Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1928 — Page 1

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I ISSUES ORDER I FOR CITATION I OF REPORTER I Walter Shead Summoned I To Appear In Court.At I Kokomo March 20 I COURT S ORDER IS I VIOLATED. CHARGE I Kokomo Maiih 2—(INS)— A motion I lhat Walter A. Shead. prize winning I .pjiter of the Indianapolis News be I ritdfor indirec t contempt cf court as I result of his stoiy yesterday on I me Howard county grand jury probe, I n » filed In circuit court here today I by prosecutor Homer R. Miller. I circuit Judge John Marshall Issued I u immediate ordet for Shead to apI war before the court at 9 A. M„ March I »o and show cause why he should not I be'punished for contempt of court. I Judge Marshall, on Feb. 24. three ■ days befote the grand jury convened. ■ l,i Investigate the charges growing out I of the closing of the American Trust I company here that high officials were ■ involved in a sensational graft ring, I warned all newspapeimen to refrain I from prying into the affairs cf the Vtjmy. I Court Issi es Order I Under his own signature, the court P issued an order at that time that there ■ oust be no publicity cn the probe. I prosecutor Miller, in his affadavit I today, charged that Shead unlawfully Kpried into the proceedings transpiring ■ before the gtand jtny here by interK viewing witnesses and making predic- ■ lions about the doings of the jury. I After teciting that the said Walter ■ A. Shead knew about the court's in- ■ sanctions and knowingly violle I | them. Prosecutor Miller repeated its I whole the Shead story which apjjearI edin the Indianapolis News on March I 1 I Prospects appeared bright today I that it would return its final report | on March 24, which will mark the end I of its term. I A. H. Mawxell, Prominent Fort Wayne Citizen, Dies I Funeral sei vices for A. If. Maxwell, I 72. well known Fort Wayne citizen, I *lll be held Saturday afternoon at I 2.20 o’clock at the Masonic Temple I in Fort Wayne, the Rev. Dr. Folsom I effieiating Mr. Maxwell was the I father of Mrs. A. L. Frame, whose | b't«band is associated with C. E. Bell I ia the I.aFountain Handle company, I of this city. Mr. Maxwell's death i occurred Wednesday afternoon folj lowing a stroke of apoplexy. For several years, he was employed by I the firm of Moellering Brothers & i Green and took an active part in the conunerc al traveling organizations , ‘ii Fort Wayne, having organized the I I’nited Commercial Travelers of Fort Wayne. Burial will he made in | frt Wayne. ' PDULTRY MEET WELLATTENDED Purdue Man Delivers Address On “Essentials Os Chick Raising” •\ large number of Adams county Poultrymen attended the meeting held i yesterday afternoon at the Decatur I Public Library, p. jj. Gooding, of the [ Extension Division of the Purdue Poulr T Department, gave an interesting Wk on the "Essentials of Chick Raising’. ; Gooding first explained the sta--3 ‘ the poultry industry in Indiana • stated that there was much room -■ "nprovement in flock management c stated that there were marketed in (lom * annually more than 8 million ~.. eg ßs unfit for human con--0 " ptlon . illustrating the importance "oper car e and marketing of eggs ■ r. Gooding then went into detail tb‘,'> <ra , nB ltle care and feeding of until k" 010 tlle tlme they are hatched ed th aie mature d- Bis talk coverfeedk fferent st ePs in brooding and *' After he had concluded, the of nn" S ..' Vas given ov ef to the asking tat ero 2 ns mally of w hich were of cd v..7. k every one. Mr. Gooding statmale that an at tempt would be hold -i y the Extension Department to each t n nU!tl ? ei ot I,roo(l ing schools in son. township a little later in the sea-

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SCHOOL BOMBING TRIAL UNDER WAY

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Showing the scats ot her injuries sustained when her school house was bombed, lalo Bradford (left), young teacher, will face hei ex-sweetheart, Hiram Reed (riglit), in an Illinois court, where he is going on trial charged with having placed the explosive in the stove of the school with the Intention of killing her.

