Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1927 — Page 1

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■Si DELAYS ■appointment OF I jOOSE HI MONGIE Blovcrnor Awaits Further Mi Opinion On ( onsti- ■ tutionalitv Os Vction Hcdck dearth ■ ' STIFF O' BENCH HH Indianapolis. Mar. 7.—(1.P.) §M_(„ IV . Kd Jarksuii today delayappointment "t a judge for Delaware circuit court at Biamie itrmling further legal on the con.4ittuionalit\ §K ' impeachment proceedings « I'V ih date legislature Hi] ,1 iaitrt- < iaivnee Dearth. Htlik einvrii. r ennoiipced shortly noon that he would consult gX ilo' duy and inIB rhut w. roach a (loctsH, ' c of action lioforo H AJ ;■ ■ \tlornoy General |Hcit: ~n. advised the gov|H ii'gistal ive impeachunconstitutional. BHB Loaders "i l ouse and senate. BHt . due t ill authority ■to impeach vested in the B^^KeKislatuie by an. act of 1897. B They claim t! Judge Dearth's ..SC,, at. d w l.on was served wil l l notice of the im||H]Mrhn..!.' tings by Jerome 59 B' - chi-i •'!....-keeper of the sen- ■ Hits, at hi* to in Munch- Saturday ■light. |H Brown inform.-.1 the senate today ■Hthat !he n. i f impeachment and g9onkr to ai'iie.ir Before the bar of jhe 9. ! a- at p in. "ii M’SrcflT'TT had HWn transmfiri to Judge Dearth. IH A nuuJj.-r of r-presentatives today HHwrm (sitisid. ring means of getting BH Judge Dearth off die tiench white the HHimpeachment case is pending in the 91 Judge Deat’i who held court La JHMuncie this n: .ruing in defiance of ■Hthe !mp»aihni.-i ; - proceedings, was exjjtojf ' indlanii]>dii« tk*4’“SiiW*Bl6C*r BB to confer with Frederick Van Nuys, |Hon eof the attorneys re'ained to deHBfemi Judge Deartli in the impeachproceedings. ■B Van Nuys said Judge Dearth was etpected tn be here at 2 p. m.. with Mmicie auorneys for ttie con- ■ ference. Hi ' aD Nuys indicated he would wait for some one else to make the first H orary unseating of Dearth. ~ H —o I Amerirstn Legion To I Hold Meeting Tonight 9 There will be a meeting of Adams H r°st, No. 43 of the American legion H 'u the new Legion quarters, above the H Graham and Walters office, on SecB on( * street ,at 7 o’clock. All members H °f the post pie urged to be present. 101 H BANDITS A R E EXECUTED 9 Four Men Pav Supreme | penalty For Murder Os I One Man In Pennsylvania B Bellfonte, p a „ March 7.— (United I t>, reßß , > ~" The o,ney bandits died in ■.A ' "' ltr ' c chair for the murder of I M ' Coop V- a Philadelphia . * " !ls ,!ie first instance in this monwealth when? four men were cutod for the mtfrder of one man. oseph Curry, Harry Bentley, Wilm Juliano and Frank Doris who trul U ? UCCeSSfuIIy t 0 rob a money last \f° f the °' ney bank of * Bo ’ ooo thc . Ma> ' and murdered Cooper in Ono i attemp * *° evade arrest, were mornlng 0n ° t 0 dcnth Phair th!s thsi' nm ,lle Rlan wbo fire<l the shot firs Cooppr wel >t to his death hands" f P T)oris ' wbo w as in the »aa aw ? polipem en before Cooper with ip l * Ut * le ' fi equal 'y responsible the hJ otherß for his murder, was to be electrocuted. m

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Ohio And Wabash Rivers Claim Two Lives Sunday Mont Vernon, I ml., March 7.- (United Pressi- The Ohio an.; Wabash rivers claimed two lives in this vicinity over tile week end. Charles Bnrttnson, lti-yoar old Mt. Vernon Youth, drowned in the Ohio Rfver. He leaped ftom a boat to show companions his swimming prowpss. Ed. McDaniek-45, drowned in the Wabash river near Mudnie, 111., when a high wind sank the houseboat in which he lived. The body of McDaniels has been recovered. Search for the body of Burlir.son was continued today. CALVARY REVIVAL TO BE CONTINUED Services To Be Prolonged Until Wednesday Night, At Least Because of the intense interest manifested in the revival meetings which have been going on at the Calvary Evangelical church, east of Decatur. they are being continued this week, at least until Wednesday evening. There wHI be a service this evening at 7: ls» o'clock standard time, us well as .Tuesday and Wednesday. Afternoon meetings, commencing at 1:30 o’clock standard time, will be held Tuesday and Wednesday. The meetings have been growing in interest and attendance continually. Sunday afternoon vgitnessd a Wonderful three-hour service and, last night, the house was packed. People are being saved at/ nearly every service. There were __ 20 at the altar last everjjttS- Ahofit 35 thus far in the meetings. These meetings are attracting people far and near because of the old-time religion that 's being preached, and which is back ed up by the power of the Holy Ghost. Like at Decatur, the meetings are characterized by a swee’ness and -aneness, hut sinerity and intensity of purpose, that captivates the peo(ilr. -.ms-aved. * Many Christens have been greatly advanced in !,heir Christian experience. The nufcU ~ is cordially invited to these services. No Clues Uncovered In Death Os Chicago Woman Chicago. March 7.