Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1926 — Page 1

WEATHER Cloudy tonight and Friday. Probably rain or snow. No decided change in temperature

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NEWHOUSE LOSES first round of BATTLE IN COURT Court Overrules Motion To Withdraw Plea Os Guilty This Afternoon v—another motion FILED BY DEFENSE A motion filed by Janies Newhouse, who is facing trial under the name of John Doe, to withdraw his plea of guilty to a charge of carrying concealed weapons without a permit, was overruled by Judge Jesse C. Sutton in the Adams circuit court this afternoon, after the state had introduced evidence to meet the motion. Immediately after the court had made his decision, counsel for the defense filed another motion, seeking to change the plea from guilty to not guilty, citing different grounds for the action. State Calls Witnesses In the first motion, the defense alleged that the defendant was brought into court and made to enter a plea without having <an opportunity to consult an attorney, without being duly infotmed as to his right and while he was confused.' The state called John E. Nelson, clerk of the court; William Schamerloh. court bailiff; Mat Brefner, court house custodian; Sephus Melchi, chief of police; and Sheriff John Baker to the witness stand to testify as to all that transpired when Newhouse was arraigned last Friday and to show* that he was duly informed as to .his rights and an offer made to emp*oy tfn attorney for him, in case he was unab’e to hire one. and that he was told time would he given him in which to enter his plea, in case he did not wish to plead at that time. Unlawful Arre«t Charged In the second affidavit, the defense charged that the officers who arrested Newhouse at Berne on the night of December 1 were acting without authority, that they came into possess'on of the evidence in the case unlawfully, that Newhouse was not in the act of committing any crime at the time of his that no legal affidavit had, bee” filed against him and that he was illegally held in custody. ' No action had been .taken on the (COXTIVI ED OV PAGE SEVEVI WILL OPEN NEW DENTAL PARLOR Dr. J. 0. Nature And Son To Onen Office In Peonies Loan & Trust Co. Bldg. Dr. J. Q. Neptune, who has been a practicing dentist In this city for many years, and his son, Dr. James G. Neptune, announced today that they would open an- up-to-date and modern office in the Peoples Loan and Trust company building, where they will be more able to take tare of their clients. It was not learned today just when the new office would be ready to open but Dr. Neptupp. Jr., stated that he hoped it would be ready by Saturday and if not by then, he stated he was sure the office would be open the first part of next week. Dr. J. Q. Neptune has been in dentistry for many years In this city. At present he is conducting an office on South Second street. He will move into the new office at once. Dr. J. G. Neptune |s a graduate of the Minnesota school of dentistry. He has been practicing at his father's office in this city for several months. Both doctors will specialize in teeth extraction and filling. Dr/ Neptune. Jr. also will specialize in dental surgery and analysis. Tho new office is located on the second floor with an entrance son street. The suite of rooms includes a reception room, an operating room and a laboratory. A complete new outfit is being installed in the new office.

