Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 55, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1927 — Page 1

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March 21 Is Time Set For Trial Os Judge Dearth

■REPORT FILED 18Y COMMITTEE I IS accepted ■ State Senate Sets Date For ■ Trvintf Muncie .Judge On B Impeachment Charges ■ SPECIAL RULES ■ ‘ to GOVERN TRIAL I Indianapolis. Ind., Mar. 5.— ■il nited Press) The report ol | tlir special committee oi five ■ senators, recommending that ■ Judge Florence Dearth, of the ■ Delaware county court, be ord- ■ ered to appear before the bar BLf the senate on March 21 lor I trial on impeachment charges. ■ was adopted today with but I one dissenting vote. 1 The dissenting vote was cast by Janies J Nejdl. of Writing, Republican floor leader of the upper house. The committee of five submitted supplementary imports |»n rules which Will govern the impeachment trial and the report was accepted tiy a viva voca vote. The rules wil* be practically identical with those of the ft S. senate in impeachment proceedings. The sargeant at arms of the senate was to leave shortly for Muncie in accordance with instructions in the committee report to serve notice of the trial date with Judge Dearth. Indianapolis. Ind., March 5. —(Upited Press)—A recommendation that Judge Clarence Dearth, of the Delaware county circuit court lie tried on impeachment charges by the state senate, beginning .March 21. was made to the senate this afternoon by a special committee of five senators. The impeachment articles had been referred to the committee when the articles were sent from the house. The committee recommended that the senate adjourn at the regular time at midnight Monday to reconvene at 2 P- m. on March 21. to take up the Dearth case. Still Holding Court Muncie, Ind., March s.—(United Press)—A man and a woman were sentenced to jail by Deleware county’s impeached judge today. (continuing his policy of silence, Judge Clarence W. Dearth, today continued to rule over his court, although few lawyers were willing to take legs! iCONTINVED OX PAGE TWO) CHILD HYGIENE CLASSES CLOSE Parents Derive Much Helpnil Information During Series Os Lectures ' The sei les of Child Hygiene classes, conducted in Adams county during e last four weeks by the child 'll'Mon of the state board ealth, closed yesterday. The to- ® enrollment in the classes held in ~n e differ ent centers was 377. Al- . nUfib the at the classes nmt D< T a8 laree as ho P ed f °r. those ent received murh helpful infor«’anTfested nd SPle " di ‘ l * ntereßt WaS Hons 'in A°i Pe<l that a ” ,he or « anlza ' Rani?- AdamS < ’°" nty WIU i° ln or ‘ uh— lng a ehilli llea,th board for the . vvse of promoting all phases of health in the county. J 1 Oil GW J tao A t enroll™,..'? “‘ c “ ua ‘ ‘“f’o.' lmi the T . r ._ nt an '’ attendance at the bZ U " h Center8 ’ the firat «et of figures set V h enrollment an <l the second township 8 21 th K fl,t :” da^ e: FreEch ship ls *’ 1G ’ Blue Creek townKirkUn, 1; Union tnw nship, 20. 13; 49 L ' tow nship, 90, 75; Monro?, tnouth’ SETS' p, Wn9hip ’ 32 ’ 25: M °“- Decatur 61 « T aDt MUi8 ’ S7 ’ 45: 377- attorn’ Tota l g: enrollment, • attendance, 279

