Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1926 — Page 1

LEATHER Generally *«lr tonight and Thursday. Not quite so cold Thursday.

JURY HOLDS FATE OF FALL AND DOHENY

I CRIME RING IS I DESCRIBED TO CANTON JURY “Surprise” Witness Says McDermott Told Him He “Had A Job On" July 16 CONNECTS PAT WITH LIQUOR RUNNERS Courthouse. Canton. ().. Dec. I',. (Vnitel Press) —The crime! ring of Canton alleged to have plotted the murder of Don R. Mellett, crusading editor, was introduced today to the jury , hearing the murder charge against Pat McDermott, the first of three Underworld characters to lie tried for the killing. Introducing its first “surprise" witness, the prosecution obtained from William Betzler, details of the life which the defendant lived in Canton for the five days before the murder last July 16. Betzler over the protests of the defense. related to the jury conversations in which he said McDermott Hold him he “had a job on” the same night Mellett was shot down. The witness connected Pat with the liquor runners held responsible by the state for the murder and told that Pat had bragged that Canton police dared not arrest him because he knew all the "high mucky-mucks.” A few hours before the editdr was ambushed McDermott told him he expected to leave town and ti/ht the nexl day he would have considerable money, Betzlet* said, closing his direct examination. I_ : o PUBLIC URGED TO “MAIL EARLY" Postmaster Fritzinger Issues, Plea To Decatur People For Co-operation "Do your Christmas mailing early ” This was the edict issued today by Postmaster Harry Fritzinger, who has asked all Decatur citizens to cooperate with local Federal employees in taking care of the large number of Christmas packages being sent from this city this year. In order to give a better service, federal orders have been receivd for one delivery of mail on Christmas day The regular morning delivery of mail will be made by local mail carriers, but the afternoon delivery will be done away with for Christmas day. in regards to Christmas package instructions, Postmaster Fritzinger issued the following statement: "Holiday mail for the west should be mailed now. Mail for Washington, Oregon and California should be mailed today to insure delivery before Christmas. Mall for Texas, New Mexi co, Arizona. Cdlorado, Idofto, Utah and Nevada should be mailed by December 16 while that for North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas and Montana should be mailed not later than December J7. "All of this mail is dispatched from Decatur by States and must go into Terminals for redistribution to the individual towns. You will avoid congestion in these terminals where mail pours in from ail over, the United States, if you mail at this time. Wrap your parcel with strong wrapping paper and heavy twine, place your return on the upper left-hand corner and the o nthe lower right-hand corner of the parcel. Do not seal the parcel in any way don’t past down corners or loose parts of wrapping with seals of any kind as this subjects the entire parcel to the first class rate cf 2 cents per ounce or 32 cents per pound. All greeting cards should be mailed not later than December 22nd and ■cards for local delivery will reach the addressee by Christmas morning, if mailed on or before December 22.

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Vol. XXIV. Number 295.

Chorus Choir * o Give \ uletide Program The public Is Invited to attend the Sacred Yu etlde program to be given by the St. Marys Chorus choir in the auditorium of the Catholic school building Sunday evening December W. A Christmas play. "Why the Chimes rang." will be given as the ' first part of the program, A cantata. "The Manger Prince", will be sung by the choir. Mrs. L. a. Holthouse has been directing the cast. Tickets are ' selling fcr 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for chi.dren. The prog, am will begin at 8:15 o’clock. — SHININS PARLORS ORDERED MOVED Pure Food Inspector Makes Inspection Os Shoe Shining Stands Here A recent inspection of local shoe hlning parlors, played havoc with two of Dscatur’s most p:eminent shining ’tands The state pure food inspector for this district made a call in Decatur recent y and placed in effect a. ruling of the state board that shining stands should be moved from the front to the rear of all establishments where food is served. The ruling effects two stands in Decatur. One stand at Lose Brothers Billiard hall, which has, for many years, been located in the front of the building, was ordered to move to he rear of the room. Eve-ett Sheet? who owns the stand, stated today that he had compiled with the new ruing and was open for business Tn the rear .of the Lose Brothers building. The other stand, which was ordered moved to the rear, was at the soft diink establishment of Fred Fullenkamp. The stand there has been removed to the rear part of that building. Shining stands in other local buildings were not effected by the ruling, because food is not served where the othr stands are located. The ini nector who visited this city stated tha‘ ths stands either had to be- moved i once or would be ordered out of the buildings. A Two Men Burn To Death When Oil Stove Explodes Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 15.—(United Press.) — Two men were burned to death and another was severely burned today when an oil stove exploded in a barn on the farm of William Anslen near here. The dead were Steven Brown, 65, and Joseph; Hart, 30. Joseph Gentfn. 49. of Boston, was burned trying to rescue the other two. David Hammer, who makes his home in the barn, permitted the other three men to sleep there last night. Brown and Hart slept on the second floor, while Hammer remained downstairs with Dentin. Gentin discovered the flr p , caused by the stove exploding. and carried Hammer out. He returned and tried to reach the two men up stairs, but was burned by the blazing hay and had to fight his way out. DEMOCRATS OPEN TAX CUT FIGHT P M"Fn Ch ln^ e To of “Arouse The Country By Paul R. Mallon, (U P Staff Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 15,-With a series 0( atateks in the senate today democrats opened their campaign to “ rouse the country” against the action of the house ways and means committee in killing ' ax reduction for this session of congress. Senator Pat Harrison. dem.. Miss., accused republicans of rejecting the wi h s of President Cooiidge in pregleans were holding off until the presidential election year to use growing surplus In the treasury department for a tax reduction.

