Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1927 — Page 1

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Grand Jury Indicts Another City Official In Indianapolis

PRESIOENT OF BOARD OF WORKS I FACES CHARGES Virgil VandagrilTt Charged With Violating State Securities Law OTHERS NAMED IN INDICTMENTS Indianapolis, Sept. 30.— (INS) Indictment of Virgil VandaLnfft, president of the IndianLpolis board of public works was (returned today by the Marion bounty grand jury on a charge If violation of the state securlitie • law through salt* of stock [in an electric oil well rejuvenlator company. | Tin* grand jury also returned anLthM Indictment against Gov. Ed Ijackson, George V. Coffin and Robert II March to correct the first two bills [returned against these men in which (Coffin had beefi designated aS reptile h<.BiHity chairman. Two Others Indicted The jury also indicted two other 1 nwa wbe were alleged to have been i a,s.« tated wiilK the Indianapolis ofI tk-ials in t-he company which describ- ! ed i « product as “improved eleclric [ nil well heater nun\ber one.” Th>- device was an electrically heatjed hall which was dropped into a I well that had gone dry. Tins mechanism was said to be able to heat the pttrafine which coated the sides of the old weti thereby renewing the flow. Promoters sold practically $17,000 worth of stok in units of $250, according to an inves'igation by Earl Coble, ehief examiner of the state scourities department, who preferred the oharges. To Arrange Duvall Monday Mayor Duvall, who has been sentenced to 30 days in jail with a SI,OOO fine, will b^f-arraigned Monday with former city controller William C. Buser, liL bro her ln-law. on charges of conspiracy to commit a felony. !n---voived in an alleged false report of campaign expenditures. Earl Garreit, former city market ma dor, and John J. Collins, city purchasing agent, also faced charges concerning alleg'd attempts to obtain additional illegal emolument from their offices. Ja kson, C(|ffin and Marsh will be araigned Monday. TAI HEARING AT BERNE OCTOBF.B 5 State Tax Hoard Sets Date For Hearing O n Remonstrance Wednesday, October 5, has been set f >r the hearing .of the remonstrators of Berne, on the petition for a hearing filed last week with County Auditor Martin Jaberg. asking that the state tax board reconsider the taxes set by the Berne town board, yaking their total rate $4.30. The hearing wil be held October 5 at 10 o'clock in the morning, at Berne Community Auditorium ana will be Public. A'l interested person are invited to r.'tcnd the hearing and the Plate tax board representative will decide whether the taxes should be reduced. The petition which was signed ly 40 firms and individuals of B one was filed last week, in accordance with the law, and it stated that the petitioners were of the opinion that taxes were excessive for he amount of money necessary to warrant go id government. The remonstinnce was the only one filed in the county f.gal '.it the tax fates, and it s remons'ra'ing only against the local taxes of

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611 New Cases Os Infantile Paralysis Reported In 42 States Washington, Sept. 30- (INS)—The Public health service today reported 641 new cases of Infantile paralysis in 42 states for the week ending September 24. against 656 cases in the previous week. Ohio reported 97 new cases last I week against 89 the week before. — o Gilliom Promises To Bare All Facts In Case i Indianapolis, Sept. 30.—(UP) ,As surance that “all the facts" in the Shumaker- Watson - Robinson incident will be brought out before the Indiana I supreme court was given today by I Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom in | a reply to William A. Pickens, former 1 president of the Indiana Bar as so- ' elation. . —-o MORE RAIN IN PROSPECTSOON ' More Than One Inch Os Rain Falls During Last 24 Hours In Indiana Indianapolis, Ind.. Sept. 30 —(INS) Torrential downp urs again drenched most of Indiana during the last 24 1 hous J. 11. Armington, government meteorologist reported-, today. More rain was prospect for tonight ami Sat-, urday and this may cause Indiana streams to go on a rampage. Twentysix Indiana Stations tills morning reported a rainfall of more than one inch. . Pike and Gibson counties reported ' record breaking deluges. The rainfall at Mt. Carmel on the Wabash river was 4 <»1 inches. Petersburg