—(United Press) —Despite a requestioning of all witnesses, authorities today had uncovered no clues that may aid them in solving the mysterious deatli of Mrs. Mabel Wood, young wife found dead in a bathtub in her apartment here. Roy Wood. Husband of the girl, is in Evansville, Tnd. but was expected back today for a conference with officials. Howeve]- the officers admitted they expected to learn nothing materia! from another interrogation of him. So far the authorities have encountered a stonewall in their attempt to solve the mystery. The girl was found a week ago. lying In a bathtub, apparently the victim of a murderer. Several persons have been taken into custody but all have succeeded in satisfying the authorities that they know nothing of Mrs. Wood's death. Two Men Killed In Explosion At Buffalo Bufft-fo. N. Y„ Mar. 7—(United Press) —Two men were killed in an explosion at the Atlas plant of the Standard Oil Company here today. The explosion rocked the city and surrounding towns. Four men, reported missing, were accounted for. The dead are Patrick Kirby, 35 and George Christ, 41. They were working near a tank of narafine in which the explosion originated. Damage caused by the explosion and resultant fire will amount to $500,000, it was reported. Class in homes within two miles of tho plant was shattered by the terrific explosion. e o Burkett Man Kilted 1 Warsaw, Ind., Mar. 7. —(United ' Press) —Lafayette Van Dorn, 75, of 1 Burkett, near here, died today from i injuries received when struck by an automobile at Burkett.

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MAZER TELLS OF I UNDERWORLD PLOT! AGAINSTMELLETT i Man Indicted Ford Murder Os Canton, Ohio, Editor, , Makes Confession I | “ IMMUNITY PROMISED MAZER BY ST A T E t Canton, 0., Mar. 7. —(United gress) —Louis Mazer, indicted for the killing on Don it. Mpilett, has made a | compleete confession of the underworld plot against the life of the militant editor, Henry W. Harter, Jr., county prosecutor, announced today. In return for the detailed statement implicating others in the assassination conspiracy Mazer has been promised immunity, the formal statement said. ’/ Mazer will be used as the state’s main witness in trials of others implicated in his Harter said. “After a 3-hour conference with Ora Slater and me, Mazer made a complete confession that me belteve to be true,” the statement by Harter said. “I expected to use Mazer as a state's witness before the grand jury and i uthe murder trials, and if his testimony is the truth he will he granted complete immunity,” Harter said, “His information is very valuable, particularly against those already indicted, and while It may not and probably will not result in new indictments immediately, the state thinks it will aid materially in clearing up the entire conspiracy.” Mazer's statement, Harter indicated, named Pat McDermott, serving a term of life imprisonment, as the man who fired the shot that killed Mellett; Ben Rudner, millionaire bootlegger, recently convicted of the killing, also was named in the statement. Meanwhile, plans were under way to rush the trial of Floyd Streitenberger, former CantoJ detective Jndteted last week for the murder. JACOB AMSTUTZ DIES SATURDAY Aged Farmer Dies At Home Near Berne; Death Due To Dropsy Jacob Amstutz. 74, of near Berne, died at his home in that city Saturday. Death w’as said to have been due to dropsy. Mr. Amstutz was born in Switzerland, but moved to this country many years ago. He has been a farmer his entire life. Mr. Amstutz is survived by his wife, Catherine, and the follow.ng children: Jacob J. and Christian Ainstutz, of Geneva; David and Catherne, of Berne; Anna Neuenschwander and Elizabeth Habbeger, of Berne. One son, Abraham, preceded the father in death. Mr. Amstutz was a member of the old Mennonite church. Funeral services will be held from the home at 12 o'clock, noon, Tuesday. Burial will take place in the church cemetery. o Ray Moncrief Growing ' Weaker This Afternoon Only slight hope was extended this afternoon for the recovery of Roy Moncrief. well known auto dealer of this city, who is ill at the Adams Coun- , ty Memorial Hospital, with pneumonia. Oxygen was being administered in order to prolong life. Members of his t immediate family were "summoned from Greenfield yesterday. At 2:30 p o’clock this afternoon he was growing . weaker. New Court Bill Passed Indianapolis, Ind. Mar. 7.--(United I Press) —The senate today passed the p Salwasser House bill to create sepai rate superior court judicial circuits i for La Porte and Porter counts by a vote of 16-16.