CONTEST LOOMS IN CALIFORNIA Three-Cornered Race Between Smith, McAdoo And Reed In Prospect Los Angeles, Cal., March 2 —(U.R) — A three-cornered race between William G. McAdoo, senator James A. Reed and Gov. Al Smith for California 26 votes at the Democratic National ' convention in Houston loomed today. SenMbr Wbed 'yesforifay :i formal declaration announcing that ho was a candidate in the California Presidential primary of May 1. The action was the Missouri Senator’s first open avowal of his candidacy, although his name already has been entered in the Wisconsin primary. Governor Al Smith of New Aork ali so was expected to file in the Califcrnih Primary and although McAdoo will not be a candidate it was considered probable that bis followers would seek an uninstructed delegation for the National convention. Senator Reed's declaration was followed by a sensational attack upon | President Coolidge an dllerbert 1100-: ver. o Portland Man Officially In Gubernatorial Race Indianapolis. March 2. —(INS)— The i first official entry in the Republican -ace for governor appeared this afternoon when Charles S. I'wry, a ’ poultry raiser of Portland, filed his candidacy in the office cf secretary of state F. E. Schortemeier. Ewry presented a petition signed with 541 names. Samuel E. B. Wells, Scottsburg newspaperman. Is the only Ileinoc; atic candidate for governor who has off daily filed his petition. o Tournament Scores W'nchester — Winchester 52, ■’n’sv l e 22 At Indianapolis —New Bethel 17, ■'.rt.stleton 12 At Evansville—Griffin 44, Mlllers- . ’>urg 14 At Lafayette—Klondyke 28, Mont’’.orenci 19 At Clinton—Green Township 17, Bloomingdale 24 At Indianapolis—Valley Mills, 34, 'Vo t Newton 23 At Gary— Emers.cn 64, Merrillv lie 3 At Lafayette—Romney 21, Wea 16. At Muncie—Muncie 69, Cowan 16_ At Garrett —Butler 35, Waterloo 25 At Garrett—Columbia City 34, W’.sh’ncton Center 18 1 At Winimao —Winimac 26, North 1 Judson 22 (overtime) At Vincennes — Wheatland 27. Fritchtown 12 At Terre Haute—Wiley 21, Glenn 17 At Indianapolis—New Bethel 17, '"asselton 12 At Indianapolis—Valley Mills 33, ' West Newton 23 At Indianapolis—Manual 23, Washington 20 At Gary—Horace Mann 29, Whiting 16 At Logansport—Galveston 21, Lu- ■ erbrne 12. > At Cannelton —Milltown 18; Tobin- . sport 16. At Greensburgh—Greensburgl! 57; Paris Crossing 16.

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Doctor Must Die For Performing An Illegal Operation On Young Girl Chicago, March 2-(INS) -Dr. Amante Rcngetti, head of the Aasland Boulevard hospital, must die in the electric chair for the death, through an illega’ operation of Miss Loretta J. Enders. A verdict finding the doctor guilty and fixing his punishment at death, was returned in Judge Frank B. Comerford’s court last night by a jury which had deliberated three hours. Dr. Rongetti is the first convicted murderer in Cook county to face the newly installed electric chair. He is also the first person in Illinois to receive the extreme penalty in connec- ' ttoll wfffi TSW of an illegal operation. William Reichard Dies At Home In Fort Wayne William Reichard, 72, died at his home in Fort Wayne Thursday morning. Death was due to paralysis. Mr. Reichard formerly lived in Adams county and moved to Fort Wayne 12 years ago. He is survived by the widow, two sons, Janies and John, of Fort Wayne and one daughter Mrs. Theodore Luginbill, of near Berne. . o ! WILL REHEARSE MINSTREL SHOW — Second Rehearsal Os G. E. .Minstrel, “Chuckles,” To Be Held Tonight The second ichearsal of the first act of Minstrel Chuckles, will meet tonight in the Club Room's of the General Electric Company. Also, the Saw Mill River Road Chcrus and Tut Tut Tuttle. The afternoon groups will meet at the Decatur high school building. Thos. B. Brown, of the John B. Rogers Producing Co., arrived several days ago and has been working on the preliminary arrangements for the M nstrel, to be held at the Decatur high sch ol auditorium, March 19 and 20. A number of parts have been cast among the General Electric Co., employees and business men of town, as well as a number of girls and young women. Some have had only one rehearsal, but do remarkably well and 1 if everything goes as it has started ■ the show will be a “knock out". The costomes are beautiful, ranging frem the colorful Spanish to the snowy white eskimo of the frozen North. In this act, one is taken directly to the North Pole. Don Farr, as I. M. Slick, has formed a company with Tut Tut Tuttle (Herman Myers, in a blackface comedy role, to sell bathing suits to the Eskimos. The young women will be the bathing beauties of far away place, however, bathing suits are not used by the Eskimo young women and the scene turns rather into a melodrama with a hero, villian and the young woman who figures in the kidnapping scene. In the segne entitled “The Saw Mill River Road", 16 girls will give speciality numbers. A local quartet will also be heard. / The minstrel, first part, will consist ot new jokes and songs, dances and pep. The end men will lie dressed as Bull Fighters and the Chorus as Toreadors. It must be seen to he appreciated.