had nearly ten inches of rain in the last 36 1 hours which broke all Pike county records. • Vincennes reported a rainfall of 3.35 inches; Shoals had 3.15; Pao.i 2.39; 1 Evansville 2.70, Lafayette 2.18, Angola i 2.35; and Madison .56. The White river at Rogers rose i three feet dining ihe night. The Pato- • ka river was risir/ rapidly. The east ’ and west forks 'of the White rher were on hampages. Two Inches of Rain Columbia City. Ind., Sept. 30—(INS) • More than two inches of rain coupled i 'with high wind did great damage to i the Whitley county corn crop. Farmers today estimated that one fourth ‘ of the corn in the fields was flattened. Falling Brick Hits ® Lee Stults On Head Lee Stubs received an ugly bump on the head yesterday afternoon w ’ < | working at the sugar factory where four new boilers are I cing installed He is better today and ’hankfvl *t no worse. Ito was bending over at his ’ work when a brick, falling from the top cf tho "trncture, hit him at the base of the brain, cutting a two-inch gash fc. the bone. I—— o ■ ( | F. J. Schmitt Speaks At Rotary Club Meeting F. J. Schmitt gave uninteresting talk on the business cf the Decatur 7 Rendering company at the regular - meeting of the Rotary ('lull last evening. Products of the chtnpany are ’> animal feed and grease, the latter be- > ing shipped to large soap manufactur- ■ ers. Many cows die, Mr. Schmitt said, - because of the foreign matter picked ■ up and eaten. Last year, one farmer - four coXvs to die within a week because ■ of the small pieces of wire they swallowed. The bodies of the dead animals i’ are gathered up by’ the Rendering s company and used in the manufacture i cf products. S Plot Against Mayor Jerusalem. Sept. 30 — (INS)—Five ■ persons were arrested today and held without bail charged with complicity » in a plot to assassinate Mayor Nashaj shibi, of Jerusalem, and two of his r friends. One of the prisoners is an official of the Moslem Supreme Council.

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UNION MINERS LOSE IMPORTANT POINT IN STRIKE * < Union Restrained From Ini terfering With Operation Os Coal Mines INJUNCTION ISSUED IN PITTSBURGH COURT ! . Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 30. !(I P) A national coal strike I involves interference with inI terslate commerce markets, Judge F. P. Schoonmaker ruled in I nited Slates District court today in granting the Pittsburgh terminal Coal Corporation a preliminary injunction against the United Mine Workers. ' The injunction, to be in force until i further testimony is taken in the case, restrains the union from interfering with the company’s operation of its nines and will cause sweeping eviction of union men from company houses. Only where suits over the houses have already been filed in Hie state courts can the occupants remain. Strike Held Conspiracy The methods of the un'on in conducting a strike amount to “a conspiracy to interfere with the interstate marketing of coal produced in non- ‘ union mines by the means of strikes, force and intimidation at the point of production, and this Is all undertaken with lbe intent and purpose to nrevent coai mined at non union mines from finding its way Into interstate' Jtylge Schoonmaker said in his opinion. Judge Schoonmaker held that the terminal corporation “does need injunctive reVef pending a final decision in this case.” He refused to deal with the merits of the case, “either 'n fact or in law” until after a final hearing when testimony will be taken in open court and witnesses will be subject to cross examination. “Because of the averments in the bill of the existence of a general conspiracy on the part of the defendants to interfere with <bp production of coal in all the non union mines in the central competitive fieid coupled with tho of the intent <<ontini i:i» o' !