Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1927 — Page 1

WEATHER pair tonight and Wednesday. No deeded change in tem perature.

THREE HELD FOR ROBBERY AT MAGLEY

Police Identify California Kidnaper - Killer: Not Caught

SEEK YOUTH, 18, FOR MURDER OF MARIONPfiRKER Bank Messenger, Discharged By Girl’s Father, Positively Identified TWO ACCOMPLICES ARE SOUGHT, ALSO Los Angeles Dec. 20.— (INS) —Trailing the “Fox” to his liar, police today exposed the belief they hail located the “horror chamber” in which little Marion Parker was killed by the fiendish kidnaper who butchered her and gave her mutilated body lack to her father for $1,500 “ransom” money. I'he murder house was discovered when detectives located the apartment where William Edward Hick man. identified as killer of the girl, was believed to have remained in hid ing until last Sunday night. Coincident with identification of Hickman and discovery of his former hiding place, police at rested Miltor Jarkowsky, 25, as suspected accomplice of the kidnape:-killed and lann ihed a search for a stylishly dressed woman who is believed to have been an accomplice. lais Angeles, Cal., Dec. 20. — (INS) —The mask has been torn from th< identity of the ruthless killer of little Marion Parker. This was revealed today when po lice announced they were seeking Wil Ham Edward Hickman. W. former bank messenger, who was discharge'’ from the institution where the little girl’s father is a trusteel official. The starting disclosure was made by Chief of Detectives Herman Cline and Chief Deputy District Attorney Harold L. Davis, who directly de dared the fugitive youth had been identified as lhe kidnaper-murder of the 12-year-old school girl. Hickman’s identification was clinch ed, according to authorities through comparison of tell-tale fingerprints found on the Parker death car with fingerprints recorded in the police department when Hickman was arrested on forgery charges. This final link was completed after an all night study of the two sets of fingerprints by H. Barlow, identification and fingerprint expert of the Los Angeles police department. Police also made public today the name of the school teacher who saw little Marion Parker led away to her doom and who is said to have identified photographs of Hickman as the camera replica of the man who abducted and later murdered the child She is Miss Neona Britten, a memiHiyriM Kit ’•«;« CHRISTMAS TREE ERECTED TODAY Community Tree Placed On Court House Square This Afternoon M. J. Mylott, superintendent of the city light department, and his force of men set up the community Chiistmas tree in the court hcuse lawn this atteinocn, and the tree wil be lighted every night fiom now until after Christmas. Colored lights, furnished by the city will he used in decorating the tree. A program lias been airanged tor all children of Decatur in connection with the ttee, which is sponsored by the Decatur Woman’s Club. / —i ■ —oSchools In City To Begin Vacation Thursday Decatur public and Catholic schools will be dismissed Thursday of this week for the annual holiday vacation, it was announced today. The Catlio*»c school pupils will be dismiss?' "Wednesday night for tho start 0 their vacation. They will, however, report Thursday morning for church, before the annual vacation starts. The public schools will close Thursday afternoon, following in usual Christmas programs, it wa. announced today. School will be resumed again Tuesday, January 3,.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXV. No. 299.

Divorcee Slain | jj At: * MRS. ELSIE 11. SNIPES (International Newsreel) Mis. Elsie holt Snipes, attractive W-year-old divorcee, was mysteriously shot and killed in her apartment it Richmond, Va. John Wesley Faison, former manager of the exclusive Hermitage Country Ctuh of that etty. s now being tried for her murder. Defense contends Mrs. Snipes comnitted suicide. nlg’htshopping - PROVES POPULAR Decatur Stores Remain Open In Evenings And Do (Joed Business Practically all Decatur stores remained open last night to accomodate Christmas shoppers, and from all indications the late hiurs were well w'orth th? trouble. Every store reported a good business until late last night. The custom of remaining oper it nights will be followed the rest of he week, retailors announced today That the Christinas spirit prevail' ! n Adams county was shown las’ night by the great number of shepperr in this city. Dindow display light* wete turned on early and the entire business district assumed the holiday

