Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1927 — Page 1

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POLITICIANS SCAN ELECTION RESULTS

|B NE ELECTION SfiLLMUDDLED: I VOTE IS LIGHT jemocrats Win In Geneva ■Election; Monroe Elects Republicans ■MA 111 VOTE ■ l\ BERNE ELECTION ■With the Berne town elec■n still in a muddle as the re■ll ol the failure of the election ■nmissioners to place tlw* ■nus of Democratic candi■b s on the official ballots, two Ijier town elections in Adams iimtv were manipulated yesMav without a single hitch, finva went Democratic by h,»c majorities and Monroe [cted two Republican town ««lecs and a town clerk. E. B Gauker, Democratic candidate ■ clerk cf Geneva, was swept into Ice. defeating, his Republican opMiint. Ben Farlow, 149-83. K. F. ilbiemaker, Democratic candidate for ■rk, defeated Dr. C. P. Hinchman, I,publican. 149-79. D. F. Gi4lo, DemBrat. wns elected councilman of GeK: i ov >r his Republican opponent. C tv. Schaefer, 149-83. No arguments arose during the election and t! votes were counted early last Blit and the results filed. The vote Ks tight. Republicans Win At Monroe ■At Monroe, W. L. Keller, Republi■in candidate for trustee of the first Baril. defeated his opponent, P E. ■agate, running on a Citizen’s ticket, ■>-2.8. In the second ward, E. M. Sv. bb. Republican, polled 47 votes ■car Ehrsam, Citizen, polled 15 nte Z. O. Lewellen. Republican, las unopposed for the office of jerk-treasurer. Os the 890 registered voters in Jerne, only 111 cast votes in the town lection, following the disclosure of he failure cf the election commissionrs, Fred Kamholz, E. J. Schug and 'red Rohrer, to print the names of the lemocratic candidates on the ballots. 111 Votes Cast at Berne Amos Snyder, Republican candidate or councilman at Berne, and Fred Kamholz, candidate for clerk-treasur-Sr, both received 111 votes. About 10 Jr 12 Democrats voted the ballot by Anting the names cf their candidates >n the ballot, but the election boards leclared the ballots mutilated and refuse.! to count them. Bei ne political leaders say that the ballot fiasco \As the cause for the unusually light vote in yesterday’s election. Democratic leaders stated today that they were planning further action as a result of yesterday's election. A committee of Berne citizens came t: Decatur this attiinoon to confer with local attorneys and decided on further action to have the election declare! void. Democrats and a great inwnsi Ki) ow PAGE Foi in CHALLENGE OF SERMONS FELT Interest Continues To Grow In Revival At Christian Church Here The growing interest in the revival at the Christian church was splendidly manifested in the good sized audience in attendance last night. The impact of Rev. A. A. Colle hard-hitting soui-searching preaching is beginning to make its Challenge felt. More and niore the people of the community are showing their appreciation by constant attendance. Rev. H. W. Mount, of Montpelier, was present in the services last night, and with him were about 30 members of his congregation. A cordial invitation is extended to all of the Christian people to attend those meetings. No unfair advantage "ill be taken of any one. A splendid feature of the meetings Is the song leadership of Mr. and Mrs. Hess. The song service at the opening of the meetings is a spirited presentation of the old gospel hymns.

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Captain Hawthorne C. Gray, ? army balloonist, will be buried j with full military honors after being dashed to death in balb loon at Sparta, Tenn., while at- ■> tempting to set new altitude >- record.

