Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 279, Decatur, Adams County, 26 November 1926 — Page 1

\V E A T HER Cloudy tonight. Probably snow. Cold w4 ve with temperature 20 to 25 above xero. Saturday night fair and cold. Strong winds tonight diminishing Saturday.

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■ FALL-DOHENY I TRIAL ADJOURNS I I UNTIL MONDAY Decision Is Awaited.On Introduction Os Certain Evidence PLANS MADE TO SPEED UP TRIAL Washington, Nov. 2%— The K Fall-Doheny oil conspiracy trial' itl adjourned today until Monday. ,T when Justice Hoehling will an-i ■I nounce his .decision on the imH portant question whether conII flirting Doheny and Fall state-' •m| meats before the senate oil com-, I mittee in 1923-24 about the a SIOO,OOO loan will be admitted ■ in evidence. , M Hoehling announced an attempt to | HH : peed justice that may end the trial s| by Christmas when he agreed to Sat ■I urday session and some night sess- ■ ions. I Ry Herber Little ■ (IT. P. Staff Correspondent I H Washington. Nov. 26. — With the I Fall-Doheny *Toy jury" excluded from j HI the courtroom, lawyers today cited ■ .11 precedents in their argument tp M determine whether E. L. Doheny's | H senate oil committee "confession" can KI be used against him in the oil conK| spiracy trial. Doheny’s story es how he, self-de-HI scribed as an "impulsive, improvident ■I old prospector,” lent his friend ’of 30 i S| years, secretary of interior MTtArt tfl *| Fall. *IOO,OOO to buy a ranch was glvBl en voluntarily. Owen Roberts, prose--91 cution leader, told Justice Adolph Hoehling. For this reason, he said. ■I the statement, made Jy. 24 and Feb. i 1.1924. should be admitted in evidence ®| in the government’s attempt to show ■I a criminal conspiracy to defraud the s| government through the loan and the ■ | subsequent lease of the Elks Hills, 9 Cal., naval oil lands. S Roberts said only congressional JI evidence gained by compulsion could fl be excluded from the criminal trial, J As the argument proceeded sounds | 3- of- "harmony’’ --ver*.-hnird . from f’vj g upstairs room where the Jurors were |r locked up. They were singing to i while away the time. — o — Fined For Intoxication Curt Johnson was fined $lO and cost iu city court Wednesday night, when he entered a plea of guilty to a charge of public intoxication. He paid his fine and costs which amounted to S4O. JOHN A, BARKLEY DIES AT LIBONIER Lifelong Resident Os Adams County Dies At Home Os Daughter John A. Barkley, 67, lifelong resident cf Adams county, Ried at midnight last night- at—the home of his daughter. Mrs. Carl Sch’.emmer, in Ligonier, following a illness of a few months with cancer. Mr, Barkley had been with his daughter for'the last few months. He had been 11! since August. Mr. Barkley was a son of Elias and Mary Barkley, and was born in Union township, Adams county, August 2, 1859. In early life, he was Carried to Laura Wass, who died in 1909. Mr. Barkley Was a member of the United Brethren church at East Liberty, near Monroeyil e. The deceased is survived by the following children: Mrs. O. S. Wbeery, of Columbia City; M:s. W. H. Workand Mrs. O. L. Bristol, both of Decatur; Lester W. Baikley, of Charleston, West Virginia;(Mrs. Sch.emmler, of Ligonier. Several grandchildren and three brothers. D. James Barkley. Joseph D. Baikley, JJerry Berkley, of Monroeville, also survive. Funeral services will be held at the Monroeville United Brethren church at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon