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Auto Struck By Two Locomotives; Driver Only Slightly Hurt J Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 7—(United Press) Albert Mason, 2Ri Detroit, Mich, is recovering today from injuries received when his car was struck by two locomotives at a grade crossitig here. Mason drove into the path of the first engine and his car was carried several feet before tossed aside by, '.hP pilot of the engine. Witnesses pulled him from the wreckage of the automobile as a second locomotive struck It. LABGE AUDIENCE HEADS CONCERT Mennonite Male Chorus, Os Berne, Pleases In Sacred Concert Here The sacred concert given by the Merfninite Male Chorus, of Berne, at the Zion Reformed church last night, was rendered before ail audience that taxed the capacity of the church. Ghairs were brought in to accomodate the crowd. The Berne men delivered a splendid and inspirational message In song. Every number was rendered in an efficient way and throughly gnpoyed by the large concourse of people. The offering amounted to $63.10. The service yesterday morning was also an important and inspirational one at the Zion Reformed church, when a class of nineteen adults was received into the fellowship and membership of the church by adult baptism, letter and renewal of profession There was a message by the pastor on the suhjt|L't, “The Rock of Ages and the Corner Stone of Life". On Palm Sunday, a class of cateehumes, the members of which have received a course of instructions, will he received into full membership of the church — o Old City Hall Destrovcd By Fire 25 Years Ago Today -Local firemen recalled today that 25 years ago tonight the old city hall and calaboose, located on Monroe strett where the present city hall nowstands, was destroyed by fire. The building was burned to the ground. No prisoners were confined in the jail and, out of the ruins, the public spirited citizens organized and with the approval of the council started plans for the erection of the present modern building. Child Saved From Burning To Death Bv Boy Scout When he heard screams coming from the direction of a neighbor's bonfiro. Scout Edward Komlosky of Troop X. Richmond Heights, St. Louis turned in the direction of the blaze to find the clothing of seven-year-old Teddy Vickery aflame. The Scout seized the child, placed him upon the ground and rolled him over and over until the fire was extinguished. Bov Scouts Mark Roads At Wellsburg, West Virginia Boy Scouts of Wellsburg, the county seat of Brooke county, W. Va., have performed an unusual good turn by marking all thoroughfares leading into and out of the city. Not only did the Scouts make the highway signs themselves but these, in addition to designating particular roads, included information of distances to other towns and cities. Tenderfoot Boy Scout Rescues Boy From Well Clarence Swingel, age 12, is a tenderfoot member of Troop 121, Boy Scouts of America, of Perma, Ohio, but he has learned enough through Scouting to climb down the sides of an abandoned well to the rescue of a six-year-old hoy who had not only fallen in hut had broken through the ice at the bottom. The scout seized the clothing of the other boy and held on until aid came. Their calls attracted passersby who rescued both.

