Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1927 — Page 1

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TODD FUNERAL IS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 2,000 Hundreds Pay Last Respect To Prominent Bluflton Banker Today former GOVERNOR IS A PALL BEARER Bluffton April 4 More than 2,000 persons attended the funeral this afternoon of Ralph 8. Todd, prominent Indiana banker and politician, who ended his life near this city Friday afternoon. Among those attending the services, which were held at 2 o'clock at the Methodist church were many Rotarians ii«m neighboring Hubs, political friends and business friends and associates Burial was made at the Bluffton cemetery. Representative Albert H. Vestal, personal fiiend of Mr. Todd, visited the Todd home yesterday and Senator .lames E. Watson, another of Todd's friends telephoned his sympathy to the ( family today. Ex-governor Janies Go drich. of Winchester, was one of the pall bearers. High Court Must Decide Who Is County Sheriff Jeffersonville. Ind., April 4. —(United Press.) —Who is rheriff of Clark county' 1 That is the question which the Indiana supreme court will be caPed upon to decide. Circuit Judge C. Kopp ousted William A. Baird, incumbent republican, ruling in favor of Hal K. Hughes in a quo warran‘o suit. Baird Imh, served notice that he will appeal. Baird was elected for two terms, a total of four years, but declares he is entitled to serve the unexpired term of his predecessor. Henry Dugan, who died in office. November, 1922. 0 _. Governor Back At Desk Indianapolis, Ind.. April 4 —(United "■ ■ ■ lovern tr Jaeksch w-’Twrit at his desk tiday, following recovery from a severe cold which hud kept him in bed at a Clifty Falls State park hotel during the last week. The governor was said to lie practically recovered. ROBBERS LOOT INDIANA BANK More Than 50 Safety Deposit Boxes Taken From Brown’s Valley Bank Browns Valley, Ind.. April 4.—(United Press.)— Hank robbers early today escaped with more than 50 safety deposit boxes from the Brown's Valley s, ate Bank here after attempting to How the vault. " hether any money was taken from the vault cannot be determined until Bp -fe experts open it this afternoon. T, ie robbers durned a hole through ’he door of the vault, damaging the lime lock, and bank officials were unable to open it. 'ahie of the contents of the safety d' posit boxes is being determined ihtough a check with owners. The oss i s expected to be heavy as many arniers had Liberty bonds and other raluable papers stored in them. Earl Carroll Must Leave For Federal Prison On April 12 _?' P " '° 4.—(United Press) anacled to another federal prisonEarl Carroll will leave on April 12 nr Atlanta with some 25 or 30 other •ion to begin serving his sentence of d year and a day for perjury, fn e ; l<ral ‘* u<lge A - N - Hand today re- _ ' To grant the theatrical producer er 'tT' Pr extenßlon °f time and ordi'itn to surrender on that date. with^ 011 Waa convic,e <l in connection wus i. ' S fam ? us "hath tub” party in c i Joyce Hawley, show girl was eged to have bajhed in a tub of tteaT 5 ’ 16 ° n the BtagC ° f Carroll ' s

