Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1928 — Page 1

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[(AIM WITNESS for SINCLAIR ATTACKED .H'V'E"' portant Letter iFTTEK CONCERNED SvERX.MEST WITNESS Washington. Jan. 26.—(UP) I —The charge was made in th< Sinclair-Burns contempt trial 3av that a woman defense, “tness had been slugged ast J night and robbed of a letter faring on the character ot the .mvprnment’s star witness. Theletter allegedly MlolPll afler I ihc witness. Mrs. Jeannette Uantz. ♦I, was bound and gagged in a notel 'room, concerned William J. McMullin. now on the stand in the trial. Charles A. Douglas, attorney for William .1 Hurns, related the attack tn Justice Siddons in court at the opening of today's session adding that he made no charges. I'nited States Attorney Peyton Gordon objected that introduction of this information was "entirely-inap-piopriate," and near insinuation.” Justice Siddons said he assumed ; tie poii.e would handle any matter of a criminal attack and he had no doubt the courts would do their duty, hit he would take no action. 0 Mysterious Slaying Puzzles Chicago Police Chicago, Jan. 26—i INS) — A man 1 tern to police as "Steve Griffin was | king sought today in an effort to I • solve the mysterious slaying of William G. Nolan. 23. Nolan's bullet pierced body was dis- ‘ wrered last nielx in the emergency ■ [ ruuauce to German Deaconess Hospital. An anonymous male voice on i the telephone appraised hospital attUt.rities of the body's ptesence in the emergency entrance. Nolan is said to have left home last 1 night in company with Guffin. Thomas Evans, estranged husband of a girl with whom Nolan had been ■ "keeping company", was taken into custody today, hut he convinced police he knew nothing of the murder. UNITS PART IN THEFT OF HIDES Robert Smith Pleads Guilty; Charge Against Charles Foreman Dismissed Robert Smith, 17, of Decatur, today entered a plea of guilty to a charge " f petit larceny, when arraigned in •he Adams circuit court, and was libwl 15 and costs and given a suspewletl sentence of six months on the •late penal farm. The youth was Placed in t h e custody of the county probation officer, also. Smith was charged with participan,tlle of hides valued at c than S4OO from the storehouse eh Scllllli, b of Decatur. F °reman, of Fort Wayne, bur i* a3 cbaige 'l with larceny and nr L'. n co,lnec t>o'‘ with the theft tndv < , eR ’ was released from cushim al>ter tbe against of th/ been (lismisse <l upon motion claimed p [ < ’ s ® vu * or - The prosecutor rvidLL h t ““ re was insufficient , " ,? Kaillst foreman, county 2r t “' e " are H,iU 1,61,1 the »me thebs OPllection wl,h the man ha T ley are Arthur Foreof PR,ter anU lra Schafer, all Tennessee a " d James Reagan - of

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i Bert Acosta, Famous Aviator, Sentenced For Violating Flying Laws Naugatuck, Conn., Jan. 26. —(VP) — Bert Acosta, famous aviator, was senfenced to five days in jail today when ho was convicted of violating the state aerial traffic laws against low flying. Witnesses (old police Acosta had tiled to fly under the Maple Street bridge. Police said his plane was the same that disappeared from Teterboio, N. J., on Monday after it had been attached in a civil suit. If New Jersey authorities want him for kidnaping the plane, he will lie held for them, police said. o SPEAKER FOR BANQUET NAMED Prof. 0. F. Hall, Os Purdue, Obtained To Speak At Farmers’ Banquet Prof. O. F. Hall, of Purdue University, will deliver the main address at the Fanner's banquet to be held in the K. of ('. Hall. Decatur, next Tuesday evening, at 6:311 o'clock. Prof. Hall comes well iecommended. He has ad dressed farmer audiences throughout Indiana, and local people may consider themselves fortunate in being able to hear it ini. The address by Prof. Hall will b< only one of the many good features of the banquet. Toastmaster “Bill" Schrock announces there will be plenty of interest to everybody and that no one will leave hungry or with a frown on his face. The committees are hard at-work on the various parts of the program, and fun will be a goodly i pait f the program. Heal, Adams county farmers will be in entire charge of the affair. Tickets have been distributed with various farmers over the county in an effort to make it handier to puichas-' them. The following men have tickets for sale: William Patterson, Andrew Fuel- , ling, Clyde Harden. Alton Wherry. Carl E. Amstutz, Peter B. Ix*hnu>n. Truman Goldner, Simon M. Schwartz, Otto Bieberich, Albert Davison, Benj. i>. Mazelin, John Blakey, John E. Heimann, Wm. Rupert, Rufus Huser. Albeit Ewell. Otto Hoile, Roy L. Price, Amos Kirchhofer, Ralph S. Myers and Martin Moeschberger. In addition, tickets may be obtained at the Bank ■ of Berne, in Berne, and at Schmftt I Meat Market, or the County Agent's ' office, in Decatur. They are selling at seventy-five cents each. o Gottschalk Supply Company Incorporated Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 26. —(INS) — The Gottschalk Supply Co. of ■ Berne, Ind., was incorporated here today for SIO,OOO. The firm will deal in coal and building supplies. incorporators were Thurman A. Gottschalk, state senator and a member of the state budget committee, Andrew Gottschalk and Clement Gottschalk. 0 Home Os Chicago City Controller Is Bombed Chicago, Jan. 2J. — (INS) —Gangland, teeling, under sledgehammer blows administered by the combined police forces of the city and county, made a last grandiloquent gesture here today by making the home of City Comptroller Charles C. Fitzmorris the target of a high powered bomb. This was the theory upon which police worked today following the blast at the Fitzmorris home and one at the residence of Dr. William H. Heid, politician and also friend of Mayor William Hale Thompson. Sligth damage was accomplished by the bombs and ho one was injured.

