Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 277, Decatur, Adams County, 23 November 1927 — Page 1

■ WEATHER ■ Mostly cloudy toKght and Thursday. Bobably rain in Rut a part. Slightly ■older tonight.

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OBSERVANCE OF THANKSGIVING IS I PLANNED HERE I Suspension ()1 Bus■iness Is Scheduled Ear Tomorrow WION SERVICE THIS EVENING ■\ eno: al observance of Thanksgfv- ■ imy will bo celebrated la A ■ nd all bu ■ ■ ihe -I ij. I lardware and ri o- ■ . stores and meal markets in Deca ■r will iemain open late tonight an I all day tomorrow, it wa an-* jAined today. Other local stores will • • at the tegular closing time. jjSH,'.'; ' l " ul t ■'Staurants will servo speMBit; I dinners tonjnrow, it was an- | today and it is expected t!i.a local people will gather at the mi.ml ; while many others will .de annual family dinners in the union service of Piotestinf will ho held at the Methodist of the Evangelical chinch, will Her h the sermon. The service wil bowservance of Thanksgiving. .'< > -W :ams will he hold at most of the tomorrow. (lenoial E'octtie facto: v in this will be closed at the regular time until next Monday m truing. men of the several dep.irftm assist the management Eriday and ■trilay in taking the annual i;i .■ ice the plant. Other local factories w Hl for Thursday, 'only. »N 1 Thanksgiving program will bo in this city, but both theatres vivo special Thanksgiving ;if:mB>"t matinues. There will be no city rm al mail delivery Thursday, it ■<g»' ammnnced at the local post office other activities will cease f r the There will bo no issue of the Daily Thursday. .. A Thanksgiving sei vice will ire lie!-] tbe Zion Lutheran church Thursday Startling, starting at 10 o'clock. An .■l'.il.ition is extended to everyone who to attend. L. Os C. To Receive | Holy Communion Sunday <| M f, nbers of the Catholic Ladies of will receive Holy ommuntm. a body at the St. Marys Catholic Sunday morning. Nov. 27. Tim wil attend the 7;3i) o'clock |j|gK T-0 ■Hi Well Near Chattanooga. ■Ohio, Comes In At 10 Bbls, ; I A wild cat oil well drilled by the Oil company, mar ClmttOhio, has come in at. do bar■fels per day, The well is located on Kiic Jesse Roop farm, five miles north Mol Chattanooga. UM —-—o ■EDITORS ASSAIL I JULIUS WEDDING ■ Editorial Bombardment Is I Launched Against “Compionate” Marriage Kansas City. 'Mo.. Nov. 23 ti'l’) — HR Th- K., nsas Press today began an e/11■torial b nihardnient of the so-called dKoinvpnnionate marriage of Josephin” ■ Haldeman-Julius and Audrey Clay ■S JU Perhaps the most scathing attack ■ against the companionate marriage ■ theory appeared in tile lola Register, by Charles F. Scott. He termed the marriage of the two ■ Girard, Kansas., youths “'legalized con- ■ rubinage” and demanded to know how ■ any mother and father could give a ■ son an( j daughter in wedlock with the ■ understanding that it was to be child ■ less and terminated if unsuccessful. “Perhaps they regal'd themselves as ■ married," says the editorial, "but to ■ 1110 great majority of Christianized ■ Americans their relations will lie look- ■ ed upon as little if any better then B legalized concubinage it such a thing ■ could be.” The editorial bitterly criticized the I Parents of the bride. | The Salina Journal says there has I ]j eetl " a weakening of home life which (COXTINCKD ON I'At.E SEVEN)

