Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 250, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1927 — Page 1

WEATHER Generally fair “>• light and Sunday. Lvarmer tonight.

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H F. WORTHMAN fIS HONORED BY | TEACHERS AGAIN ■h'catur School Head ReE kded Secretary-Treasur-er Os Organization KOKOMO MAN HEADS ■STAT E ORO AN IZ AT ION I)| F. Worthman. superin- ! I /ideiil of the public schools of ■editin', was re-elecled secre|irv ami treasurer of the Norlli--slsl,in Indiana Teachers Association at the close of its annual livo-day conference in Fort \ayn< Friday afternoon. Mr. Vmllnnan has served as secre[irv and treasurer of the organnation since its beginning. Alvin S. Eyster, of Fort Wayne, tas ('■■(ted president of the associa(,n. succeeding G. O. Simpson, of ngola. Mr. Eyster is a commercial Piicher in the North Side high school t Fort Wayne. Clarence Green, of üburn. superintendent of the Detail) county schools, was elected viceresident. succeeding J. D. French. I Bluffton. Francis G. Blair Speaks Preceding the electon of officers, rancis G. Blair, state superintendnt of public instruction in Illinois, poke on "Abraham Lincoln.” He was introduced by Lou, s C. Ward, superintendin’ of Fort Wayne public jchools. The association passed a resolution approving the efforts being made to tlean-up the political corruption in Indiana and that the organization will lend every effort to regain the slate’s fair place among the other states of the nation. * The association also passed a resolution authorizing the executive committee to continue plans for the amalgamation of all district teacher associations in the state. The teachers also approved the forming of the various district associations into a state organization. Mote than 1.500 attended the final session Music for the meeting was urnished by the all-district high M-huol orchestra under the direction of Howard B. Hoffmann of Berne. The program was broadcast by radio station WOWO. The executive committee to serve ' the association for 1927-28, which was appointed at the sectional meetings. was announced at the closing session as follows: Allen county, D. O. McComb, (CovriN'UKn on i’ac.k SUGAR FACTORY RUNNING STRONG Production Records Are Being Broken At Local Plant This Fall Although one of the highest production records in the history of the local plant of the Holland-St. Ixiuis Sugar company is being made tills season, W. 11. Simpson, plant superintendent expressed the opinion this morning that the campaign would coninue until about January 1, 1928. Tons of beets are going through the Itreat mill dally and the daily average cut has been 1,091 tons. This average exceeds any former record and the tnill is running smoothly. Production is increasing every day and before the season closes it is expected that the daily average cut of beets will exceed the total up to date. Approximately 4,000 tons of beets ttre in the yards today and the shipments are coming in in rapid order, •'he total tonnage of beets is expected t<> be larger than ever tits year, due to the fact the plants of the company at Findlay, Ohio, and Holland, Michigan are not running this year and the beets of these territories are being shipped to Decatur. The first pay roll for the factory employees was made today, the time being for less than a week. The first regular two week’s pay roll will be distributed on Nov. 7.

