Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1927 — Page 1

LEATHER M . s tiy fair tonight cooler ’ m extreme north portion.

SACCO-VANZETTI CASE CAUSES ALARM

Naval Arms Limitation Parley At Geneva Collapses

further study ofproblemsis HELU ADVISABLE ■K;:XSr.S;"i To Reach Agreement F\I)S COOLIDGE’S i b EFFORT AT PEACE (knrva. Aug. 4. - (I’niled Press) Failure of President Cno |i ( |ges naval limitations conference was announced to(i.,v in a joint declaration by II), delegates of Japan. Great Brlain ami the I nited Slates, j The declaration said the deletions deemed it advisable to adlourn the nresenl eonlerence submit the problems raised ' )n Hieir respective governments . for further studv. » Announcement <>■ the purpose to aljmim the conference was made at i plenary session which met this afternoon after hav ng been postponed from Mcnday when the collapse of the conference was expected. Next Meeting In 1931 revocation of the next Washingtnn arms conference ean’y in 19S1 instead of in November of that year ns recommended in the joint declar-1 ttion. Hugh S. Gibson, principal American ’ delegate, opened the plenary session suit an announcement that it would be the last meeting of th° conference. I Washington. Aug. 4—(United Press British unwillingness to abandon any i British cruiser strength was blamed j here today for the collapse of the Geneva naval parley. The breakdown of the Geneva con- ( ference today probably ended th? unremitting efforts of President CooWe toward international naval limitation in the interests of peace and economy, which he began shortly after he took office four years ago. i Drives Lor increased numbers of . IWMM) ton cruisers are foreseen in ■ the seventieth congress this winter, I tat most observers here believe Mr. ; Coolidge w 11 not sanction, and may eppose. any definite “big navy” program. New Police Chief Appointed A. N. Plessinger has been appointed thief of police at Bluffton to succeed , telate Marion Garton, who died a few , »eeks ago. Mr. Plessinger was acting chief during Mr. Garton’s illness.

Harry Daniel Gives Set Os Traffic Rules For The Curb-stone Aviator

Hany Daniel, former Decatur resi- * tout, has written a humorous article for Thrift Magazine, heading it "Traffic Rules for the Curx-Stone Aviator." Rr Daniel says, "There are plenty’ of •cientific rules and regulations for drivers, but the heel-and-toe tourist : to depend on his own original methods of getting hurt." His article • 18 8s follows: Many humanitarians think the time h* B come to outlaw war. But this cerfoinly would be a hard blow to pedestrians. if there are no more wars, *here can the pedestrian of the future 8° to be safe? ( urb-stone aviation is on a low scientific plane in this country, anyway, lienee has devoted no attention what"cf to the problem of the man who is trying as best he can to get across street. There are plenty of scientific rules and regulations for drivers, t't the heel-and toe tourist has to deon his own original methods of Be *tmg hunt. What we need are seme 1,1,88 for pedestrians so that when a man is knocked through a concrete a, i he wilt be happy in the thought at tie is making a contribution to knowledge. In order to as- ’ in the advancement of foot navi- * ° n > the following rules for pedesl* ns are recommended: ln case a pedestrian is knocked

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Defy Kain I 2k ’*****'" L • V' - w '<• i *|V.. > I In spite of rain, thousands attend a new mass meeting in I nion Square. New York, to i protest punishment of Sacco anti Vanzetti. Photo of segment) indicates size of crowd. CARMODY HEADS i NATIONAL K. OFC. I Uncle Os Decatur Man Elected Supreme Knight At Portland, Ore., Meet Walter Carmody, of Grand Rapids. Michigan. who was. elected supreme' knight of the national organization of 'the Knights of Columbus, yesterday | is an uncle of John H. Carmody, of ‘this city. The election of Mr. Carmody i was made at the national convention , of that organization at Portland, Ore--1 gon. I Mr. Carmody was elected to succeed | Janies A. Flaherty, of Philadelphia,! i who had served as supreme knight for IS years. Mr. Flaherty was elected supreme prelate, a new office created by the 1927 convention. William J. McGinley, of New York I was re-elected secretary of the nationi al organization, with headquarters at | New Haven. Connecticut. — Portland, Oregon, Aug. 4—(UP)— Delegates to the supreme convention of the Knights of Columbus have adopted resolutions reiterating the stand taken last year at -Philadelphia on the Mexican situation envolving the 1 Catholic church. William B. Nivvert, ! chairman cf the publicity committee (fOVTIMEIt ox vim: TWO.

