Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 278, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1927 — Page 1

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GILLIOM SENDS LETTER TO PROSECUTOR

ITen People Killed In California Prison Riot

■six prisoners IjND TWO GUARDS I SLAIN IN BATTLE ■Thirty Prisoners Wounded In Bloody Attempt At Prison Delivery ■four GUARDS HELD CAPTIVE 24 HOURS » irasoni Prison, Calif., Nov. ■'Ji. (INS)— Folsom prison's ■‘•bi'4 threat,” characterized by ■]h :n t' ntiary officials as the ■greatest and most sanguinary nipt at a wnoiesaic prison ■ ( i, liverv in the history of the |l piled Stales, is al an end. I At 8 o’clock this morning, little ■n o- Ilian an hour liter first peace B, i lures wore started, all the pris- ■ - were reported back in their B , .1’ • iiinl locked up I The four guards who had been held | (•■"live by the prisoners throughout I !'•<• seige, wa’ked from the old cell |l'<(k apparently unharmed, but their |f. l! ;! pale and drawn from 21 hours | of constant danger. s Evidence of Scuffling I The hacks of their uniforms were I white and sploched, indicating they I had rolled on the white-washed floor I while scuttling with convicts during I the outbreak. j Dr. I’. W. Day, Folsom prison pityI nician. who has been held captive I since he went in yesterday to administer to the injured, came out for a minute to tefl prison officials there were eight dead in the cell house and about 30 wounded, of whom fifteen would require amputations. The revelation that eight were dead in the rceil house brought the death -total toten. two guards having died. The \yarden said the convict who acted as spokesman for the group stated that the terms of their stirI render were that they “Not be beaten. abused or starved ” Warden Snvth sent back word that ; the leaders in the attempted break would be placed in solitary confinement with on« meal a day. There conditions apparently were accepted. Under the state law. regardless of any treaty negotiations, each of the convicts who partic pitted in attacking guards is subject to the death penalty. The death penalty can be invoked in such cases irrespective of wiieth I cr the man attacked dies as a resu t ■ of the injuries. An attack by a prisoner, in Itself, is a capital offense. Prison authorities are of the opinion that there were at least five or x ring leaders in the uprising, bn 1 have given no definite information j yet as to whom they believe to be I guilty. —o William Ohler Buvs I. Fenn Cigar Store The pool room on Second street [ formerly condu led by Ithamer Fenn, ! who died last week, was bought today i by William Oh’er, from the Fenn I heirs. Mr. Ohler will continue to run the pool room as it has been conducted in the past. He also will hantlß soft drinks, sandwiches, ami tobaccos. THANK OFFERING SERVICE PIANNEB Woman’s Home Missionary Society Os M. E. Church To Hold Program The Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist,church will hold its annual Thank Offering Service next Sunday morning at the church hour, beginning at 10:45 o’clock. Mrs. (’. it. Croxall, of Fort. Wayne, will give the address of the service. Mrs. Croxall is the Bureau Secretary of Missionary work among the whites of Tennessee ami North Carolina. Mrs. Croxall is a very capable speaker and minutely familiar with the subject she handles. Appropriate music will accompany the program of the morning. A Thank Offering will be taken. This offering will be used to pay the salaries of the missionaries, teachers and social workers in the Home Mission Field.

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A “COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE” winsawn, ■■■ « Mno -wwsv X |o!|l|li > i iors w \ <Igill k & , . -4. ««», ' Aubrey Clay Roselle and Josephine Haldeman-Julius of Kansas City become man and wife in first ‘companionate marriage" on record. The unique pact is made with full consent of the parents of both of the young people