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Peru Judge Praised For Sentencing Bandit To Life Term In Prison Marion, Ind., Oct. 22—(INS)--Prais- . ing action of Judge Hurst, of Peru, In sentencing Frank Badglcy to life I imprisonment in the state penitentiary, for robbing the bank at Amboy, the Grant county bar associa- • tion has recommended that courts take full advantage of the laws perne tting such sentences. ’’Bold banditry in stpfeadjng the country over, and means that are , drastic must be taken." the barristers decided in a set of resolutions. It was pointed out that heavy sentences • would exercise a deterrent effect on robbery that had not before been ■ available. Judge Hurst, it was sat'd, at a meet- • ing of the bar association, lias been I commended by persons throughout the state for his action. SEN. WALSH TO SPEAK TO BAR Montana Senator To Give Address At Eleventh District Bar Meeting What is expected to be the largest gathering of lawyers and their wives ever assembled in this part of Indiana will heat Senator Walsh, of Montana, of Teapot Dome fame, who will address the annual meeting of the Eleventh District Bar Association, at an informal banquet at Marion, Tuesday evening. October 25. at 6:30 o'clock. The following Indianapolis lawyers will attend: Senator Arthur 11. Robinson and Mrs. Robinson, Judge Willard B. Gemmill and Mrs. Gemmill, Emsley W. Johnson, Michael A. Ryan. Frank C. Dailey, John W. Holtzman. William H. Schaefer, Russell Ryan, Robert Coleman, John Ruckelshaus, James M. Ogden. Judge Chalies Remster, Judge Baltzell, Alfred Hogston, Attorney General Giiliom and Earl R. Peters, Fort Wayne. Senator Walsh will arrive from Chicago on the Pennsylvania train due in Marion at 3 o'clock in the afternoon He will address the Indianapolis Kiwanis Club on Wednesday at noon. Guy I! York. Peru, president of the Association will preside. Other District officers are W. C. Coryell. Marion Vice-president, Frank W. Plummer, Wabash, secretary and Charles It. Lucas, Huntington. Treasurer. Mr. Cot yell has received a second letter and a telegram from Senator Walsh confirming his first letter in which he agreed to come. o Legionnaires To Plan For Membership Drive P nal plans for a membership drive, which will start November I, will be made Monday evening at the regular meeting of Adams Post. No. 43, of the American Legion. The meeting will be held in Legion Hall on South Second street, starting at 7:30 o’clock. A wiener and sauer kraut supper will he served and addresses will be given by Senator T. A. Gottschalk and Dr. Harry O. Jones, of Berne. Four boxing bouts between local boxers ' will complete the evening’s program. Gunboat Baker, who was scheduled to box six rounds with Battling Betz, : has withdrawn from the program and his place will be taken by Joe Burnett. All Legionnafres are urged to • attend the meeting. Students Object To “Victorian Tyranny i In A Modern Era” Norman, Okla., Oct. 22.—(UP) — Tlie University of Oklahoma student body prepared today to return to . classes, following a revolt against • what was termed "Victorian tyranny , in a modern era.” Students yesterday held a mass i meeting and protested against "hateless nights," 11 o'clock dances, a noi joy ride regulation in the college rules i and other prohibitory restrictions. 1 More than 2.000 students paraded to the home of Persident M. D. Biz- ' zell, where a spokesman recounted > their grievances. It was believed that the faculty would call n conference ■ with student leaders, and that some to the home of president M. D. Biz-

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FALL-SINCLAIR TRIAL IN RECESS OVER WEEK-END ’ Attorneys Plan Their Strategy For Bitter Legal Battle Next Week GOVERNMENT MAKES IMPORTANT MOVES t — - i By Herbert Lit lie, i tl'P Staff Correspondent) Washington. Oct. 22. — tl'P) —With the Fall-Sinclair oil conspiracy trial 1 In recess until Monday, the jury rested today while presiding Justice Sid dons pondered admissibility of the senate oil investigation's testimony as evidence here. He is to announce his decision Monday. Meanwhile government and defense I lawyers reviewed the events involved | in the Teapot Dome lease, as presented in the first week of the trial, and planned their strategy for the bitter i legal battle next week. Government Outlines Cass The government outlined its cast and made three important moves, designed to show former Secretary of Interior Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair conspired to de,fraud the United States of the rich Teapot Dome naval oil reserve in Wyoming. Government witnesses have testified Fall was advised by his experts that there was not enough danger of draining the reserve to warrant leasing more than a small part of it; that Fall personally handled the leading negotiations, and that Fall did not I inform his assistant secretary, who handled the pgjroh-um.M-siness of the department, concerning the Teapot lease until four days after it was made. Defense lawyers, on the other hand, have sit up a “patriotism" de sense, alleging the lease was part of a plan originating in the navy, to obtain fuel oil for battleships in exchange for the reserves' under ground oil; they have credited Admiral J. K. Robinson with carrying out the plan: (< (»> rtVI F.il ON I'lltK TW(» REVIVAL LIKELY TO CLOSE SUNDAY Interest Still Growing In Services At Evangelical Church. However ' The revival meetings at the First Evangelical church sem to be continually growing in attendance and interest. A large audience was in ' attendance last) evening and gave ’ rapt attention while the Evangelist, ; Mrs. Ida Tribbett, spoke on the subject of the last days according to the ■ BiWe. She predicted that in her judgment we were not so far distant, 1 for seemingly the signs suggested in Scripture as preparatory to Christ's ' coming were all largely fufillled. Os ' the day and the hour no one can defi- . nitaly know, but we are admonished to he ready, she said. Some have ■ been expressing themselves as of the ! conviction the services are getting • better each night. i The series of meetings will probably close Sunday evening. There will be a service this evening at 7:15 o’clock. Mrs. Tribbett will preach at the Sunday morning service at 10:15 ' o’clock. She will also preach at the service at 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon and again at 7 o'lock in the evening. The offerings Sunday will , gi to Mrs. Tribbett. The public is invited to these services. o— ’— Soviet Appoints New Ambassador To France Moscow, Oct. 52.— (UP) —Valerian i Davgaivoky was appointed Soviet ambassador to France today. [ Dovgalvesky, previously Soviet en- . voy to Japan, is succeeded by ChrisI tian Racoksky at Paris .France det tnanded Rakocsky’a recall because he • signed a communist manifesto urging II foreign troops to desert rather than •! fight Russia.