: ADAM DEAM DIES AT STURGIS, MICH. I r Former Decatur Resident Dies Tuesday Afternoon; Cause Not Known Here t Word was received in this city that Adam Deam, former Decatur resident, • lied yesterday afternoon at Sturgis, ' Michigan. Cause of the death and de- ' tails were not learned. ’ Mr. Deam moved from this city to ’ Sturgis sevetai years ago. About two years ago he met with an accident, in which one leg was amputated. Mrs. 1 .1. E. Williams, a.-daughter residing in 1 this city, left this morning for Sturgis. Funeral arrangements have not been made, ’but Mi s. Williams stated that 1 the burial would take place at Mr. Deam’s home in Sturgis. He was about 70 years of age. o —— Hammond Offers Reward For Arrest Os Bombers > ' Hammond. Nov. 9. — HNS) The i Hammond chamber of commerce has 1 posted reward of $2,000 for informa- ■ tion which would lead to arrest of the bombers of the $1,600,000 State ! theatre here yesterday. The dyna- ’ miting caused a loss of nearly a - million dollars. ' Business men here believe the out1 rage was work of a fanatic and have taken out about a million dollars >' worth of bomb insurance in fear of • further dynamiting. Chicago experts i are working with local, police in an . effort to solve the mystery. 7 hits t far no clues to the, identity of the dynamiter has been found. oElks Lodge To Hold Meeting This Evening ■ An interesting meeting of the Decatur lodge of Elks is planned for tonight at the Elks home. A financial report on the Elks fair given in this teity last , September will be made and Walter • Wilkinson, exalted ruler, and Albert Colchin, secretary cf the lodge, who attended an executive meeting ot exalted rulers and secretaries at India1 napolis last Sunday, will make a re- ' port. Following the lodge meeting, a social session will be held and sand- ’ wiches an'd coffee will be served. Mem- ’ bets are invited to attend. 5 o1 Two Men Killed In Kentucky Election C Louisville, Ky., Nov. 9. — (UP) — , Two men lost their lives in election . disturbances in Kentucky yesteiday. > Gill Lewis, 30, a candidate for city I council at Everett. Harlan county, • was shot and killed in a dispute with Will Gibson. 45. Floyd Lewis, the j victim's brother, was wounded in the . fight. Lindsey Clark, 30, was shot and - killed at Prestonburg in a political argument with Melvin Wells, farmer.

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BATTLE OVER MAYOR’SOFFICE NOT VET ENDED Holmes And Hogue Continue Fight For Reins At Indianapolis SLACK ASSUMES DUTIES OF MAYOR _____ * Indianapolis, Nov. 9. —(INS)— L. Ert Slack, Democrat, versus Ira Holmes and .Joseph L. Hogue. Republican. That was the lineup today in the mayorlity situation in Indianapolis. Resuming his battle fob the mayorship after he announced he would withdraw. Holmes today entered the list against Slack who was elected by the city council late yesterday our the 38th ballot. Hogue Not Ready To Quit Hogue also indicated he had not yet decided to yield to Slack. Ho'mes today filed a demurer to an injunction granted by Judge Milner, of Marion county superior court, which prevented him from ousting Claud E. Negley, who was temporary mayor before Slack was elected. If Judge Milner overrules the demurer, Holmes said he would appeal to the state supreme court. The claim of Holmes is based on the fact John L. Duvall resigned as mayor, was succeeded by his wife, Maud Duvall, who immediately named Holmes as city controller, then resigned. Hogue's claim was predicted on the fact he was city controller under the Lew Shank administration. In Hogue’s opinion, political corruption proved against DnvaH prevented his legal succession to Shank. Discuss Plans For Shrine At Grave Os .James Gresham Evansville, Ind., Nov. 9 —(UP)— Plans to make a national shrine of the burial place of James Berthel Gresham first American soldier to fall in the world war, were discussed at a meeting cf the service star legion held yesterday. Junior Hand Will Not Practice Tonight The Junior baud will not hold a rehearsal tonight, as Prof. J. C. Cafaro, the director, will be unable to be here tonight. The band will hold a rehearsal next week, however. TWO WIN MEDALS IN COBN CONTEST Albert Ewell And Otto Bieberich Have High Yields In Five-Acre Contest Albert Ewell, young Prebld township farmer, bears the distinction of winning the 1927 Adams county fiveacre corn contest, with an average yield for his five acres 87.3 bushels per acre. Mr. Ewell will receive a silver medal from the Indiana Corn Growers’ Association, which is promoting the work throughout the state. Only one other man in the county, Otto Bieberich, of Kirkland township, will qualify for a medal, his yielll being 83.8 bushels per acre. Bieberich will be awarded a bronze medal. The remainder of the contestants all had yields of less than 75 bushels per acre. Mr. Ewell’s corn was grown on "new ground," which has been chopped only a few years. Carefully tested seed corn was drilled in rows 39 inches apart during the latter part of May. An actual count of the stalks from which corn was husked to estimate the yield shows that there was one stalk for each 17 inches in the row, indicating a fine stand. The corn was fairly well matured. Bleberich’s corn was grown on a field of black ground which produced a crop of clover and timothy last year. The ground was plowed in December. On May 23, Mr. Bieberich planted the field to tested Reed’s yellow dent (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 9, 1927.

