Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1928 — Page 1

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investigation OF “NICARAGUAN MESS" PROBABLE Delay To Prevent ‘‘Embarrassment” of President Is Likely. However mobilization OF MARINES CONTINUES Washington. Jan. 5 (INSI-A Concessional investigation into the "Ni aniguan Mess.” in which 18 U. S. Marines have been killed and more 40 othets wounded during the vmeiican occupation, seemed assured , but it mobahly will he delayed J, ,IT after President Coolidge returns (min addressing the Pan-American congress in Havana. , Democrats and independent republic m s in the Senate are determined up n an airing of the whole situation. It was said today. They do not, however. wish to “embarrass" Mr. Coolidge at the moment he is piepaling to attend the Pan-American congress as annlher "Ambassador of good will." Investigation Assured One Democratic leader in the Senate said: "There will he an investigation. That much is certain. However, v.edanot wish to embarrass Mr. Coo]d?e at a time when he is preparing l,t attend an International conference -iich as the one in Havana. To start an investigation at this time would give the administration a chance to say that we were practicing sabotage on the Piesident’s efforts to extend g.i.ul will in Igitin-America. It would be unfair to the President and unfair to our motives. But there will ,be an investigation of this mess. We have the votes to do it whenever we want.” Meanwhile, the Navy continued to rush reinforcements today to the beleaguetl .Marines on duty in Nicaragua. Washington. Jan. 5— (W) —Treiiminaries for embarking JOOO additional Marines for Nicaraguan service hummed teday at Quantico, Va., Paris Island, S. C., and San Diego, California as Congressional outbursts against Nicaraguan policy appeared materially tn cool. The navy has everything set fi r the li)00 men to sail from Hampton Roads Charleston S. C., and San Diego Monday By the time Congress can act on res..Jutions, aimed at American withdrawal from the Guerila war in Nicaragua, the troops will be steaming southward. o New U. S. Airplane Carrier Starts On Maiden Trip Quincy, Mass., Jan. s—(lNS)—Aided by a fleet of 25 tug boats the U. S. S. Lexington, Gigantic Airplane carrier, ’as started on her maiden trip today ’hen she was brought from the Pore ri'er into the channel and headed under ther own tremendous power toward the south Boston dry dock, where ' l *' will be overhauled, preparatory to "“big into active service in the Navy. ‘he vessel is the latest in construcm the United States Navy and ’as built over a period cf seven years an estimated cost of $30,000,001). BIVER SURVEY IS UNDER WAV Surveyors Start Work On Proposed Wabash River wain This Week rlvlr P frn° rk ° l S,irveying the Wabash > ) a point in the southern part ;“ •” '•«»• w»> i" week “ nty - Oh,o > was started this Teeter 'r‘ 6 ’ th<? direction of Homer recenX C ™ nty SUrveyor - Mr - Tee--111 <*arge of th** appolnted engineer and xt? , the P r °Posed cleaning out E\7^ten ingot . thei , ver bet f vee] ; Th , po,nts named above. Adams ami'T Se commis sioners from Mercer J Y COUntieß ’ Indiana, and Ohio last w" v Ohi °.’ met at Celinaage work Th ’ '° dlScnss the ~ra* n Adams count? ? Unty Bl,rv « y °Ts of assist Mr Tn? 11 MeTcer county will project*k ov et<?r 11 his wo rk. The 000 °r more PeCted t 0 C ° Bt about s 2oo ’’ ,hp j” 1 ’? and Btra 'Khtening menace w M h PXPeCted that the ’’ eliminated The ! f reatly reduced " ltion to the nla „> Ws been ° l>:>o ‘ ’’ht, so far no i r 7 severa ' Persons, u, ock the proposal.

