Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1927 — Page 1

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interference With Marion County Grand Jury Alleged

■BSE? OF JURY IfcjMHEWAS I OFF® TO HIM B lieged Bribe Said To Have ecn (Hb red To Protect ■E Indianapolis Mayor „ ■kcharge of 9 ■ h ry IS SOUGHT ■ I'uL. April 1 I. [e ■| l .‘b.<l I’r-s) An allidavil mil rlcr<“iu'i‘ \x illi Ila annul jury in3 Hv|slig:ili"n ' I alleged political if rni |,i |l ,'> w.is tiled in iriiniiiB J ( . m i I <• \ bx Prosecutor \V. Reniv II all a I 1 simvd l,v ( I '"* 11 member of the manti (1 ■B| r ,'ass l rled a bribe of $2,000 Kgjpl i |<)i> were oilel i d Adit > ; . weald md vole for the inof Mavor John L. Dtiof Indianapolis. - bass of the affidavit. a«ked en',im online; to the affidavit i I later withdrawn by IB Im- li .Vantage, former number ■ p: tit- -I es public safety in |^Mi : anapolis. A- Collins, of the .K. :. '<><>k under adviserequest to dismiss the — HT ’_ t ■Th;’ Ji.ry session was adMonday, when Collins fill ride the motion. m i< hod by James Arm ' Ai hey’s affidavit, “and Hi -k. d mo 'o favor Mayor |^B' V?/:1 - t 1 ' li" Sos what the evi■E ftinep was. ■hM'd'. i.o-d me not to vote to inK Ft Duvwhether there was any ■B evidence for such acor This proposal was in a B alien which took phiro tar first of March.” IBg o —■ SHu r’- bind R:» epa Ia u ■ Service Sunday Evening BMTbr . .il.it'ieate service forth • MBhkhni l ■ "...sj.jp pig]] school seniors |MB>"i'.h <>:' <i>, brethren, at 7:30 o'clo-k “•'I Warne superir i lent Wayne district of th" MethBh n ’ : !'i •••i church, will deliver There are sixteen gradn- > ' <iil;i;.nd olass this year. ■lll COLLECT I DUESTUESDAY IBiifliisii i d Association Memi [ hershin Drive To Be I Held Next Week H I Have your Industrial Association ■■tie; ready next Tuesday " ■ is the st’gan adopted by the B^B ir( '<tois of tlie Decatur Indust Hal ■ 'Wtalion. who will Si.art the anHHi'.tl cMiocti ,-,f dUM npxt Tuesday B^B' orn ' | v. witii the goal set a* 200 mem- ■. — — 18 1 ne ' >tn ' a, “ of; ' a tion has completed I Bl" ' ,llan ' < l(,r i,ie year aa ' in, ' i ’ c ' j,inns ■ 1,1:11 ' f will ’ea busy year for the I Wi"' a ' < ' ll ' 1 Efforts will be made t i get B B 11 '"’ several factory project*, with ■ V ’°"’ ()f Retting them to Ina'? E in Decatur. I annual dues are $5 a member, *' ’ s *h p desire of those in charge I <om,) ' < ’ t e the membership drive in li. ' The entire city has been di- ■ B'" 1 in helions and those in charge I P vai ’lous sections will be anI Tomorrow. ■ B^" r, '° rooms will bo com- £ P,p '' c ' p aned, and remodeled, acE B° r .' r ‘ K 10 f hoge j n charge of rooms, E k °P®n for the public as soon ■ ■* e bnprovements are .made.

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EARL CARROLL IS STILL IN STUPOR Doctors Unable To Determine Cause Os Strang; Malady Affecting Theatrical Producer Greenville, S. C„ April 14.—(V.Pj — A stupor which lias gripped Earl Carroll, New York theatri al producer. for more than 29 hours continued unbroken at noon today. Doctors and nurses were In con slant attention at his bedside and as yet have been unable to determine the cause of the strange malady. They said his condition continued “critical." Mrs. Carrol, wife' of the drapper young producer, who was enroute to serve u year and a day in Atlanta federal prison for perjury, arrived at the hospital this morning after a speedy trip from New York. WORK STARTED ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY Traffic Between Decatur And Monroe Being Detoured Over Mud Pike

