Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1927 — Page 1

WEATHER Thundershowers tonight or Friday. Slightly warmer tonight southeast portion. Cooler Friday.

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WILL NOT SEEK CEATHPENALTY FOR POISONERS Prosecutor To Demand Life imprisonment For Arthur And Dorothea Walser P A I It W I L L B E ARRAIGNED MONDAY Marion, Ind., .lime 9 (United Press) Die death penalty will not he asked lor Arthur tint! Dorothea Walser, prosecuting Attorney Edward C. Hays announced today after the' Walsers had been indicted by (he Grant county grand jury lor first degree murder in the poisoning of Mrs. Walsers 12-vear-old cousin, Clifford Cox. ’ Hays declared that the electric ehair was what Walser deserved for his part in the crime, but that because of the circumstances. he will demand only life imprisonment. The pair will be arraigned before judge J. Frank Charles, Monday, but may not guilty. Grand Jury Reports Former Judge W. A. Kittinger of Anderson, who has been retained as attorney for the Walsers, appeared in court to represent them today, but did not indicate what ‘he plea of the <T>uple would be. The grand jury returned the indictments Tuesday, but did not make its report until today. The are in three counts, accusing the Walsers jointly of first degree murder in two counts ami of second degree murder in the third. The last was added as a precautionary measure and they are certain to be arraigned on the first degree murder charge. The difference between the first two counts is that the second also charges that after Clifford was poisoned, they did not summon medical a'd. Tlie second degree charge specified the nturds r was not premod it a I eil. Clifford died six hours after he was noisoned by the Walsers at their home in Fairmount two weeks ago. It was established that he had been given paris green. The Walsers admii’ed this in signed confessions. The wife, who was married one rear ago at the age of 15. charged her husband had said it was either their two-months-old baby or Clifford and threatened her if she did not assist him. They had insured Clifford for $45(1 and hoped to benefcit by (COVTIM F.I» OX PWK TWO! FORMER GENEVA GIRL IS HONORED Miss Amanda L. Forkner Chosen Delegate To Conference In Switzerland Geneva, June 9—(Special Io Daily Democrat) — Miss Amanda Louise Forkner. former language instructor in the Geneva high school, who is teaching journalism in the Miami. Florida, high school at present, will attend the World Conference on Education. at- Locarno, Italian Switzerland. August 3 to 15, as a delegate from the entire state of Florida, according to word received here by friends of Miss Forkner. She will sail July 2. on the S. S. Republica, for Europe. A large photograph of Miss Forkner appeared in the Rotogravure supplement of the Miami Daily News recently, in connection with her trip to the conference. At the conference, membership is limited to 500 and it is a high honor to be chosen a delegate to the meeting. While in Europe. Miss Forkner will visit England. Belgium. Holland, France, Italy. Germany and Switzerland. She has friends in Paris and she expects to meet other friends at several of the places sh will stoop. Miss Forkner taught in the Genova high school in 1923 and 1921. Her home is in Kentucky.