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i lackman C; P gj| L — Jr « ». Top photo is of Welby Hunt, Kansas City youth, who has confessed his participation with William Edwatd Hickman in the holdup and murder of Ivy Thomas, Los Ajlgeles druggist. Lower photo shows Frank Bernoudy. 20, also of Kansas City, named by Hickman as his accomplice in several robberies. Bernoudy has admitted two stickups, the police say. rlceiver¥meF FOR WALD FIRM Frank A. Cutshall Chosen To Handle Affairs Os Walb Construction Co. Lagrange, Ind., Jan. 5. — (IN’S) — Frank A. Cutshall has been appointed as receiver for the Walb Construction Co. He gave ixind of SIOO,OOO. Cutshall is. vice-president of the Old National Bank of Fort Wayne. Clyde A. Walb, Republican state chairman of Indiana, is the head of the Walb Construction Co. Walt) was indicted on Dec. 31 by the federal grand jury in Indianapolis, on charges of violating the national banking laws in connection with the failure here, Oct. 24, of the First National bank of Lagrange. Both .Walb and Valentine D. Weaver, who was indicted with Walb. were at liberty on bonds of $5,000 each today. following their arrest on the indictment. Executive Clemency Denied Ohio Youth Doomed To Die Columbus, Ohio. Jan. 5. — (UP) — Governor Vic Donahey today refused to extend executive clemency to Floyd Hewitt. 17, condemned to die tomorrow for a double murder at Conneaut, Ohio, last year. Although the governor was out of the city, he instructed his office to announce he would abide by recommendations of the state board of clemency which reviewed Hewitt’s conviction and sentence yesterday. The board did not recommend mercy and the doomed boy’s last hope automatically was lost. Hewitt was convicted of killing litt’e Fred Brown,' Jr., of Conneaut, with a baseball bat, after beating the boy’s mother to death with a poker. He was tried only for the murder of the boy. After killing Mrs. Brown, whom he had attempted to attack, young Hewitt beat the boy to death, explaining later he feared the child would inform police. The bare possibility the governor may overrule the board is Hewitt's only hope now’. — Navy Officers Excluded Washington. Jan. 5 — (UP) —Rear Admiral Thomas P. McGruder told the House Naval Affairs committee today he had information from a brother officer that Secretary of Navy Wilbur had ruled no naval officer could attend the committee's investigation into Magruder’s charges of Navy inefficiency.

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SEWER PROJECT MEETSODSTACLE Petition To Halt Improvement At Berne Is Being Circulated Berne, Jan. 6 —(Special) —A petition designed to prevent the construction of the proposed “Compromise Relief Sewer," is being circulated among Berne citizens and already scores of names have been affixed to the document. The backers of the petition claim that $89,000, the estimated cost of the improvement, is more money than the town can afford to par tit the present time. .At least seventy property owners attended a meeting held at the Nussbaum Novelty company's factory Monday night, at which time the petition was first presented tor signatures. Nearly everyone present signed the paper. The remonstrance, which was drawn up by Fred Fruchte and Ferd Lit terer, Decatur attorneys, reads as follows: "We, the undersigned citizens and property owners of the Town of Berne Indiana do hereby petition the Honorable Board of Trustees of the sail Town of Berne not to build the sever known as 'Compromise Relief Sewer' in the said Town of Bet ne, Indiana as provided in your Main Sewer Impiovement Resolution No. 1 passed and adapted by said Board of Trustees on December 19, 1927 and we petition sain boatd not to take any further steps to cause said sewer to be constructed." A committee, consisting of Sam Nussbaum, H. M. Reusser and Frank Brewster, was appointed at the meeting Monday night to serve as a soliciting committee. These men have appointed a number ot' others to circulate copies of the petition for signers. Members of the town board stated that the board will gladly comply with the wishes of..the citjzenry of Berne The original action regarding the sewer improvement was not taken until after a number of residents threatened to sue the town if no action is made toward improving sewer conditions. If the project falls through, there will at least, one good have resulted from the preliminary work —that of having a complete survey and drain age plat made of the town. This work was dene by Carl J. Sinton, expert drainage engineer, of Van Wert, Ohio He put several weeks into the surveying work and has been paid SBOO for his services. After a thorough canvas has been made of the remonstrance, it will be presented to the town board of trustees. o TRAINING SCHOOL TO MEET MONDAY Second Semester Os School To Open At Central School Building Monday The second semester of the Decatur Standard Training School will begin next Monday evening, at the Central school building. The semester will be for the usual twelve weeks closing March 2G. A large number of students have already enrolled. Those who have not enrolled or who want to check up on their course of work can come to the school building at 6:30 o’clock Monday evening. Usual class work will begin at 7:15 o'clock for the first hour and the lesson will be the first chapter of the book being studied. In the first hour of the evening, th Rev. H. W. Thompson will teach, "Princ’pals of Teaching"; the Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann will teach “The New Testament"; Rev. O. R. Smith will teach "The Teaching Work of the Church”; and Mr. C. L. Walters will teach. “The study of the International Sunday School Lessen.” In the second hour of the evening, at 8:40 o’clock, the Rev. O. E. Miller will teach. “A Study of Later Adolescence”; Mr. Walters will teach, "A Study of Adult Life”; Professor M. F. Worthman will teach “Church School Administration"; and the Rev Harry H. Ferntheil will teach "Biblical Geography.” It is hoped by the management of the school that the splendid volunteer service rendered by the teachers will be matched by a large number of woikers in the churches taking advantage of the opportunity for a better training for service.

