Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1927 — Page 1

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KIDNAPER-KILLER believed triiced INTO WASHINGTON Two S2O Bills Given By Slain Child’s Father To Slayer Are Cashed BEARER IDENTIFIED AS W. E. HICKMAN Extra Pendelton, Oregon, Dec. 22.— (INS) —William Edward Hickman, the “Fox," asserted kidnaper and slayer of little Marion Parker was cantured at Echo, Oregon. this afternoon. Hickman is now in the Umatilla county jail. Seattle. Dec. 22. — (INS) — William Edward Hickman, cashed another of his S2O bills at a parade at Kent. Washington, shortly before midnight aceovdi”" to a renort to the sheriff’s office turned over to police shortly i'efore noon todav. Kent, a short distance south of Seattle, lies between this city and Tacoma. By Dan Campbell, Us Angeles, Calif., Dec. 22.—(UP) The ever-widening search for "the Fox" turned to Seattle today, when word was received by Herman Cline chief of detectives here, that one of the bank notes given by Perry Parker for the dead body of his daughter Marion, had been passed in the Washington city. The bill, a S2O gold note, was given a merchant in payment for a suit of undewear and a pair of gloves, Cline said. The merchant, whose name was withheld, was said to have identified a picture of Edward Hickman as the youth who gave him the note. The number of the note was K-68016970. Believed Headed For Canada Police believed J lick man was heading for the Canadian border. Officers on both sides of the line were watidling for the suspect. The man resembling Hickman walked into a clothing store here last cnVTitrvn r»v BRITISH NAVAL PLAN TO STAND King Genrire Savs Great Britain Will Not Increase Building Program London, Dec. 22—(UP)—Great Britain has no intention of increasing her naval building program desnite “leniporarv failure” of the Coolidge cruiser limitation conference, Kine George declared today in a speech proroguing parliament. The king’s speech corresponded to the recent message to congress in which President Coolidge revealed the government's plan for a bigger navy. King George said that British delegates at the Coo'idge conference had submitted limitation proposals “which if they had been accented, would have led to substantial reductions in naval strengths and costs.” "I regret,” he added, “that though much of a community of views was revealed, it was not possible to reach a general agreement." Britain’s naval building program the king said, was “based on a considered view of the defensive needs of niv widesD r ead emnlre." Discussing debts. King George expressed satisfaction because all allied war debts owed to Great Britain, excent Russia’s, had been funded. He added that the government’s Policy still was to en’lect In war debts only an amount sufficient, when added to German reparations payments, to offset the debt Britain was navlng The king’s sneech was read bv the Lord Chancellor to a joint assembly of the houses of lords and commons.

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Vol. XXV. No. 301.

More Than 050,000 i V eterans Facing Loss Os Ritfht To Claim Bouns Washington, Doc. 22—(INS)—More than 85U.000 world war veterans are facing the loss of their legal right to claim the Soldier's Bonus, with the time limit for filing applications ex plring on January i, ij»2B. and (’onK.ess in adjonrnatnent f r the Holidays until .Jamia: y I. The forgetful veterims have two chances. They may file applications in the eiaht remaining days or depend on Congress to pass a new bill giving them more time Whether Congress will extend the time limit, after the veterans have had several years in which to obtain the adjusted compensation certificates of Insu.aiK'e is problematical. Rep. Green, of lowa, chaiinian of the li use ways ; mt means committee declared today that it was possible for legislative action after the Holidays. REDECORATION OF CHURCH IS NEARLY DONE Interior Os St Mary’s Catholice Church Looks Like New CHRISTMAS MASSES BEING ARRANGED The redecorating of the St. Marys Catholic church in this city will be completed Friday night. Rev. Josepn Hession, acting pastor, stated today The congregation wi’.L have the first opportunity to see new decora- ' ’ons on Christmas morning when ‘he altar decorations will be completed asd the church will give a beautiful appearance. The color scheme used in redecorating the interior ot the church was a three-tone shade of green. The ceiling is painted a light green, the wa’ls a shade darker and the base a shade still darker. A p’aiu border is •he only decorative part used. The new color scheme lends a softness to •he light in the building. The pictures, which were formerly a part of the decorating were covered in the redecorating of the church. The redecorating makes the large edifice look like a new building. The news and choir loft were revarnish■>d and the window Tames and other wood work were repainted. The three altars Lave been painted a inarb’e white and from the rear of ♦he church they appear as marble structures. The even and soft finish of the decorating scheme makes the church look larger. Eight, new lights have been installed in the church, the old chandelier which formerly hung from the •oiling near the front of the church, being removed. Five hundred watt bulbs are used in the new shades, the lights and work of installing them Heiug donated by members of the congregat’on.