Woik of improving Federal highwaj j No. 27, south of Decatur between this I city and Monroe has started. State detour signs nave .been erected at Adams and Second streets and nation al and state road traffic is being sent from Decatur to Monn o on the Mud Pike road, which i°ute leads southeast on Mercer avenue to High street and then south on High street. The distance from Decatur io _?>tonroe is net nui.e than a mile farther by way cf the detour, and the rpad ii reported to be in good condition. Tnc state road will be close l fcr so-, eral weeks, while Hie liar 1 surface f s placed on it for a distance of more then five miles. The contract was let several days ago, and it stipulates that '.he work must be completed in toe minimum amount of time, and it is ■ ossible that the road will be ready for travel same time this summer. , Other roads in the county are in good condition. :.ud the recent rains did not injure them to any .great extent. Township road superintendents have been busy the test several days, ard reports f om all parts of the county are to the elfcrt that tlie roads are moulding into ml.l-seaso-. shape. o ■ CATHOLICS HOLD IMPRESSIVE SERVICE Holy Thursday Observed This Morning; Special Services On Good Friday / —a Impressive services, incident to the observance of Holy Thursday, were helti this morning at 7:30 o’clock at St. Mary's Ca'holie church The Rev. J. A. Seimetz, pastor, said the mass and several hundred members of the congregation attended. The Catholic church on this day commemora'os the institution of tlie Hoh- Eucharist. Many received holy communion during the high mass (ind at 6 o’clock this morning. Tomorrow, Good Friday, the mass of the pre-sanctified will be celebrated and, from 12 to 3 o'clock in lhe afternoon, the Three Hours will be observed by prayer and private devotions. Many CathoXcs visited the church today and made private devotions before the Blessed Sacrament. n Sun Set Park To Open Easter Sunday Dan Zeser, manager of Sun Set. park southeast of the city, announced today that the park and dance pavilion will open on Easter Sunday, April 17. The opening dance will be hold Sunday evening and the Carolina '■’otton P'ckers will furnish the music. The public is invited to attend. Mr. Zoscr stated that the grounds had been put in shano for v’sitors and tha*. interesting features will be added to the park throughput the season.’ Sun Set park was opened last -iimmer and, during the summer, hundreds of people visited the beautiful wooded tract.

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EAST-WESTROAD DESIGNATED AS HIGHWAY NO. 1S State Highway Commission Takes Over Road From Ohio Line To Huntington ROUTE EXTENDS TO ILLINOIS LINE i hc rotifl between Iluntinglon and the Ohio state line, passing east and west through this city, yesterday was designated by the state hiuhwav commission s road No. 16 and it will henceforth be designated by that nuniber. This was announced at a meeting held in the rooms of the commission at the state house yesterday morning. and attended by delegates from Wabash, Peru, Huntington and Decatur. Messrs, tai E. Peterson, Charles I'.urdg and J. IT. He’ler repre'■‘nted th's community. The commissi n also announced that the surveyors are now at work getting necessary data so that the road for a distance of some miles between Logansport and Huntington can be let for raving this year. It is the desire to nave ’he road entirely across th" state during the next three years. The road joins with No. 24 at Hunt■ngton and extends on to the Illinois line where it merges with No. 8. At the Ohio line, it meets No. 109, which is to be changed to No. 17 extending Ouxoigh lh*l staivu. , . To Imnrove Road Mr. Earl D. Williams, of the highway coinmiss’on. announced, however. that the members of the commission could not come here to definitely decide the route for several weeks, though promising to do so in the near fu'ure, and assured all present that It would be done during the vear and some necessary work started for putting the road in condition. Senator Mercer, of Peru, acted as general chairman for the delegations •ihd talks were made by the senator, Mr. Conner, of Wabash, Mr. Ball, of