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i Sneeze Dislocates Vertabrae In Back Indianapolis, Dec. 9. — (United Press.)—Corn borers in Indiana today enjoyed a brief respite from the bati tie being waged against them. I' rank Wallace, state entomologist and commander of the forces fighting the borer, dislocated a vertebrae in his back yesterday when he sneezed i a mighty sneeze in his office at the state house. Wallace was in a strained position when the accident occurred and the violence of the sneeze wrenched his back, snipping the vertabrae out of 1 position. o BELLE OUIDOR DIES SUDDENLY Former Decatur Woman Found Dead In Home At Fort Wayne Wednesday Mrs. Bede Quidor. 65, former resident of Decatur, died suddenly at her home, 514 West Wayne street, Fort Wavne, at about 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Quidor's husband. George Quidor, is an engineer employed on the Nickel Plate railroad. Mr. Quidor returned to his home Wednesday afternoon at. 8 o'clock after coming in from a run. and found Mrs. Quidor’s dead body on the bed in her room. Mrs. Quidor had been ill from heart trouble for sometime, but had not been confined to her home. She was seen about noon Wednesday by neighbors. Dr. E. M. Van Buskirk, who was called to the home after Mr. Quidor had found the dead body of his wife, stated that death had occurred probab’y a half hour before Mr. Quidor had returned home. Dr. Van Buskirk said death was caused by a heart attack. Mrs. Ouidor was born in Decatur and had been a resident of Fort Wavne 45 vears. She was a member of the Wayne Street Methodist church. She was also a member of the auxi'iary of the Brotherhood of T ocomotive Engineers and F : remen. Besides the husband there are surviving one daughter, Mrs. Henry Marahrens, Fort Wayne: three brothers, Janies Rice, Fort Wayne; Wi r'iam of Denver, Colo., and Samuel of Spearfish. S. D.; one sister, Mrs. Raeiiei Carrier, of Monroeville. Church Damaged by Firs Goshen. Dec. 9—Fite damaged gt. Mark's Methodist Episcopal church in this ■city to the extent of S 5 000 and more. Tuesday nicht. An overheated furnace is believed to have been the cause. Walsh On Finance Committee •Washington, D. C. Dec. 9.—(United p resS ) — Senator Walsh, democrat, Mar»achusettes (today was named by tire senate to membership on the impottant finance committee, which handlestaiiff and taxation legislation. BAND WILL GIVE CONCERT TONIGHT Junior Band To Give Benefit Program In High School Auditorium The Junior band of Decatur will give a public concert tonight in the Decatur high school auditorium, at 8 o’clock, and all people of Decatur and this ciramunity are cordially invited to attend. The boys have been practicing for several weeks and it is the desiie of those in charge to have a filled auditorium when the program starts. Many new selections will be played tonight, and the band will be led by its director Prof. J. C. Cafaro, of Fort Wayne, who has had charge of the local Junior band for the last year. The Junior musical organization has made great headway and lovers of music are especially invited to tonight's concert. The program win begin promptly at 8 o'clock. Tickets are on sale by members of the Junior band or can be purchased at the door. Admission will be 25 cents, and the proceeds will go toward paying for the band ur’*orm». recently purchased.

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K. G. ORMISTON, FUGITIVE RADIO OPERATOR, HELD Man Wanted In Connection With Aimee McPherson Case Is Arrested STARTS BACK TO LOS ANGELES TODAY Harrisburg, Penn., Dec. 9.— (United Press) — Kenneth G. Ormiston, the long - hunted radio operator in the Aimee Semple McPherson kidnapping case, was found here during the night, arrested, and today started back to California where he is wanted as a fugitive from Justice. Ormiston was traced for weeks over the country; from one place to another. Finally last night officers caught up with him in a modest apartment on Fourth street, Harrisburg, where he said he had been living for some time, under an assumed name, but making practically no other effort to cover his identity. He had moved about this and other cities; rubbed elbows with detectives —even to the extent of being in an Atlantic City, N. J., hotel while a detective convention was being held there —had passed the Harrisburg police station almost daily, but never had been recognized. When first arrested it was understood he refused to waive extradition, but later changed his mind and a few hours after being taken into custody, boarded a train with two detectives accompanying him. apd started back for Califoraia. OmMstea- had been sought since not. long after Mrs. McPherson disappeared last summer. He wax the radio operator of Ange’us Temple, Los Angeles, of which Mrs. McPherson was the pastor. One day last summer the evangelist went to a beach near Los Angeles for an outing. She was seen to swim out to sea and then disappeared. Her . f’oek believed her drowned. For days they prayed for her return; searched the beach for her body; and made every effort to solve the mystery of what had become of their leader. Ormiston disappeared about the same time and soon stories connecting the two began coming to authorities but there was no definite clue as to the fate of Mrs. McPherson. i ; Then one day. after she had been (COVTIVUED OX PAGE <PVEV> GLEE CLUB TO APPEAR HERE Singers From Ohio Wesleyan University To Be Here December 30 The Ohio Wesleyan G’ee Club composed of thirty trained musicians and known throughout the country as a superior singing organization, will appear here in concert on the evening of December, 30, in the Decatur High School auditorium, appearing under the auspices of the Tri Kappa sorority. At the present time, the O. W. V. warblers are in possession of the Columbus Dispatch Trophy cup, presented annually to the winner of the Ohio Ititercollegiate Glee Club Contest. Ohio Wesleyan has won this competition twice in the past four years. The activities of the Wesleyan Glee Club prior to 1920 resulted in a tour of the Panama Cana! Zone under the auspices of the United States Government. a distinction which very few glee clubs had been able to win. When these Buckeye singers appear in Decatur on the evening of Dec. 30, they will bring with them the O. W. U. Varsity Male Quartette, a "sure fire” hit attraction which has been one of the high spots of their program for several seasons. In addition, there will be a baritone soloist, a feature pianist, and a Chalk Artist. The Chalk Artist has been added this se- on as a speciality number to an ai. ady varied repertoire.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 9, 1926.

