Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1927 — Page 1

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■senate denies I VARE RIGHT TO I TAKE HIS OATH I! ’(> ii ns ylva n ia Sen ator- E led Barred From Senate By Vote Os That Body ■case REFERRED TO REED COMMITTEE Washington, Dec. 9.— (INS) ■ The senate this afternoon de- ■ ni(d Senator-elect William S. ■ Vare. Republican, of Pennsyl- ■ \ aiia. the right to take his oath ■ < f office and referred his case ■I» the special Reed committee I for further investigation. Vote on Vare, 31-56. t Washington, Dec. 9.—(l’P)— The ■ Smith-Vare fight still predominated ■ on cap'tol hill today. | With Senator-elect Frank 1,. Smith. I Republican, Illinois, already barred I from taking the -senate oath of office because of his heavy campaign ex- \ pmiditures, the upper house expected today to dispose of the similar case ‘of Senator-elect William Vare, Republican, Pennsylvania. He will be r-fused he oath, under present plans. However, the leader of his- seating contest, Senator David Reed, Repn., Pi nna., had ready to offer today a I resolution to seat him now. even ! though later an expulsion action ! might be undertaken. Alter a vote on this resolution, the senate proposed to vote on the I Nori s resolution which, with amend-1 ments, would withhold the oath of! office and turn over to the Reed investigating committee the question of further investigation of Vare’s election expenses. The prelimina y seating fight probably will end sometime today and the senate will immediately turn i*i at»I tention td organization. Although independent) Republicans have net yet announced their plans, they art) expected to join with the regulars to elect the Republican slate. o Buffalo Has Big Loss From Blizzard And Gales Buffalo, N. Y. Dec. 9.—(INS)--With its losses estimated at moie Hum three-quarters of a million dollars, Buffalo today was recovering horn the blizzard and high gales that swept down on the city in the worst seasonal storm on record. The* thermometer at 8 o'clock this nr rning stood at 10 degrees above zero. —'— o — Bank Robbers Get $22,000 Larned, Kan., Dec. 9.- (INS)—The Frst National Bank of Larned was robbed today of an amount estimated at $22,000. The cashier Leo Brown was kidnapped by the robbers but later released. — o South Bend Hotel Burns South Bend, Ind., Dee. 9— (UP)— Fire of undetermined origin destroyed three floors of the Lasalle Annex Hotel early today, causing damage estimated at $20,000. One of th? 50 cceitpants was overcome by smoke before he was reached by firemen. — -o REPORT ON REB CROSS CAMPAIGN Total Os 662 Memberships In Adams County Reported; More Exoected A total of 662 members has been secured in the annual Red Cross Roll Call in Adams county, so far this fall, Miss Annie Winnes, secretary of the chapter, said today. The reports of the workers are not complete and outstanding memberships are expected to boost the total above the 700 mark. The Lions Club of Decatur, under the direction of the president, Dr. Burt Mangold, made a membership canvas in this city and the north half of the county. The I Jons have reported 486 memberships to date and several more are yet to be reported, it is said. The work of the club in securing such a large number of memberships is greatly appreciated by the Red Cross chapter. Mrs. T. A. Gottschalk, of Berne, was chairman of the roll call in the south half of the county. Mrs. Gottschalk lias reported a total of 160 members at Berne and 15 at Geneva. One other memberships has been sent in to Miss Winnes, making a total of 662.