ICOVTIXI KII OV I’xa*? HIGHT) LIBRARY GETS RARE PICTURE French Ouinn Presents Of I imherlost Swamp To Library Mr. French Quinn has presented a photograph of a scene in the “Limberlost” swamp of Adams County, taken by Gene Stratton-Porter some time between the year 1890 and 1900, to the Decatur Public Library. The picture is one of the main channels cf the swamp and in the foreground, is shown Charles D. Porter, the husband of Gene Stratton-Porter, fishing from a flat bottom boat and a boatman poling the boat. This picture is rare for, after diligent search, no other picture scene of the Limberlost has been found. The picture was given by Mrs. Porter to her sister, Mrs. Florence Strat-ton-Campton, more than thirty years ago and recently was given by Mrs. Compton to Mr. Quinn. Mississinpi Valiev Gets Flood Warnings Washington, April 14. — (U.P.) — New flood warnings were issued by the weather bureau today for the Mississippi valley and other middle western points. Continuance of heavy rains will create such danger that “all persons interested are urged to take all necessary precautions against still higher river stages during the next two weeks. Below the mouth of the Ohio river the crest stages, provided the levees hold, will likely equal and may possibly exceed, those of the great flood of 1922, the bureau announced.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 11, 1927.

Hartford City Men To Sink Oil Well At Geneva Haltford City, April 14 —M. L. Anderson, south Cherry street, is organizing an oil company of local stockholders to dull a well on a lease, upon which he has an option in Adams county, near Geneva. It is planned by Mr. Anderson to drill one well now? costing approximately A2.000. In an ,'inuouneeing Hie formation of the c< inpany, Mr Anderson states that the teritory which he has an option, is proven teiritory with wells drilling near by. T lis lease is located in t'.e same towmhip in which the Uichbe ne Oil company, recently incorporated for $100,(*00, has holdings. This field was opened u.) about a vear ago. Oi- is found in this field in the Trenton rock formation at a depth of about 1.125 feet. o FLYERS REMAIN IN AIR 51 HOURS Two American Civilians Set New World’s Record For Sustained Flight Roosevelt field New York, April 14. —(United Press) — Bert Acosta and Clarence Chamberlain, American civilians, came back to earth in their tiny monoplane today after having remained in flight longer than any other aviators in history. They broke the American and then the world's record for sustained flying and set a new mark some more than 5 hours better than any previous figure. Their fete brought back to America a record which went to France in 192::. Their plane was American built, the fliers Americans and the flight was made over American soil. The unofficial landing time was 12.42.16 p. m. Those unofficial figures would make their record 51 hours and 12 minutes against the previous world's record of 15 hours 11 minutes and 59 seconds. ppF.F MFJtf/riNnq ARE M ELL ATTENDED

Serviois At Evangelical Church This Week Appear To Be Greatly Appreciated The pre-Easter meetings being held this week at the Evangelical church are well at'ended, much better than one year ago. These services are being increasingly appreciated by the people. It is only fitting that true Christians should be in a worshipful attitude during these eventful days in the life of their Lord and Saviour. The service tonight will cluster around the Lord partaking of the Passover feast with His disciples for 'he last time and His instituting the new Passover feast: the Lord’s Supner. There will follow- the opportunity for all Christians to commune with one another and with their Lord in this sacrament, which was on the last Thursday of his earthly life set up by Him. This service will begin at 7:30 o’clock. The only illumination used dur’ng the service will be an illuminated cross. The people are urged to enter the sanctuary reverently and ouietly for prayer and meditation. For fifteen minutes before the regular service, there will be the playing «ofly of devotional hymns. This will be 7:15 to 7:30 o’clock. The public is cordially invited. Friday evening will conclude the week night services. Two More Pronerties In City Change Hands Several property sales in this city during the past few davs show the continued activity in that line which is always a splendid sign of prosperity Col. Roy Johnson has sold the C. E. Bell property, on Jefferscn street, to Russell Debolt. The house was formeroccupied as the Baptist parsonage. The Gusta Cramer property, on South First street, has been sold to Mrs. Sylvia Palmer. This deal was completed today through H. S. Michaud and Col. Johnson.