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Boy Falls Into Vat Os Acid; Burns Cause His Death Indianapolis, Ind.. April 4. —(United Preus)— Edwurd Fretje 7-year-ohl . an of S. E. Fretje, was dead today from burns received when he fell into a vat of acid. According to the story told by his companions, several hoys pr,*-d 'i board off the fence of the American leather products tannery and were playing around the vat when young FYeltje fell in, • He was badly burned before he could be pulled from the tank, he died In a hospital shortly afferwarn. INSPECT MONROE STREET BRIDGE County Commissioners Hold Regular Monthly Session Here Today The Apr*il session of the board of county commissioners convened this morning ami. judging from the amount of business before the board, it will be a busy session. The board together with County Engineer Dick Boch, inspected the Monroe street bridge, in Decatur, this morning. The railing on the sides of the bridge is broken in several places and the commissioners will, more than likely, order it repaired. Tlie quarterly reports 6f Sheriff Hail Hollingsworth. County Recorder Ed Green and County Clerk John Nelson were filed and approved by the board. The sheriff reported fees collected amounting to $185.95; the recorder. $679.20, and the clerk, tyjti w tm.bi.x.y trui. Cm- mutnajto licenses. The bonds of the district road superintendents were filed and approved by the board. Those who filed their bond were. W. H. Bittner. Louis Selkiiig, August Busick. Martin Bultenteier. C. P. Troutner. Vai Snell, J. A. Hower. Milton Edgell, Sol Luginb 11, Ed Miller, C. C. Beer, J. A. Angshiirger. Vernon .Miller. Otto ,Rav., Milo v--?r-r■ saU-.--and personal security was given Tuesday will bo road day and viewers reports on several roads will be filed. A hearing on the petitions for the two concrete roads leading into this city on Monroe street and Nutt man avenue will also be held tomorrow. State Gets Bids On Highway Detour Markers Indianapolis, April 4. — (United Press.)—The Indiana s'ate highway commission today received bids on material which will be required to put into effect the law passed by the last legis'ature requiring markers for al! state highway detours. Bids were submitted for 5.000 federal detour marker signs by four concerns. the Auto Sign Display Co., of Missouri, the Western Stamping and Mfg. Co., the National Colortype Co., and the S. G. Adams Stamp & Stationary Co. The bids ran from 12 cents to 38 cents per unit, depending upon the nature of the signs. The highway commission probably will award the contracts tomorrow. o Dr. And Mrs. Fred Patterson Are Home Dr. and Mrs. Fred I. Patterson returned last evening from Indianapolis where Dr. Patterson has been taking treatment for the past several months. Dr. Patterson is greatly improved and now weighs more than he ever weighed before. He expects to resume work in his dentab office in the near future, but wi’l confine his work to a minimum at first. o Bicyclist Is Killed South Bend April 4—(United Press) —Micheal Dokior. 65, a factory employee was dead today as the result of being heurled from his Bycy-ne when it was struck by the automobile of Edwin Stephens, 19. Stephens said that the accident was unavoidable and was released by coroner Car! C. Reifels after an investigation,

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EUROPEAN CORN BORER EXHIBIT VISITS DECATUR Hundreds Os Farmers And Business Men Visit Special Train Here Today DAMAGE DONE BY INSECT IS SHOWN The "Corn Borer Special," operated by Purdue University through the cooperation of the Ponnsylvania rail- | i >ad system, arrived in this city this morning and for several hours hun dreds of farmers availed themselves I of the opportunity of learning the hisI tory of the European corn borer. The special train arrived here at 9 o’clock this morning and a constant stream of interested persons filled the two coaches until it departed shortly after noon for Portland. The train, with its staff of competent instructors and advisors, is making a tour of the border counties of Indiana which will have to fight hard the next several years to ward off the borer. Motion Pictures Shown Kellar Beason. M. O. Pence, G. A. Ficht and W. A. Graham, of Purdue University, and Russel East, of the Pennsylvania railroad system,, composed the staff of instructors on the ■ train. Mr. Beason. Mr. Pence and Mr. F’.cht had charge of the car where , motion pictures were shown, show(COXTINI ED ox PIGE SIX> ! o MRS. SADIE TOGO EXPIRESTODAY I Decatur Woman Dies At Home Os Her Daughter > Early This Morning ■* ■ Mrs. Sadie Todd 66, died at the i home of her daughter Alia. May Elzey I of this city, at 4 o’clock this morning i Death was due to dropsy. ; Mrs. Todd was born in Ohio in 1861. I In early life, site moved to this city . with her family and spent most of her life in Decatur and Adams county. She was an attendant of the Methodist church. Her husband preceded her in death. I Mrs Todd is survived by one daughter, Mrs. May Elzey, of this city, a brother. Joon Counts of Indianapolis, and a sister, Mrs. Jenk Richardson, of Los Angeles California. One sister preceded Mrs. Todd in death. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed, but the funeral will oe held from the Elzey residence and bur ial will be made in the Backenstraw , cemetery, south of Decatur, The time and day have not yet been decided. o D. M. Niblick To Attend Meeting In Indianapolis Mr. and Mrs. Dan M. Niblick and son, Harold, will motor to Indianapolis I Tuesday, where Mr. Niblick will attend a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Indiana Retail Dry Goods Association, of which he is a member. , The meeting will he held in the association's state headquarters. Arrangements will be made for annual sumi mer meeting of the association, which , will be held sometime during the month of June. Mr. Niblick was presiI dent of the state association three . years ago. ■ Greenfield Man Gets Life Sentence For Murder Greenfield, Ind., April 4.— (United Press)—Robert Lafollette. 28 was uni der sentence of life imprisonment to- - day for the killing of his brother-in-t law, Oliver Raymond Revelle, 26, at > their home in Greenfield. The crime 3 was committed on Feb. 8. Lafollette pleaded not guilty but the 4 jury returned a verdict of second de- - gree murder. Judge Van Duyn, sen- - tenced him to the Michigan city state prison for life.

