Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 282, Decatur, Adams County, 30 November 1926 — Page 1

Vea th kF Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Probably some rain changing to snow by Wednesday. Colder Wednesday in north and central portion Much cold , Pl - Wednesday night. |

CLAIM JURORS SLEEP DURING TRIAL

■DAUGHERTY ON I STAND IN TRIAL I OF FALL. DOHENY ■ Former Attorney General Says He Was Not Counceled About Lease I]HD NOT KNOW OF LEASE DECEMBER 11 ■ II Washington, Nov. 30. — (United ■ ) — Fortner Attorney General ■Harry M. Daugherty testified at the ■Fall-Dohe'ny conspiracy trial today ■ that he was not officially asked either ■b\ the navy or interior department as ■to legality of the Elk Hills naval oil ■ reserve leases. ■ "I do not recall the Pearl Harbor, ■Hawaii, contract.” Xaugherty said. Si "Did you know of the lease of Dec. ■ 11?" he was asked. ■ "Not that I remember.” ■ Daugherty was unable to recall, ■ under questioning by Ex-senator Pom- ■ erene of the prosecution, whether his ■ opinion had been asked regarding any ■of the naval oil reserve leasing de- ■ velopments. | "1 have no recollection of being ■asked either officially or unofficially ■ for an opinion," Daugherty said. ■ I There were no requests for ‘curb- ■ stone opinions' during or after cabinet ■ meetings.” I The former attorney general nearly ■ created a sensation when, in answer ■to a question as to whether he knew ■ secretary of the navy, Denby, he said: ■ ”1 only met him once or twice.” E He quickly correctly himself, sayfl ing he thought Pomerene was asking ■ about Doheny. . ■: Frank J. Hogan, chief of defense fl counsel, cross-examined Daugherty as ■ to whether a justice department opin- ■ ion could haVe been issued without | his knowledge. g Daugherty thought he would have | been informed of such an opinion. | Hogan brought out that every execu- ■ five department has its own legal de- | partment. “ I "Mr. attorney general, Kis a fact, ■ is it not, that the departments ask I the attorney general for an opinion I only when their own legal counsel I cannot deoide the question?” Hogan ■ said. (Justice! Hoehling overruled it prosecution objection. "The departments ask tor opinions when they feel like it, but generally, except when there is conflict betweep two departments, the justice department is relieved,” Daugherty replied. Hogan asked Daugherty if the naval oil leasing policy had ever been discussed with him and if he recalled Fall's having handed him a copy of some of th lease documents, asking his opinion, and if he had not replied that it appeared entirely legal. "That was a long-time ago,” Daugherty said. "A lot of water has gone thiough the mill since that time. 1 have no recollection of such an incident. It it did happen, the opinion was not official or binding.” Daugherty then was excused. ———o — MORE PHONY BILLS FOUND Few “Raised” Dollar Bills Still In Circulation In This City A few cf the ‘‘laised” one-dollar bills are still in circulation in this community and co\inty, and city officials are on the look-out, for the persons responsible for circulating tho phoney bills. Several local merchants have taken in the counterfeit bills the last several weeks. The bills are raised from $1 bills to $5 bills and by examining the money, anyonl can tell that the bills ate conterfeit. Merchants are warned to be on the look out f<|r the money and are asked to report receipt of any, to local officials. It is thought that jjart of a counterfeit ring is working in'this vicinity, aa similar bills have been passed In Fort Wayne, Bluffton and other neigh bo: ing cities.