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1 Bernard Shaw Has An Opinion But Thinks It Is Worth $75,000 London. .Nov. 22, (INS)—Opinions ol companionate marriage-might lie had I'm the asking but not from Bernard Shaw. The famous wit, upon being asked his opinion of the Josephine Haldeman .Julius and Aubrey Clay Roselle matrimonial arrangement, at first refused, saying:: "I'm afraid I'd rather not talk about It. It's no joke, you -..now. It Is not a matter you dismiss with three words." However, as an afterthought, Shaw dismissed it with five figures, he said "I'll tell you I'll give you my opinion for $75,0D0.”. GIRL TO ATTEND CLUB CONGRESS Root Township Girl To Represent Adams County At Chicago Meeting Miss Mary Jane Kunkel; daughter of Mr. anil Mrs. Sherman P. Kunkel, of Rortt township, will represent Adams county at the National Club Congress, which will be held in connection with the International Livestock Exposition at Chicago next week. Hundreds of hoys and girls from all parts of the United States, representing winners in their particular lines of 4-H chib work, will attend the congress. Members will exhibit prize livestock, canned goods and clothing. There will be health contests, judg lug contests and vat ions other forms of competition. In addition, members will receive educational tours over Chicago, and attend banquets as th* guests of the biggest business men in the city, tine of the magnificent features will be the grand parade of all members attending the congress, the presession to lie headed by eight fine Clydesdale horses which will draw.a truck containing the state winners. * Miss Kunkel wins the trip, which is being furnished by R. J. Harting, De•catur restaurant man. in competition over 31 other girls. Her sewing exhibit was given a grade of 77.6 points, which was equalled by only one other c ntestant. Her record book, however brought her total of 96.3 points above that of ary other competitor. This is her second year of sewing club work and she has made good grades during the entire two yeais. Miss Kunkel will go to Fort Wayne next Sunday and will join tlie Allen and N Ide county delegations for the trip to Chicago. Railroad arrangements have already been made and hotel accommodations have been reserved for all the members at the LaSalle Hotel. The party w it lite mb The party will return Friday of next week. Drunks Fined In Mayor’s Court Today Elmer Palehett and Joe Plaeck, both employed in this city at present in a lair r gang were arrested yesterday charged witli public intoxication by night policeman Hull Johnson. When arraigned in Mayor's court today, both men pleaded qiiilty and weie fine 1 $lO and costs each On failure to pay the fines the men were turned over to Sheriff Harl Hollingswo; th. Both stated that they would arrange to secure the money. The case of the state of Indiana vs. Hat old Hlrschy, of Adams county for drawing a .deadly weapon was scheduled to be heiud at 4 o’clock in Mayor's court this afternoon. o ■ — Making Survey Os St. Marys River Two representatives of the state department of conservation began a survev of the St. Marys river between this city and Fort Wayne, yesterday. The survey is being made in an effort to determine the various causes of pollution of the stream. Similar surveys will be made on several other rivers in the state. Harry Hilgeman. of Fort Wayne, president of th*e Fort Wayne chapter of the Izaak Walton League, accompanied the two men from Indianapolis here yesterday. o ■ — Medical Society To Meet Friday Evening The semimonthly meeting of the Adams County Medical Society will be held Friday evening. Nov. 25 at 8 o'clock. The program arranged for two weeks ago will be given. Dr. J. S Boyers and Dr. C- C. Rail W >ll lie in charge of the program.

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Thanksgiving Day I Thanksgiving <lay is more Io me I lian Iriendship's least or word or line; Il is lhe burning memory Os heartfelt gratitude divine. The dearest friendships I have known, No matter whose or what they be, ('.an be so full anti sweet as shown In Christ the Lord on Calvary. When 1 recall Christ's love divine, Who gave His all in blood for me. No other friend, nor feast, nor line, Can e’er fulfill that memory. In giving thanks we give our all through faith and hope and trust and love , To Him who saved us from the Fall ( And welcomes us Io life above. The day of thanks is incomplete \ With immortality from view: Our life is death in sin replete I n less He died for me and you. Thanksgiving thanks, thanksgiving day , Is more than words or gifts of gold; 'Tis living thanks the ('.bristly way In truth to all with love untold. Refrain: Thanksgiving day! Thanksgiving day! You bring Io me sweet memory Os Love Divine to all mankind; O Happy D iv! Ihanksgiving Day. ■" < Written for the Daily Democrat, dedicated to my fellow townpeople of Decatur and copyrighted by me on Thanksgiving day, 19u7. Leonard W. A. Luckey, the author.