GOLDSTINE AND RIELLY BEING RETURNED HERE Sheril! Hollingsworth rind Party Go To State Prison This Morning TRIAL S C H E 1) U L E 1) FOR MONDAY MORNING Sheriff Hail Hollingsworth, and two other men, whose names could not be learned, left at 4 o'clock this morning for Michigan City, where they will take into custody Sam Goldstine and William Rielly, who have been at the state penitentiary for safe keeping since their alleged kidnapping of Sheriff John Baker and Deputy Sheriff Dal M. Hower several months ago. The two men are scheduled to go on trial in the Adams circuit court, in thi.-, city, Monday, for ?.».tomobije bandi'ry, and assault and battery with intent to kill. They are expected to arrive in the city about 4 or 5 o’clock th's afternoon and the two alleged bandits will be taken at once to the county jail, where they will he kept during their trial here. Goldstine and Rielly both have nrison records and, when arrested, they were out on parole. Goldstine has about 7 years and Rielly has 11 vears to serve for previous crimes. They were taken to Michigan City some time ago for safe keeping and were brought to this city for trial, but a 60-day continuance was granted and they were returned to the state prison. Two of the men’s attorneys have withdrawn their appearance on their behalf, and it is not yet known who w ll represent them at the forthcoming tr'al. Attorney H. M. DeVoss, of n ecatur. has been retained by Rielly. No indications have been given by Goldstine or Rielly as to what they w 11 do at the trial or what they will use as '.heir defense. The trial is scheduled to start Monday morning. Prosecutor John T. Kelly and Dore B. Erwin will represent the state in the case.

TRACTION LINE FILES PETITION F«rt Wavne - Decatur Co., To Abandon Line; Blames Automobiles Indianapolis, Ind., April 14.—HNS) Laying the blame for decreased revenue upon the huge increase in the number of privately owned automobiles in the territory which it serves, the Fort Wayne-Decatur Traction company today asked tlie Indiana Public Service commission for authority to discontinue operation on its 22 miles of road between Rudisill avenue. Fort Wayne, and Decatur. In its petition, the company sot forth that the number of passengers carried annually had been decreasing steadily. The revenue, the petition said, never was sufficient to pay dividends. During the last three years, the revenue was insufficient to pay the interest on outstanding bonds, the petition said. The Fort Wayne-Decatur Traction company is the second interurban line in Indiana within a year to fall before the encroaches of the American family automobile. Last summer, the Lebanon-Thorntown line was forced out of business by the increasing number of privately owned automobiles. The Fort Wayne company’s petition alleged that the company had been forced to compete against an over increasing number of privately owned cars as well as a railroad line operated between the two cities. The petition pointed out that there are no towns or villages between the two ci'ies. Farmers along the route did not provide sufficient patronage 1o (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

TWENTY-SIX MINERS TRAPPED IN OKLA. All Reported Alive In Prison 110 Feet Under Ground Near Henryetta Henryetta. Okla., April 14. — (UP.) -Twenty-six miners trapped 110 feet underground in the shaft of the "Old Wise” mine, one mi's from hero, are all alive and awaiting rescue, according to word from mine headquaters here today. Communication with the trapped miners was established through a drill hole shortly after noon and word was passed up that all the men had escaped drowning when the walers of McDonald creek rushed down the shaft. SEARCH FOR DEAD CONTINUES TODAY Rocksprings, Texas, Swept By Cyclone, Resembles Army Camp In Wartime Rocksprings. Texas., April 14 — Presenting the appearance of an army camp in time of war, Rocksprings continued its search for dead today. The known list was definitely placed at GO and 160 injured had been accounted for as a result of Tuesday's disastrous tornado. Os tlie injured, a score may die. Three of the injured died in San