Every fixture about the church has been painted and new carpet will be nlaced at the main and two side altars and if a person did not know •hat the church was one of the oldest buildings in the city, upon entering it he would declare that a new church had been built. On Christmas day. nine masses will he said at lhe St. Marys Ca thoHe 'hutch. The first mass at soc ock, •Vill be a solemn high mas.-,. There w!" also be masse at 7:30 an t o o'clock, and from 6 o’clock to 9.45 o’clock. Six other masses will be saicL As has been the custom for years, tho special collection on Christmas .vi 1 be for the orphans of the dio . ( se For several years, the local congregat’on led; all '•lons in this d'Odese with the excep • on of the Cathedral at Fort Wayne The money given in the Christmas LdecHon goes to maintain andoperste the orphan homes at Fott Wajne and Lafayette. C-encvp Citizen* To Hold Road Meeting This Evening Geneva. Dec. 23 -(Speelal)-A mee'fng of persons interested in obtaina state highway east from. Geneva to the state line will he held in U Bank of Geneva at 7 o’clock this evenlng Petitions asking for tte highway have been filed with the state highway commission. A slmlllar meetfng was held at New Corydon, in the Modern Woodmen hall, at 7 o clock last night.

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JU V E NIL E .SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 1-2.^1-11'1111 Ur w* -ft WfcWfflA AW* an w Rack row. reading from left to right—Ralph Steele, Vernon Aftoldcr, Bobbie Engelor, Ellis Squires, Frank Lough, Edgar JacKson, James Beavers, Richard Moses, F ad Lough. Bobbie Beavers. Second row —Joe Beane, Miriam Haley, Laura Alice Christen, Idora Lough. Betty Tricker, Ida May Steele, Marjorie DeVoss, Katherine Engeler, Margaret Campbell, Martha Christen, Pauline Affolder, Elaine Gaffer, Third row-- Betty Frisinger, Mary Maxine Steele, Be ‘y Campbell, Edna Beane, Jeanette Christen, Jack Tricker, Davin Mackin, Lewis Smith. Clark William Smith. f Front row .Max Butdg, Theodore Lough, Gretchen Lough, Katherine Knapp, Barbara Burk, Mary Ann Peruhell, Margaret Moses. Albert Ferntheil.

TWO MEN FIGHT l ; DUEL TO DEATH Bodies Os Two Neighbors Found On Farm Following Gun Duel Bedford, lnd„ Dec. 22.—(INS) — 3rooks Collins, 28, a lanky Tennesean in whose veins flows the sued deed of his Kentucky forefathers, nd his neighbor. Ben Pierce. 35. ought a duel to death over either a voman or a liquor transaction. Cornier O I). Emerson announced this ■fternoon after he had located the nissing second gun in the double ragedy at the Collins farm, 5 miles vest of here. . The missing gun with two empty hambers and covered with mud was n Hie possession of Mrs. Pierce, widow of one of the slain men, who eached the scene of the shooting list, Coroner Emerson said. “Poth men were expert shots,” | Coroner Emerson stated. "Only three hots were fired in the grizzly fight o the death between them. Pierce ■sed an ordinary .32 ca’ibre revolver ■hile Collins used a .32 calibre automatic pistol." Pierce was killed instantly by a bullet that hit him in the forehead. Colins lived a few minutes after a bullet struck him in the heart.