aspect. Practically every store in the citywili oberve the double holiday, December 25 and 16. There win be no mail delivei ies on December 2a, but there will be one city ami a rural delivery December 2G. The postoffice, however will remain closed on December 26 There will be no publication of the Decatur Daily Dem crat December 26 in order that the force of employees may enjoy the Christmas holidays. — o * John Warner Dies At Home Os Son In McGill, O. John Warner, 74. former Adams county resident, died Saturday morning at the home of his son. Marion, , in McGill. Ohio. He had been ill with Bright's disease for s:1110 t inle - - Ml - H Warner resided in this e° u nty or many years and was married to Miss Jane Mumma. of Root township w o survives. One daughter. Mrs. My I tie Bueehlar, of Ralston. Ohio; one son, Ma. ion. of McGill and one brother, jess Warner, of Mishawaka als, survive Funeral services we>e held Monday morning at McGill, Ohio, with buri iai at Kimmel, Indiana. Milkman Puts Milk In Truck Radiator; Mechanic Takes Butter Out Os It Cedar Grove. N. J-. Dec ’.‘ n _' 'm'lk Squire Hake Baldwin, vil age m.lk bquire morning man. was delayea nnri round when he ral J 011 '. . truc k had to fill the radiator of his truck with milk. A mechanic B P ent “ getting the butter out of the radla tor.

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HOPE ABANDONED f FOR MEN ABOARD SOBMARINE S-4 Frigid North Gale Sends Rescuers To Port For Shelter Again Today SIX VICTIMS ALIVE YET THIS MORNING Washington, Dee. 20-(INS) I'he navy has given up hope of rescuing alive, members of ihe crew of the submarine S-t. “Everything is against them.” , This cryptic utterance from a ranking admiral this .afternoon summarized the official attitude after a conference at which reports of the ben ic light against odds had been considered by high navy officials. Tho last fragile hope of g« tting a life saving air to the six entombed men aboard the sunken submarine S-4 (added before noon today when a fresh broadside of frigid northern ale swept down over the spot where lescue ships weie huddled sending them into, port for shelter at Provilence Town. Mass. This was the final gesture of futility which navy -officials have been reluctant to voice—-the impossibility of letting oxygen tanks to the entrapped men before 6 o'clock tonight, the limit of th Mr endurance. Throughout '.he night and early today. the rescue ship has tossed and Ditched over the spot where the S-4 lies in a hundred feet of icy water, ■(waiting the slightest break in the , term which would permit divers to TO below. vX,.".

— . ;■ ~ . . Had that break be<-n there, the r sellers were prepared to descend ‘o the ocean floor, there to clear out 'lie mud choked torpedo tube and at•empt the hazardous task of forcing oxygen, food and gas neutralizers to ‘lie six men gasping out their lives n the bitterly cold darkness of the orpedo room. "Is there any hope,” was the last nessage tapped out by those in the ■oom. I Surrender of the men above them vho were compelled to seek the liar-1 bor today before the fury of the storm I ■tatids in mute reply. ' Even should the elements subside] 'ater in tut- day, the work ahead of 'he divers, only too willing to risk heir lives, will take precious hours] ■ml if the d’vers succeed in getting] lie life sustaining supplies into the | torpedo tubes the suffocating six -nay not have the strength to open | lie tube from within. I ______o —— Two Trainmen Killed Warren, Pa., Dec. 20 —(INS) The | 'treman and engineer were killed and t. baggageman injured when a local a'senger train on the Philadelphia ■nd Erie branch of the Pennsylvania ( -ailroad was wrecked near here today. _o—

ONLY DA IL Y NEWSPAPER IN AD AMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 20, 1927.

