Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1928 — Page 1

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I Campaign To Organize Old Home Week Club Launched

I HE THOUSAND I MENS GOAL Os COMMITTEE «000 Needed To Stage Proposed Event Here This Year membership fee IS PLACED AT $5 A campaign to organize an Old Home Week Club in Decatur began today, when two thousand letters were mailed to residents of this community, asking them to join. Each member will pay the sum of five dollarsend receive a card showing membership and a button bearing the inscription “Decatur Old Home Week Club,” in white on a blue border and the word "MEMBER” in white on a blue band across tne center. The campaign is being made by the Finance Committee, recently appoint- , ed by Cal K. Peterson, president of ihe Decatur Industrial Association, and composed of 11. I*. Schmitt, chairman, and W. A. Lower, J. \V. Tyndall. E, F. (lass. Dan Niblick. Oscar latikenait. Theodore Graliker, T. J. Durkin and A. J. Smith. Upon the success of the present project largely depends the fate of an Old Home Week celebration here this year. It is the hope and belief of those back of this movement that it will go with a bang. . $5.0C0 Is Needed "You are invited to join now. Don't wait. Be one of the early boosters and wear a red, white and blue button, the sign of loyalty and a desire to join the ‘We’ crowd,” is the idea of the committee. To make a long story short, about five thousand dollars is necessary to put on the kind of an entertainment desired and. instead of making the usual assessment on the business men, it has been decided to invite everyone in the community to join the Uve-dollar club. If one thousand members can be secured, the burden will be alight upon every one and the united spirit of that many people will assure the success of the event. In the letters mailed today, this fact is set out in capital letters—"lX CASE THE EVENT SHOULD BE CALLED OFF FOR ANY REASON, THE MEMBERSHIP FEE OF (COXTIMED OV I'tGE FIWR, IMMUNIZATION TO BEEXPLAINED County Child Health Board To Conduct Educational Meetings Next Week The week of Feb. 20 to 27 has been 'lesigimted by the Attains County did Health Board as 'Educational eek. The Child Health Board is (o| tducting a campaign to prevent (pntheria in Adams county. . during Educational Week, meetln's will be held throughout the ™unty, so that parents and children „,' iy ,.® aril more about immunization f "Inldren against diphtheria. Dr. limi■ i an<l Gibbs, of the state ■ 1 of health, will be present at D ip, n,eetlnßs to show and explain the ewire, "Preventing Diphtheria." r «nts are urged to attend the meet--8 most convenient for them. Follog 1S e Bc hedtile for the meetdathnii 2 °' 9 A M ' — Dec! ttur public, Theatre an< ’ Lulheran schools, Cort hlgh\<u°' > 2:45 PM ~Parents and IK p h schoo!, Cort Theatre. Feh w ? Unty Lutheran schools schools 93 ® AM ‘ — Monmouth «chM 22 ’ 2 P M ~Pleasant. Mills "7unity B b 2- Klrklan(l ,OWn3 ” iP school 9;3 ° A -M—Monroe high Feb — Linn Grove school , ‘hip hiffs’ '7° PM - —Hartford townb h 'Rh school ship tihrn' 9 ’3° A - M ~Jefferson towuFeb Bcho °l Feb' 2 4 2 p - M -~Berne high school school. " ’ 7:30 P M ~Geneva high

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» Maybe when Hie political campaign begins to steam up these three "boys" won't lie quite ho pally. You see, they’re all charishing ambitions f<A tin! Republican presidential designation. Our picture shows, left to right, Senators Charles Curtis, James E. Watson and Frank B. Willis, caught in a happy mood In Washingtort.