Antonio Hospitals last night and two more died enroute to San Antonio. There are 55 dead here the most of wiiomwil 1 be buried today. Army and Civilian surgeons and doctors conducting tliew ork of caring for the injuries fear that more dead may be found in the debris of tlie town before woik cf cleaning up is finally completed. Soldiers stood on guard today while the clean-up work continued, several units arrived here yesterday, with Red Cross nurses and ambulances. The injured were being taken from Rocksprings to San Antonio in special trains, ambulances and a few by air plane. o GIVE t, FOR DR. LIGHT Members Os Ministerial Association And Their Families Hold Social Gathering The members of the Decatur Ministerial Association, together with their respective families, met at the United Brethren parsonage last night, for a social and fellowship gathering. A delicious cafeteria dinner was serv-| ed at 5:30 o’clock. The gathering was a.farewell for Dr. and Mrs. Somerville Light, who are leaving for Bristol, Indiana, today. The Rev. O. E. Miller, president of the association, spoke in behalf of those present, to which Dr. Light responded with a short talk. Dr. Light recently resigned as pastor of the local Methodist church, after a pastorate of two years. He will retire from the ministry and reside at Bristol. He has been in the active ministry for forty-five years. 0 STFPMFNSON kfpt tn SOLITARY CONFINEM’T Former Klan Leader Is Punished For Communicating With Friends Outside Prison Michigan City, Ind.. April 14. — (U. P.) —D. C. Stephenson, former klan leader in Indiana, now serving a life sentence at the state prison here is being kept in solitary confinement as the result of the discovery that for several months he had been in communication with friends outside, it was learned today. Stephenson’s isolation was revealed after '.he dismissal of three guards at the prison who were charged with having aided him to send and receive letters unknown to authorities. One of the discharged guards already has denied that he had anything to do with the communications, saying he resigned “on account of old age,”

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CASH IS FOUND NEAR WATER TANK IN OHIO CITY, 0. Bandits Believed To Have Abandoned Auto And Boarded Train There SUSPECTS STILL HELI) AT VAN WERT BULLETIN Muri Eybarger, of Linn Grove was reported to have identified one of the men held at VanWert in connection with the Payne bank robbery as one of the bandits who held up and robbed the Bank of Linn Grove, a few weeks aijo. Both men were identified today bv L. C. Poland president of the Pavne hank, as the bandits who held him up. Tuesday. Van \V»*rt Ohio, April 14. (United Press) Tile 12.000 itis'i sluleii froiii tin Farnici's ♦nd Citizens Bank al Pavne. 0.. bv three bandits Tuesday has b<«en recovered. Sheri IT A. L. announced todav. t he monev was found near a vaiter tank- in Obin C.ifv where •bree men thought to have been •!><• bank b-m<lifs al»an<lon<v| •Loir onto and boarded a freight innm. T. C Pn’pnrL nrpo’dpnt nf hnn]<. an fl P ,T T.lohal PfUtnr nf thp Raflpc♦nr. v-urp iinnble to idpntifv Gnorr n AHnmp'fp. 20. of ,Tnhn«fnn. Pa., and r P A»‘inn. 29 nf TVoffton. Tnd.. as ♦ w-n r.f tl»n hnnrlltg who fnrppfj fhnm ♦ n Ha .rn the floor when thev robbed <’»p bank. Dfvwl T.vhnrP’Pr. pp«l»lpf nf T ?nn nmvp. in A Hama rniwtv this nffprnonn «'rnf ♦ n Van Ob ! n, In «« nP’zsrt MpnHfv thn *M’n nwn "'n tbo Van Wprf rnnnfv inil ♦wn nvr-n who rnbbpd fLn Honk of ’ inn Gm vp spvptal weeks aeo. n At 7lnn T nihoran Church Dlvfn»» r-n-.-lpAq will bo conpnrfojl In (bo Rno-li«h Tappiinire. at the Zio 1 r.ntl.oran church. Vrlrlov ovonin**, liovinnino- nt 7-30 o'clock TTnlv Comma'’io n will bo celebrated during those services, confessional services beginning at 7 o’clock. A cordial invitation is extended to worship at that church during these services. BEGIN WORK ON PARK SATURDAY Lcgionaires Plan to Remove Tombstones From Abandoned Cemetery At 6:30 o'clock Saturday morning, the work of transforming the old abandoned cemetery on Winchester street into a beautiful memorial park will be started, and by sundown that that evening, a great change will have been made, according to members of the local post of the American Legion who will work there Saturday. The Legionaires have agreed to donate their work in removing tombstones from their present locations and place them in a pyramid formation in one corner of the tract. After this is done, the ex-service men will level off the ground and place it in condition for seeting. Paul Graham, commander of the Legion post, today requested that all Legionaires be on hand promptly at 6:30 o'clock Saturday morning in order that the work can be completed that day. Mr. Graham, also, s'aletl that the assistance of any business men or public spirited citizens who are not members of the Legion will be greatly appreciated. Persons who assist with the work are asked to bring a shovel, pick or some other tool with which to work, teams will be provided.

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