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Iliijjo Steiner Loses Damage Suit In Ohio The damage suit of S. Edward Shearer against Hugo Steiner, cf Herne, which resulted from a fatal automobile accident near Celina. Ohio, July 1, 19266. was tried in common pleas comt at Celina last week. The jmy found for the plaintiff aud awarded damages In the sum of S6OO. The Misses (Tara and Effie Shearer, brothers of S. Edward Shearer, were fatally injured in the accident. NITOGLYCERINE BLAST KILLS TWO Truck Carrying Explosive Overturns; Driver And Companion Killed Butler, Pa.. June 9,—(UP) A tru k carrying nitroglycerine overturned near Licking Hill, causing a terrific explosion which killed tin 1 driver and a companion and caused much damage in the vicinity. Tlie dead are Frank Greer of Rousville. near Oil City, driver of the truck, and Richard Toxin, also of Oil City. The truck was demolished, hundreds of feet of highway were torn up, telephone and telegraph wires were put out of commission and a house nearby damaged, although none of i‘s occupants were injured. The bodies of the two victims were blown to bits. The nitroglycerine was consigned to the Balvoline oil works here, to be used in well shooting. Enroute from Oil City to Butler the truck careened at the side of the road and overturned. It is believed the truck became unmanageable in some way before the men could leap to safety. o BODY OF HARRY MURTAUGH ARRIVES Remains Os Decatur Man Who Died In San Francisco Last Week, Returned Here For Burial The body of Harry J. Murtaugh. U A Jinny, veteran. arrived in Decatur Wednesday aft-ssnocn, from" San Fran-’ cisco. where death occurred a week ago of double pneumonia. Th® bodv was nccomnnniod here bv Sgt Turpen T’. S. A . and the casket was draped in the American fine The officers and members of Adams Pest of the American T.eeion met the funeral train and escorted the body to the home of Mr Murtaugh’s mother. Mrs. William Murtanrh. Mercer avenue. The fureral services will be held Friday morning, nt 9 o'clock at St. Mary <; Catholic church in this city, and burial will be made in St. Joseph's Catholic f.pp-pfprv The American Leeton will hold services at the grave and members of the post will act as pallbearer*. Mr. Murtaugh had been in the army since 1916. and served in Mexican and in the World war. being stationed in Siberia during the World conflict. o ■- " CnoUiro T« T oav* 4 CapUal Monday Niffht For Indiana Washington, June 9— (UP) President Coolidge will leave here Monday night for Hammond. Indiana, arriving there early in (he afternoon Tuesday for a speech. He will leave that city in the late afternoon, arriving late Wednesday afternoon at Rapid City, enroute t n the south Dakota game lodge for his summer holiday. Union Chanel Children To Give Program Sunday The Union Chapel Sunday school will observe Children’s Day next Sunday evening. June 12. A pageant, entitled. “Nature's Praisefiil Voices.” is lining prepared. The public is cordially invited to attend the service ——o Veteran Postoffico Employe To Retire Portland. June 9 —Miss Kate Filey, for the past thirty years an employe cf the Portland postoffice, will retire from her duties next Friday evening. Miss Riley has served as window clerk at the postoffice. She is eligible for a pension from the government.

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Busy Week-end Awaits Capt. Charles Lindbergh

Washington. June 9 (UP) The 1 Cruiser Memphis with Captain Charles Lindbergh aboard will arrive at Cape Henry, Va.. about 4 o’clock Friday afternoon . and will reach the navy yard here about 11 o'clock Saturday morning or shortly after, wards barring unforseen delays the navy department was advised shortly after noon today by Vice Admiral Guy H. Burrage, who is aboard. Washington, June 9. -(UP) —diaries Lindbergh's schedule for the weekend calls for practically every minute of his time. Tile following illustrates his movements under present arrangements: « Friday afternoon the Cruiser Memphis, on which the flyer is returning, will be met about 10(1 .miles at sea by destroyers, the dirigible I/>s Angeles, and 20-35 airplanes and seaplanes, which will escort it into American waters. Friday nightfall — The Lindbergh profession will pass Norfolk and star up Chespeake Bay. at a speed of about 20 knots (21 miles) an hour. A coast guard cutter will greet the returning hero, and the flyer will leave. Friday nigh' and Saturday morning -up Chespeake Bay ami the Potomac river. 7 or 8 a. in. “Lindbergh Day"—Memphis will reach Quantico. The Los Angeles and additional airplanes willresume their escort, atid the cruiser's speed will be decreased to 12 knots an hour. 12 noon, eastern standard time— Lindbergh will land at Washington navy yard, be received by reception committee, and escorted by cavalry troop along lower avenue. 1 p. m.—Lindbergh will arrive at Peace monument near capitol and 2,m)0 soldiers, sailors and marines will join in procession along Pennsylvania avefnie to the treasury building and the Washington monument. 1:30 —Lindbergh will be decorated by President Coolidge with the Distinguished Flying Cross, and commended. 1:45-President and Mrs. Coolidge will take the flyer and his mother to j.y. r.i 1 v while rithtwiu DUpOflt Circle. Lunch and state dinner with the Coolidges. 9 tit 10 P. m-National Press luh FoSwDUcU CHIEF INDICTED S. A. Lengd Charged With Murder la Connection With Mellett Death Canton. 0.. June 9—(UP)—Arraingment of Seranus A. Lengel. former police chief Canton, indicted for the murder of Don R. Mellett, publisher, will lake place in common pleas court tomorrow, county officials said today. Ix'ngel, 62-year-old storm center in the investigation of the conspiracy of the underworld to murder the publisher of the Canton Daily News because of his militant editorials, was indicted on the testimony of his former aide Floyd Streilenherger. who recently was sentenced to life imprisonment for his part in the plot. The deposed police chief was arrested at his home last night at the sdrne time that the special grand jury returned the true bill against him. “Thev are railroading me.” the former nolice chief said today from his cot in the city jail. “I am innocent.” Strettenberger in his testimony before the grand jury, charged that Lengel was the man higher up in the plot to kill Mellett. who had written vigorous editorials accottsing the police department of being in league with the underworld leaders. County prosecutor Henry W. Harter. Jr., indicated that the trial would begin on July 5. • Louis Mazer, underworld leader, who confessed complicity in the assassination plot, may be sentenced today. The confession mazer made led to the indictment and conviction of Streitenberger, who then made a detailed confusion.