171 in 1926, an increase of 21. Secretary Schortemeier when asked his opinion for the increase, as nominal head of the new criminal identification bureau, declared, “we are traveling the pace that kills and we must slow up. Family ties are sc weakened there is no longer any ' discipline in the home, consequently 1 we ate losing our moral perspective , : The drinking of poison liquor that • i causes temporary insanity, the high powered automobile that makes esI cape from the scene of a crime com(CONTINUED ON PA«E SIX)

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SUGAR COMPANY SETS COAL OF 90,000 TONS OF BEETS FOR THE NEXT RUN OF DECATUR FACTORY Officials Os Company, Meeting Here, Decide To Seek An Increase Os 25,000 Tons Over Average For Local Plant; Means Much For This Community. Ninety thousand Ums of beets ffir the next run at the Decatur plant of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar company, is lite goal toward which the field superintendents are now striving. That means tin increase of 2'»,(MM) tons over the average which the local plant | has handled and means much for this community in every way. l itis was the announcement made ala meeting which began

Sanford Templin Dies At Petroleum Today Bluffton, Jan. 36,—(INS) —Sanford Templin, 82, of Petroleum, brother of Carry Templin, of Berne, died of infirmities. at his home in Petroleum at 5 o’clock this morning. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at Petroleum. Burial will be made at Pennville, Ind. INCOME TAX MAN COMING Internal Revenue Collector Coming To Help With Income Tax Reports A deputy collect r of internal revenue wil be at the Industrial rooms in this city February 20 and 21, to assist all local people who wish help in tilling out their income tax blanks, it was announced today. The service is given free of charge an dull person.’, who WISH helpwr nsked to cail’at the Industrial rooms. All returns for income tax must be made not later than March 15 for the year 1927 to the collector of internal revenue for this district. A penalty of not m re than SIO,OOO and imprisonment of one year can be assessed against anyone who wilfully neglects to file a report. The announcement states that form 1040-A shall be used to make returns if income is derived chiefly from salary and wages and does not exceed $5,000. Form 1040 shall be used for net incomes of more than $5,000, the bulletin received states. SACRIFICE OF JESUS STRESSED Interest Continues At Peak In Services At Baptist Church Good interest continues in the meeting at the Baptist church. A deep interest prevailed in the service last evening. The delegation from the Pleasant Mills Baptist church added zest to the evening. The message was taken from the statement in 1 Corinthians, 5:7, "Christ our Passover lias been sacrificed". The Rev. O. E. Miller used the account of the first passover sacrifice for the message, emphasizing the fact of the blood shed, the judgment passing over Egypt, the protection the blood afforded to those who had faitli to apply It to the door post and lintel as instructed by Moses. His appeal was that people today appropriate the sacrifice Jesus made for each one, making it a personal matter by faith and trust. The message this evening will be, “The conversion of a bitter and brilliant Infidel.” Tomorrow evening. Friday, the service will begin at 7 o’clock and close at 8:30 o’clock on account of the basketball game at the high school. Mr. Hinkin is singing the gospel and adding to the interest of the meeting by his fine Christian attitude and personality. o Somers Funeral To Be Held Tomorrow Funeral services for Miss Jennie Somers, who died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Alice Ginter, in Monroe, Wednesday, will be held at the Ginter home at 12:45 o’clock and at the Methodist church in Monroe at 1 o’clock Friday afternoon. The Rev. E. M. Foster, pastor of the Monroe Methodist church, wil preach the sermon.

