Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1927 — Page 1

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COOLIDGE SEEKS NEW ARMS LIMITATION

I" Religious If ME FAILS [OPASS AG J IN INSTATE SENATE Vote Favors Bill. 23-19; More Funds For State ( olfcres Sought In Bill \EW MEASU REIS APPROVED B)’ JACKSON Indianapolis, Feb. 10.— (U.P.) —Part time religious education is provided by the Dickerman bill failed of a constitutional majority for a second time in the senate today. Culminating an hour’s debate the vote was 23-19 for passage, I three short of the required I number. « The moasurp kicked two votos of a B uwilel majority when it. was eonsidI wed in the senate a week ago with I 1 rote of 24-21. I Ami today, as before efforts to end S further discussion by tabling were I defeated and the .neasure will deI tnand further senate attention. I Indianapolis, Feb. 10. — (United I Press.)—A 115.000,000 building fund I i for Indiana's four state colleges, t o I be raised by an annual state tax levy I of three cents over the next ten years is the object of a bill before the house rays and means committee today. The measure which is in accordtnee with Gov. Ed Jackson's riycom- ■' iwndation except that he would have set a two-cent maximum, is sponsored by Representatives Lemuel A. Pitt- [ enger, Selma, republican floor leader. John W. Chamberlain, repn., Terre Haute, J. Glenn Harris, repn., Gary, and Lloyd D. Claycombe, repn., Indianapolis. The bill provides that the levy of three cents on each SIOO of taxable property shall be levied in the years 1927 to 1936 inclusive. Revenues would be distributed on the basis of seven-twentieths to each of the two state universities and three-twentieths to each of the two state normal schools. The three-cent levy would be productive of approximately $1,500,000 annually, although this amount would probably increase toward the end of the taxing period. On this basis Indiana University and Purdue University would each receive more than $5,250,000 during period, and the Terre (CONTIM ED ON PAGE THREE) SCOUTS ACTIVE HEBE THIS WEEK Decatur Bo y Scouts Are Joining In Anniversary H eek Observance Much interest is being shown by 18 Boy Scouts of Decatur this week m observance of the seventeenth anniversary of the founding of the organization. Thf g week is being observed as anniversary week by Scouts throughout the country. On Tuesday evening, about forty °y Scouts and Junior Scouts hiked ° 11 Country Club grounds, where ey built a huge camp fire and ate ' eir suppers. Games were played J o '-' 1 '! the camp fire and promptly ■ ■; o clock, the Scouts recommita themselves to the Scout oath. This h n i>t m .°i. By WaS obKerve<l at the same ■ troughout the country. -asc night, a patrol of Scouts visitL r eting ot ,he American l.ein? oi 3111 BaVR a sbort Program, tell- ® bout Anniversary week. teaT? ,he Scouts ’ basketball eighth"' 1 P ’ ay the * Central school high mm' 1 '? tPam ' at the Decatur 7 o'clock™ Synnias!ura > starting at chlp h p e , S ?° UtSWin hay * charge of the building {ST at th<S C<Sntral bchool u, » Friday morning. V y • v y ■ / -

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Knights Os Pythias To Hold Meeting This Evening Kekionga lodge. No. 65, Knights of Pythias, will hold u regular meeting in the Pythian Home on Third street at 7:15 o’< lock this evening. Then will be work in the first rank. A degree team has been organized by the local lodge to confer the third rank In a contest with teams from other lodges in the district. The local team will contest on February 28. SELL TICKETS ■ FOR BANQUET Committee Has 75 Tickets Sold Already For Industrial Association “Feed” About 75 have been sold already for the annual banquet and reorganization meeting of the Decatur Industrial Association, to be Yield Monday evening at the Pythian Home at 6:30 o’clock. Indications are that about 125 men will attend the banquet. The committee in charge reported today that all arrangements had been completed for the affair ant) President Frame Corner issued a statement urging all Decatur business men to attend. The banquet will begin promptly at 6:30 o'clock, followed by tiff* election of officers, officers' reports and a "pep” talk by Howard Wi&haupt, former Decatur citizen. Following the program, there will tie a smoker and a general talk aronnd. in which the younger business ;n»n of the city will participate. The ticket committee has been unable to see everyone, but those in charge urge that anyone who has not yet secured a ticket uo so either of William Linn. Cal Peterson or Dick Heller, so it can be learned, as soon as possible, howmany to prepare for. The nominating committee will meet either today or to-morrow and place in nomination the names of six men, three of whom will be elected as directors to serve for three years on the board. All persons attending ihe banquet are entitled to a vote.