Bod Sled Runs Into An Auto; Three Children Hurt Valparaiso Ind., IMct 9. —'(United I Press)—Three children were injured when a bob sled they were riding ran | into an auto driven by Fred Hurst of 11 Dea Moines la. James Warton, 15, suffered a fractured skull and may not live. Francis Miller, 10, Is suf.'e.ldg ( from concussion of the brain and Marporie Clifford, 11, sustained a broken arm. E. L DOHENY ON WITNESS STAND Says He Leased Elk Hill To Save Country From Invasion By Belgium Washington, Dec. 9 — (United Press E. L. Doheny today to’.d the oil cont spiracy jury that he entered the > Pearl Harbor-Elk Hills contract and i lease to save his country from being invaded like “Belgium.” A s:ar surprise witness In the defense of himself and Former Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall on conspiracy charges, Doheny told of . Admiral J. K. Robinson’s report that Japan had mobilized her fleet for oossib'.e war and said: “I became aroused over the prospect and promised to bid on the Pearl Harbor contract to furnish the fleet with oil. Robinson told me it would double the fleet’s efficiency.” ’’ACATiONir BEGIN DEC. W Public Schools Os Decatur To Hold Christmas Vacation Dec. 24 To Jan. 3 Christmas vacaHon for the pub ic schools of Decatur wil* beg'n at 10 ! o’clock Friday morning. December . 24. Superintendent M. F. Worthman . announced this morning. Pupils will be asked to come to school Friday morning and short Christmas programs will be held until 10 o’clock No classes will be he'd on Friday morning, however. The vacation will end January 3 nnd on that day all the public schools, , of the city will begin classes. Special programs are being planned at J each of the ptib'lc schoo's in the city. It has not yet been definitely decided, but it is thought that the Parochial schools of the city will observe the same vacation dates, and both Parochial schools will hold public Chr ; stmas entertainments before schools are dismissed for the annual holiday vacation. Q Good Fellows Club Although only two small contributions were added to the Good Fellows 1 Club Christmas fund today, the total amount donated so far passed the S9O mark. The fund is still far be’.ow ‘ the amount needed by the Delta Theta 1 Tau sorority, sponsors of the Good Fellows Club, to provide a merry ' Chrismas for the poor children and families of the city. The members of ' the sorority today issfted an appeal to the general public for more donations, ’ no matter how large or how small, in 1 order that they may proceed with their 1 work of buying and preparing the gifts for the kiddies and their parents 1 who can not afford to buy tor themselves. ’ The fund so far: Previous total, $89.97 ' Mrs. Jennie Durbin 25 Friends ' Total '. • • $9<|,39 o

