Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 185, Decatur, Adams County, 6 August 1927 — Page 1

OATH EH Partly cloudy to,iaht »nd Sunday. CJ I thunder .how- ° . .liflhtty cooler Sunday in nortn portion.

DR. SHUMAKER GETS 60-DAY SENTENCE

Bombings Mark Protest To Sacco-Vanzetti Decision

|W GUARDS HE MAINTAINED IN BUSY CENTERS Onhwav Stations In New York City Bombed; Violence In Other Cities FIGHT TO SAVE PAIR CONTINUES New York, Aug. 6.—(UP)—The heaviest police guard ever gathered to protect the city's transit systems watched subway and elevated lines today. Four suspects were held to rquestioning in connection wth the bombing of two subway Stations last night. New York. Aug. o.—(United Press) Police Commissioner Warren today recalled all policemen on vacations, cancelled vacations about Io begin, and kept all reserves on duty to guard against a recurrence of the bombings which last night partially wrecked two subway stations, injuring a score or more people, two seriously. The bombs exploded within 11 ■inut>-s of each other, in the 28th «net stations of the Interborough Rapid Transit and the Brooklyn-Man-hattan Transit .lines. Explosions Occur In Rush Hour The explosions occurred in midtown Manhattan during the aftertheater rush hour. The first was at 11:16 p. m. in the lavatory of t|ie 8. M. T. station at 28th streetjmd Broadway. The second, at 11:26 pin. was at the southern end of the I. R. T. station at 28th street and Fourth avenue. Fourteen persons were taken to the hosptals. All but two returned to their homes after treatment. Sacco-Vanzetti Case Blamed Police believed the bombs had been placed in protest against the death Mtence pronounced on Nicola Sacco |«d Bartolomeo Vanzetti which is to ita executed August 10. No arrests had been made thus far tat Anthony Savino, 35, who was seriously injured will bo questioned further when he regains consciousBt’R again. He was found on the Worm of the B. M. T. station near the lavatory. Legal Machinery Whirls Boston, Aug. 6.—(United Press) — Intricate legal machinery was whirif|i into motion today as a last desperate hope of saving Nocola Sacco m<l Bartolomeo Vanzetti from the death in the electric chair in five days. At Deadham, shortly before noon today Attorney Michael Angelo MussItOXI'IM Eli ox PAGE FIVE) RIERS PREPARE HR HAWAII HOP Entrants In Dole Marathon Have Trouble Reaching San Francisco San Francisco, Aug. 6.—(United w)—lf some of the entrants in * Dole California-Hawaii airplane rath °n have as much trouble fly- . R ,0 Hawaii as they have had com- * lO an Francisco from their re- ... (, ' Ve homes, some rare advenp"""’ are in store for them on the ?ac 'fic ocean. the fliers were safe today, ier at San Francisco or at Im'ai <ding fields where they iM| P fnrre< ' down by various mechanlfal troubles. Plane Miss Mildred Doran, from l Sn BC ' lO °l teacher was flying »lth Sn r) ' eBO to Oakland, rested Calif a , 1)1 °' ien w ' lee * near Modesto, , ’ was forced down last night a fa Ulty spark plug. Afte ° Verdue Pl «ne Arrives er JJ auß, ng considerable suspense ” UN PAGE TWO)

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Poor Team Work Bluffton. Aug. ti —Willard Miller arrived in Bluffton yesterday from Taft, California. He started here not knowing that his wife and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Witzman. had started to California the very day he left. He will remain here until they return. They went to Taft to visit him, and he, not knowing when they were leaving, came here intending to surprise them. TO RUN CARS TO G ARDEND ALE' Community Group To Operate Traction Cars To Fort Wayne Suburbs Fort Wayne, Aug. 6-The Philley Community association at a meeting Thursday evening decided to engage in the railroad business, and will operate a street car service from the end of Calhoun street to Gardendale, following the abandonment of .the Fort Wayne Decatur interurban service next week. The distance over which the community association will operate a car is about two and three quarters miles. The right-of-way and a street car wiil he rented to the association by the Indiana Service corporation for $1 a year. The association will assume all responsibility for operation of the line and will also pay the motorman’s salary and any other expense necessary in carrying on the business. Final details of the new arrange- ■ ment will be worked out at a meeting of officials of the Indiana Service corporation and a committee representing the community association to be lield next week. This committee includes Paule Hille, Eli amstutz, Hiram Philley and A. Miller. o— To Prohibit Demonstrations Paris, Aug. 6—(UP)—The French government decided today to prohibit all street demonstrations in connection with the death sentence srfbn to be executd against Njcola Sacco and Bartolomo Vanzetti.