Afforneys In Jackson Case Issue Statements

Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 17. — (INS) —The statements of the prosecuting and defense attorneys on the instruct- ' ed acquittal of Governor Ed Jackson follow: William IL Remy, prosecutor of Marion county: "I have no alibi to offer. We have fought the case the best we knew how. We have lost and that's all there is to it. 1 have been beaten before and probably will be again. “We have -not discussed the possibility of appealing from the judge’s decision and I am not prepared to say at this time whether we will pray an appeal or not. “We have not discussed the pending ctwtea-of George W. Coßin and Robert I. Marsh and I am not prepared now to say whether we will try EDITORS ELECT I STATEOFFICERS Democratic Press Os State Pledged To Support Woollen Candidacy Indianapolis, Feb. 17 —(INS) —John D. DePrez, editor of the Shelbyville i Daily Democrat, today was elected president of the Indiana Democratic ■ Editorial Association, at the annual : midwinter meeting here. The asso-1 station decided to hodd an outing at New Harmony. Ind. on May 17 and IS. Other officers of the association elected were; Miller Ellinghatn, of the Fort i Wayne Journal-Gazette, as first vicepresident; Dick Fleller, of the Decatur Daily Democrat, as second vicepresident; C. 11. Brodhecker, of the Brownstown Banner, as third vice- [ president. Ralph Hay, of tlie Rockville Tribune, as secretary; and Clarence Wolfe, of the New Harmony Times, as treasurer. To Support Woollen Indianapolis, Ind.. Feb. 17. — (INS) —The Democratic press of Indiana today was pledged to support the 1 candidacy of Evans Woollen, Indianapolis banker, for the Democratic presidential nomination. A resolution indorsing the Woollen ! candidacy was adopted at the annual i love feast of the Indiana Democratic i Editorial Association here last night A warning against the perils of i factionalism within tihe Democratic party was voiced bv Finis Garrett, ' minority floor leader in the house of ' representatives of congress. "In 1924, although the Republicans ■ had no heavy artillery with which to • bombard us, we, nevertheless, broke ranks before we had gotten close , enough for them to see the whites : of our eyes,” Garrett said. “Is it possible that a great party I is again to fall a victim of its own fo'.ly and blither about non-essentials, fight with passionate abandon over i ,imaginary goblins and academic abstractions and forget the substance i which challenges cur bravest and our best?’’ > Louis Ludlcw, veteran W'ashington newspaper c irrespondent) and pros 1 - i poct.ive candidate for congress, said Indiana never will become “corrupt 1 and contented" as other states are. o Mrs. Coolidge Improved Washington, Feb. 17 —(INS) —Mrs Calvin Coolidge was sufficiently !m---1 proved today to spend a good part of t the time out of bed. She has beep suffering from a mild case of grippe.

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them or not." Emsley M. Johnson, special prosecutor: "I have always felt and still do that there was legal concealment. t)ne able judge. Oscar H. Montgomery. held so. Judge McCabe is an able lawyer and a eons, lentious one and his opinion is different. “I do not know what further steps will be taken if any at all; that is up to the urosecutor and we have not talked tne matter over." OJyde H. Jones, Louis B. Ewbank and Silas Kivett, the governor's attorneys: “As attorneys for Governor Jackson we filed and presented a motion for an instructed verdict over the insistent protest of Governor Jackson. -U was his earnest deide to proceed with his defense that the public might have the opportunity to know the facts as they would be divulged by the testimony of himself and many reputable witnesses. “As attorneys representing not only the governor but also his codefendants who are yet under indictment we insisted to Governor Jackson that he owed it to these codefendants to terminate the case at the earliest possible moment. When the indictment against his codefendants Is disposed of Governor Jackson will reveal to the public his evidence and as his attorneys we have confidence that it will be such as to convince fair mindOFFICERS’BODIES BULLET RIDDLED Remains Os Two Deputy Sheriffs Returned To Lafayette Today Lafayette, Ind., Feb. )7. —(UP) — Two bullet riddled, battered bodies were brought home here today—those of deputy Sheriffs John P. Grove and Wallace McClure. Eleven days ago, they left here with two prisoners for the Indiana reformatory, never to erturn in life. While this city and Tippecanoe county mourns for the officers, man hunt for John Burns and Samuel Baxter. the prisoners who are believed to have killed the deputies, is being conducted on a nation wide scale. The bodies of the officers were found yesterday near Covington, Ind. The bodies were covered with a laprobe which was in the automobile they were using in transferring the two prisoners to the state reformatory at Pendleton, Ind. The officers left here Feb. 7 with their prisoners, Samuel Baxter and John Burns, handcuffed together in the rear of tlie automobile. The partyfailed to arrive at Pendleton. On the next day the prisoners were seen in Danville, 111., and two days later the automobile, its windshield shattered by bullets, was found at Decatur, 111. Posses at qne time numbering 1,000 men searched the region around Lafayette and Danville for several days after the four disappeared but found no trace of the deputies or prisoners. The bodies were found by Charles Abdill, farmer, who was searching for a lost cow when he discovered the laprobe, partially concealed in a field. Examination, Coroner Harry Stewart said, was difficult because of the decomposed condition of the bodies.

