Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1927 — Page 1

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w OF FIVE 1$ nominal ruler OF 20 MILLION son Os Exiled Prince Carol ‘Of Roumania Exchanges play Costume For Crown FERDINAND’S BURIAL SET FOR SATURDAY By Donarsra Berkowitz, (IT, p. Staff Correspondent) Bucharest, July 21.—(UP) — A fair, curly-haired boy of five today was the nominal ruler ot 20,000.000 people in the kingdom of Roumania. Exchanging his Indian play costume for a crown, the son of the exiled Prince Carol and of Princess Helen late yesterday became King Michael I. less than 16 hours after the death ot Ferdinand the child’s grandfather. During the child's minority, a regency of three members, representing the court, church, and judiciary will rile the land, at least in name. Actually the man behind the throne at present is Premier Bratianu. To Bury Ferdinand Saturday Ferdinand will he buried on Saturday at Curtea de Arges. and on Monday the regency will establish headquarters in the royal palace to perpetuate the dynasty. Routnania's child king is fond of kiddie cars and games, like any other boy ot his age. But he has realized fur some time that he is a royal chid. "! must act like a prince," he said a year ago as he gritted his teeeti and Wused to let tears come to hi. eyes While he was innoculiH«<i« wh*n his pet dog contracted rabies. He seldom tries. His health has been delicate. Michael was brought up in the Greek Orthodox church, although Ferdinand was a Roman Catholic and Queen Marie is a Protestant. His pretty aunt, the Princess Ileana, has been the child's favorite. Through his mother, Michael is a great, great grandson of Queen Victoria of England. He is a cousin of King Boris of Bulgaria and a grandson of the late King Constantine of . firee;.. - The ceremonies In the house of jarliament proclaiming Michael king were deeply solemn. Everyone was in mourning. The gallery was packed with members of the diplomatic corps and leading personalities of the kingdom. At the right wing of the main body tcoxmi ed <>x i*a<;e two> NEW URGES MORE ill MAIL ROUTES Postmaster General Addresses Postmasters At Meeting In Indianapolis Indianapolis. Ind.. July 24. —(UP)— Greater development of the air mail as “the greatest field for servthe Postoffice department has t °*n is urged by Postmaster Genrat Harry g. New under whom the i *rvice grew from a dream to reality. No: only has the airplane helped ? n ’ a ' t ’" the mail service more effi- ( nt . hut it has boosted the manui ac, ure of airplanes, and aided in the ijo P °' )n ' ent ° f a ' r travel >” New told ’ Pos,m asters and others from Ohio, laßa and Kentucky, banqueting neH day night during the convenot the Tri-State Postmasters •‘■’weiation. tha?" repeat ®d it is his conviction lranß P°rtation of mail by air is only on long trips. BeIn hr i, arge c ' l ' es c ' Oße to each other 1( 1) settled sections, he expressvantJ ° Plni ° n that a * rm ail had no adover trains. n na l n1 p nl ercial success, he said, is the ane nC p St ° f , an atr mail route's permman sch ' ‘ has place in the alr ’ thia ca n I™ 6 ' 116 asserte d. adding that ts»t ot • determined only by actual ioq a r ° Ute over an extended per-

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Abe Baxley Is Released From State Penal Farm Berne, July 21—Abraham Bagley, local architect, who was sentenced to serve a term on the stale penal farm after he was convicted in city court at Decatur on a charge of driving an automobile while Intoxicated last April has been released from the penal farm and is now at the home of his brother, Peter Bagley in Fort Wayne. Bagley is still unable to work, ow’ing to an injury sustained in a fall from a tre? he was trimming in the county jail yard at Decatur, while awaiting committment to the penal farm. He sustained a double fracture cf the pelvis bone in the fall. His son, Victor, secured his release last week by paying tile remainder of bis fine.