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Man Who Accumulates Mere Million Before He Dies Is A Piker Nowadays Income Tax Statistics Published Today Show America Has Definitely Become A Land Os Multi-Million-aires; At Least One Billionaire; Many Have Income Os One Million Annually. (By Joseph S. Wasney. United Press staff correspondent) Washington, April 4 (United Press)—The man who accumulates a m«re million before he dies has taken a backgrond post in the "b'ig business" picture in America. This nation has definitely become a land of multi millionaires, with at least one billionaire, income tax statistics published by the treasury today

JURIES DRAWN FOR APRIL TERM New Term Os Adams Circuit Court Opens Next Monday Morning The juries for the April term of the Adams Circuit Court, which will open, next Monday morning, April 11. were drawn this morning by the two juryi commissioners, E. W. Johnson and M. L. Smith. The February term of court I will close next Saturday there being na vacation between the February and April terms. Members of the grand jury drawn today ate: William W. Hawkins, if Washington township; William Henry Haggard, of Monroe: John W. McCray, of Geneva; Herman Dicker, of Decatur: Fred J. Bracht, of Kirkland township, and Horace Baxter, of Union township. Petit Jury Members of the petit jury are; Simon E. Lehrman, Union township: Ermin Bixler, of Berne; Otto Kirsch, of Decatur; W. J. Hester of Geneve: Luther Martin, Hartford township; Albert Burke. Blue Creek township: John A. Hendricks, Wabash town-hip Jacob Bceiger, Root township; FreJi Geier, St. Maiys township; Edward ■ Lawrence Omlor, Washington; .town; si’.in: Charles w. Fetters, Jefferson .. . . ... . tOWTiShlp, 0 C.W. MERRIMAN, OF MONROE, DIES Lifelong Resident Os Adams County Dies Os Neuritis, Sunday Morning C. W. Merriman, 68, lifelong resident of Adams county, died at his home in Monroe, Sunday morning, at 8 o'clock, following an illness of neuritis. Mr. Merriman had been in ill health for some time. He was wellknown throughout the county as a contractor and farmer. C. W. Merriman was born in Washington township, Adams county. August 13, 1859. He was the son of Henry and Margaret Merriman. He followed the profession of farming for several years and later he became a contractor. Mr. Merriman's wife preceded him in death. He is Survived by one daughter, Mrs. Loma Foster, of Monroe. Mr. Merriman spent most of his life on a farm in Washington township, until 20 years ago when lie moved to Monroe, where he had since resided. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the Methodist Episcopal church at Monroe. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The Rev. E. W. Foster will have charge of the services. Blind Tiger Raids Net Fifty-three Arrests Indianapolis. Ind., April 4. —(United Press)—Fifty-three persons we-e under arrest here today following a renewed police war on blind tigers and gambling houses over the week end. Seventeen were slated on blind tigers, 18 were held on gambling warrants and remainder were charged with vagrancy. Twelve persons were held for statutory offenses.