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Daily Democrat To Furnish Scores During Basketball Tournament The Dally Democrat has installed n telephone at the Decatur high school gymnasium for use dining ths sectional basketball tournament tonight and tomcnow. foi obtaining scores cf the games. The number Is 1144. and all persons u. e asked to call 344 if they wish to secure any scores. No personal calls will be made over the phone, in addition to the extra telephone at the gymnasium, the two regular telephones of the Daily Democrat, numbers 1000 and 1001, will be at the service of the fans o ; REED DEFENSE PLAYS TRUMP Chemistry Teacher Testifies That Coal Gas Could Have Caused Blast Ottawa. nj„ March 2.—(INS)— The ump card of the defense in the trial if Hiram Reed for the attempted murder of Miss lola Bradford, was played in LaSalle court here today hen William E Tydeman, chemis•y instructor at the Ottawa high chool, took the witness stand. Tydenan testified that an accumulation if coal gas in the Pleasant Valley cbool stove might have and could I have caused such an explosion, as ■ occurred December 1. which seriously injured Miss Bradford. The state thatges the explosion was the result of a dynamite charge set by Hiram 'teed. f 0 Col. Lindbergh To Be Permitted To Accept Foreign Decorations Washington, D. C., March 2—(INS)— J’he t senate today passed unanimously the house bill allowing Cot. Chfts. A. Lindbergh to accept decorations offered him by foreign countries’. As Lindbergh is an officer in the reserve corps lie is forbidden under ixresent law th accept foreign decorations. o Hoover Plans To Withdraw From Primary In Wisconsin Washington, March 2 —(INS)— Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, will withdraw fiom the Wisconsin Presidental primary it was announced today. George Akerson. Hoover's assistant, declared the Secretary’s name was entered in Wisconsin by an “unauthorized pel son.” his name will be withdrawn today. Tomon ow is the last day for filing for the Primary election to be held on April 3. 0 Rates On Trans-Atlantic Telephone Calls Reduced Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 2, — (INS) — On March 4 a 40 per cent reduction in trans-Atlantic telephone tolls will become effective according to an announcement by the Indiana Bell Telephone company here today. A 3-mlnute call from Indianapolis to L.ondon will now cost only $48.00 as compared with the old rate of SBS. For each additional minute $16.00 will be charged, T ans-Atlantic telephone service will now be available to Indiana telehone users from 6:30 a. m. to 7 p. m. ore than 2,500,000 European telephones can be reached now In England, France, Belgium, Holland, Sweden and Germany. o LARGE CROWD AT 8080 REVIVAL “Win My Chum” Week Being Observed This Week; Special Music Given Wednesday evening, the Bobo Methodist church auditorium was filled nearly to its capacity, there being great interest shown in the revival services which opened in that church Sunday night. This is “Win My Chum" week and the young people are rallying to the occasion and the preachers, each evening, are giving soul inspiring messages. The Calvary quartet sang several selections, Wednesday night, to the delight of all present. On next Sunday evening, there will be a half hour musical concert. Everybody is welcorno at. the services.

