. He will succeed Harry M. Fritzinger, who has been postmaster for the last four years. In keeping with political form, the name of L. A. Graham, it is claimed, will be recommended to President Coolidge by Congressman Albert Vestal, for the appointment, who, in turn, will ask congress to approve the selection at the December session. As far as known, no person is an active candidate against Mr. Graham and, by virtue of that fact that he has served as Republican county chairman the past four years, Congressman Vestal is expected to make the recommendation-. Mr. Graham has been active in the Republican party for years. He is a member of the firm of Graham and Walters and is well known throughout the county. Due to business reasons ( it Its that the I change in the postmastershlps will occur on or about January 1, 1927. AV'ith a steady increase in receipts at the Decatur postoffice within the last few years, the salary of the postmaster has also been increased. The position now pays $2,900 per year. MAN JUMPS FROM MONUMENT TOP Cripple Jumps To Death From Top Os Washington Monument Washington, Nov. 20. — (United Prt*>s)—A ma" belied to be Henry Aederr n, recently a patient at Soldiers’ Home hospital, bls death today from the top of the Washington monument here. The man, a cripple, was shabbily dressed. He was waiting at the monument when guards arrived this morning and went to the top in the elevator on its first trip of the day. Six tourists were passengers with him. When the elevator carried the tourists down the man refused to go, saying he would wait until the next trip. When the tourists reached the ground hey found gathered around the body of the mah they had left at the top. Police have records of three other deaths caused by falls from the Washington monument. In 1905. a painter, at work on a scaffold on the structure, plungeyl djeatyi.i In 1923 a man jumped to his death from the top, and later in the same year a woman fell from the stairway inside the monument. The body was badly mangled by the fall. The monument is 555 feet high and the windows near the top, from which the man jumped are more than 500 feet from the ground. — -o Purdue And Indiana Play Annual Contest Lafayette, Ind Nov. 20. —(United Press) —An icy breeze swept the Ross Ade Bowl where Indiana and Purdue meet today in Hoosierdom’s annual football classic. Both the crimson eleven and the Boilermakers have worked out on the frozen gridiron and coaches Pat Page of Indiana and Jimmy Phelan of Purdue pronounced the men ready for the afternoon’s battle. Purdue was generally conceded the edge. Indiana fans believe the Crimson has not had a chance to demonstrate its real strength and that Pat Page will paring a big surprise on the local eleven.

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Decatur Auctioneers To Conduct Hereford Sale At International Stock Show Col. Roy Johnson, of this city. wil. assist Col. Fred Reppert, also of Decatur, nationally known auctioneer, in the Hereford cattle sale to be held at the International Live Sock show in Chicago, on December 3. Col. Reppert has been the auctioneer at the International show for syeral years and Col. Johnson will assist him in the ring. SEEKING ORIGIN OF RAISED DILLS Detective Investigates Circulation Os Raised Dollar Bills Here A federal detective arrived here yesterday and spent several hours investigating the origin of the raised dollar bills in circulation here. He went to Fort Wayne evening and returned here today to continue his work. He asks that merchants and all others keep a close watch for these biUs and report to authorities when and where they get them. One bank here, The People’s Loan & Trust Company, has taken in three of the .bills, which are one dollar bills bearing the picture of George Washington! and which hav*e been raised to five dollar bills. It should be remembered that there is no five dollar bill carrying the picture of Washington. The detective says that two men and a woman, who were engaged in the work of rasing the hills, we - captured In August and have been sent to prison. He is inclined to believe that the bills now being passed here are some of those turned loose by this trio. However, he wishes every one to be on the lookout, tso that if some one else is doing the work they can be traced. GANG LEADERS ARE LOCKED OP Three Shelton Brothers, Os Williamson County Gang, Are Jailed Springfield, 111., Nov. 20.—(United Press) — Their movements guarded with secrecy, attaches of the United States Marshal’s office at noon today removed the three Shelton brothers. Williamson county gang leaders from the Sangamon county jail to a railroad station. Earl and Carl Shelton were taken to the Peoria county jail, while Bernie will be incracerated in the McLean county jail a>t Bloomington. The brothers are charged with participating in a mail robbery at Collinsville, 111., in January, 1925. Earl Shelton, last of the brothers to be arrested, was taken into custody at Fairmount City and removed to Springfield late yesterday. Authorities refused to admit they feared the men might attempt to escape. They will be placed on trial here in January. Bonds were fixed at $60,000 each. o QUEEN MARIE SEES VIRGINIA Her Majesty Makes Short Stop Enroute To New York For Return Home Berryville, Va., Nov. 20. — (United Press.) — Queen Marie of Rumania and her royal party, enroute from Louisville to New York, left their train at Martinsburg, W. Va., early today, entered automobiles and drove to Winchester, where she was welcomed by Dr. B. M. Rosnel in behalf of the town. The party reached Berryville on the return trip at 8:30 a. m.. enroute to Harper’s Ferry, where they again boarded a train for New