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He’s Dairy “Czar” - /• < ■'W' 1 * < * i jh g Hfewase r n Dr. C. W. Larson has been elected to rule destinies of four-million-dollar dairy industry by National Dairy Council at Chicago meeting. He wa- formerly with Department of Agriculture. PLAY IS FULL ‘ OF 00011 COMEDY — “It Pays To Advertise” ! Pleases Audience At 1). C. H. S. Auditorium Despite the extremely cold weather a good sized audience witnessed the opening performance of the home talent pla.v, “it Bays to Advertise," presented in the Catholic school auditorium last night by the St. Mary's Dramatic Club, under the auspices of the St. Agnes Society. The play was full of good clean tun and the audience . thoroughly enjpyed it from shut- to finish. The story of the play centers around Cyrus Martin, head of the soap trust, and his son, Rodney. The elderly Martin plots with his private secretary, Mary Grayson, to get his sen to go to wmk. The plot works and Rodney decides to form a rival soap company and attempt to break the soap trust headed by his father. He engages a former ft iend. Ambrose Peale, who was a press agent for a show and who is strong for advertising, to be his assistant. They select “13 Soap” as the name for their product and start a stupenduous advertising campaign. The elderly Mr. .Martin being opposed to advertising. The new soap company spends all of its money on its advertising campaign and goes deep into debt. With the creditors about to close in cn the company. the father refuses to buy out his son's company or to pay off its debts, and is elated because his son's pet idea of advertising apparently has failed. Just then, large orders of the soap begin to come in and the new company, since it lias no factory, is forced to buy soap from the elder Martin s company to till the orders. As the orders increase, the father finally sees the value of advertising and he buys “13Soap Company” at a huge figure. Theie is a love story running through the plot and the comedy is good. Joe Hirshinger and John Alberding played the roles of Cyrus Martin and Rodney Martin, respectively, and they put their parts across in fine fashion. Miss Kathryn Hyland, as Man Grayson, and Bernard Kiting. as Ambrose Peale, had difficult roles, but bandied them well. Miss Naomi Durkin had a (COXTINI KD OV TWO) 0 —»—i Five Lumbermen Swept Over River Dam To Death Montreal, O, Dec 9-(INS)-Five lumbermen engaged in releasing booms above the big dam on Hie Gatineau i ver here met death when one of their number released the cables prematurely. The five were swept over the dam Io their death in the roaring tail race. Mayor Slack Before Grand Jury Today Indianapolis, Dec. 9.—(INS)— Mayor L. Ert Slack of Indianapolis, a Democrat who was elected by a Republican city council, today had his first taste of grand jury life. He was a witness before the Maron county grand jury concluding its extensive investigation of political corruption. Appearance of Slack caused the politicians to contract the eye brows in an endeavor to determine whether the jury had embarked upon another phase of its inquiry.

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FIRE SWEEPS THROUGH TOWN OF MENTONE, IND. Fourth Os Business District I Jest roved Causing Loss Os $50,000 SCHOOL PUPILS AID IN SAVING PROPERTY Warsaw. Dec. 9. (INS) One-fourth of the business district of Mentone, 12 miles southwest of here, was destroyed bv lire today before firemen from Mentone, Akron, Warsaw and Rochster succeeded in gettini' the flames under control. The ions was estimated to be at least $50,000. The town has a |x>pulation of about 1,090. Pupils from the grade schools above th<- fourth grade were excused from c'asses and assisted in removing merchandise from threatened stores. For an hour the entire business district was threatened. The fire started frem a defective chimney in the Jones grocery. Intense Cold Fatal To Man At Hammond Hammond. Ind.. Dee. 9. — (INS) — John P. Murray. 70, of this city, was overcome by the intense cold while on his way to work and died in the hospital Hom effects of the chill winds. —, o Wife’s Pleas Save Man From Sentence Fort Wayne. Ind.. Dei-. 9—(UP) — The plea of his young wife for mercy saved Kenneth Scuit 22. of ..Muncie, from a four year sentence at Leavenworth on a charge of violating the Mann White Slave act. imposed in Federal court here yesterday, by Judge Thomas Slick. The sentence was suspended and Scott was given a lecture by the Judge. Scott took a West Lebanon girl into Illinois-and registered her at hotels as his wife.

TON LITTER CLUB WORK REVIEWED — Ten Ton Litters Produced In Adams County This Year; Value Cited That the production of medal winning litters in tlie Hoosier Ton Litter Club is not the easiest task one can attempt is shown in the fact that only 18 of the 73 men and boys who joined the Adams county contest last spring finished in the tali. Os the total number entered, only 32 nominated litters. Twenty-five litters were weighed up by the IS men, 22 qualifying for medals of which 10 litters, 7 weighed over 1,800 pounds, and five weighed 1.600 pounds. Probably the most outstanding accomplishment of the project was that made by Jos. P. Habegger, who produced three ton litters. His feat is all the more remarkable when it is considered he likewise produced three ton litters last year. John Heiman produced the heaviest litter in the county this year, it weighing 2.934 pounds at 180 days of age. One of tlie incentives of the content is a list of cash premiums aggregating seventy-five dollars, awarded by H. P. Schmitt, of Decatur. In addition, the winner of the year receives a, beautiful silver loving cup which remains in his possession permanently if he wins it two years tn succession. In order to ascertain the benefits of the ton litter club in Adams county those who have been in the work were asked to give their actual opinion of it. “The ton litter work shows what can be done in a certain definite time, eliminates marketing when prices are low, and proves the hogs can be sold at six months rather than at a year old, thus saving six month's feed," declared one contestant. Another states, "The ton litter contest showed me the McLean county plan of sanitation which has completely changed my .management and feeding of hogs since I entered the ton litter work " Another man who has been in the work each year since it started says, "I think the ear-marking requirement is valuable whether I am in the ton litter work or not, because it helps me to select gilts from the best sows.”