DEFEND HOUSE OF DAVID CULT Member Os Colony And His Daughter Testify In Defense Os “King Ben” Benton Harbor. Mich.. July 21. —(U P) —Charges of immorality in connection with the conduct of the religious House of David colony were denied in court today by former members of the cult who are gaihering to the defense of “King Benjamin" Purnell, aged leader. Circumstances surrounding the suicidal death’years ago of Eliza Murphy were explained by Daniel Murphy, 89, a member of the colony, and his daughter. Winifred Murphy Baushke. Murphy and Mrs. Baushke denied the charge that Eliza became despondent following a marriage which was forced on "her. Eliz3~never enjoVefl good heailh, according to her sister, and never confessed any irregularities in connection with Purnell. Winifred Baushke testified that no girls were ever forced to marry against their desires. o May Exhume Body Os Man Found Near Gary Gary, Ind., Ally 21— (UP) —The body of an unidentified man found last ws’ck In a li. rry thicket neai here maybe exhumed tomorrow if permission is granted Warsaw Indiana authorities by coroner E. F. Evans of Gary. It is believed the man may have been Franklin Tucker 57 Warsaw cigar store cleik who disappeared last February and who is believed to have been muideied tor the money he was carrying.

o— i Anderson Aircraft Plant Likely To Be Purchased Anderson, ind., July 21 —(UP)—Negotations are under way for purchase of the Anderson Aircraft company plant by Oren Welch, head of the Welch aircraft company, ot' Charleston. W. Va.. the deal is being discussed by Welch and the Citizens' bank of Anderson, receiver for the company. Welch announced that if he buys the plant, it will be devotetf to the manufacture of airplanes, and experimental work heretofore conducted will be discontinued. o Bodies Os Two Boys Removed From River Indianapolis, Ind., July 21 —(UP) — The theory that George White, 18, and George Edward Petro, 11, met death by foul play after they disappeared last Friday had been dispelled today by recovery of their bodies from White river ‘south of Indianapolis, but bow they came to drown was not known Theirs were the fourteenth and fifteenth deaths by drowning here this year, 0 — Walther League To Give Social Sunday Evening The Emanuel Walther League society will give a social on the lawn of the Bleeke school, in Union Township Sunday evening, July 24. A short program will be given in connection with the social. The Public is cordially in vited to attend.

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“STEVE" SUES MAYOR DUVALL FOR A MILLION Former Klan Dragon Charges Capital City Mayor Has Libeled Him CROSS-COMPLAINT TO A SUIT BY DUVALL — ■ Indianapolis, July 21.— (UP) —Mayor John L. Duvall, of Indianapolis, was sued for $1,000,000 damages today, by D. C. Stephenson, life prisoner in the Michigan City prison, who charged that the mayor had bartered for his support in the 1924 Republican city primary. Stephenson's action was brought as a cross-complaint to the million-dol-lar libel suit Mayor Duvall has pending against eight newspapers, Stephenson, Thomas 1.. Adams, Vlneennos editor. Cour'. Asher, former Stephenson aid, and others. It is tile first action of Stephenson to reach the court since he entered the prison. The cross-complaint declared that the charegs against Duvall, upon which the mayor’s libel action was based —are true, and that ' Duvall in alleging they weer false, has maligned and libeled Stephenson. o— Twenty Liquor CJases Are Dismissed At Terre Haute Terre Haute, Ind., July 21 —(UP) — The Status of Liquor law enforcement was up in the air in Terre Haute today and proHRWUrr #ere fe-spttnsibfe. Twenty liquor cases in city court were dismissed by deputy prosecutor II Dewitt Owen. The cases, which had pending for several weeks, were dropped because of the Indiana supreme court's recent itiling regarding issuance of liquor search warrants. The court held that if based on mere suspicion, search warrants are illegal. Owen said other cases yet to come to trial also would be dismissed. Police said they were handicapped because of the interpretaiion of the search warrant law. Chief of police John Smock declared few liquor law violators would go to court because officers will follow the ruling to the letter.