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Rev. Deininger Is Transferred To Gary I z» The Rev. Leonard Deininger, son of Mrs. U. Deininger, of this city, who since his ordination to the Catholic priesthood, has been an assistant at the Catholic church at Lafayette, has been transferred to Gary, Ind. Rev. Deininger was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 1925, and said his first mass in this city on the following Sunday. He was assistant to the Rev. John R. Dinnen, lector of St. I Marys church, o ROBBER KILLS 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL Child’s Mother And Sister Seriously Wounded; Robber In Jail Alexandria. Va., Mar. 5. — (United Press.) — Six-year-old Loretta Ridgeway died today, the victim of a rob her who yesterday seriously beat her mother and sister at their home here. The mother. Mrs. George Ridgeway, and Loretta's sister are in a critical condition in a hospital, white Ixmis Boersig, 45, their alleged assailant, is held incommunicado in a jail outside town. Threats of neighbors to do vengeance on Boersfg caused authorities to take him out of the city. » Mrs Ridgeway was found nursing her infant with blood streaming from a wound in her head, she defiantly held a poker in. her hand as though ■fow'iiHroTrirnorhW-aTTm — o —> Scores Os Games At Bluffton And Montpelier Scores of the high school sectional basketball tournament at Bluffton today were: Rockcreek 22, Petroleum. IS; Ossian 22, Liberty Center 9; Lancaster 19. Bluffton 10. Scores oi the game;! ]Kuj''-d in tourney at Montpelier this morning were: Jackson 2. Gray 0. (forfeited): Hartford City 50, Madison 19; Montpelier 30, Portland 29. o Coolidge Makes Two Recess Anpointments On Radio Commission Washington, March 5 — (United Press) — President Coolidge today gave recess appointments to Orestes H. Caldwell, N. Y. and Henry A. Bellows, Minn., as members of the. federal radio commission. These appointments were previously made but not acted upon by the senate. o Monroe Girl To Attend Conference At Cornell Muncie. Ind. March. 5. —Miss Thel ma Burkhead of Monroe, who is a student at the eastern division of the Indiana State Normal School as Muncie, has been selected to represent the Women’s Athletic Association at the fifth National American Conference of American College Women, which is to be held at Cornell University In April. 0 Chicago Coroner And Health Officer Clash Chicago, March 5. —(United Press) —The death of six infants in Columbus memorial hospital as a result of accidental substitution of Boric Acid for drinking water today precipitated a clash between the coroner's office and Chicago's health commissioner. Coroner Oscar Wolff opened hostilities by asserting thet health commissioner Herman N Bundesen was "meddling" when he took a hand in the investigation. Dr. Bundesen replied by charging the coroner’s office was incompetent and that he had felt it his duty to participate in fixing responsibility. The coroner’s inquest, after obtaining the admission of three nurses that they were responsible for the accidental substitution of Borac for water, adjourned until Wednesday.

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REAL CAUSE OF FILIBUSTER IN SENATE SHOWN G. O. P. Feared Reed Committee Would Probe Colorado Elections MIGHT A F F E C T G. O. P. MAJORITY By Paul R. Mellon Ct’nlted Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, I). C. March 5. — (United Pless)—Fear that the Reed election investigating committee might investigate .Colorado elections and perhaps thereby adversely affect the republican majority of one in the next congress was one of the big actuating motives in the heavy filibuster attending closing of the 69th Congress. The United Press learned reliably today the real story behind the tight which tangled the senate the past few days and caused an all night session. Senators had been informed that Seenator elect Waterman, Repn., Colo., had received what they termed "offside assistance” in last November election. The story went that Waterman had received 135,009 from chairman Phipps of the Republican Senatorial campaign committee though Phipps told the United Press emphatically today that the story was unfounded and a “pure political fiction." Some Republican Senators, however saw a possibility that a Reed probe 1 mtrtet affrri '♦heir narrow bcM next December and wanted this and othei investigations halted now. Phipps claims only $5,090 was sent Waterman by the Republican national committee. That is the story which caused the final deadlock in the upper house of Congress, killing all Important pending legislation. The Raed investigation committee late yesterday qecided only it wiraot. additional Pennsylvania Senatori 1 ballots from Luzerne, I<aekawanna, Schuylkill and Delaware counties, Pennsylvania in connection with the Vare-Wilson contest. GOVERNMENT IN NEED OF FONBS Congress Fails To Appropriate $3,000,000 Needed At Present By Joseph S. Wasney H'nlted Press Staff Correspondent > Washington, D. C. March 5. — (United press)—Government heads pondered today on means of economizing—or legally Juggling accounts — to make up for the $93,099,900 Congress failed to vote for government business In the second deficiency bill. With President Coolidge determined to call no extra session of congress to appropriate needed government funds and to care for widows, orphans' and veterans’ outlays. Mie department fund themselves confronted with constitutional bars against getting the needed monies. It was believed, however, red tape could be slashed to enable various branches to carry on without serious murtailinents of forces and expenses The treasury department said today the public building program would be tetarded but not entirely stopped. Comptroller General McCarl pointed out that article one of the constlt ition prescribes that the treasury can only spend money tor specific work outlined by iCoßgress in appropriations. The $93,900,090 was to care for work between now and July I, when the fiscal year ends. After that date, new congressional appropriations are available to meet governmental expenses. Treasury officials said those "Left out" by the failure of the bill will receive “back pay” when the measure passes the next congress in December.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 5, 1927.