MT. TABER REVIVAL DRAWING CROWDS Family Night Observed Wednesday Night; Several Persons Converted A great crowd last evening filled the Mt. Tabor Methodist church at Bobo. It was family night, and the people sat in families. The prize was won by Fred Hilton, of Bobo. A prize was also given to the little girl or boy who looked most like mother or father. Miss Bernice Walters took first prize and Eldridge Shit'erly took second prize. The pastor, the Rev. E. P. White, spoke on the subject, “What it takes to make a home.” He said the home begins at courtship. Like any great building, if the foundation is of poor material the upper structure, no matter how well It is put together, eventually will crumble. “When a Home as the words, ‘Christ has the pre-eminence in this home,’ written over the door, you may be sure that the peace of God dwells there. Seme people think a home is like the United States army, where you fight out the battles of life, not so, home is next to heaven whfere Christ should havp a place in evegy heart. Fine words have been said, ‘Life is what you make it.’ ’’ At the close of the service five knelt at the altar making a total of 17. The convicting power of God is being felt throughout the community. Tonight, Rev. White will preach on "The rock upon which to stand." Everybody is welcome. The song service is a great feature of the meeting, led each evening by Mrs. White.

Education Bill Lacks Required Majority

GOLDSTINE AND RIELLY RETURNED HERE FDR TRIAL Two Ex-convicts Brought From State Prison To Decatur Wednesday CASE SET FOR TRIAL FEB. 21 Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth, T. J. Durkin and Chris Beer returned late yesterday afternoon from the state prison at Michigan City with William Rielly and Sam Goldstine, notorious ex-convicts, of Fort Wayne, who will face charges in the Adams circuit court February 21, for automobile banditry and assault and battery with intent to kill. The two men were apprehended bySheriff John Raker and his deputy, D. M. Hower on the morning of December 2. in the south part of this city. The bandits forced the two local officers, at the point of guns, to drive them toward Fort Wayne, in Mr. Bakers automobile, where they were finally captured by Fort Wayne police. They have been at the State Prison at Michigan City for safe keeping, awaiting trial hete. Trip Kept Secret. The trip to the prison was kept a secret in order that no trouble would be encountered on the return trip, and the three men who went after the bandits stated last night that they had no trouble in bringing the men back to this city. Goldstine and Rielly were in high spirits, and talked little of the December 2 kidnapping, except they both said they were sorry that the incident happened. Both the bandits were on parole from Indiana state prison atthe time ot the incident, and it was necessary for Sheriff Hollingsworth to secure a permit from the Governor to return the men to this city for trial. Sheriff Hollingsworth went to Indianapolis ten days ago and secured the permit from Governor Ed Jackson. The local party left Decatur Tuesday afternoon in the Studebaker Sedan, belonging to Chris Beer, and arrived at Michigan City late Tuesday night. They went to the state prison Wednesday morning and got the two (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Escaped Convict Held In South Bend Robbery South Bend. Feb. 10. —(United Press)—-Alberti Rosenburg, 31. a fugitive from the Atlanta federal prison, was in custody here today charged with being one of a trio that robbed the home of an officer of the Studebaker Auto company here. Rosenburg was caught in a hotel room washing a bloody shirt. He had been surrounded by police who surprised the men during the robbery, but fled after being shot. Alfred Costello, 23, of Detroit, also wounded by polic ewas recovering in a local hospital. Search is being made for Basil Banghart, alias Markey, also a fugitive from the Atlanta prison. Rosenburg was sentenced from Trenton, N. J. for the theft of $137 worth of mail from a trans-Atlantic liner. Banghart was sentenced from Dayton, Ohio, for theft of an auto. o— Church Damaged By Fire Indianapolis, Ind.. Feb. 10.—(United p ress) _Fire of unknown origin starting in the basement of the second Pre“byterian church did damage estimated at $5,000 here early today. A tire truck enroute to the blaze struck a motor bus but no one was ipjured. o Governor Signs Bill Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 10. —(United Press)—Gov. Ed Jackson has affixed his signature to the Nejdl bill, passed by both houses, to permit townships of not more than 84,000 population to acquire land for park purposes. The Act applies to Whiting, Hammond and East Chicago