down and killed he must report the number of driver's license tag and the names and addresses of three witnesses within a period of 30 days. 2. After the traffic officer has blown his whistle or signaled with his arm, the pede'trian has the right of way j until hit 3. Pedesttians taking off from the curb for a non-stop flight to the other side of the street should carry a driftindicator, radio set, celestial compass and chicken sandwich. If accompanied by a baby buggy, flares should be dropped and position btoadcast at regular intervals. 4. A down does not count unless both the pedestrian's shoulders touch the ground at the same time. Every pedestrian is allowed as many downs as , his health will permit, provided he i does not interfere with the rights and ■ privileges cf some other pedestrian , who is trying to get hurt. 5. Green lights mean go ahead till ’ knocked down. Red lights means stop i and get hit. Take your choice. i 6. No pedestrian is allowed to travel : faster than a run while dodging cars within the limits of an incorporated > city of village. When colliding with a • car his first duty is to sit down at once ■ on the back of his neck or thereabouts. - He should then a*k if the car seems to be suffering much pain —Harry I Daniel in Thrift Magazine.

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MINE OWNER IS SLAIN IN OHIO I ASATTEMPTTO OPERATE MINES ON OPEN SHOP BASIS CONTINUES President Os Coal Company Is Shot Down By Son-in-law At Mine Near Nelsonville. Ohio. This Morning; Gov. Donahey Addresses An Appeal To Representatives Os Union Miners And Coal Operators SAYS CONDITIONS. NOW BAD, CAN ONLY GET WORSE AS WINTER SEASON APPROACHES, Nelsonville, ().. Aug. I. (United Press) P. J. Merz, 65, ttrt sick nt of the Lick Run Coal company was shot anti killed near here this morning bv his son-in-law, James MeManaway, president of the Nelsonville local of the mine rs' union. McManawav gave himself up to authorities and pleaded he ; : . ir

CORN IN FIELD GROWS SO FAST I IT MAKES NOISE Lappl, Ind., Aug. 4. —(Un.ted Press' ICorn in fields near here makes noise iwhile it grows. Emera Milburn, I farmer ,’iving two miles north of 'here, asserts that while he and memI iters of his family were picking black- ! here es. they heard a sound someithing like “Check, Check." and investigating. found corn in a nearby field was the source of the sound. When a boy, Milburn said he once had the same experience. Moody EUingwood, star route mail carrier between Anderson and Noblesville, asserts that when a boy, he. ■’too, heard eoru grow, uu the farm of his grandfather. Andrew Fisher. A | similar experience was related by E. I). Passwater. Those believing in noisy corn declare the sound is heard only when rain is immediately followed by high temperature, speeding growth. AUTO LICENSES NOW HALF PRICE Bargain Prices Offered On License Plates Since First Os Month A real bargain sale, all over Indiana started Monday. August 1, when automobile license fees were reduced to half price for the remainder of the year. Following the usual custom, the price of license plates for all makes of automobiles has been cut in two. The half-price rates will prevail for the rest of the year of 1927, and on January 1. 1828, the prices again will rise to full price. The local bureau usually does a rush business the first two weeks of August. LIQUOR RAIDERS ARREST FIFTEEN Alleged Law Violators Captured In Parke And Vermillion Counties Terre Haute. Ind.. Aug, 4—(UP)— Fifteen alleged liquor law violators were held for federal prohibition enforcement agents today, captured in a series of raids in Parke and \ ermilion counties by a squad of a dozen men. Tile raids were made at Montezuma, Indiana, were five men were arrested Blanford, where five were taken; Syndicate, where three were caught, and Jacksonville and Marshall, each of which contributed one prisoner. The raiders were under the directoin of George A. Winkler, assistant administrator, and were headed by Ray Trueblood, of Terre Haute. _ —. o To Build New Sidewalks Berne, Aug. 4— The Berne town council has voted to build sidewalks on the south side of Compromise street, between Baltimore and Sprunger streets.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August I, 1927.