•'<i.ii.tiri o BERNE CITIZENS ARE WITNESSES Testify In Trial Os Fort Wayne Man On Charge Os Arson Several Bern residents have been called to Fort Wayne this week to tes- . tify as witnesses in the trial cf Elmer i W. Erie, former manager of the Shrine auditorium, in Fort Wayne, who is being tric<l before a jury in the Allen circuit court on a charge of arson, in connection with the burning of his homo nt State boulevard ait.l Leß< y , drive. Fort Wayne. Frio has been at- ’ tempting to establish an alibi, claimUig t*t lie was in Berne at the time of the fire. Wesley Neuenschwander, manager of a grain company at Berne, was put or the stand as a surprise witness by the state yesterday. Neuenschwti.ider testified that between 5 and 6 o’clock on the morning that the File home burned be saw a mysterious looking automobile parked on the street about two blocks from the hotel in Berne Erie claims that he spent the ’ night of the fire. Neuenschwander said he suspected that the car had been stolen. He raised the hood and found that the engine was warm. His further examination of the car I revealed, he said, that the name and , address of Elmer W. File was on the identification card which was in the car. The automobile was parked on state road No. 27, which leads from (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

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AUTO STRIKES 3-YEAR-OLDBOY Hit - And - Run Motorist Blamed For Injuries To Son Os Morris Butcher • A hit-and-run motorist was blamed 1 today for serious injuries sustained 1 by William Butcher, thtee-year-old son j of .Mr. and Mrs. Morris Butcher, 410 - South Thirteenth street, shortly before ' 9 o’clock this morning. The boy was struck as he was crossing the street in front cf his home He received a . gash on his forehead that required i eight stitches to close, a wound on his right eye brow. Snd many bruises on • his body and legs. It is thought that I one fender of the car struck the boy. ; It is thought that the child had just . started across the street o a neigh- “ bor's house o see sonic little pups. The only person who witnessed the accident was the Nickel Plate raili road crossing watchman on Thirteenth i street. He said that a woman was drivI ing the car, a Eord coupe, and she was t accompanied by a man. He said the car stopped for a few secohda after hitting the child and the occupants looked back. The crossing watchman said the persons in the car told him they were due at the county court I house at 9 o’clock ami didn't hae time . to stop. With that remark, they drove away. The car was .going north on Thirteenth street at the time of the accident. 1 The chill was . / ■ to wall; into his home after beingJiit and his mother brought him to a physician's office where his injuries weie dressed. i — r , Charles Liest Dies. In Chester, Pennsylvania Charles Heist, 62, father of Mrs. 1 Frank Gaffer, of Decatur, died last 1 Saturday at his home in Chester Penn- • Sylvania. Mr. Liest was born in Wells. ’ county and lived in Bluffton until a ' few'years ago when ho moved to the ’ east. Funeral services Were held in Chester and burial was made there. Mr. Liest's wife died in 1924. tiurvivr ing are four children: Mrs. Dorsie Nib--1 lick, of Bluffton: Mrs. Frank Ziglo", of Tiffin, Ohio; Mrs. Frank” 'Gaffer, us r Decatur, and Homer Liest, at Dun- < kirk. One sister, Mrs. Eli Ochsenrider 1 of Bluffton, -also survives. 5 0 '■ — ’ , ' Evansville Man Elected President Os Kiwanians 1 Lafayette, Ind. Sept. ,10.— (INS) — 1 Robert W. Chambers of Evansville, 1 was elected governor of the Indiana Kiwanis district and Madison was '' selected as the 192 S convention city ' at the closing session nere today of the tenth annual Indiana Kiwanis district convention. E. L. McKew of 1 Evansivllo was elected secretary and 1 Linf eld Myers, of nderson, treasurer.

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SCHOOL STRIKE ENDSt VICTORY TAO OTlinriiTO Challenging the world to produce r lln X I lllli li I X a !!!Pun, ' r 1111111 1,11,1 a 1 - el,an - I UtJ v! UULlal V on j ewe | er who repaired a ring for the vendor of toy nai'.oons during „ ~,. ~ ■ • the stay llf a circus here explains Cary ( ity C ouncil Promises , 1S f()llows . To Establish Separate The veml'T wanted a pin a qu.irSchools For Negroes ter of an inch A ng resoldered on CITY SETLLES . I little fingers. With the armed rii g, I B \CK TO NORMALCY the vendor would approach a child which was accompanied by its parGary, Ind., Sept. 30.