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Billy Mack Butler Claims Distinction Os Being First 1928 Baby Billy Mack Butler holds the unchallenged distinction, to date, of being the first baby delivered by the stork in this city, in the New Year. Billy Mack was born nt 10 o'clock Sunday morning, January 1. 1928, to Mr. and Mrs. Niles M. Butler, 217 North Tenth street, and weighed eight and one-halt pounds. The mother was, before her marriage. Miss Mabie Bulkhead. This is the first child in the family and both mother and babe are getting along hicely. ■ IDENTIFY BODIES TAKEN FROM 8-4 Three Bodies Are Recovered; Salvage Work Halted By High Seas Washington, J.Jan. s.—(UP) —The first three bodies to be removed from he sunken submarine S-4 off Provincetown. wer ■ those of Lieut. Commander Roy K. Jones, Lieut. Joseph McGinley and chief machinist's mate Aaron Albert Hodges, the navy department announced today. The men were Identified by a fingerprint expert from the navy's bureau of navigation. Official not! tieations of the identifications have been sent by the department to tin next kin of the three men. Salvage Work Stopped Provincetown. Mass.. Jan. S.—(INS) — High seas forced the United States navy salvage squadron to remain in Provincetown harbor this forenoon and give up operations for the time being on the sunken submarine S-4. Navy officers at work on the scene of the sinking of S-4 are of the opinion that three more bodies in addition to the first three recovered 'rffe within the engine room and they expect to bring them up as soon as the weather allows for diving without extraordinary danger to the lives of the divers. Naval Hearing In Session Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston. Jap. 5.— (INS) —The submarine S-4 was able to see tiny coast guard cutter Paulding for six ami one half minutes before she was rammed to her grave yard off Provincetown, according to an estimate submitted today by Lieut. Frank I, Worden, commander of the submarine S-4. sister ship to the S-4, testifying before the naval court of inquiry. "Probably the Paulding could only see the S-4 for a period of two minutes.” Lieut. Worden said. o Bobo U. B. Church To Hold Quarterly Conference The quarterly conference of the Bobo United Brethren church will be held on Saturday. January 28. A. M. Johnson will be present to deliver the message. The evangelistic services will start at that time and the public is invited to attend. The Rev. Charles Weyer is pastor of the church. PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS ASKED Highway Superintendent Seeks Cooperation In Maintaining Roads Adams county roads were*reported to be in good condition today, following a survey of the roads. Good paths have been made through every main road in the county and in some places where the snow had become banked, crews of men have made the roads passable. Charles Magley, Adams county highway superintendent, has asked every citizen of Adams county to cooperate with his department in keeping the roads in good condition throughout the winter. While heavy hauling does not affect the roads while they are frozen, it was urged that all persons keep their truck’ weights within the limits prescribed by law. It is probable that the roads will begin thawing in a few days and cooperation of all users of the l oads is desired at that time. With some discretion in regards to heavy hauling, the roads of this county will remain in good shape thr/gliout tho winter season, Mr. Magley said.