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Man Cuts Throat With Pen Knife; Rins Flesh Apart With His Fingers New York, Doc. 9. (INS) Pin • Ing n finger in a sla-h acrons Ills throat mudi witli a pi n knife, Henry Carducci. 42, ripped the flesh apart and bled to death today on tils third attempt to commit suicide because there was “no more liquor in the house.'' His wife hud slopped him from inhaling gas and was awaiting an ambulance alter he had cut his throat when lie f nishe.l the Job by tearing the wound wider. “He was m< laneho'y because lie drank all his liquor." Mrs. Carducci said.

FARM BUREAU TO MEET SATURDAY Steuben County Man To Address Meeting At Monroe Tomorrow Night The Adams County Farm Bureau Federation will hold a meeting in the Monroe school building. Saturday night, starting at 7:30 o'clock The publ!.- is invited to attend. T. I. Ferris, of Steuben county, will be the principal speaker at the meeting. Mr. Ferris is a practical farmer, having a large farm in Steuben county, and is also an elevator man. He will have an important message for the farmers of tills county. David J. Schwartz, president of the Adams county farm bureau is arranging a program of music for the meeting. also. A choir will sing and there will be other musical numbers, Mr. Schwartz said today. The farm bureau lias been conducting a membership campaign in Adams county, in connection with the membership drive of the state federation. The managers appointed for tlie different townships in the oiimy are as follows: Union. "VI. A Clem: Root. Martin Gerke; Preble, Fred Oster.meyer; Kirkland, William Yager; Washington. Grant Owens; St. Marys, E. W. Dailey; Blue Creek. M. A. Ripley: Monroe, Clinton Soldner; French. Jonas Nenenschwander; Hart ford. Sherman Glendening; Wabash. Tom Rawley; and Jefferson. John Bolienbacher.

Sinclair Contempt Trial Is Halted Over Week-end Washington. Dec. 9 (INS) The criminal c ntempt trial of Harry F. Sinclair and William J. Burns w.is halted today ovei the wcck-eirl becauie of illness of Geo:ge Hoover, attorney for the oil magnate, and one of the fifteen defense lawyers participating. Burns, Sinclair and four of their associates are on trial as a result of Sinclair's action in hiring the Burns detective agency to maintain what the government contends was an improper surveillance ovei the jur.' that was setting in judgment of tlie oil man and former secretary of interior Albert H. Fall, charged with conspiracy abainst the nation. 0 _ New City Directory Ready For Distribution Otto E. Luedders, of Coldwater. Michigan publisher c.f the new city directory, announces that copies of the directory will be ready for distribution on Monday, December 12. The directories are now in the bindery and will be available next week. The directory contains 175 pages. o GOOD FELLOWS CLUB REPORT Previous total $36.50 Josephine Archbold 100 Rice's Hotel 5.00 X. F. 1 1111 Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Rowley 1.00 Total $11.50 Contribution boxes are located in tlie fo’lowing business houses: the Green Kettle, Murray Hotel, Olil Adams County Hank. Eats restaurant am! Daily Democrat office. L o to Christmas (SHOPPING \ «•'

ZERO WEATHER DUE TO END IN INDIANA SOON Weather Bureau Promises Warmer Temperature Within Next 36 Hours DEATH TOLL OF ELEMENTS NOW 30 Indianapolis. Dec. 9. (IP) End ol the zero weather that has gripped Indiana lor the last two davs was forecast toclav hx .1. 11. Armington, 1. S., weather bureau head. Armington said there would lie a gradual recovery from the cold snap during tin- next 36 hours. Minimum temperatures in Indiana tonight will bo from 10 to Is degrees above in the north portion and 15 to 25 degrees above in south portion. Armington said tin- cold wave is moving eastward and below freezing temperatures will prevail along the Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Florida. The lowest temperature in Indiana ast night was four above. (By International News Service) Blizzards, floods, cyclonic gales and sub zero temperatur ■ sweeping many sections of the nation from coast to coast today bid left a wake of 30 dead, millions of dollars in property fess. intense human suffering, ships piled up in the Great Lakes and scores of other vessels sent siurryfng for shelter. Montreal i< ported five nun swept to their death while releasing log booms: above the Gatineau river dam. They were hurled ovu the dam to their deaths in the roaring race. Chicago and the middlewest in the grip cf zero temperature, were expecting relief today although eight ire alread) known dead in Chicago and twenty more in other sections of file midwest. Blizzards laid low many herds of livestock. New York escaped the devastating gales of tlie past twenty-four hours, but suffering i'r< m cold was widespread. In western and central New Yoik, swept by floods, winds and ice storms, had scrambled shipping along the Buffalo loke shore and left two leaf hs.