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ARAMS COUNTY LEADS STATE IN TON LITTER WORK Local Farmers Feed Ten Ton Litters During Past Year WELLS COUNTY IS SECOND WITH EIGHT According to word Just received from P. T. Brown, state leader of the Hoosier Ton Litter Club/Adams county farmers have again won state honors by having produced more ton Utters than farmers of any other county in Indiana. Ten ton litters were produced by eight farmers of this county leading Wells county farmers by two itters. Tippecanoe county was next in line with seven ton litters. However, six of these litters were produced by Purdue University. Washington county oduced five ton litters.. Last year, Adams county led all other counties of the state in the number of ton litters produced, the number being 12. Wflls county was second last year, also, producing nine ton itters. '' Twenty-Two Win Medalz In all. twenty-two Adams coun y Itters qualified for medals, by weighing more than 1600 pounds at 180 days of age. Wells county had 12 litters, Tlppecano had 12 and Washington had 9 litters qualify for medals. Tn the state of Indiana, 79 litters made the ton. 42 weighed 1,800 or more and 28 eighed 1,600 or more. Adams county farmers who produced ton litters are as follpws: Otto Hoile, C. W. R- Schwartz, Jos. P. Habegger. D. C. Nussbaum, Albert Davison. John E. Helman, Leonard Sprunger. John Blakey. Mr. Habegger fed three ton litters, which totaled more than four tons. The Indiana Livestock Breeders Association will award gold meda s to the men who fed ton litters. Silver nedals will be given those who fed itters weighing 1,800 pounds or more (CONTINVED ON PAGE SEVEN) W.M. ENGLER EXPIRES TODAY Brother Os Ed Engeler, Os Decatur, Dies At Montpelier This Morning William M. Engeler, 54, well known grain dealer at Montpelier, and a brother of Ed Engeler, of this city, died this morning after an extended Illness. Death was due to cancer. Mr. Engeler had been in thq grain business at Montpelier for several years and’was well known in Wells county. He was a member of the Masonic lodge at Pennville, and a member of the Montpelier Methodist Episcopal church. He is survived by his wife, Effie Arnold Engeler, and two children, Elizabeth and Rosanna, both at home. T following brothers and sisters also survive: Frank S. Engeler, of Bluffton; Charles Engeler, of Spokane, Washington; Mrs. David % Meyers, of Bluffton; Ed Engeler. of Decatur; Henry Engeler, of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. George Kocher, of Elida, Ohio. Funeral services will be held at the home at Montpelier Friday afternoon, at 1:30 o’clock. The services will be private and be in charge of Rev. Ample, of the Montpelier Methodist church. Burial will take place afc the Bluffton cemetery. __ o —— Former Kaiser Has An Attack Os Influenza London, Dec. 15. - (United Press) —Wilhelm Hohenzollern, former Kaiser of Germany, was confined to his bed with influenza today. The Il.ness began with a cold. The former Kaiser suffered a brief but acute illness last month and it was reported at one time that-members of his family would be summoned to his bedside. He is 67 years old. • i 4

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 15,1926.