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Monroe Friends Church To i Hold Series Os Services. I The Rev. Ralph Lawrtstee, pastor cf the First Frilnds church of Monroe I antic need today that he wou.d bejln a series of meetings Sunday, Novenii l>er 28, and continuing each night through the week at the Friends church at Monroe, There will be special services each . night throughout the week, and everyon*- is .cordially invited to atend the meetings each night. BREWSTER GOES TO REFORMATORY Mainard Brewster Starts Term Today; Brother I t Is Released Ma’nard Brewster, 20, of Fort I Wayne, farmer Adams county youth, i was taken lo the state reformatory today by Sheriff Forester McClain, of Wells county, to begin serving, a sentence of front 2 to 14 years for ( forgery. Brewster was sentenced at Bluffton, Wednesday, after lie had confessed to forging nineteen checks in seven different towns and cities*. Brewster ate his Thanksgiving I d nner of roast goose alone in the Wells county jail. His brother, Wili Ham, 18, who was arrested with Mainard on similar charges, was reledsed Wednesday afternoon after he had been cleared on the. charges. When William walked from his prison cell to freedom he was greeted by his sweetheart, M ss De- | lores Dounmore, } 16, also of Fort I Wayne. The couple announced that they would obtain a license and be married at once. o Mr. And Mrs. W. F. Brittson To Go Abroad The following news item, regarding Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Brittson, former Decatur residents, is reprinted from a Dallas, Texas, newspaper: "Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Brittson of 4502 Reiger avenue, Dallas, have completed arrangements to sail from j this city early in 1927 for an extensive trip to the Mediterranean, Holy Line and Europe. "They have booked accommoda- 1 Hons on the S. S. Doric of the White S ar line sailing January 2, next. “Mr. and Mrs. Brittson will go first to Madeira and thence, to Gibraltar and Spain. Around the Mediterranean they will stop at Algiers, Tunis, Malta, Egypt, Palestine, Anatolia, Turkey, Greece, Sicily, Italy, and the French Riviera. Leaving the Mediterranean they will go to Northern France and thence to England, returning to the United States in the spring.” Junior Band To Hold Rehearsal This Evening The Junior Band will hold a rehearsal at 7 o’clock this evening in the Industrial Association looms All members are asked to be present. AHR BABY DIES THIS MORNING Two Weeks Old Daughter Os Mr. And Mrs. Fred Ahr Dies Early Today Mary Jane Ahr, Kvo-week-old babe of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ahr, of east of | Decatur, died at the Ahr home at 5 O’clock this morning, following a shdht illness. The baby was born November 13, of this year. Besides the father and mother, two bro’hers survive. They are Robert! and Edwin. The grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ahr and Mr. and Mrs. Lew Gehrig, of this city, also survive. Funeral .services will be held at the home Saturday afternoon, at 1:30 o’clock, land burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The Rev. Somerville Light, pastor of the Methodist church, will have charge of the services.

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CARPENDERADDS ! HIS DENIALS IN HALL-MILLS CASE “X Court Prepares Way For Grand Climax—Appearance Os Mrs. Hall FINGERPRINTS ARE EXAMINED AGAIN Courtroom. Somerville, N. J., Nov. 26 —(United Press) — Henry De La Bruyere Carpender added his share of denials to the evidence in the HallMills trial today and then the court once more plunged into the mysteries of f ngerprlnts, clearing the way for the grand climar—the promised appearance of Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall -ox her own chief witness. Carpender denied he ever talked' with investigators about the murder of Mrs. Eleanor ‘Stills and the Rev. Edward W. Hall; that he was in Nek Brunswick on the day of the murder or on the Saturday following; that he ever removed any papers from the Hall home —In fact denied everything in which his name had figured in the state’s evidence. He is under indictment for alleged complicity in the murder for which Mrs. Hall and Willie and Henry Stevens are on trial. With Ca.rpndr’s evidence completed J. H. Taylor, ngvy department identification and f’nteerprint expert, was called He had previously testified that fingerprints, found on a card was discovered resting against the body of Hall, were those of Willie Stevens, as alleged by the state experts. The sensation of the morning session came not long before noon adjournment. however, when George M. Sipel testified that Mrs. Jane Gibson, the state’s star witness, offered him SIOO if he would testify he saw al ‘‘man or a woman” on a mule in De Russey’s lane the ti ght of the murder and otherwise corroborate her story, told so dramatically a week ago. WOMEN'S CLUBS CENSURE MOVIES General Federation Issues List Os Approved And Disapproved Movies Washington, Nov. 26 — (United Press) —The general Federation of Women’s Clubs has made its first moves in efforts to establish a benevolent autocracy in moving pictures. Embarking upon its program, it has issued the first of its monthly lists of approved—and disapproved—moving pictures. These lists are the result of reports of individual member's of a secret committee of selected persons meeting in Chicago, and tihey tell the 2.000,000 members of the federation what is good, bad, or indifferent; to which pictures they may go and take the children; and to which movies they had better go after the adolescents are tucker away. On the I'nt published today, certain pictures wen/ recommended for the entire family, labelled entirely suitable and excellent. They are: "Ben ' Hur,” “For Heaven’s Sake," “Grass,” “Moana” and the "Devil Horse.” A slightly longer list is termed ’’good." A list of current films considered below average not ssited for the family, is compiled, and tbeir value for adult audiences is indicated thus: “Beverly of Graustark” passable; “Danger of Paris,” good story,, poorly done; “Devil’s Circus" stup’d; “Kiki” unwholesome; "La Boheme" passable; “Men of Steel” gruesome; "Greater Glory” worth seeing by adults, not by family group; “Sliken Shackles” nil; "Wild Oats" waste of time. t ■

