Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1927 — Page 1

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SINCLAIR CASE TO GO TO JURY SOON

JURORS ARE TOLD WHAT FORD SAID ; JBOUT mr. sapiro ■ «-w ’ Attorney Lays Charites Be- , fore Jury In Million I 10l- , lar Lihei Suit — I FORD'S COUNSEL ' scores VICTORY > Court Room. Detroit, March'l6.- 1 (United Press.) -The Ford-Supiro jury ’ today *as told the things that Henry Ford said about Aaron Sapiro causing Sapiro to demand a million dollar jibel judgment against Ford. Through two hours of the morning session of court today William Henry Gallagher, Sapiro’s attorney, read from the allegations of libel, and at the end of that time had only competed the analysis of three of the twenty articles published in the Dearborn Independent and involved in the case. He showed the jury pictures of Col- I orado potato patches, California celery i fields and pear driers with captions j beneath them which Gallagher said , charged Sapiro with exploiting the ( owners of those fields, driers and po- ] tato patches for the benefit of Jewish bankers. j He read paragraph after paragraph, ( the jury listening intently. , Perhaps the most significant de- ( velopment as far as actual conduct of j the case is concerned came unobtrusively, however, when at the instance , of Sen James A. Reed, chief of Ford's . trial counsel. Gallagher was limited in , the matter of how far be could go in , his opening statement in reference to, , Jews and racial questions. li marked success for Reed in his , initial effort to carry out his firm determination to keep what has come to be called the "Jewish question” out of the trial. 0 Drug Store In Fort Wayne Ordered Padlocked Indianapolis, March 16. — (United Press) Federal Judge Thomas Slick today ordered the A. E. Pevert Drug store at Fort Wayne padlocked for one year for liquor law violations. ——o Convicted of Blasphemous Libel Toronto, Ont., March 16 —(United Press)—Ernst V. Sterry, the first man in the history of Canadian jurisprudence to lie found guilty of blasphemous libel, today was sentenced to serve six months in the Ontario reformatory. SEEK SLAYER OF CHILDREN Father Believed To Have Smothered His Two Children To Death In Chicago Gary, Ind.. Mar. 16 — (United Press The bodies of two small children lay in the morgue here today as police continued a search for Walter Scholl, the father, believed to have smothered the tots to death. The theory that Scholl may have committed suicide after killing the children. Vivian, 8, and Donald, 6, ,p d police to conduct an extensive search of the Dunes wastes along Michigan. The bodies were discovered by authorities after a letter from the chiidren’s foster mother, Mrs. Marsatet Scholl, Chicago, had reached ,? m ’ asking them to hunt for the children. Searching the deserted home form’’r,y OCCU Pied by the Scholl family, 0 lc ® 'Ound the two bodies lying on Ini-t i° f f heir bruised and disP ' faces bearing witness to the saTi- InadP t 0 smother them. Police „ 1 had been dead about a week. ™ had made threats to kill foil °i and children to friends following hiß Beperation from hlB „ a ou t a month ago. time < iVed in St ' Louis for « short ffie during the winter.

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Three Youths Held For Slaying Os Girl Brooklyn, N. Y. March 16.--(United Press)- Three youths in their "teens" were under airest today In connection with the slaying of Anna L. Harris, 16, who was found dead in her mothers homo Monday. Walter Goldberg, 18, next donr neighbor of the Harrises, was formally charged with the slaying, although he said the girl accidentally shot her self as he rucffled with her for poss ession of the pistol. Arthur I urificato, 17. and Albert Bassi, 18, weie held for questioning They admitted they had gone with him to get a doctor after Anna was shot. o AUTHORIZED TO WIDEN STREET Julius Haugh (lets Permission To Widen Street In Front Os New Garage Julius Haugh, owner of the new garage building on Not th Third street will bo permitted to widen the street in front of his property five feet, by setting back the curb and sidewalk, the improvement being made at Mr. Haugh’s expense. Last evening. Mr. Haugh appeared before the city council and asked that, permission be given him to widen the street at that point and the committee granted his request, Mr. Haugh, sometime ago, filed a petition with the council asking that the block on Third street, between Madison and Monroe streets, be widened five feet on each side hy setting back the curb and sidewalks. Later, two of the peHGrmers wwuln-w thvir-rent-** from the petition and the council voted against the granting of the petition. Mr. Haugh will make his own improvement in front of his. property and will do it under the supervision cf the city engineer, it was stated. Ordinance is Modified The ordinance increasing the li-

{CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) REED SUMMONS HIS COMMITTEE Senator Announces His Committee Will Proceed With Pennsylvania Probe Detroit, Mar 16.—(United Press) Senator James A. Reed. Democra', Mo., in an interview with the United Press today, announcde he had summoned the primary fund investigating committee to meet, in Washington Saturday for the purpose of proceeding with the Pennsylvania inquiry. Reed said he probably would not be able to muster the full committee but that he was of tire opinion the alleged ballot frauds of two Pennsylvania counties should not rest until next session of congress. "The investigating committee is a permanent body,” Reed said. Although my resolution was blocked during the final hours of congress the commlt'ee has authority to impound the questioned ballots and not wait until next session." Reed also said he was willing to contribute SI,OOO, or perhaps more, from personal funds to finance the impounding if necessary. Following decision of the committee to gather in the Pennsylvania bal lots. Senator Keyes, Republican of New Hampshire, chairman of the audits’and control commiu.ee which approves expenses, refused to sign an expense voucher for SI,OOO to allow David S. Barry, sergeant-at-arms of the senate, to go into Pennsylvania and get t.he ballots. “The committee has more than $30,000 for expensed but they won’t let us use it,” Reed said. ‘ Rather than let a matter like that block our work I will give SI,OOO, or more if necessary, to finance it.” Reed is confident legal objections to the committee’s activity because of the blocking of the Reed resolution would not stand in the way of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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“Crankcase Cocktails” To Be Chief Bootleg Product After April 1

Washington, Mar. 16 —(United Press “Crankcase cocktails" will be virtually the only kind of liquor bootleggers can supply after April 1, federal prohibition authorities said today. On that date the new denaturing alcohol formula goes into effect substituting aldehol for pyridine. This change takes out a deadly poisonous fluid but inserts a liquid that is absolutely undrinkable, it was stated. "We feel that the new method will end diversion of industrial alcohol nto bootleg channels," Dr. J. Doran, chief prohibition chemist told the United Press. ‘‘ln two or three months we will be able to determine whether the test is successful.” Smells Like Auto Exhaust Dr. Doran described aldehol as oxidized or burned kerosene oil, having a smell similar to fumes from the exhaust pipe of an automobile with too rich an oil mixture. "The taste is terrible and it is very

Prince Os Wales Stays On His Horse And Wins Cup In Race At Bicester Bicester, Eng.. March 16.—(United Press)—The Prince of Wales, riding his new steeple chaser I’ark Courtier, today won the Lord Manner's cup in the Grenadier Guards Regimental point-to-point race at the Bicester hunt meeting. Wales thrice previously had attempted to win the cup, but today's was his first success. Fifteen horses ran. .—o Berne Junior Play Pleases Large Audience. Derue. Mar. 16.—An audience which almost filled the community auditor-1 turn, witnessed the presentation of the play, ‘‘Billy,” by the junior class of Berne high school, last night. The production was greatly appreciated by the audience, as evidenced by the many and lengthy rounds cf applause. ! All of the amateur actors acquitted themselves in a splendid manner. I The play was directed by Mrs. James R. Blair, of Decatur, assisted by Miss Caroline Hirschy, class sponsor. It was pronounced one of the best home talent plays ever given tn Berne.

