Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1927 — Page 1

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jTmoreopat CARS DYNAMITED IT WE BANDITS Bandits Place Dynamite In RoadWay; Escape With $102,000 In Cash FIVE MEN ARE H HURT IN BLAST Piteburgh, Pa., Mar. 11— (United Press) Five men were injured, two probably fatally, this afternoon when 9 bandits dynamited two armoured pay ( fiirs of the Brink’s Express company, carrying the payroll nf the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal company and escaped with about $102,900. Two charges of dynamite hart been jfaced in the roadway over which the pay cars passed and were discharged from a battery situated about 100 yards from the road. The charges, placed 60 feet apart in the road, due holes of sufficient depth to bury the armoured cars. Sinzing the sacks containing the payroll, the bandits entered a touring car. bearing a Pennsylvania license and disappeared in the direction of Library, Pa. Posses are searching for the auto, believed to have been stolen. o — Libel Suit Against Ford Comes Up Detroit, Mich., Mar. 11 — (United Press.)—With the date o£ trial only three days distant, opposing counsel In Aaron Sapiro's million dollar lipel suit against Henry Ford today wrangled over issues in the case. Sapiro. Chicago lawyer of Jewish descent and organizer of co-operative market organizations' among farmers, is suing the automobile maker and his Dearborn Independent for a series of articles which bitterly attacked organizations and operation of the cooperatives. HI AGAINST DEATH IS LOST -— 1 Evanston Young Man Dies After Friends Keep Him Alive For 108 Hours By Max Buckingham, (U. P. Staff Correspondent) Evanston, 111,, Mar. 11. — (United Press.)—Death has won its struggle against the loyal, loving hands that 101 more than 108 hours pumped “borrowed life” into the body of Albert Frick. The 22-year-old salesman who would ave died last Sunday but for the rhythmic pressure on his nv Plr .r two,

Mams County To Honor Gene Stratton Porter

A «ion is soon to be taken by the J'” 01 children of Adams county, sec-* <iwu tlle comnuin ‘ty in general, to I „ C * e Elephant Rock" now placed i orki le ( ' ourt House lawn as a memto Gene Stratton-Porter. nenni h >, aCtiOn ” Pon the part of our ecutin ° aors ° Ur people an( l in ex-, an ,/ BUCh a pro P° Bi tion betokens done Pref ' ati ° n of no,)le work, nobly nf " d abUity ’ ,poll their own part Phases onSe* f ‘ ner m ° re gl ° r, ° U 9 Presonf P ° rter Wa ® a nati °nal leader in IS m eIOTb * beauties of That i„ u * the of the worl<t I the thought onr 811 ’ 10 She brought ' to I as an th ~ ’ lle ItHe child as well "dose Ul 3.’« people {hose marvelous teries that nature ’ E R o-called mysveil ami . reW asi(,e the obscuring ina H its J < 7» ea!e ' 1 God ’ givan beauty “ ! s ? e - '• ’«’■ honor o’ i ‘ be WOUI<I not care for °‘ herMlf - but rather that her