French Quinn Speaks To Warsaw Rotarians French Quinn was the principle shaker at a program given last night by the Rotary club at Warsaw. Mr Qultiu spoke on the "LtmberloHt" county, and touched on the works of Mrs Gene Stratton-Porter, who, through her writings, made this section of the country famous. Cail Prfmpbiey. piesident of the local club, also attended the meeting. LENTEN SERVICES ARE OPENED HERE' — Large Audience Attends! Opening Service At Catholic Church Last Night Services of the Way of the Cross and benediction of the blessed sacreinent were held lit the St. Mary's Catholic church last evening, the ser-v'.-es being the first of the Lenton ■ -season. The Rev J. A. Seimetz con- , ducted the services and explained why such services were Jield. The making of the Way of the Cross commemorates the passion and death of Christ on the Cross. A large ntun her attended the services. On T u eday evening there will be a sermon and benediction, the services beginning at 7:30 o'clock. o LIQUOR THIEVES ARE CAPTURED Four Men Said To Have Stolen $150,000 Worth Os Pre-War Whisky Chicago, Maxell s.—(United Press.) —Four men who are said to have siphoned more than $159,900 worth of pre-war whisky from a government bonded within th? past two days were under arrest here today after police discovered them at work in a territory just outside the Chicago loop district. Six men who were working with the four men captured escaped. The men arrested are allegedly among Chicago's most notorious bootleggers. They are: William "Klonke” O'Donnell, who was with Assistant District Attorney William McSwiggen when he was shot in Cicero last spring; James "Fur" Sammons, wanted in Baltimore in connection with the Sonueborn Tailoring Co., holdup, John Barry, and John Davis. The alleged bootleggers used more than a mile of hose in draining the whiskey from a fifth floor of the warehouse to a third story apartment 390 yards away. The liquor was drained through a hose which extended over a prairie and over two intervening apartment houses. . O'Donnel had rented the appartment to use as a cache for the liquor, police said. The gang had gained admittance to the warehouse by mounting to the second floor, onee inside, they went to the fifth flopr where 19.009 cases and 500 bands of the only legitimate whisky in Chicago was stored. — Washington’s Birthday Program To Be Repeated Among the many excellent programs that the students of St. Joseph's school have presented during the term, the one given by the primary department and the sixth grade in obsertvanco of Washington's birthday, was considered of such excellence that many requests that it be repeated have been received. The Sisters have kindly consented to repeat the performance next Sunday afternoon, March 6. at 3:30 o’clock. This will give many parents, especially fathers, the opportunity to see their children in action. A good attendance will encourage the Sisters, who are making every effort to give the boys and girls under their charge every educational advantage possible. The public is Invited to attend.