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“Drunken Driver Bill” Is Up For Passage In Senate Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 10 —(United Press) —The Wright "Drunken Driver BilX” recently passed by the House of Representatives, will be reported for passage by the Senate committee on roads today. The bill would provide a penalty of fine of SSOO and imprisonment of from 30 days to six months or both, and for a second offense, imprisonment from one to five years, for driving a motor vehicle while under the influent e of liquor. o EX-SERVICE MEN ENJOY BANQUET Enthusiastic Meeting Held Here Wednesday Night; About 50 Present About fifty ex-service men attended the banquet and smoker given by Adams Post, No. 43, of the American Legion, in the Industrial Association rooms, Wednesday evening. The meeting was one of the best ever held by the ex-service men of this county. Paul Graham, commander of the local post, presided at the banquet, and the business session that followed. The principal address of the evening was given by Fred A. Weicking, of Bluffton, who is the eighth district committeeman. Mr. Wiecking. in a forceful and impressibe speech, outlined the early history of the American Legion and the ideals and principles upon which the organization was founded. lie then spoke of the Legion’s first care, namely, the disabled veterans, and he told how the many service men’s agencies had been co-ordinated so thrrt the maximum of service might be rendered. Mr. Wiecking outlined the Legion's work for the orphans of former service men and told of the things done in that regard on a national and local scale. He next spoke of the Legoin’s efforts to combat Bolshevism and other forms of anti-Americanism, and closed his address with a fervent appeal to al! service men to unite under the banner of the local post for the furtherance of the great principles of the Legion. John H. Carmody, of this city, and Dr. D. D. Jones, of Berne, both members of the local post, also spoke on (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) LEOPOLD IS IMPLICATED One Os Six Men Who Broke From Prison Implicates “Thrill” Slayer Joliet, 111.. Feb 10.—(United Press) —The name of Nathan Leopold. Millionaire thrill slayer of Bobby Franks toay was again brought into the escape of six prisoners from the state 'penitenitiary— an escape that resulted in the murder of deputy warden Klein —as the six men began a new attempt for their own lives. The six—Charles Duschowski, Bernardo Rea, Charles Shader, Walter Stalesky, Robert Torrez and Geogorio Rizo--were to have been hanged Friday. Yesterday they filed appeals for a new trial before the circuit court. The execution was continued to March 4 as result of this new move. Immediately Dischowski again implicated Leopold s name in connection with the escape early last summer. He said Leopold had a large sum of cash in his cell at the time of the escape—a fund to be used expressly for the escape. Duschowski declared the only rea son Leopold did not escape with the other convicts was that the prisoners did not have a key to Leopold’s cell. He promised to make more complete charges against Leopold later and these probaly will be used in the appeal to the supreme court to be filed by the six convicted men.

