Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 25 January 1928 — Page 1

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TWO MORE HELD FOR THEFTS OF HIDES

ATTORNEYS FOR NICKMAN SEEK A CHANGE OF JUDGE This Morning AI)mVtTANCE Court Room, Los Angeles, CaS Jan-SS.-dNSI-Thede-the Marion Parker kidaning and murder case sprang Srise at the opening ot Wil- ? ' p.iuard Hickman s trial to?wSn Jerome Walsh chief Jto'mey for the confessed kidnaper and killer, entered an ob- ' jjtion Io Superior Judge ( arlos S. Hardy presiding over the tr This move came at the out-set of ft P trial when associate defense counsel. Richard Cantillon. moved to I iiwualifv Judge Hardy. A pall of silence fell over the court ' room as Judge Hardy perused an afi Mavit setting forth the defense’s ; objection. Many Spectators Present Two hours before Hickman was I scheduled to be brought before Super- | ier Judge Hardy, to answer for his I prime, a jostling crowd stood in three • long lines waiting admittance to the I tiny court room which can accommo- ■ date a little more than 100 speetat--1 trfs. Women and young girls were in the majority among those who fought for nntage points in the line. Those who had come to see Hick- !• xui on trial gave the appearance of i i holiday crowil and deputies, fremiently had to silence Tanghter and i Inking among the restless waiters. A Dejected Youth Lon Angeles. Jan. 25. — (UP) — In | strange contrast to itis blustering, nptistkal manner of a month ago, , Edward Hickman began his tight against the gallows today. He was dejected as he prepared to go into court and the swash buckling youth that was he a month ago, stemICOMTINIED ON PAGE SEVEN! 0 US HELD FOR DEATH OF GIRL Marion Man Arrested At Huntington On Statuatory Charges Huntington, Jan. 25.—(INS)-Am- > bose A. Fisher. 47. of Marion, Ind., was being held in the Huntington county jail here today on statuatory | eharges following the death of Ethel Fredericks. 15, at the Huntington | eonnty hospital last Sunday. , The girl died as the result of an I operation. The girl was a daughter Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Frederick*. I ishor formerly made his home with i f family at Huntington, Marion and urren. r p will ], e taken to Mprion rar prosecution. Police said that the | "'r s parents at first refuse dto tesF J? I'ocaitse of Fisher’s threats.

Ex-Monroe Man Preaches Schneider Girl’s Funeral

Th - Rev - Mont C. Oliver, former '''' nroe youn ß man, delivered the o.?, 10 " at ,he funera l of little Dorsci,' , wider, Mt. Morris, Michigan, 1111 girl, who was brutally mur--lI,J a " 11 n ‘ uti >ated by Adolph Hoteldav« ? OwOBS °, Michigan, several r ' ni ? g0 ' Rev - Oliver is a son of T. ot tlio'u' Monroe. He is pastor Mt m Metho,u st Episcopal church at Morris. Rev . Oliver is a nephew Mrß ' C ' K H ° Cker ’ ° f lf|A sav« r> " IU *. he np,rnit Times, Jan. ed to ho * )ar,icular b effective seembv Rev nv " on ' s °f comfort spoken fnr °‘ lVer ’ °f Mt. Morris. He sage sn o S teXt pasty FathoJ ten Used at funera 's, ‘ln ’inns'." rs 110U8e ar e many manr eached by Rev - 01ivinvokes tho °‘ ° WS: "Th* B occasion deeoMt m ° Bt tender words and "Sorrow i( T mpathy - ,n(: ’i(le all \ as far caching as to e »«ry life i>' Wor ' R anR to touch Present thon' 11 , no eadder occasions than this today.

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Becomes Mrs. Morgan Hl'' , | •'fc :• . ■r| < ■ Ji »• •C**' Uli I I »—> . 1 Mrs. Rachel Littleton Vanderbilt of i New York, divorced wife of Cornelius I Vanderbilt. Jr., has become the wife of Jasper Morgan, son of Mr. ami i Mrs. E. D. Morgan of New York, and a nephew of J. P. Morgan.