TABERNACLE TO BE CONSTRUCTED Adams County Holiness Association to Erect Build- . ing In Near Future Monroe. July 21.—At a meeting of the Adams County Holiness association, held in the Friends church here Tuesday night .plans for the erection of a large tabernacle were discussed and officers were elected. A board of trustees, who will constitute the building committee, were elected, also. Th trustees elected were: Louis Habegger, Berne; Otho Lobensteln, Monroe; John Harvey. Monroe; the Rev. E. M. Foster, Monroe: Mr. Bright of Monroe, and James Adams, of Willshire, Ohio. The officers elected were: Rev. Hygema, pastor of the Antioch church, president; James Adams, Willshire. Ohio, vice-president; Charily Martz Monroe, secretary; Louis Habegger, Berne, treasurer: Otis Brandyberry, Monroe, assistant. The building committee will hold a meeting next Tuesday, at which time an organization will be perfected and plans outlined for the erection of the tabernacle, which Is to lie completed by next year in time for the annual holiness meetings. The committee will select a location and purchase the site for the building and make other necessary plans. The estimated cost of the building is $3,500. Already, $2,800 has been subscribed to the fur.d '

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“Annoyed” « 1 * fag “She annoyed me,” stiid Mrs. Catherine Barrett (above), for-ty-liiree-year-old widow of a New York politician, explaining why she had shot and killed Mrs. Margaret Moore in the elevato of an apartment house. The women had been good friends. HUNGER STRIKE IS CONTINUED

Sacco And Vanzetti Still Refuse To Take Nourishment In Any Form Boston, July 21—(UP)—The fifth day of their hunger strike today foil nd Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti still refusing nourishment in any form. When guards revoked the breakfast trays from the condemned men's widely separated cells a: Charlestown state prison, it was evident that neither had touched a morsel. Only water has passed Sacco's lips since the beginning of the joint last early last Sunday, and Vanzetti has abstained from all nourishin'ent except coffee and lea. which lie took in small quantities during the first part of the hunger strike. Warden William Hendry's office reported no change in the physical condition of the two men. who were said to be in comparatively good health. o Helen Wills To Play At Southampton Today Southampton, L. 1.. July 21—(UP) — The tennis colony gathered here for the invitation tournament at the Maidstone club looked forward with keen interest to the appearance tills afternoon of Miss Helen Wills. Miss Wills is scheduled to play in the doubles with Miss Eleanor Goss, of New York. o— Deputy Sheriff Greeted By Bullets At Farm Home Indianapolis, July 21 —(UP) —Deputy Sheriff Albert Shane of Danville, Indiana, was recovering here today from serious injuries he received Wednesday when Mrs. Jessie Smerage objected to service of a peace sworn by a neighbor. When Shane marched up to hethouse to lead the warrant, he was met by a volley of shots from a revolver. Shane said the shots —three in all — were fired by Mrs. Smerage. Despite his injuries, Shane brought Mrs. Smerage from her farm two miles south of Danville to the Danville jail. He then was rushed to the hospital here. o Rockford Man Fined For Killing Squirrel Unlawfully H. Wolf, 73. of Rockford. Ohio, was fined $25 and costs, recently, by J. L. Morrow justice of the peace in Celina Ohio, on a charge of killing a red squirrel out of season. The squirrel killed by Wolf happened to be an albino and caused muse comment In Rockford. Wolf claimed he killed the squirrel because It was damaging his corn crop. *