I — Many Hunting Licenses Hut Only One Marriage License Issued Today Thanksgiving hunters made their annual rush for hunting licenses at j the county clerk's office today, but the usual rush for marriage license on the eve of Thanksgi',ig failed to materialise today, al lehst it had fail’Hip to 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. The rferk’s office had issued more than fifty hunting licenses today up to 2 o'clock this afternoon, and several persons were lined up waiting their turn at the counter. I On the other hand, only one marIt was issued to William (lien Taylor, riage license had been issued today, a machine hand, and Esther Elizabeth Hine, both residing on rural route No. 3, Genova. BERNE-MONROE ROAD IS CLOSED Work Started On Preparing Roadbed For Paving To Be Done Next Spring Federal highway JNo. 27 wps closed between Monroe and Berne yesterday ami work was Started on preparing the roadbed for paving, which will be done next Spting. A section of the mad one mile long, starting at a point one mile west and one mile south of Monroe, is closed at present. The through traffic over the Federal highway is >eirig routed west one mile, then south one mile and east one mile back to the Federal road. Much of the local traffic be j tween Monroe and Berne is using the! east road or old state road between the two towns. (’rushed stone is being hauled from the Meshberger quarry'at Linn Grove and placed on the road. The road will bo paved with tarvia, the same as the paving north and south of Decatur. I When the stretch between Monroe and Herne is completed, the road will ' be paved south from the Allen county line seven miles north of Decatur to Bet ne. The highway commission is considering a plan to re-route the road from Monroe to a point a mile south of that town, building the road on an angle from Monroe to that point, eliminating the right angle turn and shortening the distance. The decision has not been definitely made on the plan, however, and it was for that reason that work on the road was started a mile south of Monroe, instead cf in Monroe o —— Report Chickens Are Causing Much Damage Complaints have been made by residents in the west part of the city that chickens are being permitted to run at large and cause considerable damage to property. Neighbors have asked the owners of the chickens to keep them penned up it is said. The chickens are said to be scratching out flower bulbs, roses and other plants.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 23, 1927.

CITY FIREMEN HOL D BIG FEED Rabbit And Chicken Supper Enjoyed By Firemen And City Officials I The members cf the Decatur volunteer tire department held a rabbit ami chicken supper in the fire station Tuesday evening and had the various city officials, ex-mayor Huber DeVoss Lind several former members of the fire department as guests. More than thirty persons partook of the delicious food. A long table was spread with rabbit, chicken, oyster dressing and many other tasty dishes. Short talks were given by George Krick, ami Councilman O L. Vance. Pupils Give Thanksgiving Treat To Their Teachers The pupils in the St. Joseph Catholic school presented the Sister teachers with a Thanksgiving treat this afternoon. Ever.vthiv sot the I hanks- , giving dinner, including a turkey was presented to the teachets by the pupils. School was dismissed this after noon for the Thanksgiving holidays opening again Monday. OAPT. GILES HAS NARROW ESCAPE i British Airman Has Thrilli ing Experience Over Pacific; Forced Back Los Angeles, Cal., Nov 23. — (INS) Captain Ftcderick A. Giles, British airman, who started on a flight to Hawaii from San Frr.ncipco yestm.day. today was at San Simeon, Cal. Approximately Nght hours aftjer be took off in his Hess Bluebird biplane, Giles brought his machine to earth 275 miles north of here. Giles estimated he was about 500 nt.les at sea when his machine went into a spin. His plane, he said, turned upside down attd his supplies and navigating instruments fell into the sea. The British aviator said he gained control of. his machine only after a (desperate effort. With hifi supplies and instruments gone, there was nothing left for him to do but to strike out for the mainland. Guessing his directions, Giles headed his machine eastward and made a perfect landing on the Hearst ranch. Undismayed by the mishap. Giles said he would again try the flight to Hawaii, the first lap of a proposed air journey to New Zealand “1 am going to repair the ship and fly her back to San Francisco,” he said. ‘‘And then as soon as the moon is full, and I can get new charts, I'll be off again.” Giles declared ho never expected to reach land after his machine went into a spin.