fired m st 11-defense. The Lek Run t'bal company has been the scene of several disorders In connectio nwith the attempt to operate it on a nopen shop basis. Killed On Way Home Merz was killed as he was on his way homo after spending the ti ght in charge of the guard which has protected the company property with arms and machine gun. He was found on a railroad track leading from the mine. He had been shot in the left and right breast. McManaway said the killing had resulted from an argument over domestic matters. Donahey Makes Appeal Co'umbus, 0., Aug. 4. —(United I Press)—Governor Vic Donahey today in an appeal to representatives of the union miners and coal operators of j ilte central competitive field to end L the suspen.t on effective since last April declared “Conditions, now bad. loan only grow worse* witih untold .’trouble, strife, dissension and suffer- ! ing in the offing as winter a.p- , proaches. ’’ Donahey. pointing out that the governors of Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania had been requested to join w. th him. asked the factions to hold a joint meeting in Toledo August 1 I <COX VI XI Illi <‘X PAGE TUO) WATER METER PETITION FILED Decatur Seeks To Stop “Community Plan” Os Water Consumption > I J Indianapolis, Aug. 4. —(UP) —Use of water on the "community plan” will r be stopped in Decatur soon if a peti- ] tion filed by that city today is granttied by the public service commission. . I The petition sets out that patrons t |of the municipally owned water plant have been supplying throe or more buildings from one meter and by “lending neighbors the right to use ter a community affair." their hydrants, have made use of waI Jlt asks that the city be allowed to I 1 enact and enforce an ordinance pro- | hibiting property owners from serving ' more than one house from a single .' meter or from permitting neighbors j to "borrow’" water. If an owner prefers a single meter ' for several houses, however, he may ' continue that system by paying the minimum rate on each piece of property served, if the provisions of the ( petition are enforced. , —o —■ — t Four Stores Rohbed At Claypool Early Today I Warsaw. Indiana Aug 4— (UP) — .' Burglars broke into and robbed four I stores at Claypool near here between f midnight and 5' A. M.. today. Radio sets, watches, tobacco and tires were taken. Money stolen from some of the t stores brought the total of the thefts , to $1,500. Hughes Not A Candidate For President In 1928 !l — s Paris. Aug. 4.—(United Press) — s Charles Evans Hughes informed ts-e !- United Press today that he was not. a candidate'for president in 1928.

SACCO-VANZETTI FINAL .JUDGES

■r *1 I B 1 ' ill •I W. •n w k 4 l.lk ■ ‘ jC I ii jw wmMl New photos of Governor Alvan Fuller (upper left), of Massachusetts, and the men he appointed to investigate and advise him on the Sacco-Vanzetti case. I pper right. Judge Robert Grant; lower left. Dr. Samuel AV. Stratton, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and (lower right.) Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard.

BLAST WRECKS KENTUCKY MINE Eight Miners Known Dead And Nine Are Missing Following Disaster C’.ay, Ky.. Aug. 4.—(United Press) Death again stalked the west Kentucky coal company mine near here today, after giving this little mining ’ center a 10 year respite. An explosion 170 feet. beneath the earth's surface wrecked the mine shaft, trapping more than a score of workers late yesterday. Eight miners are known to be dead, and 9 were missing in the same shaft where 61 members Jost their lives 10 years ago to the day in a similar accident. A gas pocket in the shaft was blamed for the explosion, which occurred as the employes were leaving the mine for the day. Most of the 240 workers had been hoisted to the earth, and 41 were in the digging when the U’ast occurred. Because gas collected in the pas- , sage rescue workers were forced to , use gas masks in digging through , the tangled debris. It was feared that those miners not killed by the , explosion had succumed to the gas. It may take three or four days to reach the missing men, officials said. I A dozen injured men were taken from the shaft and given first aid treatment in a school building here.' which has been turned into an emergency hospital. Seventy-five workers labored in shifts throughout the night, and were given relief by fresh men at dawn. Fancies of the m'ssing men, waited light-lipped at the entrance to the mine shaft for word from the rescuers below. _o Animals Perish In Fire That Destroys A Barn Logansport, Ind., Aug. . —(United Press) —Fire which destroyed a barn on the S. A. Wasson farm here Wednesday night caused a loss of SIO,OOO. Two horses and three cows perished in the blaze. Spontaneous combusS’on in a mow of new hay was believed the cause.