MRS.DAMMEYER CALLED BY DEATH Wife Os Fred Dammeyer Dies Os Dropsy At Home Near St. Johns Church Mrs. Fred Dammeyer, 57, residing on the Decatur-Fort Wayne road near St. Johns, died at 11:15 o’clock last night, following an illness of dropsy. | Mrs. Dammeyer died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clara Kline. Mrs. Dammeyer was born in Allen county, December 26, 1870. She lived her entire lite in the neighborhood of St. Johns church nad was a prominent member of the St. Johns Lutheran church. Two children survive. They are Mrs. Clara Kline and William Dammeyer. One brother, three sisters and three grandchildren also survive. Three children preceded the mother in death. Funeral services will be held from the home of Mrs. Clara Kline, Friday afternoon, at 1:30 o’clock (standard time) and from the St. Johns Lutheran church at 2 o'clock. Burial will •ake place at the cemetery at the church. __Q_ Couple Chooses Death Rather Than Separation Topeka, Kas., March. 16. —(United Press) —Rather than face a separation necessitated by the Illness of the wife, a middle-aged couple here chose death. Mrs. FT«n C. Covell had been ill for months and it was feared she would live only a short time longer. Covell entered the hospital yesterday, after writing his wife a letter, shot the woman through the head as she lay in a bed and then committed suicide.

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nauseating.” ho continued. "Persons who attempt to drink liquor containing aldehol will become violently sick of the stomach but will suif< r from no seiious after effects unless taken in huge quantities. "Manufacture!s of industrial alcohol were allowed *0 use pyridine in their formulaes until April 1, so as to use up all stocks on hand. "Virtually all grades of industrial alcohol can now be classed as nonpoisonous but still non-drinkable.” Officials say bootleggers already have engaged expert chemists to learn if aldehol can be rectified from the alcohol. The illicit rum vendors are spending thousands of dollars in research work to thwart the government’s latest move. Federal chemists are also busily engaged in trying to improve the formula and they believe the prohibition unit can stay at least one jump ahead of the bootleggers.

WARREN CASE EXPIRES TODAY Paralysis Claims Life Os Resident Os Willshire, Ohio, Community Warren Case, 68, died of paralysis at 7 o'clock this morning at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shell, on the OhioIndiana state line, near Willshire, Ohio | Mr. Case was stricken with paralysis ' more than two years ago. Warren Case was a son cf Mr. and Mrs. Wash Case. He was born neat; Willshire, Ohio, in February, 1859. He was married, first to Malissa Jackson and later to Emma Ault both of whom preceded him in death. Surviving are one daughter. Mrs. Shell; one son, Calvin Case, cf Fort Wayne; one sister, Mrs. Ida Teeple. of near Willshire and one brother, John Case, of Lima Ohio. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. o T. J. McDowell Dies At Marion, Indiana Word was received here this afteri noon of the death of T. J. McDowell, ' 76, of Bluffton, father of Frank McI Dowell, former Decatur resident and well known here. Mr. .McDowell died at Marion at the home of his daughter. He had been a lifelong resident of Bluffton. No funeral arrangements have been made. JOHN JOHNS DIES AT ROANOKE, IND. Retired Carpenter, Os Decatur, Dies At Home Os His • Son This Morning John Johns, 83, retired carpenter of this" city, died at the home of his son Heiman Johns, at Roanoke, Indiana, this morning. Mr. Johns had gone to the home ot' his son to spend the winter. Death was due to senility. John Johns was born January 3, 1844, in Ohio. He came to this city when a young man and continued to live here the remainder ot his life, with the exception of few months which he spent at the home of his son. He was a member ot St. Mary's Catholic church. He is survived by two sons Herman, of Roanoke, and Ron.an, of Fort Wayne, and one daughter. Mrs. Mrs. Peter Schafer of Fort Wayne. His wife also survives. The remains were brought to this city this afternoon and may be viewed by friends at the Herman Tettman home, on South Third street. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9 o’clock at St. Mary's Catholic church, and burial will take place in the St. Joseph Catholic cemetery.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IN DECATUR IS BEING SOUGHT Factory Employees Petition City Council To Adopt Plan For Summer COUNCIL REPORTED TO BE UNFAVORABLE Does Decatur want daylight saving time? I.ast evening, a committee headed by Fred Engle, as chairman, appeared before the city council and asked that the council give consideration to the plan of adopting daylight saving time in Decatur. Mr. Engle stated that he represented the employees’ association of the General Electric company and that a number of the employes of the Decatur works and also employes of other factories had requested that daylight saving time be adopted in this city. They stated that it would give them more time after working hours for recreation, industrial baseball leagues or whatever they might care to do. The matter was brought up last night, Mr. Engle stated, for the reason that the Fort Wayne city council was being requested to adopt the daylight saving time schedule in Fort Wayne, petitions being circulated in that city by the employes’ associations of the different factories. Several of the councilmen discussed the matter and the suggestion was made that if daylight saving time was desired, the factories themselves could adopt the plan, without the whole city changing to the new schedule. From the opinions advanced. mbjt p£ tbfi, cpnncilmen do not favor the daylight saving plan. They believe that it would be a great inconvenience to the farmers and others. Misunderstandings would result in train schedules, they state, and visitors would bo confused, if the plan were adopted, they stated.