RED CROSS ROLL CALL OPENS IN DECATUR TODAY Lions Club Is Sponsoring Annual Membership Drive In This Vicinitv 1,000 MEMBERS GOAL OF COUNTY I’nilor the auspices of the Lions Club of this city, the annual Red | Cross Roll Call for memberships openen in Decatur today. Dr. Burt Mangold pi estrtent of the club, is chairman of tbe committee arranging to solicit the un town business houses for membership. It is hoped that at least 1,000 members will enroll in the iocal chapter of the Red Cross this year. The Path na! chapter of the Red Cross is year, an increase of two million over asking for 5,000.000 members this :i year ago. Within the last year, the Red Cross has been called upon to render assistance to hundreds of thousands of sufferers, including the, Mississippi river flood victims. The money expended during the* year exceeded tlie donations and in order for the organization to carry on increased number in the enrollment is asked. The solicitation for members will be carried on (his week in Decatur ami tn the six north townships under direction of the Lions club. In the south half of the county, the annual iie. 1 Call Is being directed by Mrs. Thurman Gottschalk and reports frqm that part of tlm county are good. Several of the churrhes in the county will make a special effort to enroll members next Sunday it .was stated Tlie present enrollment in the local chapter is ;i>tif 540. but as the need for funds is so urgent, it is hoped that the people of this community will answer the appeal for an increased membership. Membership for a year costs only $1 and ono of the solicitors wi l be glad to enroll anyone who wishes to join. The woi.k of the Red Cross is so well known and the results so bene ilcial in time of disaster and suffering. that the hearty support of tlie people of Adams county can be expected in the present Roll call.

JURY ACQUITS BRYANT MAN: % George W. Adams Found Not Guilty Os Grand Larceny At Portland George W Adams, of Bryant, was * found not guilty on a charge of grand larceny, by a jury in the Jay circu't court at 1* rtland, Tuesday afternoon The jury deliberated less than half an hout before reaching the verdict. The state based its case on the testimony of John Carson, Bryant character, now serving a sentence in the state.prison at Michigan City, for receiving stolen property , giowing out of the theft which Adams was alleged to have committed. Carson was brought back to testify. Six or seven years ago Adams was tiled in the Jay circuit court before a jury of -Delaware county farmers on a charge of stealing some automobile tires at Bryant and also for the alleged kidnapping of Angus Butcher, a Bryant character, whom it was alleged Adams forcibly placed in a machine and transported away from Bryant to prevent him from giving testimony against him (Adams) in the tire theft case. Adams was convicted and sentenced to the state prison, where he served a portion of his sentence when he was pardoned through the petition of the jurors who tried him and who set out in their petition presented to the governor that they hud made an error in their verdict against the defendant and should not have convicted him on the evidence of Angus Butcher, who was the prosecuting witness in the case. This case was sighted by counsel for the defense in presenting their evidence to the jury. The state introduced witnesses to show the character of John Carson, the prosecuting witness and in each instance these witnesses said that Car- 1 sen was all right as long as ho was-' not drinking and that when he was drinking he would do anything. The I defense attempted to show that Carson was drinking most of the time.

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t — ' Wanner Weather Is Thanksgiving Forecast For The Middle West I Chicago, Nov. 23 —HNS) —Residents c.f the middle west may munch their turkey ami cranberry . sauce tomortow with the windows I open Warmer weather was predicted herrt today for the general region with the exception of the ininiedi ite I Chicago district. Slight rain or perhaps a few snow flurries was to greet the I Thanksgiving celebrants. JEWISH RABBI TO SPEAK HERE Rabbi Markowitz. Os Fort Wayne, To Speak At M. E. Church Sunday Night It has been announced by the Rev R. W. Stoakes. pastor of the local Methodist chur.h. that for the next Sunday evening of "Profit and Pleasure” lie has secured Rabbi Samuel 11 | Markowitz, of the Jewish Temjrte, Fort Wayne, as the speaker. Rabbi Markowitz is well known in Chautauqua circles and is one of the popular speakers in lyceuni work He is one of tlie most highly educated and cultured religious leadeis in the middle west and commands the high respect of Catholics and Protestants alike, who liave coni" to know him. The community of Decatur, not being Jewish in large enough numbers to warrant a center of worship, will find the hearing of Rabbi Markowitz a new experience. The service wil! be instinctive’ and inspirational, pleasant and profitable. o Four Executed For Plot Against Obregon Mexico City Nov. 23 -(INS) Tlie four principals in the plot to assassinate former president Alvaro Obregon by thiowing a bomb at the automobile in which he was riding November 13, were shot by a firing squad here today. Just before the filing aqua I to k aim. Father Augustls, priest and one of tlie condemned men knelt and prayed. ■ — o— ——