TRUANT OFFICER TEST IS PLANNED: Examination For Applicants] Is Set For Tuesday, December 27 Because of a misunderstanding in ]| the Adams county attendance officer situation, it has been deemed nece sary bv the state board of education fur County School Superintendent Clifton Striker to issue a general call | for an examination for all applicants] in Adams county. The examination will | be held at the office of the county sup erintendent, Tuesday, Decembei All residents of Adams county, having an eighth grade diploma, are eligible to take the examination. The questions will Im furnished by the I state board of education and the manu-| scripts wil Xie sent to state attendance officer, Miss Blanch Merry, for grading. ! Following the grading of the papers, all those holding a license in Adams county will be nominated at a meeting of tho county board of education, which wil held a special session either December 29 or 30, for the purpose of. electing an attendance officer. The person elected to hold the position will be eligible to serve until August 1, 1927. when the annual elecAdamstakes place. Any resident of Adams county Is eligible to take the examination next Tuesday.

Chicago Has Holdup Every Three Minutes During One Hour Period (’hiiago, Dec. 20 (INS)- A holdup every three minutes during a period" of one hour was the record today of two eollvgiate-like bandits who reliev ltd 20 Hyde Park citizens of muchneed: <1 Christmas change. Tiie bandits, clad in raccoon coats an ddriving u sport coupe, cruised through the University of Chicago district They stopped wherever they saw a lone pedestrian, robbed him and then sped away. This was repeated 20 times within an hour, according to police reports. DECATDR WOMAN EXPIRES TODAY Mrs. Aaron DeVinney Dies Early Today After Extended Illness Mrs. Aaron DeVinney, GO. died at the DeVinney home in this city, 314 Oak street, at 3:35 o’clock this- morning, following an extended illness. Mrs. DeVinney had been in ill lealth for some time and her condition the last t ■« days had been very serious. Flora Jeanette Sudduth DeVinney was horn iq ilarison county. Ohio, in 1867. She was tho daughter of Harrison and Hannah Sutdduth. When still a young lady, Mrs. DeVinney moved with her patents to Kirkland township. Adams c. unty, where she received hei eally education, in 1888, she was united in marriage to Aaron De- , Vinney, who survives. ■ Surviving, besides the husband are

ICON TIM El> OX l'A(.i: I.K.mi PARKINO NEAR SCHOOL BANNER Parking Os Autos Beside And In Front Os D. IL S. Building Prohibited Complying with the suggestion from the state file marshal, the city council will forbid pa. king of automobiles or other vehicles on the no: th side Adams street, and on the west side of Fifth stieet in front of ami alongside <f the Decatur Public high seh <>l building. Tliis precaution is taken in ease of fire. During the basketball games Hto automobiles are parked on both sides of Adams stieet and Fifth street, tnakI Ing it impossible for the fire truck, in j case of the to get to the building. The I Mate fire marshal’s office suggested the pat king of cars be forbidden on one side of the street, leaving the stieet clear in case it was necessary I to net to the building.

Mayer Kilck ordered that signs be posted at the corner and on Adams street and Fifth street forbidding parking. The signs will be posted t ils week by the electlie light department and parking will be forbidden on Ihurs day night, the night of the Delphi basketball game, it is likely that the same regulations will be put iu force around the Catholic school building corner of Fourth ami Monroe streets. [I GOOD FELLOWS CLUB REPORT Previous total, $140.34 Decatur Daily Democrat 10.00 I Clovetleaf Creameries 10.00 Marjorie Linn 100 I St. Vincent DePaul Society 10 00 Mary Callow 1 011 Heiman Omlor 100 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Young 2.00 I Nellie Winnes 100 Holthouse-Schulte Co 3 00 I Monday Night Bridge Club .... 4.00 I G. E. Overtime Boys 2.03 I Friends I Total $197 87 ; -O ——- DAYS roi i CHRISTMAS *-s»SB fl SC PPINc) J 'is all txmtj