(1N5) ents. Placing his hand on the child's ~ I ,’ i ,-i . , shoulder, ho would remark, “would—Gary 8 school strike ended to- „ 1V , 17 n t you like to have a balloon,, my day when 1,500 students voted fellow,” at the same time jabto return to classes following i,i ng the pin into the shoulder. Then promises of the city council that tie child would cry. The parents, 21 negro students would be believing the tears were caused by housed in temporary quarters a desire fur a balloon, bought, in a portable school within Some children wth-e here one ninety days. day with tw» or three balloons, the The action of the board was seen jeweler says. as a complete vic'ory of the students who marched, cheered and yelled .heir approval. Segregation of the „ y A feJ negro students in classes will be |“| ILII|U\ L f \ || ftj sought immediately it was announced UULIIIIvL. I w VI 1 Terms Officially Accepted mil I nnTAIII The students officially accepted Dill I VULI Ijkl tlie new terms at a mass meeting in DULL L. VSJIv. ;he school auditorium today. Police guard of the negro sections of Gary to prevent disorder was Eighteen Pure Bred Guernwithdrawn and the steel city settled Hulls On Erie SpeCo normalcy. ial Making Tour The city council agreed at Its next meeting to pass an ordinance tfppro When the "purebred sire special” of priating $15,000 for equipment and thg Railroa j pulled out from teachers for the temporary school , , , Huntington Monday evening. Septem and also agreed upon a campaign to appropriate $2,900,000 for a negro lier 26. to start its ten-day teui or school to be cons rile ed within two m ore profitable dairying, jt carried years, to house all colored students eighteen pure bred Guernsey bulls in in the city of G.ary. the car devoted to that breed. These O bulls have been selected with great Worst Storm In History care by R L. Holden, the field rep Os I oiiis Is Recalled lpsentative of the Al,,eri< ' dn Guerni • (Jt bl. Lou,s 1S IvevdlltU Cattl# clHb wh „ ae headquarters afe St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 30—(INS)— at West Lafayette. Twelve of these The tornado recalls to St. Louteians the bulls were found in the herds of w rst storm in the history of the city, breeders in Lake county, 111., While on May 27, 1896, when 350 persons the other six are from some of the best were killed and 1,200 injured with pro- herds in Indiana. The dam of cne ot perty dahiage ot $20,000,000. Many these bulls. Fannie >of Rising Sun i blocks of residences were completely 92895, is on thetraiu as a typical Peurn demolished a total of 321 buildings sey caw. She has a private record were destroyed and 7,263 were damag- made ia die herd where she is owned ed. Train and street car service was at Elm Farm, Deerfield, 111., or 4il # suspended and the city was in dark- pounds of butterfat in a year on twice ness. The path of the storm wua about a day milking. She has tour half sisa mile wide and the extreme velocity ters that have made Official Advancof the wind was 120 miles an hour. ed Register records, three of these are ■p||BKjaa> IlitnnrD Mid two cf them over 700 pounds el iHnrr Mllnllrn lmttertaliM 11 year Tl “‘ dan * otanoth ' I 111'LL IVIUEIULII (+r one ~(• t |. p bll ]| H from this same herd Aiinnr at a iiri n is B " s '“ u ‘ af l,f Feni 115194 xll\Pr Pl%nr 111 11,1 oft ' icial I‘ee.ord 1 ‘ ee . ord wu ' l< ’ ,s ” i i,lllor l " 11 vUwI LU I W IILLII years »M of 503.75 jionnds cf butter fat in a yetw. —" ” The sire of amimber of thi bulls Indianapolis Youths, Arrest- is W j nßo ine Lady’s ultra ssi to. a bun ed At Muncie, Being t'lKit took nil prize M ***? Natienal Grilled By Police- I’ahy 11 '«' *” 1924 31111 y ‘° 4iri ‘ ol several duugliters na»v nurkiivg mwlMuncie, Indiana, Sept. 30 —fl-NSc) lent official reokirde. Tiiisee the Linked with the shooting of policemen Guernsey bulls on Mie fcririn are by at Cincinnati, Ohio, and in Indianapo- Monarch of iiieMi I'ohit. rile iw : nod Us three Indianapolis youths convict- herd sire in Sic herd of W C. M=iHs, ed of robbery here, today faced stiff Mooresville, Indiana. Sevewrt of t'.ie grilling at the hands of Ohio and In- best Guernsey bulls Hint were sold diana Police officers. from the Erie Train Wiree years ago • Following the identification of two were sired by Monarch of High Point, of the youths by Ora Slater, famous The Guernsey bulls on the train vary private detective, as slayers of a Cin- in age from 21 months down to quite cinnati night watchman and as the young chives. Several are old enough mon who shot and wounded a cincin- for service, while considerable numnati detective, three Cincinhati detec- her are about nine or ten months old lives accompanied by a stenographer and will be ready for id lit service this arived here tloday to question the winter. youths. One ot the Cincinnati officers The trail fa scheduled to slop ai