showed. Net incomes of a million dollars a year have become as common as to b. almost unusual. The number of such incomes during 1925. the latest | year tabulated, was 207. or one motel I than in the heavy war profi's year of I 1916 and 132 more ‘Lan in 1921 Many Evade Tax Officials said literc probably were many other milliondoilar incomes in America in 11*25 unlisted because they Include 1 huge profits - from .taxexempt securities. And still other .multimillionaires are now listed simply as millionaires because lhe I ulk of their fortunes is invest 'd in .jewels and works of art. ! A further increase in million-dollar income reports is expected in the returns for 1926. because of the unpre(cedented prosperity last year, the treasury pointed out. The 1925 tax returns showed seven persons with incomes of more than $5,000,000 each nine with incomes of over $4,000,000; fifteen with Incomes above $3,000,000; twenty-nine in the (CONTINUED ON I’A-E SIX) MUSIC CONTEST TUESDAY NIGHT Pupils Os Decatur Schools Entered In Contest At I). IL S. Auditorium Considerable IfiJbP.tHS a b° w , n .. ng music lovers of Decatur Tn r< gat’d to the city music contest, which will be held at the high school auditorium Tuesday night at 8 o’clock, under the auspices of Miss Dessolee Chester, supervisor of Music in the Decatur schools. I The contest will be open to all Decatur pupils and competition in several groups, such as vocal, saxaphone and piano, is such that much interest is being shown. Miss Chester announced today that Professor James Jones will act as judge in tomorrow night’s contest and he will give comment on the various contests. The public is invited and urged to attend the musincal. Admission of 15 cents will be charged to defray expenses of the contest. Several pupils appearing in tomorrow's musical also will enter the music contest to be held at Herne next Friday and Saturday nights. It is expected that a large crowd will attend tomorrow night's concert and the public is cordially invited to attend. ——. — Woman And Baby Hurt In Automobile Collision Lebanon, Ind.. April 4—(United Press)—Mrs. Don Phillips, living near Indianapolis, was suffering from serious injuries today and her 10-mouth old daughter was slightly hurt as the result of an automobile accident last nig’at. The car in which Mrs. Phillips v a a riding collided with another driven by Harold Proctor, of Lebanon. The drivers of the cars escaped with slight injuries. They attributed the accident to slippery pavements. Mrs. Phillips was brought to i Lebanon hospital. — o Pastor Accepts Call The Rev. Walter M. Elliott, of Garrett, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church at Bluffton. He will preach his first sermon in the Bluffton church on Sunday, May 1.

Bandits Hold Bank Customers At Bay For 30 Minutes; Loot Bank Superior, Nebraska After holding customers at bay for 30 minutes while waiting for the cashier t > return from lunch to unlock the vault two heavily armed bandits this afternoon robbed the farmers state bank here and escap ed with $25,000. When Lloyd Doersma, assistant cashier, retut ned from lunch the bandits were holding J. R. I arson, president of the bank and the seven customers at bay. Forcing Doersma to unlock the vault tliey looted the bank forced the customers into the vault and sped away in an awaiting auto. o— — TWO BOYS FACE LARCENY CHARGE William Lough And William Thompson, Charged With Stealing Spotlight William Lough, 17, and William Thompson, 16, both of this city were, taken into custody by local police last night. The two youths were trailed to this city from Berne, by Marshal Baumgartner, of Berne. Following their arrest, the two boys were taken to the county jail, where it is sa they admitted the theft. Charges cf petit larceny were filed against to two boys in circuit cour. this morning. When arraigned, Thompson pleaded quilty, but Lough entered a plea of not quilty. The court took Thompson’s case under advisement and fixed the bond cf each at S2OO. Neither of the boys furnished bond. Lough was sentenced to serve, »lxty days on the state penal farm, reoently, on a charge of larceny, but the sentence was suspended. —j o i U. S. Submarine Is Damaged In Crash Vallejo, Calif.. April 4. — (United Press.) —The U. S. submarine S-17 was in the Mare Island navy yard for re(iijjrs...today. Yollowing a crash in a : '. ■ ~0. ■ - ■ • Traveling cn the surface ..the.. water, the vessel rammed into a causeway supporting the Mare Island drawbridge Sunday. No one was injured but the S-17 was damaged to an estimated extent of SIO,OOO. Damage to the bridge was estimated at SB,OOO. The crash occurred after the drawbridge tender had failed to hoist the bridge in time to let the vessel through. An attempt was made to reverse the submarine's engines but the mechanism jammed and the craft shot into the causeway. 0 — Mississippi Reaches Flood Stage At St. Louis St. Louis, Mo., April 4. — (United Press.)—Flood waters from tributary streams had brought the Mississippi river to a stage of 31 feet here today and the U. S. weather bureau predicted continued rise. Serious menace from the flood waters was repotted at several points above St. Louis hut there was no danger from floods here. 0 Chorus Choir To Give Cantata Sunday Evening The St. Marys Chorus Choir will give a sacied cantata in the auditorium of the Catholic school building on Sunday evening, April 10. The title ol the cantata is "The Easter Angel” and members of the choir will participate. The cast is being directed by Mrs. L A. Holthouse. The patronage of the public is solicited. Charles H. Baker Is Stricken With Apoplexy Charles 11. Baker, well known Decatur citizen, suffered a stroke of apoplexy yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, and his condition is regarded serious. He was visiting at the John D. Stults home and was sitting in a I rocker talking when the stroke came j cn. He was taken home last evening and this afternoon was reported no 1 letter. He is eighty-two years old.