TURKEYS ARE PLENTIFUL IN U. S. THIS FALL J Washing on. Dec 15.-4 United Press) —Tbe.e will be plenty of turkeys for veiy family this Christmas according to the ag:lcultural department. The stock of live birds is about 'he same as last year, and 5,907,000 pounds of turkeys ‘Sro In cold storage. Apples also will be plentiful, as 4,548,000 barrels are in cold ato age. o • — SALE OF AUTO LICENSES OPENS Vercial Hoblet, Os Berne, Obtains First 1927 License Plates Here Sale of 1927 automobile licenses in Indiana started today. The jjew lic»Mi plates for Adams county are cn hand and can be secured at the Graham and Walters offices, on f South Sce nd st eet. The new plates have White etteis and numerals on a black back ground. Vercia’. Boblet, of I'erne route 2 vas the first man to receive his ne. license numbers He obta’ned his plates from the local agency this morning. The Adams co nty se-inl numbbegins with $43,000 A ruling of the late officials makes it neoes v ,np ill auto owners sha 1 have their new license plates before February 1 'o avlod prosecution. Last year, auto owners in Indiana were giv n until February 15 to secure new plates, but the date his b en moved back h yea. to the first day of February SUGAR FACTORY TO CLOSE SOON Local Plant To Complete Annual Run Within Next Few Days Th? last car load of sugar beets for the Decatur p ant of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company is on the road at present and should reach this city to day or tomorrow, making the unreal run near the end. Officials at the loeil factory predict that the factory will close the latter part of this week or the first of next week About 52,000 tons of beets have a rived at he local factory. Official s y thr.t the sugar content of the beets ras been unusua ly low this year. du< especially to the incl inent vea ho: last fall. High water spoiled seve a! fields cf beet?, and rain and cold als< cut down the production so the 100 factory. Production About Average It is estimated that abowt 12,000,000 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o Good Fellows Club Unless many more cont ibutions 'c the Good Fel'ows Club are received within the next tew days, the Delta Tehta Tau sorority is going to V>e greatly handicapped in spreading Christmas cheer among -the needy families In the city that can not have a merry Christmas except through the Good Fellows Club. Tha buying committee has started the work of buying toys, clothing, food and other articles. New shoes were purchased this week for four little children whose bare feet were protruding from their shoes. Following is the total in the fund to date: Previous total $167.69 Schafer Hardware Co A friend 60 Total, ■ IS A I- A. i

ANOTHER NIGHT ANDDAYOFCOLD WAVE PROMISED Temperature at Fort Wayne Drops To' Four Above Zero Early Today RELIEF EXPECTED SOMETIME TOMORROW ■ ■ > Indianapolis, Dec. 15. — (United Press.) —Indiana must be resigned to at least another night and day of severe weather, the forecaster at the United States weather bureau said here today. Temperatures last night reached a low of 4 degrees above zero at Fort Wayne and Terre Haute. Indianapolis experienced its coldest temperature shortly before 8 a. m.. today when the thermometer registered 5 above zero. Evansville was least affected by last night’s cold wave. Its lowest temperature was 12 degrees. Other, i cities in the state ranged between temperatures at Fort Wayne and Evansville. Tonight will be about the same as last night and tomorrow a repetition of today, the forecaster said, except for a very slight moderation of the old wave tomorrow afternoon, the weather will remain fair. Chicago, Dec. 15. —(United Press,) —F;e. zing no.thwebt winds and subzero temperatures continued to grip the middlewest today. While thermometers were sinking to below zero marks the United States weather bureau in its early forecast promised no relief from the Intense cold which has gripped almoat the entire country, until tomorrow. The weather will remain clear and cold today, the forecast said, and an unsettled condition which will probably cause the mercury to begin a slow rise will supplant the cold tomorrow. Twenty persons have met their deaths as a result of the cold. In the northwest the cold is the .<O\rlM KT) ON PAGE SEVEN. o GIFT PRESENTED TO HIGH SCHOOL Mr And Mrs. M. Me. Stoops Give American Coat Os Arms To D. H. S. A b-utfful '■al placque, bearing ’ e .'.merican coat of a ms, has been .( ,ented to Decatur high school by Mr. and Mrs. M. McStoops. of Petersburg, Indiana former Decatur residents The placque has been placed in the school library and is much appreciated by the school officials and pupils. The seal consists of a bald eagle displayed, that is. with wings and talons ex ended; on its breast is an escutcheon or shield, having a blue chief with cut stars and having below, sever ed stripes and six white bars making tbt teen stripes. The sinister talon holds 13 arrows and the dexter talon holds a branch of olive, with 13 red berries. In the eagle’s beak is a golden scroll, bearing the motto, "E Pjurlbus Unum.” The crest over the eagle's head consists of a golden glory, issuing from a cloud and contains a blue '’eld with 13 stars in a design of six pointed stars. The late Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States, was the first person to receive the first finished copy of the great Zeltler's seal of the United States. Mr. George H. Hoenig, nf Evansvl le, Indiana’s foremo°t n'ptor. made a reproduction of the n'acque for Mr Stoops. Mr. Stoops' grandfather. James Stoops, Sr., was a member of the first board of trustees of Decatur and' was the only member of the board reelected at that time. Mr. Stoops’ aunt. Mrs. Sarah J. Blackburn, was principal of the school in the early days — the “60’e". Mr. Stoops learned his "A. B. C.’s” in the old building which stood on the site of the present Central schorl building