Motorist Is Denied Right To Cuss Over Garage Bills; Fined Mulberry, Ind., Nov. 9- (INS)- 1. W. Browning, of this town, was tried in justice court here and found guilty cf using public profanity over a garage bill. Squire Troxel, justice of the peace, fined Browning $1 and costs. Brown took his machine for repairs to a local shop. When he read a hill for the work he burst into a picturesque explosion of epithets concerning the piice and the workmen. in couit, the profane motorist acted as his own attorney, defending the "inalienable light of man to cuss over the garage bills.” The ease was tried before a jury. O : ARTHURWEMHOFF SAFE IN VERMONT Decatur People Get Message From Son Who Is In New England Flood Area Mr. and Mrs. George Wemhoff, 309 North Eighth street, today received word from two sources that their son, Arthur, who is attending school in Northfield, Vermont, where a serious fiord has been raging for several days, is safe and well. Mr. and Mrs. Wemhoff received a telegram from Arthur, this morning, which merely said, “All O. K" Later in the morning. Mr. Wemhoff received a telegram from F. W. McKelvy, of Bartlesville. Oklahoma, saying that he had picked up the following message broadcast by J. J. Finessy, principal of the high school in Northfield which Arthur attends, ‘Arthur safe and well." The message broadcast from Northfield was "addressed to George Wemhoff. Decatur, Indiana. It is presumed that Mr. McKelvy is an amateur radio broadcaster in Bartlesville. Mr. Wemhoff spent several hours with his radio last night, listening to messages being broadcast by station WBZ, in Springfield, Mass., but failed to learn anything about his son. However, he did talk to a traveling man. in Lagrange, Indiana, with whom Mr. Wemhoff is acquainted and who had visited Northfield about two weeks ago. and he told Mr. Wemhoff that the house where Arthur is staying N nearly 400 feet above Hie river which overflowed. —-i o Michigan City Endorses City Manager Government Michigan City, Ind., Nov. 9—(UP) —Michigan City's’ city manager form of government was re-endorsed in the election here yesterday. Two of the present commissioners in th" com-mission-manager government were reelected, while only one of the three democratic candidates who made a fight on the manager plan won. Mayor William F. C. Dal’, and Christopher G. Wilber, republicans, were re-elected on the commission. The Third member of the so-called non-partisan ticket supporting the manager administration, Frank M. Swanson, was defeated. — o Condition Os Clyde Noble Very Serious Clyde Noble, South Third street, who suffered a paralytic stroke Saturday noon, affecting his entire left side is in a very critical condition and little hopes are entertained for his recovery. JMr. Noble spent a bad night and the family and friends suffered much anxiety throughout the night and today, as to the outcome of his illness. Mrs. Noble is in a broken down nervous condition bereself and is under the physician's care. o Bombing Is Frustrated Shanghai, Nov. 9—(UP)—Police today frustrated an attempt to bomb the Russian consulate, seizing a bomb and arresting five monarchist Russians who, they declared, were leaders in the plot. A strong cordon of surrounds the consulate. Trouble is feared.