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PAY BOOST ACT UPHELD AGAIN Supreme Court Denies Petition For Rehearing Os Appeal On Matter Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 6.— (United j Press)—The act of the Indiana legislature in voting its members pay atthe rate of $lO a day was left undisturbed by the supreme court late Fridav when it denied a petition for a rehearing of the appeal. J The court, in a divided opinion, perviously had lield the law to be I constitutional. It reversed the judgment of a flower court. I -The court said its ruling was based ion the belief that the $lO a day rate |is not unreasonable and against the public interest as asserted by Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom, who from the time lit was passed, had contended it was unconstitutional. Judge Clarence R. Martin, of Indi anapolis, who wrote the opinion of the court on the petition for a rehearing. declared that the measure was valid. “The general assembly,” he said, “is a coordinate branch of the state government, whose members ought not to be called upon to make too great a financial sacrifice in order that they may serve their state. Considering the present high cost of j living, we do not believe it can justly be said that a salary of $lO a day | for those officers who make our laws lis 'hostile to the public interest,' as ! contended by Attorney General I Gilliom " Monroe Man Arrested At Fort Wayne Friday _________ Calvin Laisure, of Monroe, was ar- ; rested in Fort Wayne. Friday, on a ; charge of petit larceny. Laisure’s arrest followed a search of several weeks conducted by Detective Sergeants Kammeyer and Moore, of Fort Wayne. He has been living with relatives in Fort Wayne, police said. Laisure is charged with stealing nearly SIOO worth of clothes and other articles from John W. Riley. Riley cannot be located, police say.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 6, 1927.

Two Shootings Mark 40th Anniversary Os Hollywood

Relics Feature Parade Down Famous Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, California, Aug. 6- (UP) as Hollywood inhabitants paraded relies of the past today in celebration of the Toth anniversary of its founding, the film capital's natal day also marked by two charaavteiistle shootings. a Aiayhem mystery and a beauty controversy. The anniversary celegration's principal event was to be a parade down the famous Hollywood Boulevard with old-timers driving surreys, broughams, victctians, sulkies and phaetons drawn by horses whose "day” began to wane when moviedom first attracted attention. The shootings were both disposed of by police with little delay. Homicide and Suicide Verdicts In the first a verdict of homicide and suicide were returned in the deaths cf Hamilton W. Mannon, film executive, and Hetty Montague Gottlieb. t imer extra. In the second Irene Preston, screen actress, was jailed for having shot her husband. Captain Igor Preston, film, player, through the arm. The mystery resulted in Hollywood polite instituting a search for tlie owner of an ear. The auditory appendage was discovered near the Fine Arts studios, according to Captain of Detectives Ed Slaughter the ear apparently belonging to a man. He said he belived a free for all fight resulted in the Mayhem. , Stars Are Indignant The beautification disturbance originated in Chicago where Miss Ma belle De Witt. Hollywood beauty- expert. told a national beauty conven tion that Hollywood motion picture stars got most of their beauty in beauty shops instead of in exercise. Indignant retorts from Renne Adotee., Marie Prevost. Greta Garbo and other stars prominently mentioned in Miss De Witt’s speeck were forthcoming. All agreed that nature is the best operator. They further agreed that Miss De Witt didn't know what she was talking about lastly they suggested that Miss De Witt owed them apology for suggesting that stories concerning their strenuous exercising are “all press agent bunk".