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38 Boys And Girls To Give Patches Os Skin To Schoolmate Jefferson City, Mo., Feb, 17.—(UP) —Thirty-eight boys and girls, prepared today to give minute patches of their skin for grafting operations to save* the life of their 11-year-old schoolmate, Leslie Landrum. .More than 600 pieces of skin already have been grafted on the boy’s licdy where his father accidentally thlew burning oil over him. The pieces of skin already grafted on vailed in size from bits no larger than a finger nail to sections as large uh the palm of a hand. .More than fifty small pieces were taken from the arms of Agnes Sheffer, 12. and Clara lliler, 11. The grafting operations may have to be continued for several weeks. Dr. S. V. Bedford, surgeon in charge declared, o ASSESSMENTS ARE DISCUSSED Assessors Urged To Assess All Real Sstate At Cash Or Sale Value The township assessors meeting here today, were urged by James A. Shaughniss, special representative of the state board of fax commissioners, to assess all real estate, city and town property and farm lands, at its “cash” or sale value. The same policy should be followed in assessing personal property the assessment being “at actual worth" he staid. Mr. Shaughniss met with the township assessors. County Assessor Jay Cline and deputies at the Decatur Industrial association rooms today. A session Was held this morning and the assessing of personal property and live stock, farm implements and household goods was taken up. The afternoon session was devoted to decission of the dog tax the collecting of it and the discussing of the real estate assessments. Mr. Shaughniss read the law relative to the dog tax and the one governing the assessing of the real estate passed by the legislature in 1927. He told the assessors to read the law concerning assessing and to follow the law in making the assessments. He said that the assessors had to use common sense and his own judgment in many cases, especially in assessing automobiles. County Assessor Jay Cline stated that no policy of fixing real estate assessments could be fixed, except that the cash value or sale value of the property be placed on it. The township assessors will start their work the first week in March. All of the assessors attended the meeting today and interesting discussions were held. Some exceptions were taken to the law, but Mr. stated that the tax board and the assessors were not forming laws, but carrying out the provisions in them. Fifteen Sailors Killed London, Feb. 17. — (INS) —Fifteen members of the crew of the steamer Chuky were killed when the vessel, carrying a cargo of gasoline, exploded and sank enroute to Yokohama, according to advices received today by the Sheridan steamship company. Twenty-one men were saved and were taken ashore at Misaki. CATHOLIC PUPILS GIVE A PROGRAM Pupils Os The Eight Grades Present Varied Program Thursday Night An audience which filled the auditorium of the Dedatur Catholic school building enjoyed the program given by the children of the St. Joseph grade school last evening. Every class participated in the program and clever musical numbers were given by the different grades. Costumes were worn by some of the participants and the acts were clever and entertaining. The boys and girls of the eighth grade each gave separate programs while the other seven grades gave individual programs Subjects such as patriotism, history, the right of suffrage, safety precautions and health topics were stressed in the playlets. Mrs. L. A. Holthouse acted as accompanist at the piano.