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reception in Washington auditorium. 10 to 11 Minnesota state society reception. Saturday nigh’—the flyer ami Mrs. lundbergh will be gues s at the white house, and have breakfast there Sunday morning. 11 a. in.—Sunday — Church wlih President and Mrs. Coolidge, in a downtowp motion picture building. 12:30 p. m.— Lunch with the Coolidges. 1:15 —Start by automobile from temporary white house for Ailing.on National Cemetery. 2:30 Visit wounded World War veterans at Walter Reed hospital. Sunday nigh at the white house. 6 a. m„ Monday Lindbergh will arise, have breakfast at white house, md go to Bolling field. 1 to 8 Lindbergh will take off in his trans-oceanic plane, "The Spirit of St. Louis" for New York. CAMP MEETING TO OPEN SUNDAY • Annual Gathering of Church Os God To Be Held At Anderson Next M eek Several Decatur persons are planning to attend the annual Internat onal Camp Meeting of the Church of God, which .will be held at the camp meeting ground at Anderson. June 12 to 19. On Saturday preceding the regular services, the Sunday school convention will be held there. Severs! good spakers have been engaged for the day. Hundreds of sleeping tents will be pitched on the camp grounds and there are two large dormitor'es to accomodate the crowds. Meals will b® served on the cafeteria plan at rensonab'e .prices. The daily service will begin with morning prayer at 6 o’clock. There will be spec'al ministerial meetings each day and. also, dailv meetings for Sunday school workers and young peonies' leaders, ’’'here will be services for both children. a.ml vnnng p.-< -..1v ' Divine Tleal’ng services at which time nrnver is offered for the sick. The Young Pennies' convention will bo held on Friday. Juno 17. A noc'al program has been arranged n — G’ , li'»ni Asks Prospriitnrs Tn M r righ< Bone Dry Law In Sane Manner Indianapolis. Ind.. June 9 —(TTP)— Pointing out that the state supretn® court has permitted exceptions to bo made in certain cases of violation of the medicinal whisky provisions of the Wright bone drv law. attorney general Arthur L. Gllliom today arfked all prosecuting attorneys to interpret the statue sanely. Supreme court decisions, where'n the literal interrelations of statutes governing whisky were ignored because they made no exceptions for sacramental and medicinal liquors, were cited by Gilliom as pointing the course to he followed by prosecuting attorneys. ELKS LODGE TO STAGE BIG FAIR Local Lodge To Hold OutDoor Event Sometime During This Summer At the regular meeting of the Decatur Elk's lodge last night, plans were formulated for a big out door fair, to be held by the lodge this summer. The date for the event has not been chosen. Walter Wilkinson, exalted ruler of the lodge, will be the general chairman in charge of the fair. The fair probably will be held one entire week. Mr. Wilkinson will appoint committees in the near future, to make arrangements for the various phases of the event.