ARRAIGNMENTOF JACKSON AWAITS NAMING OF JUDGE Court Names Three Judges From Whom One Will Be Picked To Preside SELECTION DI E i THIS AFTERNOON Indianapolis, Nov. 9.— (INS) I Bv a process of elimination. Oscar 11. Montgomery, of Seymour. former judge of the Indiana Supreme Court, was chosen this afternoon to preside over the trial of Governor I'd i Jackson. George V. Coffin and Robert I. Marsh, accused by the Marion county grand jury of conspiracy and bribery. ■ Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 9—(INS) — The arraignment of Governor, Ed Jackson and of his two co-defendants on charges of bribery today was awaiting i the selection of the trial judge from among three new judges whose names were submitted to the state and de- ’ sense by criminal court judge James A. Collins. i The court this morning named the following three judges of whom by a process of eliminati. n wil preside over the Governor’s trial. Three Judges Named Oscar H. Montgomery of Seymour. ■ Indiana, former state supreme court . judge. ; Joseph G. Ibash, of Hammond. Ind- : iana, former judge of the state appel- . late ijonit. Chatties A. Lowe of Lawrenceburg, ’ Indiana, firnuer juilge cf the Dearborn ■ circuit court. I The prosecution and the defense will each have th eprivilege of striking off the name of one judge. The remaining jurist will be the trial judge. — —o Sampson Wins Race In Kentucky By 30,000 Votes Louisville, Nov. 9 —(lNS) —Election of Judge Elem I). Sampson. Republican as governor of Kentucky was claimed this afternoon by republican > leaders by a marjority of about 30,000 votes. Nearly al! unofficial retui ffSTiad , been received. William Hir. is n, Republican, defeated mayor Joseph O’Neal in the Mayoralty race by a margin of 0,345 votes. - | COUHTT RECORDS GIVEN APPROVAL’ State Board Os Accounts ! Approves 1926 Records Os Four County Officers i , The state board of accounts has ap- • proved the records of several county| I officers for the year 192 G and found ’ all funds in balance. The examination | ■ of the records was made by examiners i W. L. Hammond and L. R. Schroder. and copies of their report have been I received by the county commissioners ; and placed on file for public inspection. tion. The records examined were for 19-, 26 and included, John Baker, serif f: j t John E. Nelson, county clerk; Ed. Green, county recorder; Louies Kleine, ' county treasurer, ami Martin Jaberg. ’ county aduitor. The examination also 1 includes the school fund, which is kept by the county auditor. 1 The reports read that “all records ■ were in balance”, that “all forms and books as required by law were kept”| r and that “all forms were properly kept".. Every fund kept by the above of- ( fleers during the year 1926 was found , • to balance to a penny and no errors ) were made in bookeeping, as far as > shown in the report. The state examiners are working in - this county now and after completing the checking of the books of the town-! • ship trustees wil check up the records s of school board, town and city treasurers.