ROCKFORD BANK HOLDUP SUSPECT RELEASED TODAY Man Held At Kokomo Not Identified As One Os Pair That Held Up Bank AUTHORITIES HAVE NO OTHER CLUES Following the release of a suspect at Kokomo, authorities were without a clue today as to the whereabouts of the two bandits who held up and robbed the Rockford National Bank, at Rockford. Ohio, nineteen miles southeast of Decatur, shortly after noon Wednesday. The bandits escaped with $2,591.80 in currency, after binding Miss Mayme Martin, the assistant cashier, and placing her in the bank vault. Sheriff George E. Betz, of Mercer county, Ohio, received a telephone call at 2:30 o'clock this morning, from the police at Kokomo, saying that a man answering the description of one of the bandits, had been taken into custody there. Sheriff Betz and I). Haruff. Rockford restaurant man who saw the bandits yesterday, went to Kokomo early this morning but failed to identify the suspect there as one of the bandits. Former Residents suspected Grant Frysinger, a well-known race horse ntan of Rockford, who walked into the bank while the holdup was in progress and wlio grappled with one of the bandits, was positive that he recognized one of the pair as a former Rockford resident, who has served a sentence in the Ohio state penitentiary anff Tvfhers ’who saw -the bandits were of the same opinion. A few persons thought they recognized the other bandit as a former resident of Jay county, Indiana, and of the Rockford community. He has served a sentence in the penitentiary, also. The two bandits evidently feared they would be recognized as they wore manks over their eyes and were further disguised by false mustashes and goatees.

Junior Band To Hold Rehearsal This Evening The Junior Band will hold a rehearsal in the high school gymnasium tonight. Prof. Cafaro, the director, requests that the tiombone, baritone and bass players be present at 7 o'clock and the entire band at 7:30 o’clock. _______ o MONROE FARMERS BEGIN THRASHING First Wheat Thrashing Occurs On Sam Kaehr Farm; Oats Cutting Started Monroe, July 21 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Wheat thrashing began in this part of the county Wednesday, on the Sam Kaehr farm. A good yield a good quality is reported. The first oats cut this season were cut on the Orel Gilliotn farm. The farmers of this community are nearly through with their hay-making. The corn is showing wonderful improvement since the recent rain-. —o Auto Turns Over In Ditch Near Berne Berne, July 21 —A Pontiac sedan belonging to John Ebnit, of northwest of Berne, and driven by his brother, Chris Ebnit, turned over in a ditch at the side of tlie road two miles we>st and two miles north of Berne while Ebnit was enroute to church, Sunday morning. Ebnit said he lost control of the car when the steering®wheel began to “shimmy". Ebnit was not injured. He narrowly escaped injury last week when he fell asleep while driving his car near Decatur. The car was badly damaged in the accident Sunday morning.

Fisherman’s Feud Is Blamed For Man’s Death Hammond, Ind.. July 21 (UPI Belief that a fishermen's feud over lights to angling places was responsible for the death of Adam Buzenski 33. Calumet City fisherman, wliase body was found in the little Calumet river Sunday, had been strengthened today by coroner J. J. Doetrich’s report that no water was found in the lungs. The actual cause of death was not determined. Buzenski's left jaw had been ft act tired by a sharp blow, and it was apparent that lie was dead when his body was thrown into the river, some time after his disappearance last Thursday. NEW YORK AGOG OVER BIG FIGHT Excitement Prevails On Eve Os Dempsey-Sharkey Heavyweight Fight By Morris De Haven Tracy (United Press Staff Correspondent) New York. July 21 — (UP) —Well practiced by its recent experiences in welcoming aviators. New Voik found itself again today in the form of Hysteria which seized the Nation’s largest city whenever some event appeals to its imagination. This time it is the Dempsey-Sharkey fight. People from bootblacks to bankers were talking fight, almost in a continuous babble. For the day little else seems to matrer; if one knew something about the contest scheduled to take place in the ring out at the Yankee stadium tonight. Men in the street bet on it: the common folks on the subway devoured columns of reading matter regarding it; and fight talk interfered with the usual trend of the Day's work in many a st ire and office. Crowd of 83,000 Expected People have paid approximately $! 000,000 into the Tex Rickard boxoffice for seats at the fight and then there has been a lot more paid to speculators who part with their tickets only at fancy prices. Each of the 83.000 people will have his favorite, and most of them are backing their choices with money. Dempsey has lots of support and mor? Dempsey money came into the betting commissioners yesterday. Odds wavered from 9 to 5 to 7 to 5, with Sharkey the favorite. Much money has gone down at two to five that Dempsey will win by a knockout and for some unexplained reason. A lot of sportsmen are wagering 1 to 5 that Dempsey will end the fight by knocking out the snappy sailor in the second round.