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Alleged Confidence Man To Be Returned To Gary Indianapolis, Ind March 11 —(Unit ed Press) —Claude Worley, chief >. detectives of the Indianapolis pcllci department, indicated today that Albert Phillips, alleged confidence man. would be turned over to authorities o. Gary. Ken McNair of Gary, identified Phil 1 lips in the Mabion county jail late yesterday at the man who swindled him out of SIO,OOO. Prisoners in the jail were lined up and McNair without a moment’s hear- ] tation picked but Phillips. MRS. WOLFORD EXPIRES TODAY I Aged Decatur Woman Dies This Afternoon; Lived Here Six Years Mrs. Rush Wolford, 70, of North Sixth streed died at 3:15 o’clock this afternoon. Death was due to a complication of diseases. Mr. and Mrs. W >l- - moved to this city from Fort Wayne about six years ago. The husband survives. No funeral arrangments have yet been made, but it is thought services will be held Monday. o Railroad Is Intervener In Van Swearingen Merger Washington, March 11 — (United Press) —An order permitting the Dejtroit and Mackinac Railway to beI come an intervener in the application !of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad to I acquire control of the Erie and Piere Marquette railroads. Ore latest Van Swerlngen merger move, was enter Cd today by 1 The iriTeVstaT? commerce commission. ________o _____ Pastor Os U. B. Church At Morocco, Ind., Dies The Rev. Cecil R. Smith pastor of the local United Brethren church received a message this morning announcing the death of the Rev. H. G. Pence, pastor of t’ne United Brethren church at Morocco. Indiana. Death came suddenly as Rev. Pence j preached to his people on Sunday. I Rev. Pence was born in Whitley County 63 years ago. He has known Rev. Smith all his life, as they lived only a quarter of a mile aport at Collins Indiana, before entering the ministry. The funeral services will be held at Plymouth. Saturday afternon. at 2 o’clock. Rev. Smith will attend, together with the other United Brethren minisi tens from his county and district. Bunker Hill Rank Cashier Shoots Himself Peru, Ind.. Mar. 11. — (United Press) —A. M. Zehring, 42, cashier of the State bank at Bunker Hili, eight miles south of Peru, sho* and killed himse’f today in the bank building. Tire bank was closed for the day after the suicide occurred. Nothing is known yet as to the condition of Zehring’s accounts.

i works should have that honor. Such is the thought that Adams county has in mind. Are we as a county presuming I when we wish to be first in such a memorial? Who or where has better right, might be asked, than Adams I county to assume to lead in memoiy of this woman's work? On April 21, 1 1886, Gene Stratton-Porter came to Decatur the county seat of Adams' county, Indiana, as a bride of Charles Dorwin Porter. Mrs. Porter was then 23 years of age and for 25 years she was a loving wife and mother and an inspiration in Adams county. In 1887 i at the old Porter homestead within a ! stone's throw of the Court House, her ' only child was born. A year later, the little family moved to Geneva upon the banks of the Ltmberlost, 16 miles from the county seat, and still in Adams county. At this place, for more than two decades, they lived and loved and had their being. Here youth (CONTINUKD ON I'AGK TWO)

foil OF QUAKE MOUNTS RAPIDLY; MAY BE 10,000 More Than 9,000 Known Casualties In Devasted Area Os Japan MANY FOUND DEAD IN RURAL DISTRICTS Tokio. March 11 (United Press) — The casualty list in the southern Japan earthquake took a great jump today when communication was restored to isolated interior points. The entire district rocked by the quake, there were more than 9.000 known casualties and the figure pro- , bably will exceed 10,000. Many persons were found dead on isolated farms in the rural districts, i scores apparently had died of exposure when inpuries due to the quake prevented them from seeking shelter as storms swept the area after the tremors. Physicians and nurses making their way into the more sparsely settled districts found plentiful evidence of starvation and privation which foil :w---ed Monday's tremors. With their houses destroyed and all their belonging lost, the few uninjuted on the farms were unable to save the injured. Decatur Rotarians Attend Griswold Rites C. E. Bell, C. J. Voglewede, W. A. Klepper and Henry Heller went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to attend the funeral of Burt J. Griswold, civic day morning itfiifi to double pneumonia day morning dut to double pneumonia. The local men attended the funeral as representatives of the Decatur Rotary club. Mr. Griswold being a leading Rotarian in Indiana and a past president of the Fort Wayne club. The services were held from the Plymouth Congregational church at 2 o'clock. Burial was made in Lindenwood cemetery. "LOVE CULT" IS FOUND IN WEST Police Investigate Mysterious Cult Having More Than 1,000 Members Oakland, Cal.. March 11—(United Press) —A mysterious “Love Cult,” said to have more than a thousand members in the west, was object of police investigation today. Authorities declared it masqueradeed as a sacred order to cover up immoral practices. Obscentity, District Attorney Cail Warren of Alameda county said, formed the chief ritual of the cult. His preliminary investigation caused the arrest of two women charged with contributing to the delinquency of a 17-year-old girl, Carolyn Mervin. The cult was named “The sacred order of the White brotherhood” by its founder, Mrs. Gertrude Wright, lie of the women arrested. Miss Emma Gibbs, one of Mrs. Wright's chief disciples. is also held. "The White Brotherhoot’’ customs were said by authorities to include immoral relations between men and women members. The investigation was started when the mother of Miss Mervin told police that the girl and Miss Gibbs had s:ent the night at the home of Russel and Lloyd Allen, alleged cult members. Man Is Killed In Fight Over Package Os Cocaine Gary. Ind., March 11. — (United Press) —One man was dead and another dangerously injured here today following a fight for possession of a small package of cocaine. Ref ago Rivera, 27, was shot to death when he attempted to wrest the drug from Clrilo Silva, 37, during an alleged drunken brawl. Rivera inflicted several serious knife wounds on Silva whose condition is serious.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 11, 1927.