TWO MEN HURT IN AUTO WRECK Frank Trouts And Russell Melchi, Os Decatur, Injured Today Frank Trouts, advertising salesman, and Russell Melchi, of this city, were injured bout 9 o'clock this morning whe nthe Pontiac automobile in I which they were driving to Van I Wert. Ohio, fn ni Decatur skidded in the snow and struck a bridge about 8 miles east of here near Middlebury. The car, after striking the bridge, turned over and was badly damaged Trouts received slight bruises land Melchi received a bad bruise across his chest. He was brought To his home on Winchester street in this city. It is not thought he is seriousjy injured. i The car was returned to this city i to a local garage for repairs. o Five Children Killed By Tornado In Tennessee Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 25—(INS) — Five children were dead ami many be lived injured today as the result of a minatuie tornado that swept across middle Tennessee late yesterday, according to reports received here. Communication with the rural districts in tlie vicinity of Sparta and DeKalp county had not yet been reeestablished early today. 0 = Fire Captain Is Killed Youngstown, Ohio. Jan. 25 —(UP)— Fire Captain Martin Walsh, 48, was killed ,and two other firemen were in- ' jured when a wall collapsed while • they were fighting a business district blaze here early today.

I ‘'ln all; the words and thoughts lof men we cannot find such solace 1 nor so lasting coinfort as is found in these words spoken by the . Apost’e: "Wherefore comfort one . another with these words.’ "Mortal words fail us in the crisis of our lives but the words lof Christ of whom it was said; | 'Never man spake as he spake' seem to mend the broken cords of >]a sad heart. What was the first impression Jesus made upon his contemporaries? What has been . His first impression upon you? Open to the Gospel according to St. Mark. In the very first chap- . i ter He tells you in four places the ' impression He made upon men. He first tells you the impression He made upon John the Baptist. John . was a mighty man but John said: ‘There is one coming mightier than I.' Christ goes into the synagogue and begins to teach and they are , amazed. He teaches them as one ! having authority, not as a scribe. It ! was His words that impressed them (CONTINUED ON EAGE THIIEE)

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MORE“LOANS" TO A, 0, FALL ARE REVEALED Evidence In Teapot Dome Inquiry Shows Sinclair Gave Cash Bonds INVESTIGATION IS RESUMED TODAY Washington, Jan. 25. (INS) Former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall stood revealed today as the recipient of t>l least $.391,(100 in cash anti bonds from the two men to whom he leased the navy’s $l(H».00(),(H)0 naval oil reserves. A new s36,non unsecured “loan*’ from Hatty F. Sinclair, lessee of Teapot Pome, was revealed by M. T. Everhart. Fail’s son-in-law, to establish the new total at the senate’s new Teapot Dome inquiry. It previously included a SIOO,OOO loan from E. L Doheny, lessee cf the Elkhill reserve, secured by a personal note net yet repaid; a $233,000 payment from SinT clair for a third interest in Fall’s 3 New Mexico ranches, and a $25,000 1 fee from Sinclair for an oil trip to 1 Russia. 1 The investigation, to be resumed this afternoon, was directed toward learning what became of $3.050,000 in Liberty bonds, purchased by a group of oil men with profits of the Continental Trading Co., of Canada. f It was previously shown that $230,500 of these bonds were placed to k | Sall's credit in a Pueblo, Colo., bank and Everhart revealed that they came direct from Sinclair. I The inquiry today however was directed at finding out what H. M. Bladkmrr. former? chairman of the Midwest Refining Company, did with $1,000,000 in Liberty bonds, reported to have gone to him out of the Continental company's profits. Call Seriously 111 El Paso. Texas, Jan. 25. —(UP) — 1 The physical condition of Albert 11. i Fall, former secretary of the interior i and central figure in the Teapot Dome scandal, was said to be such today that a severe cold might prove fatal. . Fall was asked to comment on testimony given yesterday before the I senate Teapot Dome investigating i committee linking him with large i sums of money from Harry Sinclair. Prison Board To Hear Pardon Petitions Jan. 26 r . Indianapolis, Jan. 25. (UP)' —Hearings on petitions for pardons will be heard by the Indiana state prison , oard. Jan. 26 and 27, according to M. E. Foley, board member. Pardon hearings will egin at 9 a. m. On Thursday and board will meet in Laporte t superior court in the D. C. Stephenson hearings and on Jan. 28 will sit again as a patrol board at the prison MERCHANTS LIKE COUPON SYSTEM Several Decatur Merchants Agree To Share Profits With Customers Several local merchants already have agree .dto give the ‘‘Save It" coupons to their customers, it was learnI ed today. The “Save-It” plan was pre- , sented to local merchants yesterday by Howard Wisehaupt, former Deca- . tur resident, and it is thought that » many more Decatur merchants will I adopt the savings system. } The plan is used in many cities of ", West Virginia, and at the meeting yesterday, Mr. Wisehaupt read a let--5 ter from a large department stcie In , Bluefield, West Virginia. The Blue- ; field store has used the system for • some time and throughly endorsed Uie f plan whereby the purchaser is given t a saving certificate, which is deposited i at his bank and given to him during i the Christmas holidays. ? Decatur banks endorsed the plan > yesterday and stated they would co- - operate with the local merchants in s adopting the system. Hubert C. Steele . who holds the copyright on the plan, 5 is here today calling on the merchants t who wish to adopt the system. Mr ■ Steel recently refused a large otftn’ to f sell this plan. 5 Mr. Wisehaupt left last night for ’ St. Louis, Mo., where he is to be en--3 gaged for several days putting on a 1 thrift school. Mr. Steele will remain 1 here until the system has been explained to the merchants.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 25, 1928.