The matter was referred to the judiciary committee and it Is not likely that they will make a report until the next meeting, which will not be held until April 5. It was requested that if the city adopted the daylight saving schedule, it be established on April 1. o LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS SERMON Rev. Girardot Preaches Second Os Series Os Lenten Sermons Here Au audience which filed the church, heard the Rev. Charles Girardot, pastor of St. Joseph’s Catholic congregation, Bluffton, deliver the second of his series of Lenten sermons at St Mary's Catholic church in this city last evening. Rev. Girardot spoke on "Eternity.” It’s the thought of eternal reward in the next life which prompts one to do good, he said. The Catholic church also teaches that there is eternal punishment for those who die enemies of God and disobey His commandments. He concluded by saying, “Are you going to enjoy eternal happiness with Elim or will you suffer the punishment of hell for all eternity?” Rev. Girardot will deliver his third sermon next Tuesday. The Rev. J. A. Seimetz, rector, conducted the services of the recitation of the Litany of the Sacred Heart before the sermon and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament following the sermon. World War Veteran Jumps To His Death Perth Amboy, N. J., March 16 — (United Press) —A world war veteran who jumped to death from the second story window of a Salvation Army hotel here had pawned his war medals to get food, police believed today. xPapers found on the body of Arthur Net ter, 35, St, Cloud, Minn, showed he was awarded the distinguished service Cross and other honors, but the medals themselves were not among his effects.

Woman Says Her Lover Urged Her To Poison Family And Marry Him Salt Lake City, Utah, March 16 — (United Press)-Mrs. Bernhardt Peterson was held In the county jail 'today while authorities investigated her story that a lover iiad urged her to poison her family so she could elope with him. Two children, one her two year old son and a motherless baby of 18 months whom she was reaiing. died after eating food which police say had bee treated with strychnine. Mrs. Peterson told police an into rerent story of a "poison plot" hatched by her lover. She denied she poisoned the food. O BANKER SPEAKS TO LIONS CLUB Donnley P. McDonald. Os Fort Wayne, Explains Federal Reserve System Donnley I*. McDonald, assistant secretary of the Peoples Trust and Savings company, of Fort Wayne, spoke to the Decatur Lions club at the regular weekly meeting last night, on the Federal reset ve system. Mr. McDonald talk was interesting and those present stated that he jiresented the entire system in a clear, concise manner. Mr. McDonald has studied the system for several years, and bis comments last night weie of interest to all business men. He explained the system in full and told how it worked The Rev. Harry W. Thompson read a memorial to Ray Moncrief, who died of pneumonia two weeks ago. Mr. Moncrief's death was the first in the locul club. Headquarters for the Lions club arc In the Industrial rooms over the Graham and Walters office. The plans for the formal installation of the club in this city have been postponed, awaiting cccmpletion of the club house at the Decatur country club.