To Aid In Revival ■ ' Dean McGrew Dean McGrew, of Gibson City, 111., will assist the Rev. Cecil R. Smith in a series of revival services at. the United Brethren church, in ’.his city, stalling Sunday. U.B.CHURCHTO ’ HOLD MEETINGS Series Os Services To Open Sunday; Pastor To Have An Assistant Tile United Brethren church of this city will begin a series cf meetings Sunday and continuing every night for the next two weeks. The pastor will have the assistance of Dean McGrew, of Gibson City, Illinois who will direct the song services and assist in other work. The local church extends to all a welcome to x come to these services and to assist. Mr. Me Grew will arrive Saturday and will meet those who will assist in the choir at the church Saturday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The pastor will bring the message on Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock and Mr McGrew will assist in the services. The evening services will begin at 7:30 o’clock on Sunday evening and at 7:30 o’clock on week nights. 0 Fourteen Sentenced For Vehicle Taking Indianapolis, March 11.—(United Press) —Fourteen persons today face ! prison sentences and fines for vehicle taking following a session of criminal court here devoted almost entirely to auto thieves. Fifteen cases of vehicle taking came up before the court, one cf which was d'smissed. Os the fourteen convicted, the mapority were under 21 years of age. o TWO FREIGHTERS COLLIDE IN FOG One Vessel, Valued At Million Dollars, Sinks With Valuable Cargo Aboard New York, Mar. 11 —(United Press Two freighters, proceeding slowly in a fog in lower New York harbor, codded todfiy bjetw'een Bedloe’s Island and Bobbin's Reef, off the Sta’aie of Liberty. One of the vessels. El Sol of the Southern Pacific line, quickly sank. The other vessel, the Sac City of the American Diamond line, received a huge hole in her prow. There was no loss of life. The El Sol was valued at a million dollars and her cargo at perhaps another million. “We were below when the collision came.” said a member of the crew who seemed to be spokesman for a group of survivors. "Suddenly there was a crash, the boat careened and rolled and wo were shaken violently. We ran on deck and they were making ready to lower away a lifeboat. We jumped in. “One end of the boat was lowered fas'er than the other and finally everyone in the boat was thrown out into the water. “Tugs came along and picked us up,’’ ■