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GEORGE REMUS ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE Jury Holds “Bootleg King’’] Was Insane When He Killed His Wife TEN MEN AND TWO WOMEN DECIDE FATE Cine-iimati, Dec. 2(1 (INS) 'George Bemus was found not Iguiilv on the sole ground of insanity for the killing of his wile, Imogene, in Eden park, on October 6 last, by a jury of 10 men and 2 women this uttermum. I’he verdict was returned at 3:55 p. in. Cincinnati, Die. 20. — (INS) George Remus’ case for the murder of Ills wife, Imogene, went to tile jury at 12:49 o'clock p. m. Just before the case was sent to ’ the juty, the door to freedom was virtually haired to Remus, when Judge Chester R. Shook eliminated the "not guilty’’ foim of verdiet from his ini structions to the Jury. The ruling was almost without pre--1 cedent in the history of American I jurisprudence. Judge Shook, however, left one hope - tor Remus. He told the jury they ■ might return, if th y saw tit. aver I - diet of "not guilty" on the sole I ground of insanity. The straight out and out not guilty verbid was barred

(V < OneYlaiFTs Killed When Train Hits Gasoline Truck Newcastle. Ind.. Dee. 20 HNS) A , spectacular blaze today which leaped from the wreckage cf a Stiver Flash gasoline truck after a big four freight train had hurled the truck into the air claimed the life hete of of Otis Ricks, 47, the driver of the truck. The entire fire department was called out as the liquid flames poured from the demolished truck. Ricks cried for help as the fire engulfed him. State Had $5,000 In Bank Which Closes Doors Indianapolis, Dec. 20. —(IP) Five housand dollars of (he state's money was on deposit in the Churubusco Exhange Bank which closed its doors j Saturday with approximately $350,000 I'll deposits and but a capitalization of $50,000. O-

MANY WOMEN HEAR LECTURE Rev. Mclntyre Gives Interesting Address z\t United Brethren Church "Life is God’s most wonderful contribution to this world. Life is so simple anti abundant that seeing ft continually as we de. we fail to ap-

preciate its beauty, its wonders and its mysteries. Human life is the highest expression of all created things, for the good book tells us, ‘Anri. God created man in His own Image, male and female created He them.’ In discussing the Stfiry of Life, I want to deal with that part of the storv that deals with Motherhood, for I consider it to be the crowning glory of a woman’s life." So spoke the Rev. Lee Mclntyre in his opening remarks at tho second lecture at tile United Brethren church last night. He emphasized the fact that. God created woman to be Rtrcng and dwelt upon the physical life of woman. That woman was the most beautiful of creation, and vet many a woman and girl are not content with God’s plan of beautifying them, with pure blood, proper physical life and nourishment, but try tho beauty methods by powdering and puttying and the drug store method. These tend to Uli the pores Os the eldn and thus check up tho proper function of the pores. We breathe through the skin as well ns (COXTIMIKD ON I’AGH FIX K)

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Child a Suicide? i w Ws f < I I ■ Long Beach. Calif., authorities are holding inqueat ever body of eight-year-old Grover Mansfield to determine whether the boy committed suicide or not. Grover had threatened several times to "end it all" whenever ho had been scolded or reprimanded H was foil-id dead beside an open gas Jet. __ FORMER LOCAL WOMAN EXPIRES Mrs. Robert Blackburn Dies At Home In Los Angeles, California Mrs. Robert Hlavkimin, S 4. former resident k f Decatui. died last Fridav at het home in Los Angeles, Callt.i nia, aceotding to wold received today by Mr. and Mis. H. M. Shroll. cf this city. Mrs. Blackburn had been in 111 health for several mouths. Mrs. Blackburn was well known in

this city. She resided here until about five yeats ago, when she and her son Robert, Jr., moved to Los Angeles. Her jnisbafld died while living in Decatur and Is buried hete. Mrs. Blackburn if survived by tw-j sons, Robert Jr., and George, and one daughter, Mrs Floyd Tester all of Los Angeles. She has sevI eral b’.cthets in California, also. It has not been learned whether or not the body will be returned t i Decatui for burial. - o— ——■— Six Bandits Get $20,00(1 In Terminal Garage Holdup Mt. Vernon, N. Y.. Dec. 20. (INS) -The terminal garage, used liy the New York firm of Arnold. Constable K- Co., to house delivery trucks, was