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yesterday afternoon and continued 'last evening and today with CoI.”T. (I. Gallagher, vice-president and gen■era! manager of the Continental and Holland-St. Louis companies ia , charge, assisted by William Schmitt. . general field superintendent, Dr. , Clarence Brock, general agriculturist I and with other titles too numerous . jto mention; John IT. Carmody, local I field suiierintendent, and William Simpson, factory superintendent. Hold Dinner At Elks Club The meetings started with a dinner at the IClks club last evening, attended by those mentioned above and the 'following: Warren Hagley, Galien. I Michigan; Adolph and William OnI ken, Francesville, Indiana; H. B. Easier, Liberty Center; Amos Stoneburner, Fairmount; L. A. Thomas, Portland; M. A. Thomas, Union City; • Harry Overmeyer, Woodburn; William Sliepelman, New Haven; Joseph Kelley, Hollgate, Ohio; E. L. Harlacher and L. A. Holthouse, Decatur, all field men for the Holland-St. Louis company, and J. H. Heller, of the i Daily Democrat. Following the dinner, a several hours session was held and tne meetings were resumed at the offices of i the plant in this city this morning, s It is the desire of those in charge to . i make this year's crops the most valuable for every farmer he lias ever had and to increase the acreage for the local factory, by securing the ‘ very best acreage. To meet the goal which has been fixed, contracts for 13,000 acres is necessary, an increase ■ of 3,000 acres over previous years, not large when distributed over the wide territory covered from the De- ' catur factory. Already, the field men have secured more than three i [ thousand acres and the work iias just ». starte. it is necessary to complete - j the campaign for acreage within the 1 next two months. Tlte meetings were enthusiastic - ami everybody feels that the big job can |>e completed successfully and to 'he advantage of every one concerned. The beet crop is one of the surest ones the farmers can raise, with ; a guarantee of price and the advantge of a fair contract with a company I recognized for its integrity. It is ex- | j pacted to he one of those with which i everybody rotates for it helps every body in the community in various ways. DISTRICT DEPUTY OF ELKS IN CITY Lewis F. Crosby, Os Fort Wayne, Makes Inspection Os Decatur Lodge ! Lewis F. Crosby, prominent attorney of Fort Wayne and district deputy • of the B. P. O. E. in Indiana, visited the local Elks lodge last night and at- ! tended the regular meeting. Walter 1 Wilkinson, exalted ruler cf the DecaI ttir lodge, presided at the meeting and 1 introduced Mr. Crosby. ’ The district deputy made a short ■ talk and commended the local lodge 1 on its fine home and club activities. He met with the ofifeers and went ov- . er the books with them. It is the duty ■ of the district deputy to visit all the - clubs under his jurisdiction and Mr. : Crosby’s visit here last night was his 1 official visit to the lodge. i — 0 Breach Between Hitchcock • And Bryan Forces Healed Omaha, Jan. 26.— (UP) —Former Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock told the United Press today he would remain ’ a cantlfdate for the democratic presidential nomination despite the withs drawal of fonmer Governor Charles ■ W. Bryan from the race for the state's endorsement. Bryan’s withdrawal and Hitchcock’s , action in permitting his name to re- . main on the primary ballot were re- . garded as indicating that the long . standing breach between the Bryan and Hitchcock forces had been ended.

Flying Grandma • ''' [ . I'.s' ... Mi's. D. M. Wheeler of San Diego. Cal., a grandmother, is Hie first to fly across the Arctic Circle. She operates a gold mine in Alaska, and uses an airplane to fly from Fairbanks to her property.