DRIVERS OF BUSES LIABLE Court Holds Drivers Liable For Deaths Or Injuries To School Children Washington, Ind.. March 2.—(INS) — versos buses transporting chiliren to and from school are personlly liable toir deaths, accidents and 'njuries to children, Judge Mlton S. ’nrltngs of Davies county ruled here oday. ludge Hastings granted a judgement of $2.5u0 to Aaron Hamilton tn Otis Wilson and Arthur Book 'n a stt't. Hamilton filed after his son us el', 8, was killed when he jumpd out of the school hack driven by Wilson and was struck by a car ■’hich Book was driving. o Needle Imbedded In Woman’s Toe 20 Years North Manchester, Ind., March 2 — (U.R)—Twenty years ago Mrs. Luther Brubaker, living near here, stepped on a needle and It breke in a great toe. Th's week she investigated a black spot on the toe and removed the remainder of the needle, about threequaiters of Its length. 11 Cars Os Passenger Train Are Derailed Toledo, O. March 2—(U.R)-Eleven cars of the Forest City Limited, crack New York Central Chicago to Cleveland train, jumped the track at Swanton, 0., today. No one was injured aecouling to i t ports telephoned to Toledo. Tlie cars were derailed when the Engine jumped the Hack reports said. A relief train and wrecking crews, were dispatched from here. o Play To Be Given At Mt. Pleasant School The Bible class of the Mt. Pleasant ' will present, on March 8 and 9, a play. “The Path Across the Hills,” by Lillian Mortimer, at the Mt. Pleasant school house. The members of the cast have been workng for some time in preparation of this play. It is a play that will interest all and is full ot life. Arrangements have lx“en made with the Zimmerman orchestra to bring special music for the occasion. Those that have heard this orchestra realize Unit in the music there is a treat in store for all who attend. WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN BED Mrs. Lucinda Elzey, 80, Dies Suddenly Os Heart Trouble Last Night Monroe, Mar. 2— (Special) —Mrs. Lucinda Elzey, 80, well-known resident of Monroe, was found dead in bed at 7 o’clock this morning. Death had been extinct for *en hours, according to the physician who was called to examine the body. io-th was said to have been due to gas crowded heart ’’rs E'zey was a daughter of Preson and Anne Pogue, and was born n Green county. Ohio, February 7, '847. Her husband preceded her in death. Mrs. Elzey had resided in Monroe since 1911. She was a member of the Pleasant Valley church near here. Surviving are three sons, Alpha O. Elzey, of Monroe township, Homer M. Elzey, of Monroe, and Ira E. M. Elzey, of Decatur; two sisters, Mrs. Sariale Feed Fletcher and Mrs. Martha Duer Fletcher, both of Ohio; nine grand children and fifteen great grandchildren. One daughter, Alice Luella Miller, is deceased. Funeral services will be held at the home at 1:30 o’clock and at the Pleasant Valley chufch at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, with the Rev. Ira Johnson, of Lynn, assisted by the Rev. Mr. MeCarger, officiating. Burial will be made in the Spring Hill cemtery. Evangelical Sunday School Board To Meet The Sunday School Board of the Evang’ilicall chulrch, will meet this evening at 7:15 o’clock sharp, at the church, for a short blit important session. Every member please take note.

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Off on Her Own ■ ' 1 i I -—A Kennedy (above), mother of Aimee Semple McPherson, is geting ready to start an evangelistic career on her own account. She intends to make a revival tour of the principal Pacific Coast cities. "The Lord's work is my work,” she dei ares. UNITEDBRETHRENREVIVAL CLOSES Successful Series Os Evangelistic Services Brought To Close "Whosoever theiefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also befoie my Fathei which is in Heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men. him will 1 also deny before by Father which is in Heaven”, Matt. 10: 32:33, was the text used last uighi by the Rev. Cecil R. Smith in the closing sermon at the United Brethren revival. In part, the preacher said “Christ did not deal with non essentials when on earth, but with essentials, and confession was one of the essentials that brought man in to right relationship. l with God, and also the credentials that will have Christ representing you at the Judgement”. The pastor said the requirement was leasonable, practical and necessary. It was demanded in many places in the Word. It gave Christ the rightful .place in the human heart and acknowledged Christ as the Savioi. The fact of confessing here made it possible to gain eternal life witli the redeemed. A few tests were presented to the audience last night for them to think about. One of them was “Has a person I any right to withhold a fact that will effect the good of the public?” There is a negative answer to this question in the accepted truth that no person has a right to shield a wrong; and if they do they become a party to the wrong. Great explorers, scientists, ph losophers have always felt a moral obligation to make known their discoveries said Rev. Smith. Columbus, Galilee and Burbank have with others followed this rule and the world is better. In closing, the pastor challenged the folk, that f they knew Jesus couid save and by following Him, their lives would b different and be a blessing t • themselves and others, they were inder moral obligations to accept Christ. There were two who responded. Special evangelistic services will be held on Sunday eveirng and also on next Wednesday night The pastor speke words of appreciation last night to those who had been so faithful in th&ir cooperation, to the many kind wtrds and encouragement given the pastor, for the help of visiting folks, to the ushers the janitor, the choir and to all who in any way had a part in the service to make them helpful. Special mention was made of the Daily Democrat whose columns had been open for a full report of the services. Many lives were touched by the services that have been held and the church membership strengthened. A complete report will be given later. o Fire Causes $500,000 Loss Peeksvill, N. Y., Mar. 2. — (INS) — A $500,000 fire in the heart of the business district here early today destroyed ten stores and one factory before firemen finally brought the blaze under control at 6 a. m. 0 Ford Plane Burns Perth Amboy, N. J., Mar. 2.—(INS) i —Ford’s porcelain works here was in ruins today. Fire which started last i night destroyed the whole plant. Damage was estimated at $125,000.