Detroit Woman Chosen To Impersonate Lady Godiva At Artist Ball Chicago, Nov. 25. UP) — Miss Ros-' alind Hightower. Detroit, Mich., has | been chosen to impersonate Lady Godiva, the peeress of history, who rode through the streets of Coventry garbed only in golden tresses, at Chicago’s Art's ball tonight. Miss Hightower's hair has been adjudged the proper length, and she wi’l pose in a gilt frame at the tableau which will lie the finale of the j pageant. Her golden hair will be her costume. Miss Hightower, who was once Miss ! Detroit, is an artist, and regards the nutb figure as more beautiful than the draped body. She attended Brenau ■ college in Georgia and the University : of Wisconsin. FJKM WOMEN TO MEETWEDNFSDAY Games, Stunts, Exhibits To Feature Achievement Dav Program —— Members of the Home Economics' Clubs of the county are making good t progress with the program for the. annual Achievement Day. which will | be held next Wednesday, November 30, at the Kirkland auditorium, according to reports from the various townships. "Mrs. McCarty Buys a Hat", which will be in charge of the Root township club, will lie very interesting as well as instructive. Another playet. dealing with color and line, will be staged by ladies from St. Marys, Monroe and Union townships. This playet gives helpful information to women in selecting colors to be worn. A big “paint pot" and colored costumes lends reality to the playet. Miss Beulah Barkley, of Union township, who was sent to the State Fair School of Home Economics wi'th her expenses paid by the dull will make an oral report ot iter trip sometime during the day. All women attending are requested to be there not later than 10 o'clock a. tn., as there will be all sorts of games and stunts, to winners of which prizes will be awarded. A pot-luck dinner will be served. Each woman is expected to bring table service, four sandwiches and one covered dish. Coffee wi’l lie served free. Every woman in the county is invited to attend this Achievement Day program as it affords a splendid opportunity to have a oogd time, to make new friends, and to enjoy a fine program. Indiana Has 55,000,000 Christmas Seals For Sale Indianapolis, Nov. 23--(UP)— State headquarters of the anti-tuberculosis fighters have received 55,000.000 Christmas seals to be sold by workers of the organization in the 92 counties of Indiana. The goal set for the 19- < sale is $200,000.

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FORMER DECATUR MAN IS KIDNAPED Gilmond W. Hart Tells Muncie Police About Being Kidnaped Week Ago Gilmond W. Hart, 26, 1533 West Tenth street. Muncie, who is said to have been a resident'of Decatur until la few months ago, has reported to the police at Muncie that he was kidnaped in Muncie a week ago and forced, at the point of a revolver, to i drive his captors to Fort Wayne and i Kalamazoo. Halt is suffering from the effect-of drugs which he says his captors toreled him to take. He says that at 9 o'clock on the morning of Nov. 16. as I he was entering his car near the Ball brothers factory iii Muncie, two men ■ stepped into his car, and one of them I pressed a gun to his chest, ordering I him to drive them to Fort Wayne, j One of the men carried a black brief case. i Enroute to Fort Wayne, one of the ; men forced him to open his mouth j and take a quantity of bitter white J powder, Hart says. They reached Fort Wayne about noon and lie was taken into a room near tlte railroad

Hacks. He was kept there over night j and the next day he drove the men to Kalamazoo, Michigan, he says. At Kalamazoo, the black brief case was turned over to another man and Hart was forced to bring the two men back to Fort Wayne. He was then told to drive back to Muncie and not to say anything about what had happened. Hart lives with his wife, three little children and his mother. His brother-in-law first reported the kidnaping story to the police. New Officers Elected Bv Decatur Junior Band Lyle Mallotjee was elected president of the Decatur Junior band to Succeed Miss Mildred Worthman, who resigned recently to enter college, at a business meeting held by tne mind following the tegular rehearsal Wednesday night. Miss Lillian Worthman was elected vice-president to succeed Robert Fowler, who also resigned recently to enter college. Harry Dailey and John DeVoss will continue to serve as treasurer and secretary, respectively, of the band. o Little Hope Held For Recovery Os Cardinal ; ROME, Nov. 25.—(—UP)—Only the I barest ray of hope was left today for the recovery from a stomach oper- ' ation of Cardinal Bonzano, famous papal delegate at Washington and ■ paper legate at the Chicago Euchari istic congress. i Some of the surgeons attending : him at a private here predicti ed this afternoon that the cardinal ’ could not live more than 24 hours. He j was said to be sinking rapfSly.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 25, 1927.