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Policeman looks unconcerned although automobile haul's over his head al Charlestown. Mass., bridge. Wonder if driver of car took his narrow escape Iron) death just as calmly! HERRICK WANTS TO BE American Ambassador To France Asks President To Name His Successor By George 11. Holmes, (INS Staff Correspondent) Copyright 1927 by INS Washington, Oct. 22. — Myron T. Herrick, American ambassador to France at the start of the World war, and who rtturned Io Paris in 1921, has signified to President Coolidge his desire to be relieved of his post as soon as the administration can conveniently choose his successor it was learned here today. Advancing years and ill health have been ascribed as the causes. Ambassador Herrick returned from France in mid-summer and since that time has undergone two operations. His recovery has been slow, and his general condition is such that he has yielded to the advices of friends and relatives that he should give up his post. He recently passed his 73rd birthday. No announcement has been made of the ambassador's decision and it is probable that none will be made until Washington is ready to announce at the same time his successor. Officially Ambassador Herrick is recuperating from an illness and expects to resume his post some time (CONTIXI i:i> OX HAGR T"Oi Rev. Smith Speaks At College Home-Coming Indiana Central College, al Indiana ipols, observed its annual Homecoming yesterday and today at the college, with various activities. Yesterday Mun* cie Normal College and Indiana Central tied in a hard fought football game, the score being 12 to 12. At the morning Chapel Services, the Hev. Cecil K. Smith, of this city was the speaker. o Police Find No Clues To Whereabouts Os Ewing Indianapolis, Oct. 22 —(VP) — Police , today had found no additional clues to the whereabouts of Willard Ewing alleged murderer of Ills wife Zenith Burress, and her stepfather, David O. Boyles. Ewing is known to have been some- . where in Southern Indiana this week, but since than all trace has been lost. . Police are working on 'the theory the ; man is hiding in the Hills of Keni tucky, where he is believed to have relatives.