MEXICO-U.S. BREAK LOOMS I OVER SLAYING Reported Slaying Os Albert Betanza, American, Strains Relations U. S. SEEKING TO IDENTIFY BETANZA Washington, Mar. 5 (United I’reSHj-r- While waiting today for official advices on the reported Mexican slaying of F. .1. Batana, associate of Republican National Coininitteernan (’reager of Texas, the state depart-] men! checked its records t<>| identify Betanza, hut up to noon | had been unable to place hi in as an American citizen. If it is found he is an American, the state department will follow its customary course in such matters, and instruct the American ambassador al Mexico City to make representations to the Mexican government for apprehension and punishment of those responsible. Washington, Mar. s—-(United States An eventful break between the United States and Mexico appears inevitable. unless the Calles government makes major concessions to the state department's demands. The department charges Mexican ; alien land-oil lawk are confiscatory. and that Mexico supports movements 1 here mhl iu Nicaragua opposing United States foreign policy. Reports tJiat the United tates has definitely decided to sever diplomatic relations and lift the American em-1 bargo on arms shipments to Mexico are said to be premature. But there is every indication that President Coolidge and advisers consider the situation grave. While the .President is moving cautiously and slowly, he is prepared fur i v Mima I.''les. Officials denied today there is any , thought of war, but they did not deny they are considering lifting the embargo as a last resort. According (CONTIX'I'ED OV PAGE THREE) o 228 INDICTED BY FEDERAL JURY Two State Policemen Among Those Named In Indictments Returned Today Indianapolis. Ind., March. 5. — (United Press) —Two sfltte policemen were among 228 persons indicted by the Federal grand jury here today in a report returned to Judge Baltzell, ofteere an investigation of almost a month into alleged federal law violations. Os the 228 persons named in the 93 true bill returned, a total of 165 was charged with violation of the federal prohibition laws. Four conspiracy cases were included in the Indictments. The two state policemen indicted were Lieut. Ralph White, of Whiting, and Arthur Brookman, of Hammond. They were accused of accepting hush money from bootleggers and rum runners. o Bluffton And Froebel Are Victims Os Upsets Two surprising upsets occured today in the high school sectional tournament. At Bluffton, the Bluffton high school Tigers, strong favorites, were defeated by Lancaster, 19-10, At East Chicago, the powerful Froebel high school team of Gary, which had not been defeated this year and which was considered a strong contender for Ule state championship, was defeated by Emerson high school team, also of Gary.

New Officers Chosen By Bluffton Elks Lodge Bluffton March s—Officers for the coming year were elected Tiiursury evening at he legular meeting the Elk’s Club. Ottl.eis elected are us follows: Exalted Ruler, Fred A’dner; Esteemed Leading Knight, Elmore Sturgis; Esteemed Loyal Ktilght, Harrison Powers;; Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Robert Stout; Treasurer, Howuid Thomas, Secretary, Earl Warnock; Tyler, H. B. Stark; Trustee, A. A. Hammond; Delegate, John Edrfs, and Alternate, Carl Helms. NEW PASTOR TO PREACH SUNDAY Rev\, Ferr.theil To Assume Duties At Presbyterian Church Tomorrow The Rev. Harry H. Ferntheil, newly selected pastor of the First Presbyterian church, has arrived in the city with his family and will preach at the morning and evening services at the local church Sunday. The morning services will be held at 10:30 o’clock, and the evening services at 7 o'clock. Rev. Ferntheil was extended a call to accept the local pastorate last February. He succeeds the Rev. 11. N. Covert, who accepted a call its pastor of the Sunnyside Presbyterian church. South Bend, Ind. Rev. and Mrs. Ferntheil have taken up their residence in the local parsonage on Mercer avenue, their householiL-goods being moved to this city yesterday. The formal installation of the new pastor will be held later, the exact i date not having yet been set. Rev. Ferntheil has been a Presbyterian I minister for twelve years and, dining the past five years, was pastor of the Elberon Presbyterian church, Cincinnati. Ohio. Members of the congregation will join in welcoming tlie new minister • ' lacal church Sunday. I _2Z__ o—- —— Suspicious Character Arrested Last Night A suspicious looking man, carrying a shot gun in a cloth bag, was taken into custody at the Decatur high school last night, shortly after the basketball game was over. The man was found around some of the aut> I mobiles parked there, by Frank Peterson, who is employed to guard the automobiles during basketball games He was taken into the school building where be was held until Officer Clark arrived and took him to jail. This morning, it was learned that the man is from Payne, Ohio. He had been here about a week and had been sleeping at the tile mill. He told the officers that he had traded for the shot gun and was trying to sell it. Wold was received today that relatives of the man would arrive from Payne, this evening and take him borne. —- o ————— Negro Shoots ife And Kills Himself Terre Haute, Ind., Mar. s—(United Press) Firing three bullets from a revolver into the head of his wife, Beatrice Moore, 28, negro, and killing her instantly, William Moore, colored section hand, early today shot and killed himself. According to police, Mrs. Moore had been out all night attending a dance, he returned at, 6:30 this morning and attempted to enter the house. Moore, who had been up all night awaiting her, threw open the door and began shooting. — o ' i ’ Ministerial Association To Meet Monday Morning i / The members of the Decatur Ministerial Association will meet for i their regular monthly session neoct i Monday morning, at 9:30 o’clock, In ' the Old Adams County bank. The Y presence of every member is requested.