Baby, Locked In Sedan While Parents Attend A Movie, Causes Big Stir Lafayette, Ind,, Jan 25. (INS) -A six months old baby, left locked in a sedan on the main street of this city while its parents went to a "movie" caused police to consider the const ruction of a new form of “no parking" signs. The infant slept peacefully for a time and then —as babies will —began to howl. A crowd soon collected and many persons becoming indignant threatened to break the glass and remove the child. A policeman stationed himself beside the ear and when the parents came out of the theatre they wcml. escorted to the police station. In spite of the fact that they “saw nothing wrong" in leaving the child in such manner, they were given a severe lecture on the care of infants and allowed to go on their promise to have a higher regard for their responsibility in the future. ATTEMPT MADE TO KIDNAP GIRL Attempted Kidnaping Occurs At Celina, Ohio, Monday Morning An attempted kidnaping was staged Monday morning, in Celina, Ohio, when little nine-year-old Mary Rypkema was seized by a man, who leaped from an automobile on the street near the East school building and dragged her away from her schoolmates. Her screams attracted the attention of other children on the school grounds, who hurried to her assistance. Tlie stranger had a handkerchief tied over his face and, in his excitement, lie lost his hold on th'child and she fled into the school screaming at the top of her voice. The man had called her by name when he first approached her. It is not known whether be realty knew the child or just made a guess of addressing her by the common name of Mary When site made her escape, he called after her that be would get her after school Monday evening and kill her Tuesday night. Chief of Police John Heistan, of Celina, and detectives are working on the affair, while all school children of that city are being held under the strictest survielance. FRENCH QUINN GIVES ADDRESS Speaks To Members Os Lions Club Regarding Proposed Lincoln Memorial French Quinn, of Decatur, delivered an address concerning the proposed Lincoln Memotial to be erected at Lincoln City, Indiana, at the regular meeting of the Decatur Lions Club last night. The address was interesting and was greatly enjoyed. Howard Wisehaupt, of Cleveland, former Decatur man who is a member of the Decatur Lions Club, was present at the meeting last night. The committee in charge of the home talent play. “Circus Solly”, presented under the auspices of the Lions Club, last week, made a report last night. Tlie club realized a profit of more than S2OO from the play. o ——— —* Paul Graham Attends Republican Meeting Paul Graham, of this city, Adams county Republican chairman, attended a meeting of Indiana Republicans at Indianapolis yesterday. Mr. Graham stated there was considerable talk concerning the rumor that Arthur Sapp, Huntington attorney, would seek the Republican nomination for governor. Mr. Graham returned last night, following an afternoon meeting at which time Fay Kitselman, of Muncie, state chairman, outlined some reconstruction plans, for the party in Indiana. o Shoots Water Snake Warsaw, Ind., Jan. 25. —(INS)—Ed McClellan of Syracuse, near here, shot a water snake which was crawling on the ice on Syracuse lake. The snake was more than three feet long. It was believed that the 'tnlld January weather lured the snake out. McClellan also reported seeing a flock of wild canaries, a robin and a red winged blackbird along the river.