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LEADER OF REBEL NICARAGUANS IS OBJECT OF HUNT Three Detachments Os Marines Make Search For Rebel And Followers SLAIN MARINES ARE BURIED WHERE KILLED Managua. March 2. —(INS) — Three palate detachments ot Devil Dogs 'azed a trail 'northward through the ‘ caraguan jungles today, in their vrch for General Sandlno and his ori'la followers who ambushed a -arine pack train Monday afternoon, Hing five mon and woundiifc eight thers. Both Genera. 1 . Diaz and General oncada, liberal nominee for presilent, iiave spread their profound orrow and sympathy to the Anierian minister for the latest marine os es. Although bitter enemies, both laz and Moncada are renderii g very assistance to the American rces iu trying to run down Sandino. Escape Into Jungle Managua, Nicaragua March 2. — (INS) —Gen. Augustino Sandina’s rebel oree that ambushed a detachment >t United States marines on the Yali?ondega trad on Monday killing five nd wounding nine, has escaped into ’he jungle and the pursuing marines have so far been unable to establish i contact with them, according to word received todaay from Jinotega. It is believed that the rebels got away before the marines could inflict any casualties upon them. The live dead Americans have been buried near where they fell. Wooden crosses mark the spot. 5f the wounded men only Private L. C. Lewis, of Nixon, Texas, is in serious condition. The wounded will lie brought bpre from Condega where they wer taken after the fight. • Marine plane# ane scouting over the jungle ciad hills near the scene of the attack attempting to get some trace of the rebels. o I j MEMBERS OF | OLD HOME WEEK CLUB j •*«»*«* S HAVE YOU JOINED? I William Harting Raymond J. Harting Dore B. Erwin Will Bowers J'. W. Voglewede. We have heard of several hundred who intend to join the club, but the boys are anxious to have you come in now rather than after while. We cant keep up the campaign unless you help by joining. Come on in now. A.T,&T.WORTH FOUB BILLION Telephone And Telegraph Co., Is First Four-Billion-Dollar Corporation New York, Mar. 2.—(U.R)—The Unit1 States, richest of all nations, has produced its first four-billion dollar corporation. The annual report of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., made public today, places that corporation at the head of all industrial concerns in this country. Second to the A. T. & T. is the United States Steel corporation with assets of nearly $2,500,000,000. Next in order, all in the billion dollar class, come Southern Pacific railroad. Pennsylvania lines, New’ York Central railroad, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Union Parifie railroad, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, General Motors and Ford Motor Co. Tlie A. T. & T. established its lead through a combination of its individual wortli and that of the Bell Telephone system of which it owns 93 per cent. A. T. & T. assets of ot Doc. 31, 1927 are listed at $1,949,690,057, and assets of the Bell system at $3,457,467.311. Other respects in which the A. T. & T. is first include: Employees—At the end of 1927 the company had on its payroll 308,911 persons, enough to populate a city tho J siz of Columbus, Ohio. t Stockholders — 423,580, more than half of whom owned from one to ten CCOXTINtED ON PAGE TUHEE)

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