[ JAPAN SHAKEN 1 BY EARTHQUAKE; TOLL IS HEAVY Nine Girls Killed In Spinning Mill; Much Property Is Destroyed I COMMUNICATION IS INTERRUPTED Tokio, March 7.—(United Press)— Reports of death anil destruction caused tefday by an earthquake which was most severe !n the region of Ki)>e and Osaka began arriving tonight. Nine girls in a spinning mill at Sakai. near Osaka, were killed and 25 persons were injured when a dormitory there collapsed. At Kyoto the famous Amariihes bridge, longest and hiehest railway bridge in the far east was reported to > have been shaken down. t Reports from Kyoto today indicated that tile quake had hen severe in the l Maritime districts north of that city. Wire communication with many areas i was interruted tonight and ihe wildest 1 sort of rumoors were current. i Many plate glass windows were I smashed at Kobe and Nagoya report- . ed houses unroofed and windows bro- . ken. Nine persons were known to have 3 been killed in Osaka, according to a ] message received here at 11 p. m., and 100 were injured. It was feared 3 that thre had been considerable loss , of life and injury in the provinces of h Tango, and Tajima. Many portions of these provinces were cut off from rj communication tonight. j e,_ o i Price Os Crude Oil Reduced Further Today i Pittsburgh. Pa. March 7. —(United Press)—Further reductions in the price of crude oil were announced by the Joseph Seep purchasing agency here today, six grades being reduced 10 cents per barrell, while three were r reduced 15 cents. Two grades remainj ed nnrhangd. II —o 1 'JUDY SELECTED ; TO TRY SINCLAIR | Rich Oil Operator Goes On t Trial For Alleged Contempt Os Senate Washington, Mar. 7—(United Press > a jury to try Harry F. Sinclair, rich t oil operator and race horse owner, for alleged contempt of the senate was selected here today m district supreme court. Sinclair is under indictment for re- ’ fusing to answer questions put to | him during the senate oil investigation three years ago. After the jury was sworn, court was * adjourned until tomorrow on request r of U. S7 District Attorney Peyton Gordon, who said he was not ready to proceed. Sinclair is under Indictment for rel fusing to answer questions of the senate public lands eommittee durr ing investigation tlirel years ago of 5 oil leases by the navy and interior r departments. It will provide anoth- ; er test of the senate's power to force witnesses before its committees. ? The U. S. supreme court has held / witnesses can he summoned before r senate committees. Sinclair was indicted March 31, 10 4, nine days after lie declined to reply to committee questions. * Second Lenten Sermon To Be Given Tuesday y i, The sugjeet of the series cf sermons a to be given by the Rev. Charles F. Glrf ardot, of Bluffton, at the St. Marys i Catholic church in this city during I- Lent, will he on the subject, “Etere nity". The first of the Lenten sermons e will be given Tuesday evening at 7:30 a o'clock. Rev. Girardot will deliver a J series of six sermons at the local church during the Lenten season.

Large Shipment Os Candy Passes Through Decatur •» The largest single shipment o£ candy ever made to New York City re , eenfly passed through this city, xi < the Erie Railroail The shipment, enroute from Chicago to New York, consisted of ten full carloads of candy bats, all of one kind and hi and. The candy weighed 4UU.000 pounds consisted of 2.000.0 W bars. If the bars were placed end to end they would make one bar about 126 miles long. This same candy manufacturing company I shipeil two trainloads of these bars to the pacific coast about two weeks ago. G. W. PATTERSON EXPIRES SUNDAY Pioneer Resident Os Decatur Dies At Age Os 82 Years Sunday Morning George \V. Patterson, 82, lifelong resident of Decatur, died at his home on Line street, Sunday morning, at i o’clock. Death was caused by senility. Mr. Patterson had not been in t * good health for several weeks, due to his advanced age. George Patterson was horn in Decatur, in 1845. He was the son of James and Eliza Patterson, both of whom are deceased. He lived his entire life in this city and, at the 1 time of his death, was one of the ' oldest native citizens of Decatur. He 1 was a charter member of the Odd 5 FeKow lodge and was a member of * *• the Presbyterian church. 5 He Is survived by his wife, Ida Cox 1 Patterson, and four children, Glenn and Donald Patterson, of this city; Ruth Rapp, of Syracuse, Indiana, and Mary Nelson, of Chicago. Five graudr children also survive. One son preceded the father in death, i Mr. Patterson was the last surviving member of one of the very earli ,- est families of Decatur. He was born r tn Decatur and lived continually here i all the 82 years of his life. He saw j Decatur grow from a hamlet of two . or three houses to Us present size. He united with the Presbyterian church during the ministry of the ■ -Rev. 2. 