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BERNE CITIZENS OBJECT TO PLAN FOR NEW SEWER Four Hundred Property Owners Vote For Motion Opposing Plan NO ONE SPEAKS IN FAVOR OF PLAN Berne, Jan. 25. (Special) Four hundred property owners' of Berne, attending a public I hearing in the community auditorium last night, voted unanimously in favor of a motion requesting the town council to go no further with plans for the construction of the proposed Main and Compromise sewer in the town. The vote came after I nearly an hour and a half of j discussion in protest to the proI posed sewer. .1. ('. Simon, of Van Wert, Ohio, | the engineer employed to draw up lite plans for tlie proposed sewer, was present last night and explained in detail the specifications and plans. When he had completed his explanations, the meeting was thrown open to discussion. Many of the property owners present -spoke, giving forceful argument.-; in opposition to the plan to construct tlie sewer. No One Speaks For Plan After about an hour and twenty minutes of discussion by opponents of tlie plan, an opportunity was given to those persons, if any, who favored the plan to speak. but after a wait of nearly five minutes, no one arose to speak. Sam Nussbaum then presented a motion requesting tlie town council to drop plans for tlie construction of the sewer. L. L. Yager, chairman of the board, and the board’s attorney, Guy CoJerick, of Fort Wayne, sought to keep the motion from coming to a vote, but persistent* and forceful demands from the gathering forced tiie motion to a vote and the vote was unanimous in favor of the motion. The town council is expected to | take official action in regard to tlie j sewer at its next regular meeting, to be held Monday night. The estimated cost of the sewer, as planned, is $89,000. 19 Prisoners Who Broke Jail Are Still At Large Detroit. Jan. 25. —(INS) —Desperate for “dope", 19 federal prisoners arrested on narcotic eharges today still were at. large following yesterday’s break from the Elmwood branch of tlie county jail. The search centered in Hie vicinity of Jackson and Lansing, where, according to a report to state police, an armed band held up a truck, kidnaped a driver and escaped. Police orders to shoot to kill were repeated throughout the state. LEGIONNAIRES SPONSOR SHOW — Adams Post. No. 43 Arranges To Show “What Price Glory” Here Arrangements have been made by the Adams post No. 43, of the American Legion in this city, to rent the Cort theatre the first three nights of next week to present the motion picture, “What Price Glory.” The play is a drama of the world's war. and depicts the life of the American soldiers in France. Local Legion members are selling tickets for the production at 50 cents each and the proceeds of the three night’s showing of tlie picture wil 1 go to the treasury of the local organization. The Decatur Legionnaires will have charge of the Cort on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights and the tickets will be good for any of tlie : three nights. —— o — Two Marion Women Are Seriously Injured Marion, Jan. 25. — (INS) — Two prominent Marion, Indiana, women probably were fatally injured in an auto accident on the Delphi pike west of here while returning from a sick call at Herbst, Indiana. They were Mrs. Adam Ansel and Mrs. Ernest Mallott. The car driven by Mrs. Ansel skidded off the road, knocked two telephone pples over, turne da complete somersault and landed on its wheels. Mrs. Ansel received a crushed chest.