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MRS. UNA ODLE, OF GENEVA. DIES Wife Os Prominent Geneva Grocer Dies Following Operation Genova, Nov. 9—(Special I— Mrs. Lina Odle, wife of Frank Odle, prom j inent grocery proprietor of Geneva, passed away at ?. o'clock Wednesday morn'ng. November 9. 19’7. Death occurred at the Lutheran hospital at F< rt Wayne, where Mrs. Odle had b en a patient following an operaI tion for gall stones and diabetes. Mrs. Lina Odle was ‘he daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Blackaby, of Ridgeville. Indiana, and was born in I April, 1579. She has been a resident of Geneva for a number of years, where she was Quite well known in social, fraternal and church organizations She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star at Geneva and also of the Rebekah Lodge. j Surviving are the husband. Frank I Odle; the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Blackaby, of Ridgeville; one daughter, Mrs. Ernest Mahoney, of Geneva; and a brother and sister residing in Ridgeville. One son, Robot t, preceded the mother in death. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, at the Methodist church in Geneva. 0 - Lindy’s Uncle Elected Mayor Os City Os Detroit Detroit, Nov. 9 —(UP) —John C Lodge grand uncle of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, was elected mayor of Detroit yesterday, nosing out his wet opponent by 9,000 votes. Returns from all but nine of the I city's 606 precincts today gave Lodge | 115,177 votes, compared with 106,201 | for Mavor John W. Smith. I Lodge made no campaign whatever I He was drafted by 50,000 citizens to ; run, and throughout the campaign he i remained silent. May r Smith made | a two-fisted speaking campaign, pleadI ing for re-election on the ground that i ho was wet. I f o Murder Trial Starts At Columbia City Today Columbia City, Nov. 9 —(INS) - The trial of Verne Mai tin charged with the mysterious death of Franklin C. Tucker, Warsaw cigar clerk last January I 28 began in the Whitley circuit court here today. I The prosecution won the first scrimmage when the court, overrulled a de- ' tense motion to quash indictments agalnst Martin. Martin was formally arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the charge against hint. There were six counts in the indictment. Martin who is 24 years old and a 1 resident of Elkhart was well dressed . in dark clothes and appeared to be cheerful.

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AL SMITH AGAIN SHOWS POWER IN NEW YORK VOTING Results Fail To (jive Much Indication Os What Can Be Expected In 1928 LODGE ELECTED MAYOR OF DETROIT (By United Press) 011-yiTir elections held in eleven stales yesterday, failed to give politicians much of an indication of what they may expect a year from now when a new president is elected. Reverses were few. set)tiered and unimportant as far as national issues were concerned. In New York and Mississippi. th» j,wo state wh’ere observers thought they might get some little intimation as to the strength of Alfred E. Smith, governor of New York, as i presidential candidate, Smith seem°d still strong, a ’llougli tilie Republil cans gained heavily in the New York itate assembly. Party Strength Unchanged Three new Republican members will be seated in the house of representatives as a result of the elections. All succeed Republican members, leaving the party strength unchanged. Detroit, Mich, elected John C. l-odge, grand-uncle of Col. Chas. A. L ndbergh, as mayor over an avowed wet candidate. Lodge was committed to “law and order" and said that prohibition was not an issue “There will be no snooping,” he said today, discussing law enforcement. Concord. N. H, where Gwendolyn Tones. 24-vear-old girl just out of college attracted wide attention by running for mayor, elected Fred N. Marden, her G 2 year old .opponent, by a two to one majority. Miss Jones declared she was not discouraged ind would follow politics as n career, hop ng someday to become governor of New Hampshire. Kentucky, on the face of incomplete returns on a close race, had placed F. D. Sampson, Republican, who favored continuance of race betting, in the lend for governor. J. W. Beckham. Democrat, who opposed race track betting, was the second candidate. The Kentucky election was marked by disturbances •it Everett and at Prestonburg. One man was killed at each place in shootings centering around the balloting. In Ohio the anti-saloon league suf’ered its first defeat in the state in nine years when an enforcement measure outlining new methods of Kindling prohibition cases, sponsored by the dry forces, was defeated by a majority of 300.000. Main national interest centered in idivrixi i;n «iv OBSERVE FATHER AND SON NIGHT Members Os Lions Club Entertain Their Sons; Fine Program Given Father and Son night was observed by the Lions Club last night and a very’enjoyable program was held. The meeting was held in the basement of the Christian church. Each member of the club brought his own son, or in case he had no son. brought some other man’s son. C. L Walters gave a father and son talk. Don Farr, a member of the club, dressed like a small boy and Herman H. Myers representing the father gave several child readings and speeches. Mr. F. G. Hess, of Montpelier, who is a song leader assisting in the revival meetings at the Christian church, favored the club and guests with a song. A Mr. Rohan, of Fort Wayne, who is an official of the Red I Cross, spoke for a few minutes in the , interest of the annual Red Cross roll call.

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