SAPP PLANS TO EXPAND ROTARY DURING HIS TERM Huntington Man,New President Os Club, Outlines His Plans ROTARIANS BEGIN TOURS IN EUROPE; Ostend, Belgium, Juno 9 —(United Press)—Rotary International spent this morning's session voting on officers. and since there were few contests for important jxisitidns more than a third of the American delegates hid left or were preparing to leave on short tours of Europe. Arthur IL Sapp, of Huntington. Ind., who was unopposed for president of Rotary, told the United Press li’s administration would be centered on the important subject of international expansion, particularly in Europe, South America and the Orient. Plans Club In Germany One of his first tasks, he predicted. would be establishment of a cljtb in Germany, which now has none. He said he hoped to coordinate Rotary's work internationally. Three new clubs in China and several in Brazil, Argentina. Pern and Chile would he established soon, Sapp said. Although the cities in which these dubs would be located were not yet known, al! would work together toward the furtherance of Rotary's newly adopted sixth goal—lnternational good will and peace—Sapp said. Belgium Is Winner Ostend, Belgium, June 9—(United Press)—American delegates to the International Rotary convention hire will leave $1,500,000 in Belgium, it was estimated today. Several hundred thousand francs of that amount lias gone to the safes of th® Ostend Casino, where neatly 1.000 Americans lock out membership cards. Although several played for heavy s'akis, most of the American hefting was done at •hr. rate of $lO, $25 or at ~;j time. ALLEGED TRAIN BANDITS CAUGHT D’Autremont Twins Caught At Steubenville, Ohio; Wanted In Oregon Steubenville, Ohio—Ray and Roy D’Autremont, 26, twins charged with killing four men ami dynamiting and robbing a train four years ago, probably will be returned to Oregon tomorrow, following their spectacular capture here. Hugh D’Autremont, 22, their brother is on trial today at Bedford, Oregon for the crimes. Two men. Known in Steubenville as the Winston brothers." were fa.ten into custoday last night. At first they wete defiant but officers said they admitted that they were the D'autremont twins, who, with their younger brother Hugh, are accused of dynamiting a Southern Pacific train in the Siskoyou Mountains of Oregon in 1923 and killing four men. The trail of the D’Autremont brothers, which has led postal aud railroad detectives to Canada, to Australia. to Europe and to South America and Mexico, finally pointed to Steubenville. The Winston brothers came under suspicion. Last night one of them, who was said to have admitted he was Ray D’Autremont, was told that if he would apply at the empolyinent office of a steel company, he would be given a better job. When he appeared at the employment office he was met by postal inspectors pod police. The man was taken to a physicians office, then the officers telephoned the other brother, believed to bo Roy D’Autremont, that his brother had been injured. He came immediately to the Doctor's office and ! was arrested.

John Koenig Is Convicted of Fraudulent Check Charge John H. Koenig, who became well known in Decatur and vicinity several years ago through his work In promoting the construction of the Fort Wayne Decatur interurban line, was found guilty of issuing checks without funds in the bank, by a jury iu common pleas court at Celina, Ohio. Tuesday afternoon. The jury deliberated only on® hour. Sentence has not been passed. Koenig's home is in St. Marys. Ohio AUGUST SCHUG DIES AT BERNE Retired Farmer Dies Wednesday Night After Illness Os Complications Berne, June 9 — (Special to Daily Democrat) — August Scliug. retired Adams county farmer, died al the Hossman hospital in Herne at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening, following an illness of six weeks' duration, due to a complication of diseases. Mr. Schug had been bedfast in the hospital for the last ten days. August Schug was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, Octover 18. 1851 He hail resided in Adams county for 64 years. For 35 years, Mr. Scliug farmed in Wabash township. He was nev r married. Surviving is one brother. Adolph, of Fort Wayne. One brother, Fred, and a sister, Catherine Hofer, are deceased. Funeral services will lie held at the Rudolph Schug home in Heine at 1:30 o'clock, and at the Reformed church, of which Mr. Schug was a member, at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, with the Rev. ('. W. H. Saurwein officiating. Interment will be made in the M. R E. Cemetery. o California Man Is Visiting In Decatur C. W. Preston, of Exeter, California, is visiting in the city with the Ze»er family and other friends and relatives. Mr. Preston lias enjoyed a trip across the country and is now on his way home. He visited his old boyhood honi® in Vermont and also took a trip to ’south' Aineii.;., statM tha.t this section of the country looks as prosperous as any he saw and ho is greatly impressed with tiio farms, roads and general conditions through the middle west. Q 1 '•**'•— Western Union Offers Special Rates On Wires To Lindbergh, Saturday Anticipating a nation-wide desire on the part of the public to express congratulations to Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh on his epoch making flight from New York to Paris, the Western Union Telegraph Company has authorized a special rate on such telegrams and is making preparations for handling a record volume of traffic upon the aviator's arival in Washington. Thousands of cablegrams and domestic messages were sent to Captain Lindbergh iu Paris, aud to his mother in Detroit immediately following announcement of his safe arrival in Paris but indications are that this number wil prove insignificant compared with the avalanche of greetings enthusiastic admirers will shower him with on his homecoming. Messages of congratulations will be delivered to Lindbergh on decori'ed message blanks, commemorative of the