FIFTEEN LOSE LIVES IN TWO RESIDENT FIRES Nine Perish In Blaze At Saltsburg, Pa.; Six Die In New Jersey ONE FIRE FOLLOWS FUNERAL SERVICE — Salteburg, Pa, Mar. 11—(United Press)—An entire family of seven persons and another mother and one chi wdlere burned to death when fire destroyed the home of Clarence Marsh in Tunnelton, six miles from here today. Only one occupant of the house, Harry Montgomery, escaped. He leaped from a window to save his life. The dead: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Marsh and their five children. Mrs. Harry Montgomery and one child. The fire followed the funeral yes-| terday of a sister of Mrs. Marsh. The fire, which started at about 1 am., had gained such headway when discovered that it was impossible to rescue any of the persons trapped in the burning home. The bodies of the children were found in bed as if they had been overcome by smok** and died without awakening. Montgomery, the sole survivor of the tragedy, brokenly told what he know- of the blaze. He said his wife had awakened him, and together they made their way to a window, opening :t and preparing to jump to safety. Both vFcro 'c*ad only in night Nothing, and he decided to stop in their flight to get some elo’hes to nrofect them from the cold. He groped ills wav bock through the smoke, found a few garments and returned, to find that h’s wife was no longer waiting for him at. the icovTivrun ow ricp. thhrki PICKING LEADERS FOR SCOUT DRIVE Chairmen Being Named For Camnaiirn In Behalf Os Area Council Plan Chairmen are being chosen this week for the various committees which will conduct the campaign in Adams county in behalf of the proposed area council for Boy Scouts of America. It is hoped that, wilhin the next two weeks, the people of Decatur and Adams county can be sufficiently interested in the plan that they will give their hearty support. The proposed area council would include Adams, Wells, Allen and Whitley counties, and would be known as the- Limberlost council. It is pointed out that an area council, such as is proposed here, would insure permanancy of Scouting in each locality, make it economical, supply trained supervision, and train Scoutmasters and troop committees. The need of a Boy Scout organiza. tion in every community is well defined. In a recent survey of conditions among boys in the city of Fort ■ Wayne, it was found that the Juvenile courts of that city had 234 boys in court during 1924. The years of 12 to 15 are the years of greater delinquency. i The ages of the delinquents were as . follows: 8 years, JI: 9 years. 16; 10 years, 16: 11 years. 22; 12 years, 31; ! 13 years, 28; 14 years. 42; 15 years, ■ 54; 16 years, 20; 17 years, 3; 18 ; years, 1. The causes of delinquency was ■ shown, in the Fort Wayne survey, to ■ be as follows: lack of parental coni trol, 75 per cent: bad home condi- > tions, 15 per cent; misdirected leadI ers, 6 per cent; feeblemindedness, 4 per cent. Three-fourths of all the I boys have no real man influence in ' their lives. The Boy Scout organizat tion supplies the real man influence and supplies valuable substitute for i the parental control and bad home conditions.

School Bus, Loaded With | Pupils, Upsets In Ditch Huntington, March. 11. —A bus loaded with 266 pupils of the Huntington township school, plunged over a six foot embankment and upset In the ditch at the side of the road, Wednesday afternoon, when a Dusenberg eight, driven by Lewis Stanek, crashed into the rear of the bus. The children escaped uninjured. The accident occured near the Greenwood church, three miles south of Huntington, county jail, charged with speeding and reckless driving. MAMMOTH MOVIE MERGER FORMED Kieth Vaudeville Circuits Included In Giant Combination In East New York. Mar. 11.—(United Press) —A mammoth combination of motion picture interests by which the film interests of the Keith-Albee and Orpheum vaudeville circuits, Pathe ; Exchange, Inc., and the Producers Distributing corporation will be merged was announced today by the Keith interests. . The merger, involving millions of dollars, has been perdicted here for several weeks and final agreements were signed last night. The vaudeville circuits of the KeithAlbee and Orpheum organizations, it was said today, only the motion picture interests being affected. The two companies are the largest vaudeville chains in the world, controlling almost all American vaudeville. Banking organizations said to be associated with the deal are Blair and Co., Merrill-Lynch company, and Jeremiah Milbank. Details of the plans for operating these four companies under one management were not made public. No name for the merged interests lias yet been decided upon, it was said. o Renreecnfativp Os State J Tax Board In City Today James A. Shaughniss special reprel sentati've of the state board of tax commissioners, was in this city today giving final instructions to Jay Cline county assessor. Mr. Cline reported , that work had started in every township and that he thought the assessors would have their work done several days before the specified time. Mr. Shaughniss departed this afternoon for his home at Angola. o Clarence Soulier On Honor Roll At Purdue I Lafayette, Ind., March 11—Clarence Leo Spuller, of Decatur, a sophomore in the schol of agriculture is one of 155 students on the Distinguished [ Student list of Purdue University for the last semester according to the list as given out today by President Edward C. Elliott. This list is the schoI lastic honor roll for the first half of ! the present school year. To gain a place on this list, a student must have at least three fourths of his or her grades A and nothing below a B, for the semester's work: On . the list as given out today were 44 freshmen, 36 sophomores, 41 juniors , the largest number since the Disting- , uished student list was started two ! and a half years ago.