MRS.GRAYSON IS FORCED RACK ON SECOND TAKE OFF ; Tremendous Weight Again Prevent “The Dawn” From Gaining Height MAY TRY AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING Old Orchard, Me., Oct. 22—(INS) Shortly after taking off early today on lan attempted non-stop flight to (open hagen in het place "The Dawn", Mrs. Frances Grayson returned to the starting point. "We just could not make her rise.” was Mrs. Grayson's explanation of her sqcond false start across the ocean. Shortly after the plane containing Mi s. Grayson. Wilmer Stultz her pilot, and Brice Goldsborough, navigator, had been lost to sight, it again appeared, flying low in the water. It headed straight for the beach here and when a little off shore, settled on the water and began circling about. Stultz then let down his landing gear and brought "The Dawn" hack into the hangar. Climbing out of the plane, Mrs. Gray,son sa.:d: Load Too Heavy "We were going down wind all the time and we just could not make her rise. 1 'believe we had too much of a load; you see. we had 921 gallons of gasoline aboard. Tills is more than we’ve ever carried.” Mrs. Grayson added that they had reached a point about. 2 miles beyond th" Cape Elizabeth lightship when they noticed that "The Dawn” would not riimb. They then decided not to take the risk, of going further. 1 indaunted, Mrs. Grayson ordered another supply of gasoline, for part ( t the supply on "The Dawn" had been dumped by Navigator Goldsborough. This was the second false start of "The Dawn " Last Monday she was "Down by the nase" with gasoline in the forward tanks and had to return H'ONTINIEO <»N IMCIF. ’•'»> O; JUDGE BALTZELL SENTENCES 22 I Large Number Plead Guilty To Violation Os Federal Prohibition Law Indianapolis, Oct. 22 — (UP) —Sentences ranging ft out cue day in the county jail to 15 months in the federal penitentiary and fines of from $1 to S3OO were meted out yesterday by Judge Robert C. Baitzell in federal ' court to 22 of the 31 persons who pleaded guilty to violations of the ■ liquor laws. i All those involved, with the excep- ■ tion of one, were charged with compli- - city in the Ferracane liquor conspiracy case in which 99 indictments were returned recently by the Federal Grand Jury. Trial of the other 26 der fendants who entered pleas of not guilty were set for Nov. 28 by Judge Baltzell. o Showers Forecast For • Middle Os Next Week I Washington, Oct. 22.-(INS)-Weath- , er outlook for the period October 24 to 29 inclusive: Ohio Valley, mostly > fair at beginning of the week, followed by a period of showers about the middle and again toward the end of the week. Moderate temperature most of tlie week except cool at times • in the Ohio Valley. 1 FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE ’ Washington. Ind., Oct. 22. — (INS) — - Telling his wife he was going into the field to cut fodde>. John Cave, - middle aged farmer living two miles southwest of Elnora, near here, slip- • ped away from his house with a shot- . gun, went into a cornfield and blew . away the top of his head. The body e was found some time later by a son. i- Ntf motive for the suicide could be e I assigned today by members of the 1 family.

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Truck Carrying Deer Hunters Kills Huge Buck In North Woods Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 22.—(INS)—A Ford truck was the only amunltion needed by C. C. Colbert, president of the American Coating Mills, on a trip to the north woods, to bring down a 250 pound buck deer. Ford trucks are not the usual means of Colbert for hunting. Hi- and his brother-in-law, Major Lawrence Hess, of Indianapolis, and lairehous Stev ens, of Elkhart, had been hunting In the wlds of New Brunswick, Canada. Each of the men had got his limit, two bucks apiece. Stevens also had shot an I wounded a hear, but the animal. escaped. Returning home, at niglit. tin- men were driving a truck, travelling about ' thirty miles an hour. Suddenly tlie truck crashed into and killed a huge 'buck. It was one of the finest they itad seen. CRASH VICTIM HAS KIN HERE Dr. C. C. Kreigh, Os Ossian, Killed In Auto Crash, Related To John Rex Dr. C. C. Kreigh, 44. Ossian, travel ling eye specialist, who died Friday afternoon at the Methodist hospital at Fort Wayne, as the result of injuries sustained when he drove his I automobile into a freight train early (yesterday at a crossing in LaOtto, was a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. John Rex, of this city, and visited here quite frequently. Only a short time ago. Dr. Kreigh made his last visit to Decatur. Tlie deceased was a sou of Mr and Mrs. Samuel M. Kreigh. of Oss’an. The father left last Sunday by automobile for Washington, D. C.. and thence to Florida. He is accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. Mahnensmith. Jr. of Ossian, and the party expected to camp along the way. Considerable difficulty is being experienced in locating the father. Dr. Kreigh is survived by his parents and the following brothers and ■ sisters: Lon Kreigh, Waynedale; Mrs. John Sowards. Mrs. C. E. Sowards, and Glen Kreigh, all of Bluffton; Verne Kreigh, of .Tacksosville, Fla.: Ida Kreifh. at home: and iaii) Kteigh. ot Huntington. Dr. Kreigh. accompanied by two women, was driving his Chrysler sedan to Kendallville from Fort Wayne, where they had attended a show dur ng the evening. Failing to see a freight train which had been stepped across the highway at LaOtto, the car crashed into it. Dr. Kreigh sustained two broken legs, a deep gash in the top of his head and internal injuries. The ladies of the party were also injured and are patients in the Methodist hospital at Fort Wayne. Morrow Reaches Laredo On His Way To Mexico Laredo, Tex., Oct. 22.—(UP)—Ambassador Dwight Morrow and his party arrived at Fort Mclntosh, near here today. They wen- breakfast guests of officers at the fort. The United States’ ambassador to Mexico will not cross the international boarder in the Marco Polo, private car in which they came from St. Louis, it was said. Instead it is planned to go directly from Fort Mclntosh by automobile across the border. o Judge Will Dissolve Manages But He Won’t Buy Old Wedding Rings Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 22. — (INS) —Judge Janies M. Leathers, of superior court No. 1 here may dissolve marriages, but he is not in the market to purchase the second hand wedding > rings, nor to pawn them. , Yesterday a fair divorcee slipped i into the judicial chambers and ad- • dressed Judge Leathers, who recently - granted Iter a divorce. r "You were so kind to me,” she said, r and slipping, a gold band from her . finger, "could you lend me five dol--3 lars on this?" The jurist advised her to see a pawnbroker.