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Last Surviving Civil War Nurse Breaks Hip In Fall At Aurora, 111. Aurora, ill,, Nov. :.0. (United Press—Mrs. Mary Athow. believed to be the last surviving civil war nurse, Is in a serious condition here as a Fc suit of a fall. Mrs. Athow sustained a broken hip in the fall and physicians said, she may nit recover, due to her advance ’ age. o PLAN GOLDEN RULE SUNDAY Tri Kappa Sorority Announces Plans For Observance Here Next Sunday The Tri Kappa sorority will sponsor Go den Rule Sunday in Decatur next Sunday. Each citizen is urged tc donate the price of one meal and th. money raised in thia manner will be given to the Near East Relief movement. Dr. William Lowe Bryan, president of Indiana University, is honorary president of the Golden Rule Sun lay organization in Indiana. The soro.ity girls will deliver enveland literature throughout the city A’ediiesdaV and will collect the donations on Sunday. The movement is endorsed by the nation's leading citizens and statesmen and it is hoped that ready response will be given here. —o GOULD WINS IN MAINE ELECTION Republican Elected To Senate By Majority Os Approximately 50,000 Augusta, Me., Nov. 30. — (United Press.)—Arthur R. Gould, republican, a 73-year old millionaire business man, has been elected to the 70th senate by a vote of more than two and a half to one, nearly complete returns indicated early today. The composition of the senate as a result of Gould's victory will be: Republicans, 1J; DeJßGjcr-Hta, 4". Farm-er-Labor, 1. Senator Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota. Lone Farmer-Laborite in the senate, will hold the balance of power. Tho standing in Maine with nearly all precincts accounted for today was Gould, 81,749; Fulton J. Redman, democrat, 31,567. Undismayed by the results of an election which was predicted to be decided either way by a margin of less than 5,000 votes, Redman's concession of defeat was in the form of a challenge. “1 have just begun to fight," he declared. “I have the right on my side and 1 shall demand an investigation at Washington.” Redman’s reference was to charges brought by klan leaders against Gould during the campaign alleging excessiv ecampglgn expenditures. Governor Ralph O. Brewster, republican, who led in the fight against Gould, accepted the results of the election as indicating a conviction among citizens without regard to party that grave injustice lias been done to" you in questioning the method used in the conduct of your primary campaign," the governor wired to Gould. Brewster said he inferred from the result that the people of Maine considered party above the state primary law limiting expenditures, a view which he said he did not accept. May Contest Seating. Washington, Nov. 30. — (United Press.)- Republicans here were openly jubilant today over election of Arthur R. Gould, republican, as Maine senator to fill the term of the late Bert M. Fernaid, but Democrats indicated a contest on his seating is likely. Gould's election assured republican control, it was held, though there are prospects of several election contests, notably over the Pennsylvania and Illinois elections which conceivably may cause another shakeup In organization alignment though this Is by no means certain at this time.

Good Fellows To Spread Christmas Cheer Again • ■ , Delta Theta Tau Sorority Plans To Conduct Good Fellows Club Ggain This Year To Obtain Fund To Provide A Merry Christmas For Poor Children And Families Os City; Total Os $291.17 Cash Donated To Fund Last Year. Christmas won't be Christmas, really, unless every poor boy and girl in town is made merry as well as those who can afford it. Again, the poor little kiddies of Decatur are going to have a real Christmas if the Good Fe’lows Club, sponsored by the members of the Delta Theta Tau Sorority, is given the support the