TO HOLO CORN BORER MEETINGS County Agent To Hold Series Os Meetings Over Adams County Due to the great number of farmeis who continuously call upon him for information about tho corn borer. County Agent Busche has decided to hold a'series of special corn borer meetings, so placed over the county 'that every farmer will have an opportunity to attend. It is thought this will be the best way to clean up many misunderstandings about the insect, how it spreads and works. The schedule has been arranged far enough ahead so that conflict with >ther meetings will be avoided and is a result, good attendance at the meetings is i xpected. The schedule is as follows: Monday, January 18, 7:30, Kohr school, Union township. Tuesday, January 17, 7:30, Monmouth school. Wednesday. January 18. 1:00, Kirkland high s. hool Wednesday, January IS, 7:30, Preble public school, Thursday, January 19, 7:00, Jefferson high sthool. Friday, January 20, 7:30, Election tchool, French township. Monday, January 23. 1:00, Pleasant Mills high school. Monday, January 23. 7:30, Monro - school. Tuesday. January 24. 1:00, Berne auditorium. Tuesday. January 21. 7:30, Geneva school. Wednesday. January 25. 7:33. Hartford township high school. Thursday, January 26. 7:30. Kimsey school. Blue Creek township. It is planned to have a corn borer specialist from Purdue —a man who has been all through the corn borer area and can talk from actual experience, to tell those who attend of the real threat the borer is making. Also, since so many farmers have hazy ideas of what is expected in the cleanup regulations, effort will be made to have a representative of the state department of conservation, which is enforcing the clean-up at the meetings to answer -questions concerning the regulations and to tell why the various requirements are made. If they can be obtained, motion pictures of the borer will be shown. County Agent Busche states every farmer is invited to the meetings, whether he has corn borers on his farm or not. DECATUR MAN’S MOTHER DIES Mother Os Dr. P. B. Thomas Dies At Greenville, ().; 90 Years Old Dr. P. B. Thomas was called to Greenville. Ohio, by a message announcing the death, yesterday morning, January 4 1928 of his mother. Mrs. Caroline Thotqas. The death of Mrs. Thomas was due to the infirmities of old age. She had been blind for some time previous to her death. Had she lived until the fiftenth of this month, she would have been 91 years of age. Her death occurre dat the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Horn, of Greenville, with whom she has made her home since the death of her son, Edward Thomas last September. Surviving are one son, Dr. P. B. Thomas, of this city, two daughters, Mrs. George Horn, of Greenville,-Ohio and Mis. James A. Jenkinson, of Mecanicsburg, Ohio. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at Greenville with burial at Hollandsburg, Ohio. Stephenson Promises To Tell About Big Conspiracy Kokomo, Ind., Jan. 5. — (INS) —D. C. Stephenson, Indiana's most notorious life prisoner, in the state penitentiary at Michigan City has prom ised to disclose to the Howard county grand jury a most amazing story of a state wide conspiracy to violate the banking laws if he is subpeonaed as a witness, Homer R. Miller, prosecutor of Howard county said today, upon his return from an interview’ with Stephenson at the state prison. Prosecutor Miller and Grover Bishop, receiver for the Marion Trust Co., at Kokomo visited Stephenson to question him about checks amounting to about $36,000 signed by Stephenson which were found in (he defunct bank files.

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Fooled the Navy! •V mw * /I /Ba x ■; Charles Shambaugh wanted a front row seat at the salvaging of the submarine S-4 off Provincetown. Mass., so he told Navy officials he was an expert in such matters. Pry ing reporters, however, discovered that he was just a garage owner in Lafayette. Indiana. LINDY CONTINUES HIS AERIAL TOUR Hops Off For Managua; Accepts Invitation To Visit Haiti Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Jan. 5 - (INS) —Col. Charles Lindbeigh resumed his aerial argosy over the Central American jungles today, taking eff from Pegucigalpa at 11:36 a. m. standard time, for Managua. Washington, Jan. 5 (UP) —Cel Chalies A. Lindbergh accepted today an invitation from the Haitian government to visit that country, the state department was informed by the American minister in Honduras. It has not been decided whether the flyer will stop in Haiti enroute from Panama to the Pan-American conference at Havana, Cuba or whether he will visit Cuba first. If Lindbergh flies to Haiti enroute to Cuba, it is considered probable that he may also stop in Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, officials emphasize that Lindbeigh has not yet definitely determined upon bis route after leaving Panama. 0 William Krick Dies At Hospital In Lima William Krick, of Lima, Ohio, bro-ther-in-law of Mrs. Clarence Drake, cf Decatur, died Monday evening at the city hospital in Lima. Funeral services were to be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon, at Wren, Ohio, with burial in the Clark's Chapel cemetery, east of Decatur. o Hickman And Hunt Arc Indicted For Thoms Murder Los Angeles, Jan. 5- (INS) The Los Angeles county grand jury today voted Indictments chatging William Edward Hickman and his confessed accomplice Welby Hunt with robbery and murder of C. Ivy Thoms, Rose Hill druggist on Christmas eve 1926, according to reports at the hall of justice. o — Man Confined To Bed For 60 Years Directs Farm Work Successfully Brazil, Ind., Jan. 5 — (INS) —Although he was confined t ■■ his bed for sixty .'ears, Joseph Adams, who died at his home south of here, at the age of 88 years, operated his farm successfully and at his death was the owner of a fine farm of 200 acres. When 26 years old, Adams was striken with a peculiar malady and spent the rest of his life in bed. Although apparently in good health he insisted that he was hot able to be up and for 62 years directed his affairs from his bedside.