entered early today by six men arm ed with sawed-off shotguns, who held up the manager, four drivers and a special policeman ami took a total of $20,000, most of which was money I collected by the drivers on their : routes. 1 Janies Clark, the manager, and the four drivers were lined up with the!' faces to the wall, aud while two of the Intruders stood guard the othei began binding them with picture wire, with a warning that an outcry meant death, the desperadoes cs aped in a waiting automobile. The prisoners treed themselv: e alter some mlnut s of struggle and a general alarm was issued immediately to all authorities in the county. Two Women Shoplifters Sentenced z\t Fort W ayne Fort Wayne, Ind., De;. 30.—(UP)— ■'Christinas shoplifting" today had sent Kathoiine Creter of Bluffton and Clara Conway of Indianapolis to jail. Their trials on charges of stealing 1 hats and scaifs from a department store were set for Dec. 21. • «

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THIRD MAN IS UNDER ARREST AT FORT WAYNE Leo Bricklev, Formerly Os Bluffton, Charged With Robbing Postoffice TWO SUSPECTS HELD IN SOUTH Fml Wayne, Dee. 20 (INS) ITlierv was much laughter recently when the government closed ils postol l ice at hlagley, Indiana, X miles west of Decatur, because burglars were such constant visitors that the postoffice was a steady loser. Today, the government bad its laugh. Its in: I‘lalfgable postal insiiectorti have landed three men in various jails in two states on ('barges of robbing the Magley pottoftice. Third Arrezt Made The latest to be arrested was Leo Bilckley, formerly of Bluffton, who was in the county jail here today in default of $5,000 bond, following hi* at rest by Inspector A. S. Kelly on a charge that he robbed ihe Magley postoftice. Htickley was arraigned Ixfoie I’. S. Commissioner William Remmel here alii bound over to th:' federal kr. -id jury. Others under arrest were William Stnplty, of san Francisco, and W. A. Bales, of Eastport. Fla., held in jail' at Mobi’.e. Alabama. The government spent thousands of dollars to have " the last laugh." O Mrs. Lindbergh Hops Off From St. Louis Today 1 Sb. Louis. Dec. 20 — (INS)— Delayl" ed by ineehantcal trouble In the Ford '' q I imua.l airplane in which she is winging her way to Mexico City. M's. Evingeline Undbergh hopped off for San Antonio, next stop on her flight, at 102 central time this afternoon. St. Louis. Dec. 20.—(UP)—Mrs. I Evangeline IJndbergh, inothe.- of Col. v Charles A. Undbergh. was de'ayed in * her getaway from St Louis this morning by a broken starting mechanism on the plane in which she is s ftyiug. It was gelieved she might be able to resume her Detroit to Mexico City flight shortly after noon. Mis. Undbergh completed the first egos her flight Detroit to St. Ixiuis r —yesterday and waited here over v night for the next hop. v Hardware Stores To Be Onen In Evenings

All hardware stores In the city will remain (pen each evening during the remainder of the week for the accomodation of Christmas shoppers, it was announced today. — oFaces Murder Charge Indianapolis. Ind. Dec. 20.— (VP) Murder charges were p'aced today against Harry Pilt as result of the death of Samuel Fassman, 40. a barber, from a revolver wound received • In a quarrel with Pile SUGAR FACTORS COMPLETES RUN

Slicing Os Beets Ends Monday; Sugar Totals Nearly 20,000.000 Pounds The Decatur plant of the Holland-St. Louts Sugar company completed Its annual run yesterday and the last of the beet supply was sliced. It will take several days yet to complete the sugar making process, it was announced today, but several of tbe force of men already have been discharged, and In the next few days the force will be reduced from m re than 300 to less than 50, who are employed the entire year It was announced by local officials of the plant that 68.500 tons >t beets were sliced this year at the local plant and that between 19 and 20 million pounds of sugar would be extracted from the beets sliced. The sllclnr stopped at 8 o'clock yesterday morn lug. Tho mill this year almost doubled the amount of sugar manufactured during the run last year which netted I 12.000.000 pounds of sugar. It war pointed out. however, that this y«ar j the beets were of a much better grade tl and the sugar content w-as much ) greater, this year than last.