Bedford. Ind.. Dec. 22— (INS) —A mystericus shooting which cost the ( lives of Brook Collins, 28. and Ben ( Pierce, 35. neighbors, on the Brook , Collins farm near Fayette, Ind., was under investigation today by Coroner O. D. Emerson. The two men were found dead-near the barn on the Collins farm, lying forty-five feet apart. Between them lava 32 caliber revolver. Collins was shot through the heart and Piel - through the brain. Both bullets entered from the front. Mrs. Collins discovered the tragedy to which there had been no witnesses. She told coroner Emerson she knew of no ill feeling between the men No Christmas Pardons For Federal Prisoners Washington, De.’. 22. — (INS) — There will be no Christmas pardons ♦or prisoners in the federal penitentiaries. Attorney General Sargent announced today that the long-established custom of pardoning certain federal prisoners on recommendation of the wardens of the federal will be abondoued this year. Preble Woman Breaks Arm In Fall From Bed Mrs. Martin Hickley. cf near Preblo suffered a broken arm yesterday afternoon when hse fell from the bed In which she was lying. Mrs. Heckev who . Is an invalid, attempted to turn in her , bed when she fell out, breaking her right arm. Her condition Is not thought serious.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 22, 1927.

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The Juvenile Symphony Orchestra :s an organization of children of the I Phesbyterian Sunday school, who, under the management of Mrs. W. A. Lower and Mrs .1. R. Horton and the musical direction of Mrs. E. 1). Engc-, ler. have developed themselves Into a clever little orchestra. Mrs. Fred j Smith is the accompanist at the ; organ of the orchestra. They will . present a unique program, Saturday evening, at the Christmas program ( at the Presbyterian church. The Juvenile Symphony Orchestr i : meets every Sunday morning at 9 o'clock in the Sunday school rooms. Any child in the Presbyterian school is e'lgible to memb?rship in this Orchestra. It now numbers more than forty members. The aim is to add more difficult instruments as soon as the easier ones are mastered, i They are lea ling up to a mastership of first class advanced Instruments. LOCAL CHURCHES TOGIVEPROCRAMS j Evangelical, Zion Reformed And Presbyterian Churches To Give EntertainmentThe Sunday school of the First : Evangelical church of Decatur will give their ann.ii.l Christmas program on Friday evening, at. 7:30 o’clock. ! The public is cordially invited to at- ' tend The program is as follows:

Part I Christmas Songs Orchestra j Opening Song Congregation j Prayer Rev. R. W. Loose Eto’a Jane Eady • Recitation Mary Maxine Martin Recitation Bobby Owens Recitation Arthur Merryman Recitation. Roseila Heare Recitation Rose Mary Brown ( Song Keith & John Smitley Recitation Patsy McConnell Recitation Bobby Malony Recitation ■ Billy Melchi Recitation Marell. Chronister mvTivi bi> ov tin<r.i:> GOOD FELLOWS CLUB REPORT Previous total $233 .0 W. M. Lenhart LOO A. A. Straub LO'i Carroll coal and coke co. 1 ton of Coal Marjorie Carroll 50 John Carroll 50 H. F. Ehlnger family 2 00 Mutschler Packing Co., 15.00 Loose change b7 ‘ Total $253.77 ■■.... ... ■ ——o Mt S al Days io Chris!mas

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MBS. LINDBERGH NEARS HER SOK Hops Off From Tampico On Lagt Lao Os Flight To Mexico City Tampico, Mexico, Dec. 22 —(INS) — Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh left here last lap ot her flight from Detr it tc at 1:15 o’clock this afternoon on the Mexico City to spend the holidays with her son Charles A. Lindbergh. Mexico City, Dec. 22 (CP)—Heavy tog that had persisted since dawn hung over the capital at 9 o’clock today, as Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh was flying from the United States to spend Ch.'istmas with hpr son. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. I- The fog began to lift at 10 o'clock and the sun cam - out. giving hope of I a clem day later. It was expected here that the three-1 I motored Ford plane carrying Mrs. . between 11 and 11:30 A. M.. and conI Lindbergh would arrive at Tampico ' tinue to Mexico City aftei a half of ian hour or two unless bad weather I caused delay. Col. Lindbergh was awaiting eagerIly news of his mother’s progress, so se could start In his Spirit of St. Louis airplane to meet her halfway between - the Capital and Tampico, and escort her to Valbuena flying field here,