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FOREIGNERS FEAR MORE TROUBLE IN CITY OF SHANGHAI Foreigners Anxiously Await Decisions Regarding Future Relations U. S. MINISTER GETS INSTRUCTIONS TODAY Shanghai. April I. (5:30 p. m.) (I nihtl Press) Fighting between Japanese sailors and (’hinese at Hankow and the Uniting of Japanese property at the nationalist capital today had aroused considerable apprehension among foreigners here, but it was believed that the international settlement was safe, from any Chinese attack. Excluding the Japanese, there are far more troops and police here than foreign Civilians, and including the Japanese there is almost one soldier for every foreign man. woman and child at Shanghai. Foreigners today anxiously awaited the decisions of their home governments regarding future relations with China and strong action as being demanded on all sides. Unrest among the Chinese was increasing today. S'rikes hampered what little business there is. The Standard Gil Company has closed its Ichang offices and Americans and British were evacuating Ichang today. (J. S. Minister Gets Orders Washington, April 4. — (United Press) —The U. S. government today sent its delayed instructions to Minister Mac Murray in Peking regarding joftrt Americau-Britrsh-Japanese demands to the nationalist Chinese government, the United Press learned today. The instructions are understood to modify the joint draft demands MacMurray submitted to the state department last week after his conferences with the British and Japanese ministers. His new orders permit joint tie,and other outrages, and request guarantees for future protection of for(CtIXTIV'WI* nV I'CC.K TWO» W.C.T.U.TOMEET HERE WEDNESDAY Indianapolis Woman To Speak At Institute Os All Unions Os County Mrs. Minnie Bronson Thomas, of Indianapolis, will be the principal speaker at the institute of the Adams County Women’s Christian Temperance Union, to be held in the Evangelical church in this city, Wednesday Sessions will be held during the forenoon, afternoon and evening, with a pot-luck dinner, served by the Decatur union, at the noon hour. Following is the program for the institute. Morning session, 10 o’clock Devotions, Mrs. S. L. Cover, of Kirkland township Welcome, Mrs. C. E. Hocker, of Decatur Response, Mrs. Minnie B. Thomas, of Indianapolis. Music, by Geneva union Anti-Narcotics, Mrs. Lawrence Yager. Berne. Discussion, led by Mrs. Thomas, Lunch. Afternoon Session, 1:30 o'clock Devotions, Mrs. Sauerwein, of Bettie Solo, Mrs. Allen Miller, of Decatur Address, Mrs. Thomas. Offering. Music, by Berne union. Survey of legitimate business in buildings formt’rly occupied by saloons. Mrs. John Niblick, of Decatur; Mrs. Hester Vorhees, of Geneva; and Mrs. Fred Rohrer, of Berne. Benediction. Evening Session, 8 o’clock Devotions, Rev. R. W. Loose, of the Evangelical church. Decatur. Musical number, Decatur high school glee club, Miss Dessolee Ches--1 ter, director. Address, Mrs. Thomas. , Quartet, Decatur high school girls. Offering. ’ Duet, Decatur high school girls. Benediction.

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