THREE HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENTS Several Auto Accidents Occur in Vicinity Os Decatur On Thanksgiving Three pe. sens were injured and several cats slightly damaged in automobile accidents in tile vicinity of Decatur during the Thanksgiving vacation. Tlte three persons injure.I were taken to tlte Adams County Memorial hospital here, but their Injuries are not believed to be sei ions. Several accidents of minor importance occurred during the day and evening. Mr. and Mrs/James Burk, ,1415 N rth Anthony Boulevard, Fort Wayne met with an accident. Thursday evening, on tile Fort Wayne road about nine miles not th of town. In attempl- - to pass another car, it is believed that the Bulk car hit a culvert and turned over. The accident occurred about 8:30 o'clock in the evening, when the road was lined witli traffic anil it was only a matter cf a few minutes until both sides of the road were lined witli cars, all of whose occupants offered assistance to the injured occupants of the damaged car. Mr. and Mrs. Bulk wore both placed in another car and brought to the Adams County Memorial hospital, where Mis. Burk was found to lie suffeting from a severe scalp wound, and Mr. Burk was badly bruised about the face and body and suffereS from shock. Neither are believed to be seriously injured.

Willshire Girl Injured Miss Fern Sapp, 17. of Willshire, Ohio, suffered painful cuts about her head and shoulders Thursday morning, in an automobile accident at the bridge on the Pleasant Mills road just south of the Decatur Country Club. Miss Sapu was riding witlT Lester Parrish. of Decatur route 3, in a .ar immediately back of a car driven by A. C. Clevenger. When Mr. Clevenger reached the bridge, he noticed that the approach to the bridge hail sunk several inches, leaving a sharp offset, ami he quickly applied his brakes. Mr. Parrish also attempted to stop quickly to prevent collision with Mr. Clevenger's car and Miss Sapp's head struck the windshield, breaking the glass. She was taken to the Adams County Memo rial hospital where her injitties were dressed. MRS. LILLIAN HILYARD DIES Daughter Os Mr. And Mrs. B. F. Breiner, Os Adams County, Dies In Ft. Wayne Mrs. Lillian Marie iiilyard, 35, of E'ort Wayne, former resident of Washington township anil a daughter cf Mr. B. F. Briener, of Adams county, died at Fort Wayne at 11:35 o'clock Thursday night, follqwing an illness of more than eight months. Death was due to a cOmpliiation of diseases. Lillian Marie Hilyard was born in Washington township, Adams county. June 3, 1891. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Breiner. She received her (’ducation in tite Adams county schools. Several years ago, she was united in marriage to Milo Hilyard and since that time the.' Tra 1 resided in Fort Wayne. Until about eight months ago when site became ill, Mrs. Hilyard was cost clerk in the meter department ot the General Eleetlic plant at Fort Wayne. When 11 years of age Mrs. Hilyard became a church member and at the time of het death she was a member cf the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church of Fort Wayne. Surviving besides the husband, Milb Hilyard, are the father and mother, of Adams county, and a brother, Roma Breiner, of this city, Matty friends and m ire distant relatives also survive. Funeral services will be hel l Mon Jay afterncon at the home in Fort Wayne, 4308 Tacoma avenue, at 1 o'clock, and at the Methodist church in this city at 2:30 o’clock. Burial will take place in the Decatur cemetery The Rev. A. L. Jones, ot' Parker, Indiana, will have charge ot the services, with the Rev. Mr. Charles Maynard, of Decatur Methodist circuit, and the i Rev. R. W. Stoakes, ot Decatur M thodist church assisting.

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To Speak Here — ——■■■■-—— - - - ' ' * ' • » » Xi W i % - * Rabbi Samuel H. Markowitz Rabbi Markowitz, of tlte Jewish Temple. Fort Wayne, will speak at tin- First Methodist church here Sunday night. Ib* will use one of his well known ami mmh praised addre ses, “My Neighbors.” This lecture has been given all over the country and has met with much praise on the part of his hearers. It is a lilt of keen insight into the I ves of people, of other nationalities and a strong argument for toleration and good will among the nations of the earth Rabbi Markowitz, who is a doctor of law, is a man who has made himself felt in his community life and has lood for the highest type i American citizenship, 'tot only in time of war. but also tn time of peace. THOMAS JOHNSON DIES THURSDAY Dropsy And Complications Fatal To Farmer Living Near Monroe Thomas E. Johnson. 47. of Washington township, died at his home near Monroe, Thursday afternoon, at 1:20 o'clock, following an illness Ince September 1. Death was due to dropsy and other complications. Thomas E. Johnson was born in Adams co inty, May 30. 1880. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Johnson, both deceased. Mr. Johnson was married several years ago to Lucinda Beitler, who survives. They have resided war Monroe in Washington townshin since their marriage.