where President Calles was to await het. —o ... S Indianapolis Murderer 1 Expected To Plead Insanity t Indianapolis, Dec. 11. —(I P) —In- t sanity is expected to be offered as | ! the defense for Fred Matelic, 65, who j ' confessed yesterday that he shot and | killed a "good Samaritan,” Louis M. , ! Earnhardt, Jr., 21, while the latter , was guiding him through heavy traffic. Matelic enlarged his first confession, revealing grudgingly why he killed Barnhardt. "I though he was the man who has been going to see my wife,” he explained. "I never had seen him before and I don’t know why 1 suspected him of being my rival." Matelic said moonshine liquor and worry over his wife's actions had made him “crazee." o— Raps “Pussyfooting" Os Major Political Parties Indianapolis. Ind., Dec. 22.—(INS) — A "cowardly pussyfooting attitude” is gripping both major political parties in Indiana as the 1928 election approaches, Attorney General Arthur i L. GHUom charged today In an ad- ' dress before the Indianapolis Traffic club at the Severin hotel. “It now appears as though Hiram Evans ot Geo-gla and Dr. E. S. Shumaker, Antl-Saloon Icagu head, will dictate the nominations of both the Republican and Democratic parties In Indiana," Gilllom stated

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Man. Who Looks Like Hunted Slayer, Carries Letter Os Identification I Des Moines, lowa. Dec. 22. (INSI Clare M Hamilton, en route from California to Rockford, 111 , where he plans to spend Christmas with his parents, today was traveling east across lowa armed with a letter stating he is not William Edward Hick man. Los Angeles child murderer. He was giv< n the letter by Carl Vonn, chief of detectives here. Hamilton, who resembles Hickman, is the young man who stopped at Plattsburg. Mo, to have his car repaired. He was sitting in a restaurant here when he read ot the Plattsburg affair. He immediately rushed to the police station Vonn, who knows him personally, fixed up th letter of identification "I hope I can get home without running into any serious minded nobs.” Hamilton remarked before starting to Illinois today. WILL TRY TO REVIVE MEN IN SUBMARINE M

German Instruments Will Be Used On Victims If They Are Rescued DIVERS WORKING AROUND SUB’S HULL Boston, Dec. 22. (INS) A ww German instrument, that ins revived persons four hours iter life was believed to have ■ft the bodv bv drowning and ’orly-eight hours after suffoca;on was rushed to Providenceown todav aboard the new I . v. S. Pennacook, bv Lieutenant Seortfc ('■ Calnan, of Hie Brookvn. N. V., naw yards. The devise was brought to the at ‘ention of naval authorities in New York City. The only three seta in he country were assembled quickly ind brought here. If the men In the S-4 are reached the instruments will be put werk Oxygen Pumped Into Ship Providencetown, Mass., Dec. 22 - (INS)-While a constant flow ot oxygen was being pumped into the forward compartments of the sunken submarine S-a wht-re six survivors | once hammered out their pleas for help, divers at noon today continued work around the hull of tne vessel >n preparation <or salvage operations. At that hour all was silent within the crypt. But some of the exi>erts gathered here still persisted in the hope that the men were only unconscious and would revive presently and signal to those above. Remus Jurors Sign Petition Asking For His Early Release