BRITISH DECIDE TO LAND TROOPS AT HONG KONG Troops Enroute to Shanghai ’ Are Diverted To Japan; U. S. Marines Land BRITISH FIRM IN THEIR STAND London, Feb. 10. — (United | I Press)—British troops enroute ito Shanghai I'rotn the United i Kingdom. Gibraltar and Malta | will be halted and concentrated at Hong Kong. Sir Austen Chamberlain, (he foreign secretary, announced in the house ' of commons today. U. S. Marines Land London. Feb. 10—(United Press) — Three hundred United States marines i arrived at Shanghai today, an Exchange Telegraph Dispatch said. British To Be Firm London, Feb. 10—(United Press)— The British cabinet has decided to show more firmness in its dealings with the Cantonese government, the United Press learned today from an autlTOrttative source. Encouraged by recent governmental declarations in the United States. Italy and Japan which were regarded here as sympathetic toward Great , Britain) the bacinet has drawn up a * program containing three main points i which it intends to put into execution . at ence. . First, a small force of troops has been dispatched to Shanghai io re- ' main there until the safety of foreigni ers in the international settlement has been guaranteed. Second, Cantonese Foreign Minister Chen would be told that the Britist will participate in no further negotiations until he has signed an agreement regarding the statute of British concessions at Hankow and Kiukiang, which he refused to sign last week on the ground that coercion was being used in the sending of a British fleet and army to China. Third, a full exposition of Great Britain's Chinese policy since the beginning of the Washington arms conference to the present would be furnished the league of nations and the United States. Peking, Feb. 10—(United Press)— Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, most powerful of the North China allies, today declared active war against the Cantonese Nationalists from South China. Chang today’ issued a circular telegram in which he announced that he was weary of waiting for Marshal | Wu Pei-Fu to act effectively against the Cantonese. Chang said he would send his own Manchurian troops into the province of Honan, across the itf’hangho river and though Wu's lines to attack, the Cantonese. Sixty Known Dead In Revolution At Lisbon Lisbon, Feb. 10.—(United Press)— Sixty known dead it Lisbon, and probably 150 dead in Oporto were reckoned as the greatest cost ot the revolution against the Carmona dictatorship which the government announced today had been suppressed. It was estimated that 850 persons had been wounded in Oporto and Lisbon, 500 of the injuries havin'? been reported in the capital. Finnish Public Opinion Divided On Prohibition Helsingfors — (United Press) —Finish public opinion is divided as to whe* ther Finland’s experiment with prohibition is succeeding or failing. Government statistics for 1926 just issued show that while there was a consider--1 able decrease in the quanity of liquor seized by prohibition officials in 1926 as compared with 1925, there was an ' increase of approximately 3 percent in increase of approximately 3 per cen' • In the prosecution for d’unkennesr I Fifteen times as many men were arrested as women.

Birger Must Face Charge Os AJurder M. Vernon, 111., Feb. 10. —(United Ptess) —Charley Birger, the "machine gun Charley" of southern Illinois gang fame, must fare a charge of murdering Mayor Joe Adams of West City at Benton, it was decided in circuit court today. The court overruled a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and Birger Minus his machine gun and other miry trappings was started Benton. FIVE CHILDREN DIE IN BLAZE Overheated Stove Sets Fire - To Residence, Resulting In Tragedy Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Feb. 10. — (Uniled Press I—Fife starting from an overheated stove caused the death of five children at Rudyard, near here, today. Three of the children were burned to death as they lay in their beds. Harry Trimble, his wife and one child made theingjway out of the flaming house after a heroic attempt to save the other children. The fire had practically gutted the lower floor of the house before the Trimbles were awakened. The father picked up Margaret, 8, and Robert. 5. and ran down the stairs. He tripped and the children were thrown into the flames and Imrned to death. The mother, with a 3-year-old child in her arms, leaped from an upstairs window into a snow ij&hk. The bodies of three other children were found in their beds after the flames had been extinguished. —.— o— Bill Indfinitely Postponed Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 10 —(Unit* ed Press)— By recommendation of the Senate committee on cities and towns, the bill introduced by Senator Edward O'Rourke, Jr., Fort Wayne, to exempt from taxation property owned by chambers of commerce or philanthropic clubs was indefinitely postponed. 0 — ATTENDANCE AT REVIVAL GROWS Interest Continues To Increase In Revival At Evangelical Church A crowd larger than Tuesday evening’s audieme. attended z the revival at the Evangelical church last night. The preaching service was proceeded by enthusiastic singing, led by the choir, and by a spirited testimony ser- < vice. To have heard the testimonies that flowed from the hearts of the people would have convinced even the sceptical of the fact that Christians are still a witnessing people. The Evangelist’s theme was “Anointed for service". She jjprtrayed the youngest son of Jessie, a shepherd lad being anointed Kink instead ol’ the semingly more probable older sons of Jessie. “David was anointed with oil. In the Bible oil symbolizes the Holy Spirit. David, once anointed, became powerful. So it is today. The Christian to be used of God must be baptized with the Holy Spirit. The church of Christ tdday needs a new anointing of the Spirit of God. God can use the weakest if only they be anointed from on high; without this anointing, how powerless and deadlike Christians are! The large audience was very attentive throughout the sermon, which was given in demonstration of the Spirit and power. There was no responce to the altar call, but there was a great manifest desire on the part of the great body of Christians present for the possession of power for service. The interest in the meetings and the hunger of the Christians and even of the unsaved seems to be growing (CONTINUED ON PSflB TWO)