NEW PARK TO DE BUILT AT ONCE' City To Begin Work Soon On Converting Old Cemetery Into City Park Work on laying out and converting the old cemetery on Winchester street into a city park will be started by the city of Decatur at once. At the regular meeting of the city council, held last evening, the matter was discussed aud the council agreed to start work on the park as soon as weather conditions permit. The city will be limited in the program of beautification, due to the fact that only SBOO is available for park purposes this year. Part of this money will be used in completing the improvements at the water works park and around the municipal swimming pool. The councilmen believe that the old cemetery can be cleaned up, the grave markers removed and built into a shaft and walks or roadways be installed -with the money on hands this year. A plan of beautification, including the setting out of shrubI bery, has been furnished the council by a New York Nursery company, but the plan is too elaborate to attempt this year. Funds will not permit the planting of shrubbery this year, it was stated. The council will continue the improvements at the new park as far as funds will permit and, next year, another appropriation will be made and the work carried on. Within a few years, the place will become a beauti- , ful city park. It will be called I Memorial Park. — o t I Van Wert To Have Eastern Time April 1 l Beginning April 1, Van Wert, Ohio, ■ will have Eastern Standard time, in- ■ stead of Central time. The city coun- ; cil adopted an ordinance to that effect Monday night.

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JURY TO BEGIN DELIBERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON Harry F. Sinclair, Wealthy Oil Magnate, To Know His Fate Soon FACES CHARGE OF CONTEMPT OF SENATE Washington, March 16. — (United Press.)—A plea for a verdict of guilty was made by I'. S. District Attorney Peyton Gordon today to the jury which will pass on the contempt of the senate charge against Harry F. Sinclair, wealthy oil magnate. Gordon said the questions they, must decide bad been proven by the government. The jury is expected to receive the case early this afternoon. Gordon was followed by George P. Hoover, associate defense counsel. Washington. March 16. — (I nited Press.)—The Sinclair contempt of the senate case goes to the jury today. An early verdict is likely. When lawyers have concluded closing arguments, shortly after noon, Justice William Hitz will charge the jury to decide if Harry F. Sinclair, wealthy oil magnate, violated section 102 of the revised statutes three years ago when he declined to testify before the senate oil committee. In view of Justice Hitz's announcement of the instructions he will give the jury, government prosecutors expected a conviction in short order. A jail sentence is mandatory if a conviction is returned. The penalty is from SIOO to SI,OOO fineand one to 12 months in a "common jail.” ——— Two Epworth Leagues To Meet At Pleasant Mills

On Friday evening of this week, the Pleasant Mills Epworth League will hold its monthly business :®<i social meeting. The Pleasant Mills league has kindly invited the Bobo Epworth League to be present at the meeting. All members of the Bobo chapter will meet at the Bobo parsonage Friday evening, at 7:30 o’clock (sharp) and will go in a body to Pleasant. Mills. It is urged that the Bobo chapter be represented by a 100 per cent attendance. Donald Cotter. Homer Barton and the Rev. E. P. White compose the committe in charge. CENTRAL PUPILS RECEIVE AWARDS 1 * Scholarship Awards For First Six Weeks Os Second Semester Announced Scholarship awards for the first six weeks of the second semester were announced today at the Central grade school, by W. Guy Brown, principal. A total of 116 pupils in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades received awards, under the award system installed in the school this year. Os this number. 75 were classed as Leaders and 41 as Diggers. The awards were made as follows: Eight A Students Leaders: Bernice (.’loss, Inez Cook, Georgia Foughty, Helen Koos, Mary Murphy, Lucile Ogg, Gretchen Winans. Dorothy Young. Wayne Zerkel, Jesse Sutton, Harold Melchi, Edward Gauze, James Burk, Maynard Butcher. Diggers: El vena Lough, Sherman Koos. Eight B Students Leaders: Robert Hite. Ruth Winnes, Bernice Knittie. Harold Mumrna, Edward Martz. Diggers: George Helm, Robert Shaw. Seven A Students Leaders: Olive Teeter, Fred Musser, (CONTINUIDD ON PAGE TWO)

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