11. Nevlus. The remains may be viewed at the Patterson home on Line street from 7 o'clock to 9 o’clock tonight and I from 8 o'clock to 10 o'clock tomorrow l morning. Private funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, with the Rev. I Harry Fernthiel, of the Presbyterian church, in charge. The Odd Fellows will have charge of the burial, which will be made in the Decatur cemetery. 9 0 1 Countv Commissioners Hold Session Today 5 The county commissioners were in session today, it being the regular - monthly session. The forenoon was de--5 voted to checking up and allowing of - hills. The bids received last week on stone and other road material and 3 graders were also taken lip today. To--4 morrow will be road day and, in all '• probability, the petitions for the hard 1 surfaced road improvements running west from Monroe street and from '' Fifth street on Nuttman avenue will ? be ordered published. - f ' St. Joseph School Pupils 1 Repeat Program Sunday e '• The children of the first and sixth grades of the St. Joseph Catholic e schools repeated the Washington birthday program in the auditorium of ■’ the school building Sunday afternoon. 0 Several hundred people attended the programs which consisted of a little play on George Washington, by the first grad, the meeting of the Nations by the sixth grade pupils, and the play “Three Little Kittens” by the first grade pupils. s —.— o r- Polios Chief Assassinated s Sofia, Mar. 7.—(United Press) — K Four bomb throwers today assassin- >'• j a ted the chief of political police, s j The four men, so far unidentified, 0 entered police admUnlstratlon a'building. The cashier opposed tile il, four and was wounded. The men | escaped with a Jarge sum of money.

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TWENTY BILLS ARE PASSED IN 2 HOURS TODAY Senate Votes To Repeal Registration Laws; Abolishes Board Os Pardons UTILITIES QUESTION BOBS UP IN HOUSE Indianapolis, Mar. 7. — (l nited Press) Repeal ol‘ all registration laws, abolition of Hastate board of pardons and strict application of the budget system in local units of government were foremost among measrues passed by the Indiana senate today and sent to the > governor. Speeding up in an effort to dispose of the seventy-nine house hills before it on third reading, Ihe senate cleared 20 measures off its calendar in thp first two hours of today’s session which may continue until after midnight. Half that number of senate hills and resolutions were passed by the house of representatives which also found time to concur in late senate amendments to house hills and killed four measures by indefinite postponment. The house bill for repeal of registration laws passed the senate 26-18 over th eoposition of a number of senators. Recommendations contained in Governor Ed Jackson’s address to the legislature were answered when the senate added its approval to that, of the house for abolition of the pkrdons hoard and stricter application of the budget system. The pardou board measure introduced by Rep. Lemuel W. Pittenger, majority floor leader of the house, provides for abolition of the state board and authorizes hoards of trustees of tho state prison, reformatory, woman’s prison and state farms to ex-offic'o pardons boards for their respective institutions and to make fecommendations for clemency to the go v t-rnor. The budget measure gives the state' •tax board authority f- reduce, local ’evies or budgets to specify what budget items are effected and prohibits the transfer of funds from one appropriation item to another. The utilities question bobbed up in the house today when the senate resolution ca*ne up memorializing congress to enact legislation requiring that appeals in utility rate cases might not he taken to the United States supreme court until recourse had been taken to state courts. The house passed the measure 7C-6. Later the house approved, 52-2. r >, the senate resolution instructing the Indiana representation in congress to introduce legislation preventing utilities from gaining release under constilutional amendments hy requiring proofs of confiscation. YOUNG MOTHER SHOT TO DEATH WDtnart Shoots Minutes After Latter Gave Birth To Child Red Dank. N. J., March 7.—(United Press) —Mrs. Christine Stobel found her 16-year-old daughter Rosa, lying on the floor of the basement of their home here today, a new-born babe in • her arms. She returned upstairs procured a . revolver, and going back to the base- ■ ment, according to a signed confession > prosecutor John J. Quinn said she i made to him, shot her daughter to > death. > The shooting took place about half an hour after the child was born. The mother, officers who arrested her and the proseoutor said, showed - no sign of hysteria and said she kill- - ed the daughter, whose baby was horn out of wedlock, deliberately. I, Officers said they learned that rey cently the mother and daughter had e quarreled because of Rosa's friend* n ship for a man whose name the officers have not yet revealed.

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