Portland May Says Sight Was Restored By A Divine Healer Portland. Ind.. Aug. 4 — (UP) —Jack Leedy, retired business man of Portland, who has been blind for the last eight months, said today that his sight was restored by a divine healer, evangelist Tiibbett, of Sturgis, Michigan., who is conducting a series of meetings here. Leedy attended one of the assemblies and went forward to obtain divine recognition. He said he prayed earnestly. for the first time in his lite, ami that Wednesday he recognized those about him and read newspapers. NEW WITNESS IN OIL FRAUD CASE Exploits Os E. 1). Fitzgerald Are Further Reviewed In Trial Today Detroit, Aug. 4.—(United Press) — Charles Sweso. whose regular job is washing cars, was a comparatively poor man when he was called to the witness stand in Federal court today, to testify in the case of Edward D. Fitzgerald, being prosecuted for use of the mails to defraud. Before he had been in the chair five minutes, he discovered from contracts produced by the government that he had one time been an oil magnate, possessed of some half million dollars worth of oil properties. , Sweso declared he did not understand 'it, but recalled that in 1922, when his present wife was employed in Fitzgerald's home, that Fitzgerald had promised him some oil stock if he would sign certain papers. He I signed them, but never got the stock. I a subsequent document proving that Ihe signed them back to Fitzgerald. I The contract he signed stated that Sweso was to be given notes for $104,000 and 216,000 shares of stock in the Security Oil and Refining company provided he turned over to the * company leases that he- owned in /Kentucky. Thjs stocjk was later /placed in Fitzgerald's name and sold ito two Kansans, who alleged they ‘ it OX TIM El) OX PAGE THREE)

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REPRISALS ARE FEARED ABROAD AND IN AMERICA Precautions Taken To Protect Americans From Possible Violence ITALIAN MURDERS APE DOOMED TO DIE Boston. Aug. 4.—(United Press) Desperate hopes of Saoco-Van-zetti defense forces that Governor Fuller would take some step to mitigate the death sentences at the executive council meeting this afternoon died when the council adjourned with no action being taken. Washington. Aug. I.—(I nited Press) While precautions were taken to protect American embassies, legations and consulates abroad against "reprisals” following the SaccoVanzetti decision, extra guards were stationed at government buildings here today. The first step in this direction was placing bv the secret service of additional guards at all treasury, entrances, with instructions to exercise “extra vig lance" . nd admit no persons carrying packages. At the treasury postoffice special guard was ordered to examine carefully all packages presented for parcels post to guard against taking in possible bombs. I W thin the state department a Special guard stood before Secretary of State Kelfpgg’s office. Doomed Men Hear Fate Boston. Aug. 4. — (United Press) — Moro than ten hours after the rest of the world heard the fateful news, Nicola Sacco and Martolomeo Vanzetti learned today that what appeared to be their last hope for life had ' vanished. "I believe with the jury, that these men were guilty and that they had a fair trial I furthermore believe that there was no justifiable reason for giving them a new trial.” These words, which formed the <<<>xrixiEi> ox i'xge rnw> TWO WOMEN ARE KILLED IN BLAST Explosion Os Gasoline In Garage At Celina Is Fatal To Two Persons Celina. Ohio, Aug. 4 Mrs. Goldie Bigelow. 24; and Mrs. Rebecca Long. 69, were killed almost instantly Tuesday evening, when a large tank of gasoline in the garage at the Ashley Bigelow residence, in the east part of (lie city, exploded. Mr. Bigelow was near the door of the building when the explosion occured and he was hurled several feet and was so badly stunned ' that he was unable to give a clear account of what had happened. Mr. Bigelow had been working on ' the wiring of his Ford truck in the garage and had left two wires exposed while he started out of the building to get something he needed in his work. It is the supposition that the wire ends touched, causing sparks which ignited I gasoline fumes from a 50 gallon tank near the truck. Both ends were blown out of the big tank. Neighbors, hearing the explosion and seeing the flames, sent in an alarm to I the fire department. The firemen reI moved the bodies of the two women f from the burning building, but both □ were dead. The garage was destroyed by the fire, but the firemen were aide t to save adjoining buildings. Mrs. Long, who was Mr. Bigelow’s t grandmother, resided with another r grandson. Gordon Beery, and had come k to the Bigelow home to spend the t- evening. She had been there only ten io minutes when the fatal explosion octi cured. Mrs. Ixmg is survived by two ’T daughtei s, ami Mrs. Bigelow leaves I’l her husband and two small daughters, ‘y i age 5 years and 18 months, respective-

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