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CLEMENCY PLEA FROWNED UPON BY GOV. SMITH Governor Indicates He Will Not Spare Lives Os Two Murderers EXECUTION SET FOR JANUARY 11 Albany. N. Y.. -kin. 5 (IN'S) Aller listening lor two hours this itllernoon to pleas lor the lives of Mrs. Bulh Snyder and Iter paramour. Henry Gniv. Gov. Allred E. Smith plaiidv indicated at the close <>l the hearmji that he did not intend Io urtml executive clemency lor either Mrs. Snyder or Gray. , .. Unless the governor changes Ins mind. Mis. Snyder and Gray will go to their deaths in the electric chair at Sing Sing one week from tonight lor the murder of Mrs. Snyder’s bushand. Albert Snyder, Queens county nt editor. Attorney Makes Plea When the governor made the statement near the close of the hearing, that he did not intend to become concerned over “neurosia or psycosis”, Attorney E. S. Hazelton, council for Mrs. Synder, said: “Oh. Governor, you must remembethat. St. Paul said that ‘letters of the law killeth. but the spirit and intent giveth lite’.” “Yes. I know what St. Paul said." the governor interrupted, "but there is a later answer than that of St. Paul. The legislature of this state Ins said something about the law ami it is my duty to follow this law." Liberty Loan Bonds Will Be Exchangable Washington, Jan. 5 (INS) —Third Liberty Loan bonds, due on September 15. will be exchangeable for bonds to be issued by the government at the regular quarterly refunding in March, June and September, secretary of treasury Mellon announced today. The government is expected to make one long time issue as pait of its ie a funding plans. o Three Persons Burn To Death In Hotel Fire Ossining, N. Y. Jan. S—(INS)5 —(INS) Three persons, a woman and two men. were limited to death, eight firemen wore overcome by smoke, and thirty five scantily clad guests fled into the earlymorning cold today when fire destroyed the Weskora hotel. The fire was believed by authorities to have been of incendiary origin and was the fifth to occur at the hotel in the last six months. One ot the dead was a waiter at the betel, known only as Albert. The other man was known to Charles Fleisch, proprietor of the hotel as “sheriff McKinna." Tlie weman burned to death is believed to have been hjs wife. MERCURY TO CLIMB HIGHER Furt he r Moderation In Temperature To Occur Within Next 24 Hours A moderation in temperature in the next 24 hours was promised today by the government weather department at Indianapolis. While (he thermometer has advanced several degrees since the cold wave of earlier tn the week, it is predicted that a still greater moderation is in store for Indiana. The temperature in Decatur and this community tor the last few days has been steady at about 12 to 29 degrees above zero. The thermomet er dropped considerably again last night, but the sun caused the mercury to rise again today. Some cloudiness is predicted for northern Indiana today and tomor- ' row, and snow flurries will predom- • inate in some of the northern counf ties. j Inn Proprietor Sentenced I Hammond, Ind., Jan. 5 — (INS) — • Christopher Stergois, proprietor of > the Roby Inn. whom federal dry offi--3 cers have been trying to trap for two s years today was under sentence of 30 days in jail.

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