pilot's achievement and of his airplane the “Spirit of St. Louis.” o Switchboard Is Damaged Geneva. June. 9—Special to Daily Democrat ) - Lightning did considerable damage to the local telephone switchhoard one night last week. The lightning followed one of the wires Into the exchange, burned out a fuse, and scattered a fire Insulation on the board was burned off and several wires were burned in two. o Fidler Is Re-Appointed Washington. D. C. June 9 —(UP) — President Coolidge today re-appointed Harry L. Fidler of Indiana as a member of the Federal Board for vocation al education for a 3year term.

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LEVINE FLANS TO INVEST HOGE SOM IN NEWPROJECT Hopes To Start Trans-At-lantic Air Service Within A Year CHAMBERLIN PLANS A WORLD F L 1 G II T Berlin, .June 9 (United Press A flight around the globe and a trans-Atlantic coinnicrcial airplane line two projects .involving millions of dollars—were proposed today by U.larence Chamberlin and Charles Levine. True to their training. Chamlierlin, the flier, was the one who considered the 30,000-mile world flight, and Levine, the busniess man. turned to the commercial possibilities which their trans-Atlantic flight and that of Capt. Charles Lindbergh opened up. Has Formulated Plan Levine said he had formulated a plan to invest $2,000,000 in establishing trans-Atlantic air service, which he hoped to start within a year. Mul-ti-motored planes, with a carrying capacity of 2,000 pounds, would be used he said. Chamberlin, discussing Levine's plan, said canvas planes would be more practical than all-metal craft despite the reduced resistance of the latter. Floating harbors at in'.ervasl across the ocean "undoubtedly w< ujd bo useful for emergencies." he said. But the pilot was more interested in the world flight possibility. "Such a Right is not impossible,” he said. "It would probably be a 30.000 mile Journey. I hope somebody will offer one or two million dollars to play with so a suitable plane could bo constructed.” It. was learned that n member of the British parliament had cabled the aviators asking them to permit i him to accompany them if they decided to fly back to America. Berl’n will honor the trans-Atlan-tic flight by naming a prominent thoroughfare "Columbia Street" after the ChatnberliihCtfviPtf" plane.' It ww learned today. Hundreds of society women and one famous dancer have besieged the American embassy with offers to serve as private chaperons of the aviators during their stay in Berlin. ChamhetTn indicated in an interview with the United Press that he. like diaries A. Lljpdibergh, woidd spurn all offers not in the interest of

im rixi i:i) n\’ th o> ANSONIA, OHIO, BANK IS ROBBED Three Armed Bandits Escape With $4,500 Cash And Several Bonds Three bandits, unmasked but armed, held up the First National bunk of Ansonia, Ohio, south of Celina, Wednesday afternoon, shortly before 1 o'clock, and escaped with $4,500 in cash and about $45,000 in government bonds and securities. The bandits made their escape in a Locomobile sedan. Nelvin White, assistant cashier, was alone in the bank at the time Os tile robbery. One bandit held up White while another scooped up the cash. White was ordered to open the safe and he complied. While one of the bandits went through the safe, another gagged White and thrust him down in a corner, in a dazed condition. The whole transaction took no more than five minutes. Persons passing the bank saw the car parked In front with the motor running, but gave the matter only a passing thought. Several minutes elapsed before White was able to call for help. The bandits left Ansonia driving north on the Celina road. | They were reported to have passed through Fort Recovery.

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