FOWLS SELLING AT USUAL PRICES Meats For Thanksgiving Dinner Not Any More Expensive Than Usual Fowls for the Thanksgiving dinner will not be any more expensive than usual, local meat market proprietors stated today. The prize fowl, turkey will retail at from 45 to 48 cents per pound, dressed. Meat markets are paying 35c for live turkeys and the supply has been very small so far. The local produce companies have received very few turkeys this year and. although the quotation is not given in the market report, it was understood that they were paying from 30 to 35 cents for live turkeys. Other prices quoted by local meat markets today for dressed poultry ■vere: geese, 25 to 28 cents; ducks, 25 to 28 cents; chickens, 30 cents. Rabbitts are selling at 25 cents per pound. A new low price was quote on lard today, the price being 15 to 18 ents per pound. Meat markets expect a good business next week so he Thanksgiving trade and will make special effort to please their customers. — o »■ - - Tickets For Army-Navy Game Quoted At S3O to SIOC Chicago, Nov. 20.—(United Press) Ticket agencies today offered Arm Navy game tickets for sale at from S3O to SIOO, despite threats by federal officials that they would arrest sca’pers and seize tickets sold at any price other than that stamped on thi face of the cardboard. WALTHERIEAGOE TO STAGE PLAY Emmanuel Walther League To Present, “Mother Mine,” Nov. 27-28 The Emmanuel Walther League will give a three-act play at the Emmanuel Lutheran school, in Union 'townsnip, on. Saturday and Sunday evenings, November 27 and 28. The title of the play is "Mother Aline," and twelve niembers of the league will be in the cast. The scene of the play takes place in the sitting room of Miranda Peasley's home, in Tapley Village, Maine. The cast is as follows: Cynthia Whitcomb, the deacon's wife . Gretchen Bleeke Miranda Peasley, "Mother Mine" Elsie Bleeke Martha Tisdale, a neighbor. Augusta Reinking Lettie Holcomb, With a nose for News Selma Reinking Lillian Whitcomb, the deacon’s daughter Olga Reinking Mary Tisdale. Martha’s tlaughtei* Elma Bleeke John Whitcomb, tiie deacon. Grover Bleeke Jack Payson, the merchants - gon Karl Reinking Joe Payson, the merchant, Victor Bleeke Jerry McConnell, the newcomer Herman Bleeke Officer Lewis, from Boston, Henry Reinklng Sam Blunt, the constable, Raymond Bleeke Multi-Millionaire Kills Self At New Orleans New Orleans, Ls., Nov. 20—(United Press)—W. R. Irby. Multi-millionaire and noted Philanthropist, killed himself here today at an undertaker’s shop after selecting a casket "for a friend” Ths Banker had been in ill health for several years. After choosing the ca«ket, Irby asked to see the death notices in the morning paper. Then he stepped into the next room ami shot himse f in the head, dying instantly, according to police. o * To Ship Body To Michigan The remains of Martin Valuch, who died at his home here Thursday night, wi l be shipped to Owosso, Michigan, tonight. Mr. Valuch's widow resides in that city.