DOG TAX FUND DEPLETED HERE Claims Or. File With Auditor In Excess Os Balance On Hand The county dog tax fund i:: practically depleted, the balance on hand being only S3B while unpaid bills held over this month amount to $945.70. There was a balance of $1147 on hands January 1. 1927. During th.' year c l ections amounted Io 415.50, giving the county a working balance of $4,562.50. Tlie losses (laid since the first of the year and including the December allowances this week amounted to $4,524.50. leaving a balame of $38.00. Claims for damages to sheep, chickens and other live stock by dogs covered by the dog tax Io the amount of $945.70 are now on file at tlie auditor's office and cannot lie paid for vant of funds. The dog tax in this county is $3 for eai Ii female and $1.50 for each male. Tlie tax was lowered two year'’ ago from $5 and $2. It is likely that the tax will be increased next year, the matter coining up before the county commissioners at. the January meeting. Os tlie $3,415.50 receipts during tlie year, $3,127 was paid by the township assessors; $278 turned over by the prosecuting attorney; $4.50 from the justice of peace and $6 paid by individuals to the county auditor The law requires tiiat when a dog becomes four months old. the owner must pay a tax on ft. During tlie year, only three persons paid the tax Io the county auditor. Pleads Guilty To Larceny Freeman Briekley, of Bluffton, pleaded guilty to a charge of grand larceny tn connection witli the theft of clover seed from a farm near Centerville. Michigan, when arraigned in court at Centerville, Thursday. Hr has not heen sentenced Mrs. May Grove, also of Bluffton, is being, held at Centerville as a suspect in tlie case.

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Eternal Triangle t It Jean Jarvi- (above), pretty motioti picture player, is said to hnve been tlie cause of fight between William | Nigh, movie director, and Edward Usher, formei Michigan football star, which sent ('slier to Hollywood hospital. WALSER FACES ~ TERM IN PRISON! Marion Man Found Guilty Os I’ o i s o n i n g Wife's Cousin For Insurance Mai'lon. Ind.. Dee. 9 (INS) Ar tIYUr Walter, found guilty in circuit court here of poisoning his wife's i r.-in. Clifford Cox. 12. for sl4<> insuianc - money, today fa< ell a sent ence of 2- to 21 years in the state prison, for manslaughter. Tlie sen'cnie was Identical with tlie one impose! on Mrs Dorothea Walser, his 17-year old child wife, wlio came from Indianapolis wjjers she is serving in the women's prison, (o testify at Arthur Walser's trial. Cox was poisoned by paris green placed in a glass of lemonade which he drank at the Walser's home. During their trials, each of the Walser's had blamed the poisoning on tlie other. When tlie verdict of the jury was read Walser seemed little moved. — — o-— Teachers Te Hold Institute Saturday Prof. Thurman It. Rive, of Indi.itia University, will be tin- principal speaker at the regain, monthly institute of Adams county school teachers, to b • held in tl'.e svhdol building at M >nro-. Saturday. I’tof Rice will speak on the subject, “Is Gar's a Dying Race'.’" The Rev. I’. It Schroeder, pastor of the Mennonite church at Berne, will have charge of the dev; tlolials. The regular extension classes wll meet during the afternoon Auto ( atches Fire, 'Firemen Are Called The I >ciil fire depa:tmelit was callid to the Millard Baumgartner residence on Bellmont mud. alsiut 8;:)<1 o’clcck this morning where an auto mobile belonging to Mr. Baumgartner had back-fired ami caught fire. Only the wires on tlie machine were damaged ami tin fire was quickly ex- I tinguished. No damage was done to the garage where the machine became ignited. Coolidge Proposes Aviation Conference Washington. I> <■. 9 tl'l’l l're-i dent Coolidge today proposed an International civil aviation confer ern e and exhibition lieie next December in conjunetion witli the annual commerce department netonauticul i :nference.