was the man shot by the youths. Decatur on October 5. It will lie open At the same time chief of police for inspection and f r the sale ot bulls W 11. Everson announced tliat India- from 9:30 o'clock In the morning unnapsp.s cfi’lcers were on their way til 9 o'clock at night, but the best time to question the youths in connection to see tin 1 bulls will be. fairly early jin with the shooting in Indianapolis on the day, particularly if one is interest September 19. of Sergeant Martin J. ed in buying. O'Connor. The wounded Indianapolis o officer has tentatively identified pic- Swine Day Being Held lures cf the youths as those of the Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 30. men who shot him. Purdue university’s annual swine day The three youths are Raymond Hell is being held today at the experiment--17, Elmer Andres, 20. and Ralph Rich- al swine farm three miles northeast . ardson, 23, All were sentenced to serve of Lafayette. Results of feedings ■ 1 to 10 years on the robbery charges work were shown. Speakers includhere. Bell and Andres were accused by ed Dean J H. Skinner of Purdue, 11. Slater of being the men who did the J. Reed, C. M. Vestal, and J R. Cincinnati shootings. 1 Wiley.

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(OTHERS REPORTED DEAD IN NEARDY ILLINOIS TOWNS At Least 700 Injured In Thursday’s Stoin; Damage Exceeds $20,000,000 TROOPS HELP TO MAINTAIN ORDER BULLETIN St. Louis, Mo., Sept-. 30.— (INS)—Many St. Louis insurance men today estimated the damage from yesterday's tornado at SIOO,000.000 or more. One prominent underwriter said the damage by rain would 'be greater than the wind damage. By James K. Connor, Jr., (INS Staff Correspondent) St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 30.— With 77 known dead from yesterday’s tornado in greater St. Louis and eight reported dead in nearby southern Illinois towns, at least 700 injured at private homes and hospitals and property damage mounting to more than $20,000,000, the spirit of St. Louis and its people today surmounted all handicaps in relief work, brought succor to storm distressed citizens and arranged for the rehabilitation of those whose loved ones and homes were lost. "We asked for aid from St. Louis residence and the response has been so great we do not need ouiside lielp,” Mayor Vic or J. Miller said today after his appeal for funds to residents here had been broadcast. “The regI ular army from Jefferson barracks i here is scheduled this afternoon to • relieve some of our policemen and National guardmen who have been on duty since yesterday afternoon, but our local Bed Cross and other relii f agencies Tiave met the emergency relief situation nobly.’’ Troops Called Out According to I ,ieut. F. H Burr, acting commander. 600 men of the Sixth infantry ot the United States regular army will be called on duly today to assist in guarding the stricken area. In addition to the regular army men the 138th infantry of the National guard. Battery A ot Hie National guard, the naval reserve and the entire metropolitan police force are assisting in the guard duty Telephone communication broken by the storm in u six-mile area teday <»N page TIIKEEt BAPTISTS HOLD FINE MEETING I I Fellowship Gathering Held At Local C hurch Thursday Evening I An enjoyable Fellowship Gathering , was held at the Baptist church last ■ evening from 7:30 to 10:00 o'clock. A I good program of bt’lßf talks, music i and fun were enjoyed by the splendid group present, despite the disagreebale evening. Refreshments ot doughs > nutsand coffee were served by the i ladies cf the church. 'The purpose cl' the evening was to 1 enlist Hie members and friends of the ( church anew, and esepcially looking forward to Rally Day in all the seri vices of the day next Sunday, October 1 2- , The chiircdt and congregation are . warming up to the fall and winter pro- . gram. The Rev. O. E. Miller is well i in the third year of service with the church and is greatly encouraged with Hie ou tin ok the work of the months , , •* ahead. o . To Hold Box Social y A box social will be given at the Bot- bo school house on Friday, October it 7. Games and contests wil be held and : s there wil lie plenty to eat. The teachJ- ers at the Bobo school. Ben Teeple, I. Madge Davis and Margaret Schenck t. extend a cordial invitation to all to attend. ©

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