Hill And Young Barber Shop In New Location The Hill & Young barber shop has moved from its former location in the Anker cigar store on Second' street to the room on Madison street formerly occupied by the Hite Dry Goods company as a department for its ready-to-wear garments. Mrs. William Smith has moved her beauty parlor there, also, from her residence on north Third s'-ee! and will operate it in connection with the barber shop. ——-a Has Served On Jury Every Year Since 1908 Memhis. Tenn., July 21 — (United Press)—When it conies to serving on the jury, Lawrencd W. Akers, a Meinphiu man, can tell ail about it. He has served on some kind of a jury every year since 1908. Even though the duties of citizenship at times threaten to break up his home, ruin his business, and always gives him a vacation that he doesn’t want. Akers has had little luck in getting out of jury service. When called as a venireman the first few times he acted with good grace, for he thought he was performing a civic duty. But with civic duty calling year after year, Akers got tired. Besides serving on the jury in a state court Akers is often called to do federal venire service.

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CHASE FOLLOWS HOLDUP OF BANK AT PARAGON, IND. Three Bandits Get $2,000 In Robbery Shortly After Noon Today CAPTURE OF TRIO EXPECTED SOON Paragon, Ind., Paly 21—(UP) —Deputy sheriffs and posses were close on the trail of three bank bandits this afternoon and were believed to be about to capture them. The bandits, who held up and robbed the Paragon State bank of $2,000 shortly before noon, were almost captured at Clinton. Indiana, this afternoon. but managed to .May ahead

of the posse. The pursuers were so close that a report was telephoned back the bandits had been caught, but this was corrected later. The bandits headed west. Word from posse members received here said the gang had ben followed half way across the state, but where they were the pursuers did not say. Capture Is Reported Paragon. Indiana. July 21.—(UP) — Three bandits who robbed the Paragon State bank of $2 000 today were reported captured at a point 4 miles south of Clinton. Indiana, this afternoon by deputy sheriffs who set out after them. One of the bandits walked into the bank shortly before the noon hour, tore a shee from a book of deposit sljps and threw this into a waste bask(M, evidently as a signal to his companions. Who nhe reached, the door on his way out a second man joined him. They drew guns and walked to the cage where R. E. Hendrickson, cashier, and Miss Bessie Ritter, bookkeeper were working. The money was obtained from the drawer in the cage and from the vault. With their victims unable to see what was happening, the pair then separated, one leaving by the front door and the other by the rear. A third man was waiting for them at the wheel of an auto parked near the bank. They fled west from here. o ——— Civil War Veteran On 21st day Os Fast To Cure Slight Illness English, Ind.. July 21 —(UP) —W. V. Weathers. 87, Civil War veteran, entered today upon the twenty-first day of his seif-imposed fast. He suffered a slight illness July 1. and since then has refused to swallow anything but some water and bits of lemon, he tells doctors he will eat when he feels he should, but denies that he was trying to set a record. NEW AIR MAIL ROUTE PLANNED Daily Service Between Chicago And Cincinnati Via Indianapolis Promised Washington, July 21— (UP)—Bids for a new contract for air mail routes between Chicago and Cinclnnatti via Indianapolis will be opened August 18 Postmaster Genet al New announced today. • Service on the new line will be daily with planes leaving Chicago at 6 a. tn. for arival at Cincinnati! at 9 a. tn. New said the new line, would give Cincinnati direct connection with transcontinental air mail system which would save a day transporting mail from the coast. o Wabash Boy Killed When Hit By Delivery Truck Wabash, Ind., July 21. — (UP) — Frank, 8-year-old son of Mrs. Marion Moore, was killed here today whei struck by a delivery truck driven bj Paul Cassaday. The boy ran in front of the truck. His skull was Crushed and he iljed instantly. Cassaday was released pending an investigation.

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