Cincinnati, 0., Dee. 22. — (INS) Ten men and two women jurors who | found George Remus "not guilty on ; the sole grounds of insanity.” after trying him for the murder of his wife. Imogene, have signed a petition asking that he be given an Immediate hearing or released on bond in time for Christmas. Remus announced to reporters here today. Snow Is Probable Soon, Forecasters Say Chicago, Dec. 22 —(UP)—Unsettled weather, with a chance for snow flurries within the next 12 to 36 hours was predicted today by C. A. Donnel, forecaster in the U. S. Weather Bureau. . .. _ 51.11 U.. .. -Wh(‘e

indicating a possibility of a Will e Christmas" for the mlddlewest. “Theie is a disturbauie over the southwest which indicates probability of snow," Donnel said. “However conditions are so unsettled that we cannot say yet just what Christmas weather will he." Today was the shortest day of the year and the official beginning of winter. Two Alleged Convicts Are Reported Killed Taeoma. Wash, Dec. 22. —(INS) — i Two men. believed by police to be ■ escaped convicts from Walla Walla 1 state prison, were reported killed in a s gun battle following an attempted ii holdup of the Winthrop hotel here early today

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LOTTIE LEHMON FATALLY BURNED AT CEYLON TODAY Woman, Aged 70, Meet.; Tragic Death When She Tries To Start Fire SON DISCOVERS HOUSE ON FIRE Geneva, Dee. 22.— (Special) — The efforts of a 70-year-ol<i mother to have a nice hot breakfast prepared for her son when he returned home from work this morning, resulted in the aged woman receiving severe burns that caused her death. The aged mother. Mrs. Lottie Mbmon. of Ceylon, died at 11:30 o’clock tills morning from, burns which covered her entire body. Her clothing was practically burned from her body when her dress caught fire as she attempted to start a tire In her kitchen stove with kerosene.

The son, Roy Lehmon, han been working at the sugar factory In Ihcatur this fall and winter. Each morning, when he returned to his home at Ceylon, his mother had a nice steaming hreakfuat all ready for him Son Discover* Fire This morning, when Mr. Ixhmon reached Ids home about 7 o'clock, he found the front door locked. This was unusual, and when the son looked through a front window, he saw the bed clothing on his mother's bed in flames. Hi* ran to the kitchen door, but it was locked, also. Mr. Lehmon forced his way into the house through the rear door and found his aged mother lying on the floor, her clothing iu Hames. He quickly extinguished the flames in his mother's clothing and on the bed ami th' n called a .physician, It was found that Mrs. Lehmon was badly burned from head to foot. Think Kerosene Explodsd It Is lite general supposition that Mrs. Lehmon had arisen, dressed and attempted to start a tire In the kitchen stove with kerosene, when the kerosene exploited, throwing fire over her dress. There was still some kerosene on the stove pipe. With her dress in flames, it is thought that Mrs. Lehnfon run to the bed room and paid down on the bed. hoping to extinguish the fire by wraplng herself in bedclothing. Instead, the bed clothing caught fire and tlie aged woman made h"r way back to the kitchen. Mrs Lehmon Is a widow. She has one daughter. Mrs. Ed Wittwer, of Herne, and three sons, Roy, Luther and Thomas. Ceylon is a small village located hss titan a mile northeast of Geneva

LOCAL FARMERS TO VISIT PURDUE Several Adams County Men To Attend Annual Farmer’s Week Plans are practically completed for the annual farmer's week, which will be held at Purdue University, I«afayette, January 9-13. Local farmers have manifested much interest In this feature fir the last two or three years, about twenty people having made the trip each winter. It Is said that two or three machine loads of farmers already have announced their Intention of going this year. Since new machinery, new appllca- , tions and new ideas are always of in- ' terest to farmers, Farmer's week visitors to Purdue will hear several men who will present the latest In farm ma-

” T. chinery. Since much interest is being manifested in the harvesting combine In Indiana, the Purdue Experimental Station has gathered tecords from the sixty-five combines now in use in the state I D Mayer, of Purdue, will present these records on Wednesday morning, January 11. Corn borer control up-t»date is largely a matter of clean tillage. First (COXTIWVF.I* ON "AGE TX'III 0 . ~, Negro Pleades Insanity Bloomington, Ind.. Dec. 22—(UP)— Jess Bowman, Negro, on trial in Mon- ( roe circuit court charged with the i first degree tnuider of Palmer Morris, i negro, is offering insanity as a defen 1 se. Morris was killed a few months ago 3 during a drinking party, which ended In shooting.

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