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 26, 1926.

: Post Mortem Held Over Body Os Joseph Stevens i Joseph D. Slovens, - former Decatur man whose lifeless body was found in the Tobacco river, near Clare, Michigan, last Saturday, was burled In the Decatur cemetery late Wednesday afternoon. A pos-mortem was held by several local physicians, in an attempt to determine what caused Mr. Stevens’ , death. No water was found on the lungs. The physicians were of the opinion that Mr. Stevens had suffered temporary insalnty and that started runlng, causing hea:t trouble. He ap- ] parently had died before he fell Into the water. When his biry was found, hts head was under eighteen Inches of water and his feet were resting cp a , small log, out of the water. o ' , FLIGHT RESUMED BY PN-10 NO. 2 ■ I Navy Seaplane Reported “O. K.” In Latitude 16 North, Longitude 82 West New York, Nov. 26—(United Press The seaplane PN-10 No. 2 which has resumed its’ flight to Panama from the Isle of Pines was reported this afternoon crossing the station ship Paulding, in latitude 16 north, longitude 82 west. It reported everything “o. k.” ♦ - Washington, Nov. 26. — (United Press)— The United States naval seaplane PNJO No. 2 bopped off at 6:55 a.m., today from the Isle of Pines, resuming its interrupted flight to i Colon, Panama, from Hampton Roads Va., according to a delayed radio dispatch received by thte navy hetre I this morning. The PN-10 No. 2, was forced to halt ■ Its trip Wednesday when it ran out of oil. It was given a new supply by the U. S. S.. Raleigh. FIRE DAMAGES BARN IN CITY I Blaze Os Unknown Origin Almost Destroys Barn Aj E. E. Zimmerman Home Fire almost completely destroyed the large barn at the' rear of the E 1 E. Zimmerman home on North Second street, at 10:15 o'clock Wednesday * night. The origin of the fire is not I j known. Mi. Zimmerman had dr!”en I his cat into the barn about 10 o’clock and the file started about 10:15 o’clock | It is thought that possibly the fire t started from sparks that dropped from t the automobile when it was driven f ntc - the barn. The automobile was almost completely destroyed and the barn i was gutted. i The fire department made a quick - run and’the Zlmmejman home was not damaged by the flames. Some other - things, besides the automobile, stored i in the barn, were'completely destroyt ed. Only a small amount of insurance I is carried on the barn and no insur- • ance was carried on the contents of - the ba: n. > o 1 Preble Woman Injures Leg In Fall At Home _______ * 1 Mrs. Katherine Linnemeier, of 5 Preble, was injured this morning when she fell in her home. Her leS ’ was probably broken. The attending physician stated that a further examL [nation was necessary before the extent of her injury could be ascer1 tained. O r r Former Kaiser Confers With His Son Today Doort), Holland. Nov. 26. — (United ' Press.)- —Former Crown Prince Wilhelm arrived unexpectedly today to ’ discuss family affairs with his father. ' the former kaiser. Wilhelm went im- ' mediately to House Doorn. f The former Kaiser’s health was fairly good.