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MUNCIE YOUTH PLEADS GUILTY THIS AFTERNOON John Lumpkin, 21, Os Muncie, (’onfesses He Took Part In Bold Holdup GOLLIHER STILL DENIES CHARGE Portland, Oct. 22. (INS) John Lumpkin, 21. of Muncie, pleaded guilty in circuit court here this afternoon to ptirticipalion in the liold daylight holdup ol the Farmers and Merchants hank of Bryant, October I I. in which -11.700 was taken. Judge R. D. Wheat withheld sentence on the youth, pending an investigation by Sheriff Ben Hawkins into the details of the alleged confession of Lumpkin, made tills afternoon. George Golliher. of Winchester, is being held in the Jay county jail here, in connection with the robbery. Believe Golliher Guilty “I believe that Golliher was the companion of Lumpkin, but I am not ready to maKe a definite statement to that effect," was Sheriff Hawkin’s comment. The sheriff indicated Golliher would lie arraigned the first of next week, but refused to say v.hat charges would lie preferred against him. Lu npkin Arrested Friday Lumpkin was arrested in Muncie yesterday afternon by Sheriff Hawkins, who was unwilling today to give information "as to how he was led to connect the youth with the robbery. The bandits, two young men drivng a sedan, drew up in front of the bank just before closing time, October 14. held up cashier John Bonitas and his assistant. Miss Emma Bonham. and scooped up $1,700 in. cash from the counter of the paying teller's cage. Tlie men in the r haste overlooked $9,000 in cash. One Os Owners Os 101 Ranch Killed By Fumes Ponca City. Okla.. Oct. 22. —(UP) - Colonel Joe Miller, born to the saddle of the old west and who tried to perpetuate it as shown man and ranch baron, has passed with his time. Apparently the victim of fumes front his automobile, the Colonel, 58, eldest of the Miller brothers cf the 101 Ranch here, was found dead in the ranch garage late yesterday. The. motor of the car was still running. AUDITING TO BE FINISHED SOON State Accounants To Complete Work Here In About Ten Days State Accountants W. A Hammond and Leonard Schroder, who have been checking the gooks and records of tha ounty officials in the court house, have ompleted the task of auditing the books in the auditor’s office and in tlie county treasurer’s office. They have also audited the records of the common and congressional school funds and are working now on the hooks in the county clerk's office. The accountants stated that they thought they would complete the ' check-up of the county records within the next ten days and would then start on the books and records of the townslvp trustees. Following the checking up of the township records, 1 they will audit the books of the ! sehool boards in the county and of tlie clerk and treasurer at Decatur ' and Berne and the town boards of ' Monroe and Geneva. They are Y’ checking the books for 1926 and will bring the records up to January 1, •• 1927. They will be in this county •' several weeks. Mr. Hammond, who 1- has been here in former years lives at P(m> and Mr. Schroder who is here a for the first time, lives at Columbia City.

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