Tricker Child To Be Buried Monday Morning Funeral services for Maxine Tricker, age 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Tricker. of Fort Wayne, who was fatally injured here yesterday morning when a railroad push pole fell across her stomach, will be held at the home of the child’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Coffelt. 310 Oak street, at 9:30 o’clock and at the Presbyterian church at 10 o’clock Monday morning. The Rev. Cecil R. Smith, pastor of the United Brethren church, will officiate in the absence of the Rev. Harry Fernthiel, Presbyterian minister. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. o Barn Slightly Damaged By Fire This Morning Local firemen made a run at 9 o’clock this morning to the south part of the city, where a barn, owned by Burt Johnson, had caught fire. Damage was small and the firemen soon had the blaze extinguished. Jack Friedt, fire chief, stated that the blaze started in some rubbish in the barn, and that there was a possibility that some one had set the barn on fire. 0 New Fire Truck To Be Officially Tested Monday The official try out of the new Stutz fire engine and truck, purcased by this city, will be made Monday afternoon at Bellmont Park. The underwriters wil intake a test run in the truck and in all probability, acceptance will be made by the city as soon as the underwriters notify the councilmen that the truck is as represented.

ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR EXCURSION Tickets For Annual M. E. Sunday School Excursion (Jo On Tickets for the annual Method-ist Sunday school excursion to Walbridge Park, Toledo, Ohio, which will be run over the Clover Leaf division of the Nickel Plate railroad Wednesday, August 17. will be placed on sale next Wednesday, it was announced today. The tickets may be secured at the F. V. Mills grocery, John T. Myers & Son clothing store. Beavers | and Fryback furniture store and the I Graham and Walters office after that date. The round trip fares for adults will cost only $1.50 each, while children will be taken on the excursion for | 75 cents each. The train will start I at. Bluffton this year and Bluffton anil Wells county persons have been in-1 viteil to join in the excursion this ■ year. Word has been received front Bluffton that approximately 500 per- J sons are expected to go from that oty and community'. The round trip fares from Bluffton will be $1.75 and 85 cents each. The train will stop at Craigvijle, Peterson. Decatur, Pleasant Mills and Willshire. It is scheduled to leave Decatur at 6 o’clock A M Last year, there were sixteen cars in the train and approximately 1.200 persons, made Hie trip. o KLAN WOMEN TO STAGE PARADE Downtown Parade To Climax Aniversary Jubilee At Indianapolis Today Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 6 —(UP) — The women of the Ku KTux Klan will climax a. two-day aniversary jubilee with a parade 'through the business district of Indianapolis at 5:30 p. m. today. Mrs. Robie Gill Comer of Little Rock Ark., imperial commander will lead the parade. Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard of the men's organization wifi be in the procession. Klan leaders estimated 15.000 to 25,000 women and men would parade. Dr. Evans was the chief speaker at the convention in Tomlinson hall here today attracting what he declared was an attempt by the Roman Catholic church to "alienize" the United States by attaining modification of | the 18th amendment hrough the candidacy for president of Governor Al Smith of New York. Prohibition has been a failure, especially in the larger cities he said, but asserted it was a God given law that should remain untouched. 0 Former Berne Young People Are Divorced A divorce was granted in superior court of Fort Wayne, Wednesday, to Mrs. Edna Habegger. on her complaint against Amos Habegger. Both parties are former residents of Berne. They wore married in Berne in 1922. Mrs. Habegger alleged that her husband swore at her, compelled her to work and support herself. Her Maiden name of Edna M. Mettler was restored. o Mr. and Mrs. .1. T. Myers To Vacation In Minnesota Mr. and Mrs. John T. Myers, of this city, will deave tomorrow for a motor trip to Minnesota. They will spend several weeks at Forest View lodge, near Walker. Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Myers will return early in the fall.

ON HORIZON ■ ■ 'S Br " < K:irl Deitz, burgomaster of Vienna, appears to be rising in new power in Europe. Creation of a new constabulary would practically put an army within the city al his command. * Bohl Strokes of Burgomaster Tell Impending Danger By NICHOLAS GOLPIN. International Illustrated News Staff Correspondent. Vienna (I-I-N) —Is the “black shirt’’ of Fascism sowing the seeds that will p'ace Austria under a rule similar to that of Mussolini's? Will Karl Seitz. Socialist Burgomaster of Vienna, ultimately become ruler of this revrt'.ution-stricken nat ion ? These are the questions now agitating every city and hamlet of Austria since Seitz created a Socialist constabulary of 1.000 men wh'ch may he increased to 35.000 in case of necessity. by compelling all municipal employes to join the ranks. The measure was adopted by the Council in the face of the hottest opposition. Herr KunschtVk, leader of the non-Socialists, charged Seitz with “preparing for civil war” and stamped hmi as a “brigand.’’ Conservatvie Austrians see in this measure the first seeds of a Red rei'gn. and are uniting with the peasantry to force the Government to veto the bill. The Government police alone were responsible for stamping out the recent revolt in double quick time, and non-Socialists believe tliat the new constabu’ary is being created to offset the police in the event that another revolution flares forth. TRIBUTE PAID TO JUSTICE JOHNSON E. Findley Johnson Ends 24th Year In Supreme Court Os Philippines