Surviving, besides the w:idow, are the folowing children: Eva and Evic Johnson, Paul. Eugene, Lawrence, Mary Anna, and Junior, all at home. Four children preceded the father in death, three dying in infancy and one •it the age of 11 months. Three sisters, Dora Butcher, of Decatur: Evie Estell. of Washington township: Laurin.la Kunowich, of Decatur, and two half-brothers. Maynard Johnson, of Decatur, and Dalits Johnson, of Newcastle, also survive, is do many more distant relatives md a host of friends. Mr. Johnson was a member of the Monroe Methodist church. Funeral service.: will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the house and at 2 o’clock at the Monroe Methodist church. Burial will take place in the Ray cemetery, west of Monroe. The Rev. Everett Foster, of the Methodist church will have charge cf the services. — o Man Dislocates Jaw Twice Trying To Eat Thanksgiving Dinner Windfall. Ind., Nov. 25. (UP) —An evil coincidence that would rival a combined attack of rheumatism and St. Vitas dance was experienced by Leslie Zyphers, living near here, yesterday. His Thanksgiving blessings began at breakfast when his jaw suddenly became dislocated. The services of a doctor were required to put him in condition for his holiday dinner. His short lived thanks turned to blasphemy however when as lie sat down to dine, his jaw slipped again necessitating another hasty visit to ‘be doctor, for replacement. Mr. Zyphers finally celebrated the day with a bounteous repast of orange juice and tnilk. Hunter Is Killed Logansport. Ind., Nov. 25.— (UP) — When the shotgun he carried while hunting rabbits for his Thanksgiving dinner was discharged accidentally yesterday, Everett. Slagle, 26, was struck in the neck by the charge and instantly killed.

ATTORNEY GENERAL BLAMES KLAN AND ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE FOR GRAND JURY PROBE OF CHARGE AGAINST HIM With Grand Jury In Recess Interest In Investigation Here Centers In Letter Sent To Prosecutor Kelly; Gilliom Says He Welcomes “Honest Investigation Into Truth Os The Facts” Willi Hie \<lanis county grand jury in recess until next Monday morning, interest in the investigation ol the charge that Arthur’ 1.. Gillium, allot it; y general of Indiana, violated the Wright prohibition law litre last summer, today centered in a letter which Mr. Gilliom still today to John I Kelly, prosecuting attorney of Adams county, in

Sister Admits She Took Whisky Berne, Nov. 25. (INS) Miss Emma Gilliom, sister ol Attorney General Arthur 1- Gilliom, ol Indiana, today admitted she partook of medicinal whiskey while lying seriously ill at the Decatur hospital last May. •’Yet it helped me wonderfully.” Miss Gilliom said. "You see it was given me at my weakest moment, right titter my fever had gone down and I was hi need oi a good stimulant. "I can't say the whiskey actually saved my life, but it helped very much." Miss Gilliom said. "It may have saved my life. ' Thinks Brother Did Right Miss Gilliom said she was aware the Adams co inty grand jury was invesligat ng alleged procuring of medicinal whiskey for her by Attorney General Arthur I. Gilliom. her brother. "I think my brother was right in proeming the whiskey,” she said. Miss Gilliom said she couldn’t say. iiow much whiskey she took. “I was too sick all the time to know.” she explained. ‘T was able, however, to leave the hospital two weeks afterards." Miss Gilliom. who is a clerk in a drug store here, said no subpoena had been issued for her to testify before the grand jury at Decatur.