STEINER CASE j’ GOES TO JURY THIS AFTERNOON 1 Berne Man, On Trial For Manslaughter, Expected To Know Fate Soon DEFENDANT DENIES SPEEDING CHARGE The case of the state of Ohio against Hugo Steiner, of Berne, who is charged with manslaughter, was expected to go to the jury in common pleas court at Celina, Ohio, about 3:30 o’clock, this afternoon. The at- ] torneys in the case were presenting their arguments to the jury this morning tfhd early this afternoon. The presentation' of evidence in the case was completed late Wednesday afternoon and the court took a recess over Thanksgiving Day. Steiner was indicted by the Mercer county, Ohio, grand jury, following an investigation of an automobile accident east of Celina, last July in which the Misses Clara and Effie, Shearer, of Swanders, Ohio, were fatally injured. The car driven by Steiner collided with the one in which the two women were riding. Denies He Was Speeding Throughout the trial, Steiner and his witnesses maintained that he was not dr’ving at an excessive rate of .speed, as charged in the indictment. His chief witness was Walter G-illiom, also of Berne, who was riding with him at the time of the accident. Steiner and Gilliom both testified that the Shearer car was off the pavement and that when the driver i attempted to get the car back onto i the pavement, it skidded into the pa’h of Ste ner’s car. It was rain- ■ ’n,t at the time of the accident. zj The prosecution alleged that Stein- ‘ er’s car was on the wrong side of the road and that he w-as driving faster than 35 miles per hour. Dr. L. M. Otis and Dr. T. H. Thompson. of Celina, who dressed Steiner’s i injuries after the accident, testified I that there was no evidence of liquor i on either Gilliom or Steiner. o— CHICAGO READY FOR BIG GAME Foothall Teams From LT. S. | Military And Naval Academies Meet Saturday By Henry L. Farrell (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Chicago, Nov. 26.—There was every evidence in Chicago today that a football game was to be staged tomorrow between the United States Army and the United States Navy for the service claim on the national college title. Chicago had every reminder of the game—but a ticket. The bright lighted sections of the “loop district" were festooned with West Point and Annapolis colors; the smart shops had emblems of the two I service academies on display more prominently than their best wares; the gray of West Point and the blue of the Navy were conspicious in the hotels where the two teams were quartered; the papers were filled with columns and columns by sport writers, editorial writers and society writers—but the great Chicago public—as Tamany hall shouts the public in New York—was entitled to only that much of the show unless the public was willing to pay $47.50 for a seat that wasn’t any too good. There have been many words printed about the ticket scandal and it does seem, after making search for a ticket, that the scalpers have a good supply. But this is Chicago’s first experience with an Army-Navy game. New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore have been through their experiences and they learned that an Army-Navy football game is largely and principally a fam(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Neighborhood House To Be Dedicated On Sunday The new Neighborhood House, erected at 2004 John Street, Fort Wayne, by the Woman’s Home Missionary Society, Ncrth Indiana Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal church, will be dedicated Sunday. The building was erected at a cost of $13,494.65. Miss Faye Stults. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Janies Stults, of Decatur, la a teacher in the school. Several Decatur persons will attend the dedication 0 ACIEVEMENT DAY PLANNED Farm Women Os County Plan Display Os HomeMade Hats Here Dec. 7 “Oh! Its Hats! Hats! Hats! Men may talk of motor cars and baseball bats. But if you want to bear a woman talk, Just mention Hats!” Since It will ever be thus, an Achievement Day program of the millinery project, which has been carried out this year by the Home Economics C übs of Adams county, will be given In Decatur, Tuesday. December 7. An interesting program has been planned consisting of songs, playlets and demonstrations, all relating tc, millinery. Every Indication points toward an enthusiastic meeting and a arge display of hats the women have nade during the last few years. An exhibit of fifty hats Is the goal set for the display to be made in connection with the program. Miss Nellie Flaningham, of Pur-lue University, state leader of the Mil illary Project, has given four lessons on the making and selection of hats tc ■ reject leaders, representing the townIship clubs of the county. The leade ' are as so lows: Rooi township, M s • domes Dale Moses, Sherman Kunk-’ -1 Cl'fford Houk: St. Marys townshl’ ; Mesdomes, Charles Schenck. R J at an. Grant Syphers and Ben Te p’ ! on tov nship, Mesdames E. W ‘die and John Floyd; Kirkland n hip. Mesdames Fred Bracht and Sam Hensrhen. These project eaders ve in t irn p es mted the work * ’ air :-esr "*1" cl he a’ the c’uh mor : s■■ ' ■ ' A not-luck dinner will start the oro,.im at 11:30 a. m., it being held a he Christian church basement. Each i pers:n is asked to bring four sand wiches one article of . food, and tab e service consisting of plate, cup and I silverwear. Club ladies from Kirkland township, In charge of Mis. Mrs. J. O. Man ey, will have the lunch in charge Coffee will be seived to everyon. Aftr the lunch those attending will I go to the Decatur Library, where the exhibit of hats will bo seen and the afternoon program given. o Pythians Meet Tonight The Knights of Pythias lodge will held Its regular meeting tonight, at 7 o'clock. The meeting was postponed last night on account of the Thanksgiving holiday. o WILL OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY United Brethren Church To Observe Its Second Anniversary Sunday The local United Brethred church will observe its second anniversary Sunday Nv. 28. The chinch has secured the presence of J. A. Groves, of Logansport, the conference superintendent, to deliver the morning and evening addresses will be chieflySHß evening addresses. The evcsiing addresses will be chiefly evange istic as Dr. Orovs has spent much time In such work. The people of this commun- ' Ity are invited to hear Dr. Groves at this time. A basket dinner will be served at noon. All are asked to bring their baskets fi led with good things to eat.