In an editorial appearing in the July 2 issue of The Independent, a weekly paoer published at. Manila. Philippine Islands, in the interest of the restoration of tiie Philippine republic, a glowing tribute is paid to Justice E. Finley Johnson, formerly of Van Wert, Ohio, who has relatives and many friends in Decatur. Justice Johnson 'completed his 24th year as a member of the Supreme Court of the Philippines on July 14. A large picture of Justice Johnson appeared' in the same issue of The Independent.' The Philippine Bar and Judiciary daged an elaborate observance in honor of Justice Johnson on July 14. Under the picture of Justice John■on appeared the following: “Justice 1 Johnson is highly esteemed by (he ■oung generation that look upon him as the champion of their welfare and future as evidenced by his many encouraging utterances and deeds. The Filipino people greatly admire, him for his interest in their well-being. H's uncompromising stand for a gov(CONTINUED ON I'AGE THI(EE)

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SUPERINTENDENT OF ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE PUNISHED Penal Farm Sentence And $250 Fine Given For Contempt Os Court ATTORNEY MARTIN NOT SENTENCED Indianapolis. Aug. i>. (United Press) Dr. Edgar S. Shumaker, sup< rinlendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, must go to prison lor criticizing the Indiana supreme court. The court today summoned the venerable drv leader belore it and notified him that for being in contempt of it ho must serve GO days in the Indiana slide prison farm at Pulnaniville. Jessie B. Mart.n. attorney for the league found guilty of contempt on the same decision late Friday, was not tn court and penalty was not pronounced on him. He is understood to be visiting relatives in Cleveland. Ohio, and will be sentenced later. Fined and Reprimanded Dr Shumaker, also, was tned $250 and was reprimanded for his adverse criticism of the court. Execution of the sentence will be delayed. A motion for arrest of the sentence was filed and Dr. Shumaker was to be released on bond pending hearing on the motion August 18. "I'm ready to go to jail.” Dr. Shumaker had said earlier. He indicated that if the sentence stands he would not appeal to Governor Ed Jackson for a pardon or patrol®. ..punishment for Martin will not Ibe announced until October 5 when the court was informed Martin would be back in Indianapolis. Bond for Shumaker and Martin was fixed at the same sum—sl,ooo each. It is to be relieved from day to dav until the penalty goes into effect. Fo ind Guilty riday Indianapo ios. Ind.. Aug. 6 —(UP) — Dr. Edgar .1. Shumaker, superinten(covi'tvrcn ov i-xgc «•.» o Floyd's Coming Back And Eat A Square Meal When He’s Really Hungry Valparaiso. Ind. Aug. 6. — (INS) — Floyd Albright. 19- year old farmhand of this city, walked into a downtown lunch room last evening and said to the proprietor, “George, I'm kinda hungry:" The following is Floyd's idea of “kinda hungry”—thirteen hambergers, two pieces of pie. two bottles of milk, one bottle of near beer, three bottles of pop and a sack of peanuts. Thirty minutes later he re urned and managed a third piece of pie and a bottle of milk. “Just the summer heat,” remarked Floyd, “makes me a bit hungry.” INCREASE GUARD AROOT COOLIDGE War-Time Protection Afforded President. As Radical Threats Are Made Rapid City. S. D„ Aug. 6.—(United Press)—The President of the United States today was surrounded by a I guard as heavy as that which protec I ted the chief executive during Hit war, following reports of radical vio lence protesting against the electro cution of Sacco and Vangittii. When report, was received fron New’ York that subways had beet bombed, presumably by sympathizer lof the condemned anarchists, squad of sentries were enlarged to com pletely surround the President's sun: mer home. Vigilance of secret sei vice men was increased. Fifty Soldiers On Guard Since Governor Fuller f Massa chusetts issued his deci u Thursda 'holding the two must forth (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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