In Three-Story Fall OIL CONSPIRACY B uffton, Dec. 15—Cash Kreigh. son dm fN IB I in PN Al IAI IT of John Kreigh. of I nion township, TItI II I |<U| Wells county, was seriously injured ■ UIIUUUIII when he fell from a third-story window | VA Al AAH of the Fowler dormitory at McCormick 1 |fl PI fIQEi | fill Ry Seminary, In Chicago, Monday. Mr. I U ULvUL I UUH I Kreigh received a severe sprain to his back a fracture of the right wrist and a bad sprain of his left ankle. Jury Begins Deliberation He was taken to the P. esbyterian has- On Fate Os Defendants pital in Chicago. Mr. Kreigh Is a stu- 2148 P. M. dent in McCormick Seminary and has 1 ’ been working his way through college » TTADML' VC VI AkV He was engaged in washing window. All S MAKE FAC at the dornfttory when the Occident oc- run Lnr ULI luUizVo cured. —— 0 Washington, Dec. !■>. — Cf nrTrnOHkl (United Press)—Hie Elk Hills . E. PETERSON x’“ iir*|AA nil AAAI A Justice Boehling rend a long HEADS MASONS "5 ’£.“■« turned over to the 12 men the task of deeding whether E. L. Blue Lodge Masons Hold Doheny, oil millionaire and AlAnnual Election Os Os- bert B. Fall, former secretary fleers Last Night «( «he interior, were guilty of conspiracy to defraud the gov- / Pete s n was elected Wo ship- rnincnt. f i Majter cf the D catur Maoon.c . . .... lue Lodge, at the annual election of Washington, Dec. 15 — ( nite ofdeers held last night Mr. Peier.on ,Pres?)-C’.oslng arguments in the succeeds John Dickerson, who served Fal’-Doheny o’l trial were wound up as Master of the ocal organization for tOIUy ’ P r^arator y * lvln « thp ( ' ase two years 0 the Jury thl3 afternoon - . . , , . , A friend of President Harding. James Anderson, of east of this city, . . , . . . „ . from his own state of Ohio, former s elected to the chair o! Senin ■ . . „ . , , , Senator Atiee Pomerene, furnished ~’a d n succeeding Wilson L»e. D tig .... .. . , ... , i . , the final prosecution stroke wth a H uey was chosen as J tnio • »V:ir , , , ~ .. paacionate statement that Hardings en o succeed M. E. Hower ... . . . i message to the senate in June, 1922. Wilson Lee, retiring Senior Warden, .. ~, . r ,,, ...„ , , . , , approving the Pearl Harbor-Elk Hills was selected as trustee for a pericd . . , , . , ... , , , contract and lease was issued withf three years to take the place on the out know , edKe of the SIOO , OOO loan c. rd vacated by Cal Peterson, whose mailp bv E L Doheny „ rtch ag .e,m xpired. Croesus,” Jo the then Secretary of A. D. Suttles was re-elected treasur- the Inter(or A , bert B Fall er of the local Blue Lodge and E. B. Pomerene replied tor the govern . Adams was unanimous y selected as m?nf t 0 paff , )onato by three secretary, which position Mr Adams defenM lawyers . characterizing Senhas efficiently held for the last several ator Thomas Wa lsh as a “gray wolf years. Following the election of officers, It icontini’ed on imge *esen« was decided to held the annual intnlla lon of officers on the fl st re- AII F* A 1/ PAH APO .ar meeting night in January, a. I. HI" I. K l*|jjvLrK ch time the outgoing officers wil. Vll U V I UIIUL.II ..n over the rule to the offlc rs elect- lAIAAI/A Ikl AITW e. las. night. All newly elected ofti- WllUlrk IN I*l I ¥ ceis. with the exception cf trustee, will ■WUIIIaV 111 Vl I I serve for a period of one year. Flans also we.e discussed last night / . .'or Inspection of the Decatur. Poe Mon- Stranger. Giving Name Os oeville and Geneva lodges, at the io- J. T. Ford, Passes Sevai Masonic hall nex: Friday after- era ) Checks Here i on and night. A dinner will be servd in connection with the initiatory smooth job of forgery has been work at 6 o’clock. The meeting wi 1 causing the banks of this city some ta.t Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock trouble the last several days. A stranllliam Tolle, s.ate inspector, will be , eri giving his name as J. T. Ford. - nt. came to this c!