TWO SUSPECTS | QUESTIONED HERE — Two Men Suspected Os Being Ones Wanted In Lafayette Case Held Two men, suspected of being Samuel Baxter and Charles Burnes. the two prisoners believed to have killed two deputy sheriffs* from Lafayette several days ago, were taken into custody near Berne last night for questioning, After establishing their identity, they were released. The two men gave their names and 'addresses asz Albert Keller, 24, and Walter Edward Clark, 19, both of Benton Harbor Michigan. A man reported to Sheriff Hurl Hollingsworth about 7:30 o'clock last night that he had passed the two strangers on Federal highway No. 27, between Berne and Monroe and that their size corresponded with the size of Baxter and Burns. He said the two men were walking south toward Berne and that they pulled their caps over their eyes when he met them. The sheriff telephone the town marshal, Amos Neuenschwander, at Berne and asked that he apprehend the two men. The town marshal, the night marshal Und two deputies started north front Berne and found the two men about a mile and half from town. They took them to Berne and held them until the sheriff arrived. The men said they were enroute from their homes to Union City to visit relatives. They said they had no money and that thev had hoped to get lodging in the jail at Berne or some other town south of here. After being convinced the ttfo men were not the ones wanted at Lafayette, the sheriff ordered them released. Marshal Neuenschwander gave them a bed in the town jail at Berne last night. —o Driving Snow Storm Strikes Middlewest, Chicago Feb. 17 —(INS) —Driving snow carried by a brisk northwest wind, swept into the middlewest today and brought lower temperatures Colder weather approaching close to eight degrees above zero was predicted for tonight and tomorrow. The new cold wave extends into lowa. Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. ROTARIANS TAKE INNEWMEMBERS Ed Coffee, Paul Graham, Ferd O’Brien And Clarence Beavers Welcomed Four new members were taken into the Deactur Rotary Club last evening. The new members are Ed Coffee, shoe repairing. Paul Graham, 'abstracts Ferd O’Brien, manager of the Gas Co. and Clarence Beavers, associate jewelry member. A program was held in their honor and they were formally welcomed into the club by Clarence E. Bell, chairman of the fellowship committee. Dore B. Erwin, President of the club also made a speech of welcome. Eno Lankenau, superintendent of the Decatur works of the General Electric company, and Chalmer O. Porter, manager of the Decatur Cooperage company, read papers otj the subject, "The relationship between employer and employee”. The state convention of Indiana Rotary will be held next week at West Baden, and the local club will send delegates. o Slack Prepares Attack On Receivership Suit Indianapolis, Feb. 17. —(UP) —Mayor L. Ert Slack prepared an attack today on the suit asking a receivership for the city of Indianapolis to protect the rights'of its residents. Slack declared he would file a motion today or tomorrow to strike out parts of the complaint. The announcement followed Slack's motion to strike out the paragraph of the quo warranto complaint of Ira M. Holmes, attorney, in which Slack is charged with conspiracy to deprive former Mayor John L. Duvall of his legal right. The position is taken that the charge does nothing to strengthen Holmes’ claim.