j Almost in Despair • — — — ( i • MF J 1 A j Mrs. St. John Smith (above), mother of the missing Frances Smith, lias almost abandoned hope for tlie diacovery of her daughter since no reply has been made to her frantic plea for the student to return home. JENNIESUMERS EXPIRES TODAY Monroe Woman Dies At Age Os 55; Invalid Since Childhood Miss Jennie Somers. 55, of Monroe, died at the home of her sister. Mrs. Alice Ginter, at 1 o'clock this morning following a long illness. Miss Seiners had been an invalide since c hiidhood. Jennie Somers, was the daughter of Joseph and Victoria Somers. She was born in Wells county, March 23, 1873. Miss Somers resided in Ossian until five years ago, when she moved to Monroe to live with her sister. She was a member of the United Brethren church. Surviving are the sister, Mrs. Alice Ginter and two brothers, William H. Somers, of Ossian, and Levi Somers, of Bluffton. Dr. L. E. Somers, of this city, is a nephew of the deceased. The time for the funeral has not yet been decided, but it will be held at Monroe some time Friday. < o Kelley Pleads Not Guilty To Charge Finley Kelley, of Geneva, was arraigned in justice of the Peace A. C. Butchers court at 3 o’clock yesterday and entered a plea of not guilty o driving an automobile while intoxicated. The affidavit was filed December 1, in Squire Butcher's court, but no action was taken on it until Kelley was arrested Tuesday morning. Kelley's trial was set for 10 o'clock a. m., February 7, at which time Justice Butcher will determine whether the evidence is sufficient to turn the ease over to the circuit court. o Three Men Killed When Automobile Hits Truck Gowrle, la., Jan. 25. — (INS) —Wes- ; ion Owens, 44, Jefferson, la., auto salesman, and two companions were killed in an auto wreck here when their machine hit a truck. The other two victims of the accident were C. E. Stuber, Churdan, la., and Frank Morehead of Jefferson. L. D. Richards, also of Jefferson, the fourth member of the party, is in a hospital at Gowrie, in a critical condition. —— — 11 o— "'■ ■■■ ■ Col. Roosevelt Starts Tour New York, Jan. 25. — (INS) — Col. Theodore Roosevelt is to leave Friday on a lecture trip that will take him through the middle west. The first address is to be delivered here tonight.

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TOTAL OF SIX MEN NOW FACE CHARGES HERE James Reagan, Os Tennessee, And Robert Smith, Os Decatur, Arrested ALL HELI) IN COUNTY JAIL Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth. Francis Schmitt and a Pinkerton operative returned this morning from Indianapolis, where they arrested James Reagan, of Tennessee, who confessed to participating in the theft of hides in this city. Robert Smith, 17, of Decatur, also was arrested today, making a total of six arrests in connection with the roundup of those alleged to have taken part in the theft of hides valued at more than S4OO from Francis Schmitt, of Decatur, several weeks ago. Charles Foreman, Arthur Foreman, Ira Carpenter and Ira Schafer were arrested in Fort Wayne last Saturday. They are being held in the local jail, unable to furnish S7OO bonds, it is likely that the bonds of Smith and Reagan also will be placed at S7OO. Reagan was working in a silk mill in Indianapolis, he told Sheriff Hollingsworth. He came to Fort Wayne several weeks ago to visit and, according to his story, he agreed to help the other men get the hides and sell them. He stated that, after the robbery was completed, he returned to Indianapolis, where lie has since been. An affidavit was filed against Reagan, charging burglary and larceny. Smith was arrested today at Ilia home in this city. He also was charged with larceny and burglary. All six men are in the Adams county jail here, and it was indicated yesterday that they would have to remain there until their trial because of their inability to furnish bonds. DELEGATIONS AT REVIVAL Other Churchmen Visit Special Services At Baptist Church A good sized audience again gathered at tlie Baptist church last evening and joyfully entered into tlie spirit of tlie service. A splendid delegation came from the Christian church and their pastor, the Rev. W. H. Thompson, had a part in the program. The Rev. O. E. Miller used the subject, "The Price of a Slave.” In the message, he emphasized the thought that the sinner is in slavery to sin. He cannot save himself but a Saviour paid the price for the captives redemption. Upon acceptance of the offered freedom the captive may be released from bondage. A delegation will attend this evening from Pleasant Mills Baptist church. The subject of the message this evening will be, "Oh. to Grace How Great a Debtor." Mr. Hinkin is singing the gospel each evening acceptably and with power and a deep interest prevails. 48 Suspected Communists Are Executed At Canton London, Jan. 25 —(INS) —Execution of 48 suspected communists by the Canton authorities following the discovery and frustration of a communist plot was reported today in a central News dispatch from Hong Hong. The plot, the dispatch added, was synchronized witli the celebrations of the Chinese New Year. Numerous raids by the authorities, followed the discovery of the plot and vigorous measures ot' repression are being taken against all those suspected o —_ Move Toward Campaign Against Accidents Made Indianapolis. Jan. 25 —(UP) — The first move toward a state-wide campaign against accidents was made here yesterday with the organization of the Indianapolis Safety Council. The Indianapolis Council is designy ed as the first unit of a system which n will include every important city in t the state and which will cooperate In >- the preventio nos accidents of all kinds.

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