Condition Os Charles Christen Is Unimproved I The condition of Charles N. Christen, Decatur architect and contractor who was taken to the SL Joseph hospital, Fort Wayne, Saturday, was reported as not being so well this morning. His daughter. Miss Germaine Christen, returned from the hospital at noon and said that her father was suffering from a severe pain tn the head, but that he was ra'/onal and able to carry on a conversat on and discussed some business matters. He seemed a little better yesterday and the change this morning was not encouraging. His case has been diagnosed as sleeping sickness. o Two U. S. Destroyers Dispatched To China Washington. D. C. Nov. 30. —(United Press) —Dispatch of two American destroyers to join the allied Rlotilla at Hankow, China, was officially reported to the Navy here today. The destroyers wera requested by American consul General Lockhar when renewed fighting between Wu Pel-Fu forces and the Nationalists ar my at Bonktnr seemed imminent. Grid Player, With Broken ' Neck Has Chance To Live Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 30. —(United Press) —The condition of Ralph Purdy, Montpelier, 0., high school football player, here with a dislocated vertebrae, was reported "much more comfortable" today and the outlook “hopeful.” • | While physicians would not pointed-. ly commit themselves, they indicated belief the boy had better than an even chance to recover. He was injured in a Thanksgiving game with Peru. Indiana. q CONSIDER UNITY OF 87 CHURCHES Clergymen And Laymen Consider Big Church Merger At N.Y.Meeting New York. Nov. 30—(United Press Abolition of doctrinal differences which will bring about the eventful unity of 87 different; Christian denominations was under consideration today by 200 clergymen and laymen who attended a meeting at the Hotel Roosevelt last night. The aims of the world conference on faith and order, which seeks to bring about the unification, were presented at tile dinner. The gathering marked the opening of a $200,000 campaign to be conducted in United States and Canada for the purpose of raising money for the expenses of the conference, to be held in Lausanne, Switzerland, next August. Charles E. Hughes, chairman of the American committee of the conference, was unable to be present but; he sent a note to the meeting. “No one is asked to surrender honest conviction,” Hughes stated, “To sacrifice independence of thought, much less to give up the sincerity without which Christianity would be a worihless form. But conviction, independent thinking and sincerity do not gain by combativeness or the fear which closes the mind. In considering eternal purposes, we cannot afford to be serene.” o Maroons Elect Captain Chicago, Nov. 30.—(United Press)— Ken Rouse' center of the University of Chicago football team has been elected to captain the 1927 Maroon team. Rouse is a Chicago boy.

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movement deserves and has had in | Jhe past years. Las: year, the Good Fellows sub- | scribed $291.17 und, with this sum. the sorority took care of practically eighty children and thirty-five families. addition to the money contributed. several firms gave toys, story books, clothing, coal and other articles, besides which tihe Delta Theita Tau gathered old clothing which they mended and laundered and distributed. Thorough Investigation Made The sorority has a splendid system which is carried out carefully. Every family suggested for aid Is investigated so that the clothing will fit and. for that reason, it is necessary that the donations be made as early as possible. On Christmas Eve, old Santa himself delivers all of the parcels and if you could but see the glad and happy faces of the little boys and girls who are thus remembered you would feel many times repaid for your assistance in this wonderful work. Right here in Decatur there are many poor families whose children will have no Christmas unless She Good Fellows provide it. The real good of such an organization is in the fact that the work is thus un’ted, everybody taken care of and without duplications. It is fine that such a club Is sponsored each year and, no doubt, the support of the communi y will be generous. Remember the Good Fellows Club —help the poor boys and girls have a real Christmas. It W'ill make your's the happier. oSeeks National Honors Evansville, Ind., Nov. 30.— (United ■ Press) —Miss Alice S hnurr. 12. recently adjudged Indiana’s healthiest girl in a contest at Purdue university, is out for national honors. She hr» entered the national .contest t>< Cb'cago. Squirrels Steal Nuts Wabash, Ind., Nov. 30.—(United Press) —Henry Ptahl stored several bushels of walnuts on the rof cf hi* home here to dry. He later discovered they had been stolen and an investigation showed the thieves were squir re's which were living in nearby trees o

GREEK CABINET l RESIGNS TODAY Premier Condylis And Cabi- ! net Quit; Coalition Cabinet Being Formed — Athens, Nov. 30.— (United Press)Premier Condylis, ami his cabinet resigned today. A coalition cabinet of a'l parties was being formed today. The general electjfin of several weelfs ago failed to previde any group with a majority in patliaraent. * ■ • General Condylis ousted dictato: | Panga>N last summer by means of a bloodless revolution while Panga oe was at ease on a resort island. The dictator tried to escap» on a naval vessel but was overtaken by another ship and finally was confined on the island of Crete. • I %