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SIX STATES ARE SWEPTBYDEATH DEALING WINDS Survey Shows 59 Dead, 138 • Injured And 10 Missing; Damage $1,500,000 WINDS HAMPER WORK OF RESCUE Memphis, Tenu., Nov. 26. (United Press) - High winds today hurled over six southern states in the wake of the cyclonic winds which last night and today dealt death and destruction to the district. A United Press survey shortly after noon today showed 59 persons dead, 138 injured and 10 missing. The total damage is estimated at about $1,500,000. Although lhe high winds today greatly hampered rescue work It was believed they would cause no further damage. The states swept by the winds include parts of Missouri. Arkansas, Louisana, Mississippi, Alalbama and Tennessee. The cyclonls winds were apparently divided into several groups as reports of damage and death came from widely scattered areas. Memphis. Tenn.. Nov. 26 —(United Press) —Striking with a suddenness that caught nearly a dozen communities unprepared, a series of brief but , violent cyclones struck on southern M’ssourl, north centraJ and south cen’ral Arkansas late Thursday afternoon and early Thursday night •’nd jumped to northern Louisiana for a final taste of human life. At 7 a. m.. Friday, reports gathered hy United Press correspondents indicated a known death toll of 43 and an injured list of nearly 200, with the toll growing as rescuers d g Into the wreckage. The property loss is enormous and probably will exceed $500,000. Heber Springs, Ark., a resort town In C'ebern qoun’y, and Moscow Ark., a farnr'ng communitv in Jefferson county, are the greatest sufferers. It is repor'ed relief trains have been .sent to Heber Springs and to Moscow and that state mil'tia probab'y will be rushed to take charge of police work and help in the rescue. The Red Crojis already has taken steps to organize relief work and care for the homeless. POLITICAL TALK HEARB AT CAPITOL Statehouse Begins To Buzz As Legislature Meeting Draws Near Indianapolis, Nov. 26. — (United Press.) — The statehouse was beginning to buzz today with political maneuvering preliminary to the 1927 session of lhe state legislature. Supporters of the candidacy of State Senator James J. Nejdl, Whiting, for re-election to the pre-temperer presidency of the senate were claiming 34 of the 50 votes in his behalf. ' Friends of Nejdl said that for the first time the Whiting man will have unanimous support of the Lake county delegation. i The candidacy of Thomas W. Grant, - also of Lake county, for speaker of the house of representatives, means while, was developing complications. Senator David C. Harlan, Richmond, is credited with considerable support 1 for the post held by Grant. When Harlan was mentioned for a membership in the state budget committee, 1 Governor Jackson was reported to ' have demurred. This led to the belief Jackson was saving Harlan for the presidency of the house in the interests of executive strength in the 1927 assembly.

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