Train Kills Motorist Near Laporte, Indiana I iporte, Ind.. Nov. 23. (INS) —An easthound South Shore tiain demolished his automobile and hurled James L Basil. 62. proprietoi of a soft drink parlor, to his death, at a crossing in front of his home, seven miles north of here’. Bush was hurled fifty feet and every bone in his body was broken. o — Chicago Man Appointed U. S. Ambassador To Cuba Washington, Nov. 23 (INS) Col Noble Brandon Judah of Chicago t :i!av was appointed ambassador to Cuba, succeeding Gen. Enoch 11. Crowder, who recently resigned —o— Junior Band To Hold Practice This Evening The Junioi Hand wil lltold a rehear sa) at 8 o'clock this evening, in tlir Decatur high school assembly room. All basses, tenors and trombones are asked to meet at 7:30 o'< hick sharp. 0 K. Os P. Meeting To Be Held Friday‘Night The regular Thursday night meeting of tlie local K. of I', lodge will be held Friday of this week, at the regular time, it was announced today. The meeting was changed fiom Thursday to Ftiday on account of Thanksgiving day.

o Mayor Slack Announces Three More Changes Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 23. (UP) Three mote republicans are to give way to democrats in Mayor L. Ert Slack's administration on Dee. 15. The three slated to go are John K. Ruckelshaus, city attorney; Donald F

Roberts, assistant city attorney, ami W. W. Hyde, negro, claim agent. Since John W. Holtzmann has been appointed corporation counsel succeeding Schuyler Haas, the changes mean a complete new deal in the legal department. All four were appointed by former "'Mayor John L. Duvall.

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JURY BELIEVED TO BE PBOBING BEBNE ELECTION Personnel Os Witnesses Indicate Two Cases Are Before Grand Jury MANY WITNESSES BEING EXAMINED Judging from the personnel of the list of witnesses who have paraded in and out of the room in the court house where the I Adams county grand jury has | been in session during the past | two days, it is believed that the grand jury is investigating the charge that Arthur L. Gilliorrt, attorney general of Indiana, violated the Wright prohibition law here last summer. The personnel of the witnesses would also indicate that the grand jury is investigating the town election held at Berne. November 8, when the names of the Democratic candidates, it is charged, were illegally omitted ft am the ballots. Mr. C.illiom admitted several weeks ago that he procured a pint of whiskey last summer and brought it to the Adams County Memorial hospital here to be administeied to his sister. Miss Emma Gilliom. of Herne, who had undergone a serious operation there. Among the witnesses who were ca’led bi’i'ore the grand jury, who are thought to have been called in connection with the Gilliom case were; Miss Einilie Crist, superintendent of tlie Adams County Memorial hospital; Miss Manlier, a nurse at the hospital; Ed Ray, Berne, member of the hospital board, Menno Burkhalter, postmaster at Berne and C L. Walters of this city. Several Berne residents have been seen entering and leaving the gram! jury room. also. Fifteen or mo.e witnesses had been examined by the grand jury today up to 2 o’clock. A stenographer is closeted with the jury practically all of tlie time, indicating that the evidence is being refolded. Miss Dorothy Walters, official court reporter, was appointed by Judge Sutton to reive as stenographer for the grand jury.

o _ Milling Company Is Formed At Wren. Ohio A new business concern "the Wren Milling Company, has been established in Wien, Ohio. Elevators and all new and modern eouipment has been installed in the mill and the company is equipped to handle all kinds of g.inding and mill woik. Claienc- E. Chronister has been appointed manager of the milling pait cf the institution, while Ben S. Colter and Donald D. Colter, who installed the electrieial equipment, will have charge of the other part. DATE IS SET FOR EXECUTION Court Fixes .lan. 9 As Date For Ruth Snyder And Henry Judd Gray To Die Albany, N. V., Nov. 23. —(UP) The state court of appeals today set the week of January 9 for the execution of Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, convicted of the murder of Albert Snyde r. The doomed lovers, now in the death cells at Sing Sing, heard their fate yesterday when the court refused their appeal for a retrial. Unless Governor Smith intervenes,

it was believed nothing could stay the execution. The decision of the appeals court left no legal recourse open in the state courts. The only recourse, aside from the governor, would be an appeal to the United States supreme court, and it was not considered likely this would be attempted. Governor Smith, it was reported, would tlx within a few days a date on

which be will hear appeals for mercy on behalf of the lovers. The hearing is a formality which would not be denied Under any Circumstances. but the custom of the governor in the past has been to refrain from granting clemency, when the verdict of the I appeals court was unanimous, as it ) was in the Snyder-Gray case.

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