Accidental Discharge Os Revolver Kills Baby Portland, Nov. 20. — The accidentia! Uscharge of a revolver In the hands of Elizabeth Ellen Wright, 2‘i-year-old laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wright of Dunkirk, resulted la the hlld was shot through the-(Unlpoyu >aby’s death. The child was shot ‘hroitgh Tiie abdomen. The weapon was procured from a bureau drawer in an upstairs room of the Wiight hinne by the baby. While handling the gun, it was discharged and the bullet struck a vital spot in he babe's body.. The patents were in a downstairs room at the time of the tragedy, and Mr. Wright, attracted by the report of the gun, rushed upstairs, thinking that the baby had fallen from a bed to the floor and found tste the chi d fatally injured. MOR VIOLENCE FEARED AT GARY "iant Negro Identified By Four Women As Moron Who Terrorized Women Gary, Ind., Nov. 20 —(United Press.) -A giant negro, identified by four omen as (he moron who has terrorred women of the community for the ast two weeks, was arrested here >arly today and hurried to the county jail at Crown Point for safe-keeping. The man, who gave his name as ames Taylor, was captured after atmpting to assault negress. He 'mitted when questioned that he has been an inmate at various times of hree different insane, asylums. Mrs. James Cooper, 47T mother of hree children, fainted when she dentified Taylor among three negroes it the county Jail. Three other wornn were equally sure of their identi'cation. Three assaults in the last two weeks tad left the entire community in a )tate of frenzied anger at the attacks. News of Taylor’s arrest was greeted with mutters which led police to fear mob violence Taylor will be held in Crown Point until the present excitement dies down He will probably be charged with criminal assault, punishable with life imprisonment O Notre Dame Plays Homecoming Game South Bend, Ind . Nov. 20 —(United Press) —Notre Dame's homecoming game was scheduled here today, with Drake University, of Des Moines, lowa, as the opposition for Knute Rockne's thundering horsemen. Buildings are festooned with holiday decorations, and hundreds of alumni were returning for the game. Cartier field has been shielded from recent storms by a covering of straw, which was to be removed just before the game. o Earlham Plays Muncie Richmond, Ind., Nov. 20. —(United Press)—Earlham and Muncie Normal meet here today in the final game of the season for both teams. Earlham was generally conceded a slight edge because of a heavier line and backfield. WINTER WEATHER CONTINUES HERE Temperature Hovers Near Freezing Point All Day Today; No Relief Seen The thermometer hovered around the freezing point throughout the day today, and the weather man pred cted “cloudy and continued z cold over Sunday." Since yesterday, this section of the country has experienced its first brand of real winter weather (his season and the, thermometer fell as low as 20 above. Light snow flurries continued to fall throughout the morning and early this afternoon and a mantel of snow is beginning to cover the ground. %

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DEFENDANT IN HALL-MILLS CASE GIVES TESTIMONY Stevens Denies He Knew Mrs. Mills Until He Learned Os Her Death DEFENSE STARTS TO BUILD AN ALIBI Somerville, N. J.. Nov. 20. (United Press) — The plaster bust of a woman, which previously had been introduced to illustrate testimony of an autopsy expert, today was placed on the witness stand before Henry Stevens, defendant, as he was cross-examined in the Hall-Mills trial. Stevens, one of the defendants, was asked by Special Prosecutor Simpson to il'ustrate on the effigy the manner in which he cut the head from a Hue fish. • "F. isn't anything 1 ke a blue fish" '"even- objected. “I wish you'd take that thing away instead of le’ting ft set therj facing the w’.n< | defense counsel protested. Stevens denied he had ever heard of Mrs. Mills until he learned she had been killed. He sad he was fishing when he learned of the murder two days after it had taken place, and it was only then that he came *o New Brunswick. He denied he had ever seen Henry Dickman, former detective, who testified he had questioned Stevens regarding the murder. Courtroom, Somerville, N. J.. Nov. 20—(United Press) —Construction of an alibi defense of exceeding elaborateness of detail, began in the HallMills murder ‘trial today. Henry Stevens, who is on trial with Frances Stevens Hall and Willie Steven's for the murder of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, was the major witness. With a remarkable display of good Memory he not only denied that he was in or near Brunswick. New Jersey. at tiie time the minister and ht« choir-singer sweetheart were killed, but told what he had done oil tile day preceding the murder, the night, of the killing and the day after. AUTO LICENSE PLATES READY New Numbers Obtainable After Dec. 15; County Has 4,104 Automobiles There are more than 4,000 registered automobiles in Adams county, records in the office of the state auto bureau in this city showed today. Os this number. 479 are trucks and 3,625 are passenger cars. This is an increase of a few hundred over a year ago and. as the government census showed only 3,736 families in the county in 1920, nearly every family in the county has an automobile. The new license plates will be issued on December 15. The license fees will be the same for next year as those paid this year. The number plates are black, on white and, bei sides the numbers, boar the year I da’e and "Ind.” The p’ates will be issued from the Graham and Walters office, :n which place the license bureau is located. o Rice Funeral To Be Held Monday Morning Funeral services for Clyde M. Rice, so mer Decatur man who was killed when his automobile was struck by a train at Elyria, Ohio, Thursday, will be held at the Methodist church in this city at 10:30 o’clock Monday morning. The Rev. Somerville Light will officiate. Burial will be made In the Decatur cemetery. First reports stated that Mr. Rice was killed a. Lorain, Ohio.

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