OPEN FIGHT TO BAR SMITH, VARE FROM U.S. SENATE Resolutions Introduced By Sen. Dill; Large Expenditures Charged LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS BEING SIDETRACKED Washington, Dec. 9. —Resolutions to bar Senators elect William S Vare, Republican, Pennsylvania and Frank L. Smith, Republican, Illinois, from the senate were introduced today by Senator Dill, Democrat, Washington. Dill attacked Vare’s expenditure of SBOO,OOO and Smith’s of $400,000 in their primary campaigns, and also assailed Smith for accepting $125,000 from Samuel Insult, public utilities magnate for his campaign fund. Washington, Dec? 9. — Fights over Illinois, Pennsylvania and Maine senate seats today threatened to put legislative matters in the back-ground in the upper house, Chairman James A. Reed of the special election investigating committee announced he would confer with members before night on four points: 1 —What should be done if Senatorelect Frank L. Smith, rep.. Ills., is uesignated by Gov. Len Small to fill the unexpired ternT of the late Senator McKinley, rep., Ills., in view of charges involving Smit’s primary election. 2.—. Whether votes in the Pennsylvania primary designating Senatoreect Vare as Republican nominee should be Impounded to prevent their destruction until it is decided whether a- recount will be demanded. 3— Whether action should be taken on appeals for an investigation of expenditures of so- mer Senator Butler, rep.. Mass., and Senator Gould, rep . lie. The privileges and elections "ommit ee already has the Gould case before 4t on other charges. 4 — Samuel Insull, Illinois public utilities magnate, Edward W. Wright, negro ward leader of Chicago; States Attorney Robert E. Crowe of Chicago and Magistrate Francis X. O’Connor of Philadelphia shall be cited to the senate for prosecution because they refused to give evidence lemandetUbj: the committee, FARM WOMEN DISPLAY HATS Large Crowd Attends Achievement Day Program Held In This City Almost one hundred farm women Braved the icy 'roads Tuesday in order to attend and take part in "Achievement Day,” an occasion marking the successful te:mination of a year' w’ork in the millinery project under the leadership of the Home Economics Department of Purdue University. AB enthusiastic spirit prevailed throughout the day and it was pronounced an entire success, in spite of the fact that minor accidents prevented the attendance of several ladies, some of whom were on the program. The program opened with a picnic dinner in the basement of the Christian church. A committee of Kirkiand township ladies in charge of Mrs. J O. Manley made use of the excellent accomodations afforded by the church in arranging a wonderful lunch. Each lady had brought food and her own service. The afternoon program was held in the Library assembly room. After viewing approximately twenty-five hats which were on display, the program was begun with Miss Nellie FlanIngham, of Purdue, in 'charge. The ladle%who had placed the hats on display were asked to tell how they made their hats. The St.\ Marys township ladles rendered a song entitled, “Make Hats According to Rule”. Mrs. J. C. Barkley, of Union township gave an excellent demonstration on the renovation of old velvets followed by a (COJiTIMUKD OnYaGeTsEVEX)

'Bluffton Fire Whistle To Spread Alarm Os Robberies The Bluffton city council has adopted a plan presented by representatives of the three banks in that city, whereby the city fire whistle will be sounded whenever a bank robbery occurs in U uffton or Wells county. A long series of short plasts will Indicate that a robbery has been committed and residents of Bluffton and Wells county, hearing the whistle, will be warned to watch for the bandits. Liberal rewards will be paid to persons who telephone or in any other way give information as to the direction taken by the bandits. E. I. DAVIS ENDS LIFE BY HANGING Former Adams County Man Hangs Self In Hotel At ’ Marion Wednesday Elisha Irvin Davis, 41, of Warsaw, a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. F. Davis, of Blue Creek township, ended Ills life Wednesday by hanging himself in a room of the Spencer hotel in Marion. His lifeless body was found at 1:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. He had used a bed sheet in ending his life. Mr. Davis was a trave’ing salesman. Letters to his family told of his despondency and of his desirq to be burled hy a young son who died sometime ago. 11l health during the nast year is believed to have caused Mr. Davis to become despondent. Mr. Davis was born in Blue Creek •ownship, Adams county, September 16. 1885. He had lived in Warsaw for the last five years. He tfas In business there with his brothers •intfl about a year ago, when he accepted a position with the McMahon snd Lib who'esale grocery com pans’ 'n Marlon. Surviving are the widow. Jessie •'avis: two sons. Harry and Charles, -nd two daughters. Bee and Mary, st home; one step-daughter. Leona Teep’e, of St. Marys township; his parents; and four brothers. Harve 0.. of Pleasant Mi'ls, and John, Fenton and Lester, of Warsaw-. The body was brought from Marion bv a Decatur undertaker this morning and' token t p the homo of les parents in Blue Creek tov nsh’p Funeral services will be heal at Salem at 10 o’clock Saturday morning. with the Rev. Mr. Croxell. of Fort Wayne, formerly of Warsaw, officiating. Burial will be made In , the Tricker cemetery. ■ o FIRST SEMESTER ENDS JANUARY 14 Course In Journalism Added To D. H. S. Curriculum For Next Semester The first semester of the 1926-27 school year of the Decatur pub’lc schools will close January 14, Superintendent M. F. Worthman announced today. The second semester will begin January 17. A new course in journalism will be introduced Into the high school the next semester, with Ralph M. Tyndall, head of the History department, in charge, it was announced at the superintendent's office. At the high school, the long two and three hour semester examination wil be discarded again this year, but several of the instructors will give one hour examinations. Other instructors will give short tests as were used last yeait The method of examining the pup'ls wiy be left largely to the instructors in charge. * The ward schools also will begin ‘heir second term of the school year January 17, and midyear promotions will be made January 14. No vacation will be allowed between semesters this year, and the pupils will tavd tjielr schedules prepared so school can start on the morning of January 17.