DECATUR SAVINGS AND LOAN ELECTS Six Per Cent Dividend Declared At Annual Meeting Os Stockholders The annual meeting of the members of the Decatur Savings and Loan Associate n was held Monday, January 23, at the directors’ room in the Pc riles Loan and Trust Company bank. There was a good attendance of members from Ohio and Decatur community. The report of the business of this association during the year 1927 shows an increase of 300 percent in the assets. The earnings provided for the 0 percent dividend, a good undivided pro"nTs~acccunt and the required ircrease in the contingent fund. The directors elected for the ensuing year are: Mathias Kirsch, C. E. Hell, C. C. Pumphrey. Albert Mutschler, W. A. Lower, Paul H. Graham. Henry Frohnapfel, A it. Ashbaucher, C. L. Walters, A. J. Smith, Fred 1. Patterson. Thomas Charles, H ,F. Kit son, C. H. Colter and Burt Mangold. The officers elected at a directors' meeting following the annual meeting were Mathias Kirsch, president; C. E. Bell and C. C. Pumphrey, vice-presidents; and C. L. Walters, secretary-treasurer. ITO GIVE PLAY AT MONMOUTH Senior Class Os Monmouth High School To Present 3-Act Comedy “A Run For Her Money" is the title of a three act comedy to be presented tonight and Friday night at the Monmouth high sch. ol building by the Senior class of that school. The public is cordially invited to attend either night of the presentation and everyone is promised a real treat. The story is an interesting unraveling of events in rural New Jersey and much good, clean comedy is woven into the play. The cast has been working hard on the production and it is expected that a large crowd will attend each night. Following is the cast of characters: Adeliade Damson—Catherine Weidler Corrine Meeker—Dalia Boerger Belinda Meeker —Helen Bohnke. Blake Hayden—Robert Rice Mrs. Kenneth Kennedy King—lrene Gerke. New Bailey—Luther Brokaw. Sam—Alton Bittner. Gideon Warren—Otto Boerger. Justice Dillon—Ralph Wagoner. 0 . Three Youths Held On Auto Banditry Charges Indianapolis, Jan. 26 —(UP)—Three Bloomington youths, held by police on automobile banditry and robbery charges, and who confessed to hold ups throughout the state of Ohio, ac cot-ding to detectives, waived preli minary hearing before municipal judge Clifton R. Cameron and were held to the grand jury under high bond. The youths. Fred Smith, 24; Russell Tapp, 18 and Herbert Duncan, 24 were arrested in Bloomington by Monroe county authorities and loca detectives Monday.

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Two Important Witnesses Testify In Hill’s Trial Ottawa. 111., Jiln. 26. HNS) Two important witnesses were to testify here today in the trial of Harry Hill of Streator, ill., for the murder of his mother, Mrs. Eliza Hill. Dr. George Dicns. prominent Streator physician and friend of Dr. H. C. Hill, father of the accused youth, was expected to testify that with Dr. Hill he found the grave of Mrs. Hill in the basement of her home. William Kent, police captain of Seattle, Wash., where Hill was arrested. was to narrate that young Hill was wearing a moustache and was posing under the name of H. H. Jackson when arrested. SAMUEL MAGLEY DIES SUDDENLY I Prominent Root Township Man Dies At His Home In Monmouth Samuel S. Magley, 73, of Monmouth prominent Root township citizen, died at his home Wednesday afternoon at 3:45 o’clock. Death was dm* to heart trouble and Mr. Magley had not been in poor health. Samuel S. Magley was the son of Chiistian and Mary Magley. He was born in Adorns county in March, 1855, ’ and lived his entire life here, in early i life, he was united in marriage to - Josephine Fleming, who survives. Mr. , Magley was a member of the Concord , Lutheran church. , For many years, Mr. Magley was a ■ rural mail earlier and he was the only rural carrier in Adams county to j have served long enough to be retired 1 on the government pension plan. For i the last few years, he ran a general I store in his home at Monmouth. I Surviving, besides the wife, is a - daughter Mrs. F. W. Mahan, ot Raet t township. A brother. Jacob Magley, resides at Bosil, Ohio, and a sister - Mrs. John Christen, resides in Deca- . tur. Six grandchildren also survive. ■ Two children preceded the father in , death, one son dying in infancy and , Dr. Lloyd Magley, of this city, dying • about four years ago. Funeral services will be held Sat- ■ urday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock (stan- ■ dard time) at the Concord Lutheran 1 church. Burial will be made in the ’ Decatur cemetery. . o — ’ Report Smith Girl Is Held For Ransom —- ; New York, Jan. 26. —Public interest in the strange disappearance of I Frances St. John Smith, who vanished from Smith College, Northampton, Mass., on January 13, was heightened today by a widely circulated but unconfirmed report that the eighteen--1 year-old girl was being held for $50,000 ransom. Parents of the missing student and their legal advisers were said to be in communication witli those demanding money for revealing her alleged whereabouts. That the report was a fact was denied, however, by Langdon Marvin, New York City attorney, 1 and close friend of the family. He 1 said Miss Smith’s parents had received about ten “so-called ransom letters" but they had as yet had no reason to place credence in any of them. n c s Woman Killed When Two Autos Collide : Frankfort, Ind. Jan. 25 —(UP) —Mrs. r W. S. Flick. 57. living at Wanatah Laporte county was killed yesterday when the automobile in which she and her husliand were driving to Ane derson collided with (another at. a !. state road intersection east of here Mrs. Flicks ribs were crushed when a keg of pickles in the read seat fell forward in the crash. Former Attorney General To Run For Congressman s New Albany, Ind., Jan. 26.— (INS) e —Evan B. Stotsenburg, of New Ale bany, former attorney general of Iny diana, today announced his candid dacy for the democratic nomination > for congressman from the third disi- trict. il Stotsenburg lias served in both the e senate and the house of representah tives of the state legislature. He ,vas democratic floor leader and presill dent pro tern of the senate. During I, the Pacific-Panarua exposition at San Francisco, Stotsenburg was one of 11 the commissioners representing Indiana.