*y several days ago, o celling wall and window placards Bandit Smashes' Show He clain.ed that be ran out of placard; Window; Selects Best and a,kcd tlie Decatu ' Art an ' l Adver Rirnre Anri Using Company to print some for him Kings Ana Escapes The stranger spent cons i d erabie Gary, Ind . Dec. 15.-(Unlted Press) l ' me at lhe offlce of the concern, —search was on here today for the Sou,h Second street ’ sa, " e deliberate bandit who late yesterday buUdln * * 8 used as a press ng estabsmashed lhe show window of the Mifo llahment by F ’ R ’ S ° w * ra ’/ tbia ci,y .. . . . While Ford was at the building he took Hoppe jewelry store, carefully se.ect- . ed 13 of the best rings on dlspaly and six P r,nted cbecka from the ,c ° k be , escaped with valued at $3,255. Ion « ln K to Mr Sowers ’ and forßel The robbery was staged at du<:k Sower ' B ,lame 10 tbem ’ , .u u ♦ • Three of the checks have been cash.n the heart of the business district . , . , , . . ’ , . dby loca concerns. All of the checks bile hundreds of shoppers and home- y , . . ~ were mad' out for $25. and, being on aid bound workers crowded the * t . a local firm were cashed without much s t ’ e e ts . , , . . trouble. Officials have been notified. lhe bandit hurled a brick wrapped tn 7 .. . and a search is being made for Mr. t >apsi to resemble a package. After making the selections, he darted into ! '° d ’ who di .app'a:n. on .it i.r th 1 a side street and fired a revolver shot ' lll 1 klf 11 c ‘ l ''' ’in the air to slow up pursuers. He es- Local stor6B alld banks ba 'e been , warned that three of the stolen checks eaped past the office of a burg.ar a-1 — — 1 larm company. .contini f.d on page seven)

“WHILE THE CAT’S AWAY THE RATS WILL PLAY”; SCORES INFEST WHITE HOUSE CELLARS

1 . I By John Montgomery s (U. P. Staff Correspondent) , Washington, Dec. 15.—Since the dist graceful conduct of the last White 9 House cat, which resulted in his expulsion, the cellars of th 0 executive 3 mansion have become overrun with t rats. 3 And they are not small rats. Only .- a heavy and well aimed brick or piece 1. of stovewood is effective against f them, and their scampering among the e foundation timbers can be heard I. throughout the house. Their size Is d comparable only with thek boldness il From certain vantage points near the front entrance a vertitable parade of

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rats can bo watched in the basement ! courts. Recently when President Coolidge was about to emerge from the house the collecting crowd became so interested in the uninvited menagerie that it gave little attention to the chief executive. Os late a horde has invaded the basement of the executive office and made life mizearable for timid clerks whose business sends them to dark ' dresses of the cellar. A howl heard in the lobby usually means nothing more than an unexpected and undesir--1 od meot'ng between man and rat.

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