Price Two Cents.

PRESIDENTURGES LIMITATION OF NAVAL ARMAMENT Proposal Sent To Foreign Nations By Coolidge; Congress Gets Message SEEKS DISCUSSION AT DISARMAMENT MEET Washington, Feb. 10 —(United Press) President Coolidge today proposed to the governments of Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan that limitation of cruisers, destroyers and submarines be discussed al the forthcoming Geneva disarmament meeting. The President congress a message announcing presentation of his proposal to the powers through the American ambassadors to the Nations involved. Cruisers, destroyers and submarine.’ were not limited by agreements reached at the Washington disarmament conference in 1922. Tin President took issue with mrcign governments which have argued at previous sessions of the Geneva Anns conference that problems of land Air and Sea arms limitations are inseparable. He repeated the American contention that naval limitation should be dealt with immediately by chief nival powers, leaving land and air limitation tor regional agreements. “The American Government,'' he said, “feels that land and air artnathents constitute essentially’ regional agreements. The American army and air force nre at minimum strength. Agreement for land and air limitation _ in other regions of the world wouhi not be dependent upon the reduction or limitation of American land and air forces." His memorandum also “admitted reluctantly" that political conditions in some countries might render impossible a solution of the universal armament problem, but held the conferr.ece at Geneva could begin with the naval proposals. His proposal was for a naval arms limitation conference a’ Geneva, parnlI'eling the preparatory commission’s deliberations there, in which America has been constantly represented. The conference would have plenary powers and bo quite ind -rendont of the commission work. Tn other words Coolidge seeks through the New Geneva meeting to arrange for a new agreement on limitations of the smal(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) * o MANY FARMERS ATTEND “FEED" Annual Farmers’ Banquet At Berne Attended By About 150 Persons Nearly 150 farmers and business men attended the annual farmers’ banquet, held in the A. J. Moser building, at Berne, Wednesday noon. Everyone present enjoyed the excel lent meal, prepared the ladies of the Evangelical church of Berne. L. M. Busche, county agricultural agent, presided at the banquet. This was the third annual banquet, held in honor of the farmers who have won recognition during the past year in the various Club work and contests. These clubs included the ton Utter club, the five-acre corn club, the cow testing association and the gold medal colt club. Adams county has received a reputation all over the country and even in foreign countries concerning the ton litter work. Since the work was instituted in 1922, our county led the state in 1922, 1925 and 1926. Mr. H. P. Schmitt of Decatur gave a short talk and awarded the Schmitt Trophy Cup. The cup was won by Otto Hoile of Union township. He also won a $20.00 cash prize and a gold medal. His litter weighed 2,775 (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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