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PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE COUNSEL CLASH IN COURT Young Slayer’s Counsel Demands “Super-Intel-lectual’’ Jury NEW JUDGE NAMED TO CONDUCT TRIAL Los Angeles, Cal., .lan. 2(1. I (INS) Rumblings ol an imj pending bitter court light over the selection of a jury to try I William Edward Hickman, lor the kidnaping and murder ol i 12-vear-old Marion Parker, were heard today as the trial entered its second day “1 regret exceedingly that we have been forced to wait another day to get this matter lu-fore a jury or start in on the trial of this case" declared District Attorney Asa Keyes in voicing his disapproval of the legal tactics delaying the hearing. Open Hostilities Flare Open hostilitfes between th<' prosecution and defense attorneys, which flared up at the outset of the hearing when Hickman’s counsel was successful in disqualifying Superior Judge Carlos S. Hardy on charges of bias and prejudice, were further kindled by the defense demand for a “superintellctual ’ jury to pass upon the sanity of the kidnaper-slayer. Whether the appearance on the bench of Superior Judge J. Trabucco, veteran Mariposa county jurist who was assigned to preside in Judge Hardy's place, wucld have a conciliatory influence over the trial was a matter of conjecture among court attaches. Judge Trabucco, who hails from the cow and mining country of North Central "California, is known tnrougliout the state for his firm and-fair administration of justice during the 25 years that he has served in the superior bench. —-f—O Fire At Bolling Field Washington. Jan. 26. — (UP) —An army board of inquiry was appointed today to determine cause of a fire which last night destroyed the operations b li’.ding at Bolling Field here, doing SIOO,OOO damage and hampering future flight work. YOUNG PEOPLE ATTEND MEETING Epworth League Members Swell Audience At M. E. Church The paster of the Methodist church, Mr. It. W. Stoakes, spoke again last night to an auditorium filled with people. The various departments of the Epworth League attended the service in a body and filled a large portion of one cf the main sections f the church. The boys quartette from Kirkland Township sang two very beautiful numbers to the great delight of the audience who spoke its appreciation in a good hand at tile end of each number. Mr. Stoakes directed his sermon largely to young people and spoke on ' the subject “A Whole Life For Christ”. The speaker said that the ■ wise of the earth had always been ■ willing to look to the lives of men and women who had lived in the past ' That any young person could not at ■ ford to ignore the ways of success or faihire cf the good and bad men of the past. The speaker then said that i Christ was waiting for the youth of 1 the world to join their enthusiasms and energy with his own great compassion in the undertaking of bringing in the kingdom. The pastor stated this morning that in all his experience he had never spoken to a group of young people 1 who gave him more real attention and consideration. The whole service was marked by a deep spiritual tone that was helpful to all present 1 Service Is announced for 7:30 again tonight. b 0 — . Flivver Plane Flying f To Washington, Today ig Spartanburg. S. C., Jan. 26. —(UP) n —The two-cylinder flivver plane pilots ed by Harry Brooks left here at 8:47 1- a. tn, E.S.T. for Washington, D. C., a distance of 400 miles.

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