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.THIRTEEN KNOWN DEAD IN WORKINGS NEAR PRINCETON Little Hope Held For Rescue Alive Os 10 Others; 71 Men Are Trapped MANY SERIOUSLY INJURED, BURNED • Princeton, Ind., Dec. . 9.— (United Press) —Thirteen were known dead and little hope was held out for rescue alive of 10 others entrapped by an explosion at the Francisco mine No. 2 near here today. At 2 p. in., IX miners had been taken from the wrecked shaft. Twenty-three were still in the workings. Only four of the dead had been brought out. Seventy-one men were in the mine when the explosion occurred. Mine offi/.ds were not certai as to what caused the explosion, but the story circulated around those at the mouth of the shaft was that William Blaek. now seriously injured in the hospital, was responsible for the explosion. Sign Warning Disregarded It was said he disregarded a sign warning that a certain portion of the was dangerous because of a gas pocket. , Ambulances and autos volunteered for the work, were racing between the m'ne and the city hospital. All physicians and nurses who could bo spared from surrounding towns and cities were rushed to the mine where a base hospital was improvised. Most of the miners brought back were suffering from burns. Some had been crushed in the mine shaft. Some of the miners less seriously hurt were taken to private residences In the city to make room for the others at the hospital, already filled to capacity. Two Youths Killed By Train Gary. Ind. Dee. 9.—(United Press) —Harry Tnineta and Ralph Debildt, two Chicago youths were instantly killed at Hartsdal'e crossing on the Pennsylavania railroad west of here shortly before noon today. Their automobile was struck by a passenger train. JACOB AMSWZ CALLED BY DEATH Adams County Farmer Dies Tuesday M o r n i n g At Home Near Berne Berne, Dec. 9.—Jacob U. Amstutz. 64, Adams county farmer, died of 1 anaemia and complications at his home southeast of Berne, at 8:30 o’clock Tuesday morning. '.Mr. Amstutz had been ill more than a year. Mr. Amstutz was a son of Ulrich and Elizabeth Sprunger Amsyutz, and was born in Wabash township, November 20, 1862. He was married to Verena Habegger, February 2, 1890. Surviving are the widow and the following children: Jesse M., of Berne; Sylvia of Council Bluffs. Iowa; Mrs. Celina Klopfen- , stein of Fort Wayne; Wesley, of Berne; Rufus of Fort Wayne: Leona , and Oswin of Berne; Homer of Fort Wayne, and Clifton, Vilas and Agnes at home. One son, Elmer, died at the age of 16 years. , Thre brothers and two sisters also survive. They are Mrs. Lena Hirschy, John J., both of Berne; Japhet of Zion, , Illinois; Peter L., of Berne, and Mrs. Peter Boegli, of Fort Wayne. , In early life Mr. Amstutz was a . school teacher and later he became a ■ prosperous farmer. He was converted in early youth , and united with the Mennonite • church. Later he became a charter i member of the Missionary church, of which he remained a faithful member . to the end For forty years he taught [ a Sunday school class. Funeral services will be held Friday ; morning at 9 o’clock at the home and at 10 o’clock at the Mennonite church.

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