I) —■ — G. E. Company Buvs 2.500 Christmas Seals; More Health Bonds Sold The sale of Hires E more health bonds (fc uind >h purchase of •2(2,500 Christmas J 'Seals bv th. Genetlai Electric company, were nnn uiiived to- | day by \V. Gtl y Blown, chairman of the annual anti-

tnb.naai'osis Christmas Seal salt In Adams county The sale of 2,51)0 Christinas Seals to the G. E company i . the largest single sale made during tlie present campaign, Mr. Brown stated. 1 The Moose loilvr purchased a $lO health loud; the Historical Club, a ] $5 bond, anil the Psi lota XI Sorority, i a $5 bond.

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SECOND SUSPECT IS CAPTURED IN MICHIGAN TODAY One Caught Near Bryan, Ohio. Last Night; Both From Indianapolis NEARLY SI,OOO OF LOOT RECOVERED Bryan, Ohio. Dec. 9.— ( INS) —The second alleged bandit accused of having participated in the bank robbery at Huntertown, Ind., yesterday afternoon was captured in a Irani just across the Michigan state line ne-'tr Hillsdale, at noon today. The fugitive was trailed by a bli»Mlhound and a sheiifY s posse last night. When caught, lie had about ssuo In rash ami two revolvers in his clothing. it was reported. Authorities said he gave his name as Charles Hellions, 3t>. of Indianapolis. One Caught Last Night Fort Wayne, Dec. 9 lUI’l Capture of the secund bandit who held up the Huntertown State bank was oxpected today following arrest of one of the pair at Bryan, Ohio, last night and recovery of part of the $1,313 loot. Th" robbery was tlie second in two months anil caused the cashier. Horace Tu ker. who was wotinded, to announce that he was "through" and would resign. * For his bravery in battling bandits wlio held up the batik Oct. .5, Tucker was presented by Allen county bankers with a revolver. He used It yesterday while the two bandits were running out of the door and in the return hie, was shot in the arm. The bandits in their automobile headed west toward Biyan. abandoning, it near Pioneer and forcing a motorist to yield them bls. The stolen rar, had a puncture and so did ■i sei ond stolen car Sheriff Lloyd Bly of Bryan heard the news, found the bandits along the road and caught one of them Cashier To Resign Huntertown. Ind. Die. 9. (INS) — Horace Tucker, 40. cashier of the Huntertown State bank, which was held up yesteiday for the third time In six years,' announced today that lie was going to quit banking. "It's too dangerous," lie said. "I have had two guntights with bandits in tin' ’ast two months, tn my tight ,v sterday one of th- bandits tired at mo from su h a short distance that the powder burned my left arm." Tucker estimated the loss of the bank In yesterday's holdup at $1,312.59 ami one 45 caliber Colt revolver. Tucker said that the bank has hi on held up three times as follows: May 21. 1921. when sl.ooo cash and $25,000 in securities were taken and only $18,1)00 of the loot recovered. Oct 5, 1927, when Frank Radgley, the Bloomington. Ind . "bad man." now serving a life term, tried to roll the bank and engaged in a pistol tight with Cashier Tucker. Dec 8, 1927. when two bandits secured $1,312.59 and escaped after a. pistol fight with Tucker. "The bank here is in a very poor U'OX VIM Kl» UN fNGK T«tu MRS. LILLIEND AHL. REACH. CONVICTED - Couple Found Guilty Os Manslaughter In Connection With Man’s Death i Mavs Landing, X J. Dec. 9 (I'l’l , Mis. Margaret Lillii tidalil and Willis Beach today faced tlie possibility of ten v.'.iis Imprlsonmeiil ns a result

I' their conviction yesterday on vol untary manslaughter charges’ growing out of tiie death of tile woman's husband. Dr. William Dilllendahl. Tne jury's verdict of voluntary nuinslaughter was returned after 23 hours deliberation. The maximum penalty under that verdict is ten yeats imprisonment and a fine of >l. into. Mis Lilliendahl was overcome and had to he assisted from the courtroom i after the verdict. When Mrs. Carrie Calkins, the jury

ti rewoman, arose to give ti e verdict. Mis. Lilliendaiil's face began to twitch. She had lost her handkerthief ahd she crammed her fingers Into her mouth. A moment later when the verdict of ' Guilt) of voluutory manslaughter” was given, she broke down. In contrast, Beach outwardly was tnmoved. lie smiled.

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