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DECATUR BEATS KIRKLAND; BERNE DOWNS HARTFORD Defeat Os Hartford By Berne Proves Surprise; Score Is 29 To 17 TONIGHT’S GAME STARTS AT 8 P. M. Decatur high school’s Yellow Jackets and the Berne high school Figljing Five will meet tonight in the final game of th<> high school sectional, basketball tournament, being played in.the Decatur high school gymnasium to determine the sectional champion. The winner of the game will represent this section in the regional tournament at Fort Wayne nfext Saturday. Berne was the first to qualify for the final game, beating the Hartford township high school Gorillas in a game starting at 2 o'clock this afternoon, by a score of 29-17. Decatur qualified an hour later by defeating the Kirkland township high school Kangaroos, 31 to 12. The final game tonight will start at 8 o’clock, prompt. Decatur Defeats Kirkland Tlie Decatur Yellow Jackets were master of their game with the Kirkland Kangaroos after the first few minu'es and at the half had pulled 4way from their oponents for a 16 to 7 lead. This lead was incm-ased in the second half and with the second neriod about half over, the count was 26 to 9. The Kirkland players fought hard to stop the flying Yellow Jackets, but the pace was torr fast. Lineups and summary: Deca'nr Kirkland Bebout F ....... Myers Pell .F L. Arnojd Hill .... C Smith Anadell G F. Arnold Krick G Heller Substitutions: (Decatur) Reynolds for Bebout, Lankenau for Bell; (Kirkland). I.iby for Smith, Baumgartner for F. Arnold. Gerber for Heller. Field goals: Beboht ij Bell 2; Hl’l-4' Anadell 3; Krick 1; Reynolds 1; Myers 2; L. Arnold 1; F. Arnold 1; Baumgartner 1. Foul goals: Bebout 2; Bell 1; Hill 1; Anadell 1: Krick 2; L. Arnold 1: Baumagrtnor 1. Referee: Clark. The Berne high school Fighting Five, sectional champions last year, defeated the strong Hartford township high school Gorillas in the first rcoxTivrsn ox pack mg) FORTY SEAMEN ARE RESCUED Crew Escapes In Life Boats When Spanish Freighter Burns At Sea New York. March 5. — (United Press) —Forty seamen, forced to take to life boats when the Spanish freighter Cabo Hatteras burned 130 mill s out of new York, where safe today aboard the steamer Cabo Torres which was standing by in hopes of salvaging the hulk of the .Cabo Hatteras after the fire burned out. Eleven ships heard the Cabo Hattera's S. O. S., late yesterday and started to aiil the vessel, which was between Fire island and Montauk point. The Carbo Torres arrived first followed soon after by the Japanese Washington Marti. The others were notified of the rescue and returned to their courses. 0 Old Grudge Leads To Shooting Indianapolis, Ind. March. s.—(United Press)—John P Roll, 29. is In a hospital, shot through the abdomen, and Rcbert A. Waiters, 32. is under arrest charged with assault and Battery with intent/to kill as the result of a shooting fray here Friday night. Police believe an old grudge led to a dispute between the two, culmlnat-’ ing in the shooting.

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