GILES TOLD TO “FORGET AND FLY” Backer Tells British Flier To Drop Controversy And Try Again i Detroit. Nov. 25) (INS) —"Forget everything and fly I” This was the substance of a second telegram sent today to ('apt. Frederick A. Giles, Britiish aviator, by William H Rosewarne. Detroit bin ker of the proposed flight of Giles to Australia byway of Hawaii. The British aviator, incensed because liis backer intimated he was seeking “cheap and vulger publicity," announced ho would not fly until Rosewarne retracted tlte statement. “I had nothing to apologize for," Rosewarne said. "Imt I do not want to appear to be discouraging Giles. I still have hopes lie will succeed and I think lie will change his mind after he has had time to think over his declaration." Relations tietween Giles and Rose warne became strained when the sponsor of tile proposed flight rebuked the British aviator for engaging in a controversy with the weather bureau over Hying conditions in the Pacific. Seeks Investigation San Ftancfsco, Nov. 25. (INStCaptafn Frederick A Giles, whose recent unsuccessful Hawaii flights attempt aroused a storm of controversy here, today had wired Sir Esme Howard. Britisli ambassador, for a full investigation of the affair. Giles said lie returned to the mainland after encountering bad wather about -Ist) miles off shore. Major E. H. Bowie, of the San Francisco weather bureau, said his reports allowed weather conditions were favorable at the point me'ntioned by Giles. o Kills Two Step-Sons, Wounds Son, Shoots Self . Painesville, Ohio, Nov. 25. (UP) — : Angered by his wife's suit for divorce r Peter McCrory today went to het i home, killed two of his step-sons I j wounded his son, and then shot him > self.

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which he rclnted how he obtained whiskey to be administered to his sister, Miss Emma Gilliom. of Berne, while she was .seriously ill. The grand jury, which began mi investigation ol the charge Tuesday, adionrned W ednesday evenine until Monday morning tit ft o'clock. Gilliom charged that the Indiana Nnti-Saloon Let'gne and the Ku Klux Klan were responsible for bringing about th? grand jury investigation of the happening He said In his letter to Mr. Kelly that he welcomed “an honest investigation into the truth of the facts." Text of Letter Attorney General Gllliom’s letter to Kd’y follows: “In aid of the investigation being made by you anti the Adams county grand jury, on demand of representatives of the Kn Klux Klan and Anti- ■ Saloon League, into the facts relat- ; ing to the use of whisky as a medicine for my sister during her critical F Iness at a Decatur hospital. I furnish you the following statement of facts. I “1 liecante informed of the necessity of a serious major operation for my sister. Emma Gilliom. several days Dr. C. Rayl performed the ttperation. I then kept in telephonic commnniealion with relatives I concerning the condition of my sister 1 ami was informed bv telephone early in tlie morning of Sunday, May 22. . 1927. that she was in an alarmingly ! e,iti<al condition, which was steadily getting worse. I immediately left my home in Indianapolis and arrived at ■ the Decatur hospital by taxi from | Bluffton about ll* M. 1 found my

aged parents, several brothers anil lister, some from a distance, and ether relatlv >s gathered in the reception room of the hospital, most of them in tears. I learn' <1 my sister was in a most critical condition, unconscious part >t the time, writhing in unspeakable agony. Asked To See Doctor "Desiring to assist in any way poss l.le to save my sister's life I asked to see Dr. Rayl, who was in constant attendance. After learning from him that he was contemplating a further emergency operation as a last heroic effort to save my sister's life I suggested that if he desired to call a consultant special st of his own choos* ing I would gladly pay such expense if necessary. Later in the afternoon he did call In a consultant fiom Fort Wayne. "I also told the doctor that 1 desired to he useful in any way he would suggest. I informed him of my experience in which b'ood transfusion oxygen, whiskey and other last efforts means were employed to save the lives of several of my children a year ago and 1 offered to get or arrange for anything he might suggest ii the case of my sister. "Ho advised me he was equipped o'ovrixi i:n ox ritiE tw<ii COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER NAMED Albert Stump Chosen To Deliver Address At I). IL S. Commencement ( Albert Stump. Democratic candidate for I tilted States Senator from Indi- ’ ana in the 1926 election and an asplr- ' ant for the same office in 1928, will deliver the principal address at the 1 192 S commencement exercises of Decatur high school, M. F Warthman, superintendent of the city schools, announced today. The commencement [■ wi'l be held on May 25. Mr. Stump, who lives in Indianapoils, is one of the states most prom- , inent orators. He is a prominent at,r torney in Indianapolis. Mr. Wortliman stated that the city b schools would close on Friday, May

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