0 President Invited To Sneak At Dedication Os New Park In Hammond Washington, March 11. — (United Press.) — Seventy-eight boosters from the Calumet region of Indiana, including mayors of Gary, Hammond, East Chicago and other cities, arrived here today to invite President Coolidge to dedicate the new Wacker Memorial park in Hammond. The delegation, led bj’ Senator Watson and Representative W’ood of Indiana, was to see the president today. The delegation, headed by Senator Watson, rpn., Ind., called at noon and Mr. Coolidge took the invitation under advisement.

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STEPS TAKEN TO SECURE REMOVAL OF MUNCIE JUDGE Impeached Judge Refuses To Leave His Bench In Delaware Circuit Court DALE’S ATTORNEY FILES THE PETITION Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 11 (United Press) The light I<> ileniove Judge Clarence Dearth from the bench of the Delaware county court was carried Io the supreme court today. Dearth has been impeached by the general assembly of Indiana, but has refused to leave his bench in the Delaware county court. Thomas V. Miller. Muncie attorney. presented a petition tor a writ of prohibition to the court today, asking removal of Dearth. Miller submitted a brief in support of the petition and the court heard oral arguments in behalf of it. The arguments had not been completed when the court adjourned at noon and Miller was to continue his arguments this afternoon. Before opening of the afternoon session of court, the supreme court justices announced that Frederick Van Nuys, attorney for Dearth, -would be asked to apnear and present arguments on behalf of his client, before the court decides on i‘s course of action. The arguments on M Iler’s, motion were heard behind closed doors. Justices Gemmill. Travis, Myers and Martin were on the bench. The ipetit’on was presented by Miller, attorney for George Dale, Muncie publisher, in behalf of eight participants in the elect on contest case of John Humphries, defeated Democratic candidate for sheriff. REGISTRATION LAW REPEALED Governor PiffpngerBrewsfer Bill: 25 Other Measures Signed Indianapolis, March 11. — (United Press) — The Pitlenger-Brewster bill repealing the Indiana voters' registration law today was transmitted to th* secretary of state bearing the signature of Gov. Ed Jackson. The registration repealer measure was among twenty-six bills which were signed by the Governor yesterday. Six of the bills became effective at once, having emergency clauses. The others will become effective upon promulgation of the 1927 acts of the legislature by Governor Jackson in May. Before the Governor affixed his signature to the registration repealer bill. Otto Fifield. treasurer of Lake county, called on him to urge that the bill be allowed to die by pocket veto The governor said lie would folio - / the sentiment expressed by a majority of the legislature in seeking to remove the registration law from the statutes. All bills that have not received the Governor’s approval Saturday will fail

to become laws. The Governor has signed the O’Rourke bill extending the time for maturing of municipal improvement bonds to 52 years and the Scott bill permitting lots in Lake couu'y subdivisions to bf assessed for drains and ditches. The O’Rourke bill applies to track elevation projection for Pori Wayne. 0 Teachers’ Institute To Be Held At Monroe Saturday The regular monthly teachers institute will be held at the Monroe high school building Saturday. Professor Dale Winger, of Manchester College, will give an address during the forenoon. *

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