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Asks Another Chance ®fc—■ ‘ W/ T7 I t - z t/jf/' .' 7 / Mrs. Mary McCallum Averill of Detroit, out on bond under embezzlement charges, claims she needed the mnoey to satisfy the demands of a blackmailer. Mrs. Averill is goii g to fight for a chance to go back to wotk and make restitution. H. B. Hoffman Chosen To Direct Dunbar Band Berne, Fell. 17 — (Special) —II. B. Hoffman, supervisor of music in the Berne schools, has been chosen to direct the Dunbar band of Berne, during the coming summer. The band held a meeting in the K. of P. hall Monday night and elected officers. Edward E. Liechty was elected president; 1). D. Stauffer, vice president and manager and L. B. Smith, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Hoffman is a capable director. He is director of the Berne Symphonic orchestra and the Berne high school orchestra. Judging from present indications, the Dunbaa* band will be composed of about 25 pieces this year. HILL JURY FAILS TO GET VERDICT Jurors Dismissed After 69 Hours Spent In Fruitless Arguments Ottawa, 111., Feb. 17.—(INS)—Sixtynine hours of hopless wrangling arguments and fruitless appeals to one pttror, who held out on his conviction that Harry Hill, of Steator, 111., was innocent of the murder of his mother, ended here shortly after 11 o'clock this morning, when Judge Joseph A. Davis, formally dismissed the jury in the presence of the youth- I ful alleged slayer . The battle of the jury to convict Hill commenced Tuesday afternoon, at 1:57 o'clock, when the case was handed to it. Throughout the first I night, four jurors were staunch in their belief Hill was innocent. Then as hours and days passed, all but one juror swung over to the side of the group seeking a conviction and a fourteen-year priosn term. The one juror held out. Judge Davis intimated that he would call a new trial in a few weeks as soon as his docket was cleared. Press Comment Os Indiana Newspapers On Jackson Trial The Indianapolis Star under a heading “ A Disappointing Outcome” editorially commented as follows on the court-instructed acquittal of Governor Ed Jackson on charges of conspiracy to bribe former Governor Warren T. McCray: Indianapolis Star “The acquittal on a technicality disposes of nothing except the fact that the prosecution failed to begin action within the time set by the statute of limitations. The real issue was avoided which is unfortunate. If there was no crime and the defense had evidence on which that fact could be established, it was, to say the least, too bad that recourse was taken to a technicallity to win the case. The prosecution has won a moral victory.” Lake County Tinies The Lake County Times at Hammond had this to say today: “The verdict in the Governor Jackson bribery case does not alter the fact that the great state of Indiana (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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GOVERNOR.FREE OF BRIBE CHARGE, ANSWERS CRITICS Says He Will “Go On In Even Tenor Os My Ways”; Freed Thursday JURY INSTRUCTED TO ACQUIT GOVERNOR InditiniiDolis, Eebf 17. (INS) Gov. Ed .ktekson has no intention of resigning because his court instructed acnuitlnl in his trial op charges of conspiracy Io bribe former governor Warren T. McCray, failed Io please some of his constituents ite announced this afternoon. Taking cognisence of the demand raised by such papers of Indiana as the Richmond 1 aladium, Elkhart Truth, Huntington Herald and other that he quit his high office, the governor issued the following statement to the people of Indiana: ’’Those newspapers which arc rsking my resignation are the same ones that have opposed my administration and me from the very start. I shall go on in the eveij tenor of my ways paying no attention Io the malicious propaganda, striving always to serve the interests of the people to my best ability.” Jackson Opposed Move Indianapolis. Feb. 17.—(INS) —Defense evidence of Governor Ed Jackson will be revealed to the public, despite Jackson's court-instructed acquittal, on charges of conspiracy to bribe former Governor Warren T. McCray, his attorney announced here today. ""When the indictment against his codefendants .George W. Coffin and Robert I. .Marsh, is disposed of Governor Jackson will reveal to the public his evidence," the statement of the lawyers said. "As his attorneys we have confidence that it will be such as to convince fair-minded peri sons that the charge of any wrong doing or criminal act on his part is wholly without foundation and fact.” Tlie statement was signed by Clyde H. Jones, Louis B. Ewbank and Silas C. Kivett. Because of the governor’s pleading the statute of limitations, the trial was halted yesterday the seventh day o£ the trial, by Special Judge Charles M. McCabe before tlie defense had offered any testimony. After expressing regret that (lover- ■ nor Jackson had not presented his evidence. Judge McCrab told the jury (CONTI.M ED ON PAGE TWO; EXPECT UNUSUAL SERVICE TONIGHT One Os Best Services Os U. B. Revival Is Anticipated This Evening The attendance tonight at the United Brthren church promises to be the biggest so far in tlie revival meetings. There are three or four reasons for this; the fact that there is intense interest being manifested, that tonight is Sunday school night and each class is expected to be present with a full attendance, and that it may i be the last service in which they will i have Mr. and Mrs. Parlee with them owing to another meeting that they are to go to. Rev. Smith received word by telephone that the Rev. Roscoe F. Wilson, who assisted in the early part of the meetings, would be present tonight. The n>sical part of tonight's service will be exceptional fine with the wonderful talent of Mr. and Mrs. Parlee and Mr. Wilson. Attendance last night was good. The Rev. J. W. Lower, of Warsaw, was present and offered the opening prayer. The pastor spoke last night from the scripture account of Paul before Felix, discussing the things that Paul discussed, righteousness, temperance, and the judgment to come. Tile pastor told of the effect of the message on Felix and the final decision. Another one witnessed last night that he had found Christ since the services the night before. A great meeting is anticipated tonight and to any who have not been in attendance, they are urged to come tonight and to all who have been so faithful, they will all be ex- ’ pected. There is no doubt hut that 1 the classes will rally a strong number tonight.

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