CAMPAIGN FUND OF GOV. JACKSON IS BEING PROBED Marion County Grand Jury Takes Up Charges Os Utilities Donations LAWRENCE LYONS MEETS WITH REMY Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. 30—(United Press I—The Marion county grand Jury, investiga ing charges of a gigantic political conspiracy in Indiana, apparently was centering its attention today on contributions to the campaign fund -for Governor Ed Jackson in 1924. Lawrence Lyons, Brook, former Republican state chairman, appeared at the court house this morning and mmediately wen‘7 into conference with Prosecutor William Remy. He is expected to testify before the jury sometime this afternoon. It was believed the charges of Alva J. Rucker, Indianapolis corporation counsel, that public utilities interests contributed to the Jackson campaign for special consideration from estate public service commissioners appointed by the governor, were the subject of the conference. Rucker jotted Lyons and Remy in the conference room soon after their conference started and it is believed that the inquiry into the public utilities phase of the conspiracy charges under invest’gation started yesterday with the testimony of Robert I. Todd, president of the Indianapolis Street railway company. o Wabash College To Get Valuable Art Collection Crawfordsville, Ind., Nov. 30. — (United Press.) —Wabash college will be one of twenty Institutions in the United States and Canada to receive art collections worth SIOO,OOO to be distributed by the Carnegie corporation, it was learned here today. The collection includes 1,800 reproductions of the greatest works in architecture, sculpture and painting; fifty original prints; a set of textiles; and a collection of IJboks on art. The collections are designed to provide t’;. facilities for teaching as well as exhibition. — — 0 —

QUEEN MARIE REACHES FRANCE Expresses Regret That She Could Not Remain Longer In America Cherbourg, France, Nov. 30. — (United Press.) —Queen Marie of Roumania arrived at 3:20 p. m., today from the United States, explaining that she had had a wonderful time there but had been compelled to curtail her journey because of the Illness of King Ferdinand. The first attempt to take the royal party off the liner Berengaria failed when the tug which went outside the breakwater to receive the passengers encountered high seas. A second effort succeeded. "1 would have been delighted to prolong my stay in America, but I was forced to cut it short because of the King,” the queen said as she reached the dock. Aboard the S. S. Berengaria, enroute to Cherbourg, Nov. 30. —(United Press.) — As the Berengaria neared neared France, to dock at Cherbourg today, Queen Marie was encouraged by news brpught to her in a radio message from Bucharest reporting improvement in the condition of King Ferdinand. It was understod she would go to Paris before returning to Bucharest. Berlin, Nov. 30.—(United Press.)— An X-Ray examination of King Ferdinand of Roumania revealed that his condition was too serious to permit an immediate operation, according to reports from Bucharest.

Peter Lux Wins Prize On Corn Display At Chicago Chicago, Nov. 30.—(United Press.) —Peter I.*ix, Shelbyville, Indiana, was awarded first prize far the ten best ears of white corn, region eight, at the International Livestock Exposition today. Thomas Lux was awarded sweepstakes from the best exhibit in region eight. STOLEN AUTO IS RECOVERED Fair’s Hudson Coach Found Abandoned North Os Fort Wayne The Hudson coach belonging tc . R. Farr, of this city,, which was stol n last Thursday at F >rt Wayne, war ecovered yesterday north of Foil Wayne by the state motor police. Tht ar had be°n abandoned after it ha nn driven 500 miles since Thuradr •*’t when It was stolen frem one main streets of Fort Wayne. The ear had been stripped of mos f its accessories. Including the hor nd spate tire. The car was returnc his city. It was cove:ed by insu c . No clue was left by the thieve ad officials stated .hat there wr. ojone near the car when it was re avered. FRENCH SELECT NEW AMBASSADOR Paul Claudel Chosen To Represent France In United States Capital Paris, Nov. 30. —(United Press) — Paul Claudel was unanimously selected by the cabinet today to succeed Henri Berenger as French ambassador to the United States. The selection will not be officially announced until Saturday in order to permit the United States government to say whether or not Claudel would bt acceptable. Young People Os Bobo Church To Give Play The Young Peoples Society of tihe Bobo U. B. church will give a 3-act play entitled “The Barnesville Choir Spruces Up,” at the Core school house in Union township, about seven miles northeast of Decatur, at 8 o’clock Friday evening, December 3. The cast is as follows: Ephraim Tuttleberry Kermit Bowen Mrs. Samantha Scraggs . Margaret Ward Mrs. Milly Ruggles Marie Hilton Hepsebah Higgins Bertha Heath Florence Scraggs Iris Hilton Mr. Hopewell A. N. Hl ton Cornelius Bowman Doris Heath Mabel Jenkins Madeline Geier Sadie Adwlck Hazel Hilton Ek'e Bowman Vida Ward Lucile Scraggs Dollie Chronister Kate Tuttleberry Bertfce Walters Mrs. Corneius Bowman Sarah Best Rev. Andrews Marshall Hilpert Special singing will be furnished between acts. Admission will be: Children, 10 cents; Adults, 15 cents. — o McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill Revised Washington, Nov. 30. — (United Press)—Fifteen members of the senate and house farm bloc conferred today with the new chairman of the senate agriculture committee, McNary, republican, Oregon, on his revised McNary-Haughen farm relief measure. It now includes cotton as a staple for relief, but omits livestock. It Is mainly the old bill, but with some administrative features altered. - Donn Roberts Faces Trial Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 30. —(United Press) —Donn M. Roberts, former Torre Haute mayor, will go on trial here Dec. 9, on charges of assault and battery. He is alleged to have beaten a messenger boy when the lad accidently struck him with his bicycle.

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PROSECUTION IN HALL-MILLS CASE HINTS AT MISTRIAL Jurors Said To Have Slept On Job And Discussed Case Freely REPUTATION OF MRS. GIBSON UNDER FIRE Paul W. White, (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Courtroom, Somerville, N. J., Nov. 30 —Threats by Prosecutor Alex Simpson to seek a mistrial in the HallMills muraer case assumed serious aroportions today. It was learned that investigators for the state have 4>een busy checking up on the activities of the jury and that Simpson now is armed with affidavits charging jurors have been asleep during the taking of evidence and with information that their discussions of the case have been of a free and easy variety usually not countenanced for jurors. A letter In the possession of the court, it also was revealed, from a omervllle business man telling how e had listened to conversations of trors and heard them denounce the irosecutlon; and even threaten to 'show Hudson county It can’t run us." Simpson is from Hudson county, called in by Governor A. Harry Moore to prosecute the case which is on trial n Somerset county. The Information given to Prosecutor Simpson includes -Intimations that the jurors appear more interested in the coat of the trial to tax payers than in the question of whether Henry and W’illie Stevens and Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall killed Mrs. Eleanor Mills and the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall as charged. Should Justice Parker grant the application it would mean that the present trial would end abruptly and that the defendants could be tried again either on the indictment, charging murder of Mrs. Mills or the one charging murder of the Rev. Dr. Edward W. Hall, her lover. It is understood that Simpson then would move for severance, hoping to try each defendant separately before a “foreign" jury. Defense attorneys are expected to oppose a mistrial, with the contention that the state has faile dto establish a case against the Stevens family. Observers of the trial have noted a semi-histllity between Simpson and the jury, which was obtained from a struck panel of Somerset county citizens. During its selection the prosecutor exhausted all of his preemptory challenges, while the defense used but one. At one part of the trial Simpson said during a legal argument: “The jury is interested in, or at (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) SIMMONS MAY BE APPOINTED Bluffton Man Suggested For Successor To Zoercher On State Tax Board Indianapolis, Nov. 30. — (United Press.) —Governor Ed Jackson today faced the problem of selecting a successor to Philip Zoercher as tax board member. Zoercher's term expires January 1. Virgil Simmons, of Bluffton, Eighth district Democratic chairman, is one of a group of individuals suggested to Governor Jackson for the position by R. Earl Peters, Democratic state chairman. Reappointment of Zoercher is opposed by Peters on the ground that he is not a straight line Democrat while the position must be filled by a member of the Democratic party. Others by Peters are Ruel B. McDonald of Indianapolis, field examiner for the state board of accounts; Charles Wolf, of Peru; and Joseph Hanet, of Hammond.

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