Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 84, Decatur, Adams County, 7 April 1928 — Page 1

— Mostly cloudy to* night a”d Sunday with possibly ram tonight turning to tnow. Much cold*' tonight and in east and south parts Sunday.

CONFESS BOMBING HAMMOND THEATRE

BERNE PUPILS TIKE LEAD IN COUNTY MEET I Berne Scores 92 Points In First Night’s Events Os Literary-Mufiic Contests I * “ x I DECATUR SECOND WITH 55 POINTS By scoring live firsts mid one I second for a total of 92 points I in the literary and instrumental I nuinliers last night. Berne high I school pupils took a commandI ing lead in the annual Adams I county high school LiteraryI Music contests. Decatur high I school was second in the stand* I ing with 55 points at the close ol the events held last night in the Decatur high school audiI tori u in. The contests will be completed tonight, at Berne, when the vocal select ons will be given. Tonight's contests will be held in the Berne comn unity auditorium, commencing at 7 ■ o’clock, and will consist of boys’ and girls’ solos and mixed duets, hoys' and girls’ quartets, mixed quartets, boys’ and gir.s’ glee clubs and m'xed choruses. Hartford Is Third Other schools scored the following lumber of pointe last night: Hartford townchip, 40; Monroe, 36; Monmouth, 35; Kirkland, 27, Geneva, 25; Pleasant Mills, 23 and Jefferson. 8. Berne won five firsts and a second; Decatur, two firsts, t.hj-ee seconds, and one third; Kirkland, one first and one second: Hartford, one first, two seconds and one third; Monroe, two seconds and a third; Geneva, four thirds; Monmouth, one first, one second, and one thirdr Jefferson, one I third; and Pleasant Mills, two firsts I »nd one second. All of Berrie’s"poTnts | were stored in the musical numbers. A new system of scoring was used this year. First place in the orches- | tra contest counts 20 points, second counts 16 points and third counts 12 points. First place in solos, oration and reauing counts 15 points, second cunts 12 points and third counts 8 points. First place in short story and essay counts 5 points, second counts 3 points and third counts 1 point. Program Is Long A large crowd attended the contest last night, the auditorium being near(CONTINI ED ON PAGE SIX) EXERCISES WILL BE HELD MONDAY Community Standard Training School Will Graduate Thirteen Members The so ('owing is the program for the graduating exercises of the Decatur Community Standard Training School to be held at the Presbyterian chut ch next Monday evening at 7:30: O.chestra Selection Evangelical Orchestra S°ng Congregation Scripture.. Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann fTnyer Rev. Ross W. Stoakes Special Music Presbyterian Church Commencement Address: ‘‘A Divine Partnership’’... Rev. O. E. Miller Special Music Evangelical Church A Resume of the School Rev. Hany W. Thompson Presentation of Diplomas The Dean Sn,1 8 Congregation Benediction Rev. Cecil R. Smith Fo.lowing are the names of the graduating class: Mrs. Henry Adler. Miss Susie M. Dilling. Thomas Griffiths. William Griffiths. Adolph Kolter. Russell Owens Mrs. Vera Owens. Otis E. Shifferly. Mrs. Grace M. Smith. Ray Smith. Miss Victoria Stoneburner. Miss Justine Zerkel. The school in the four years of .its existence has enrolled 254 students. 948 credits Jiave been issued. 33 "Indents have graduated. In the first year the school enrolled 103 students; n the second year, 120; in the third, ’ 8 : and in the fourth, 93. 34 students "’ere present every night of the first term this year and 26 the second ’et’m. Elmer J. Anspaugh has a perect attendance for four years. Otis Shiffer',y, a graduate of this year (CONTINUED ON PAGE MX)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY N EW S PAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Vol. XXVI. No. 84.

Seized as Bomber » A- . ' ft • I Lorenzo Juliano, held by Chicago police, ij; accused of hiring bombers who blasted the homes of Senator Deneen and Judge Swanson in tha< city. Police also believe be is implicated in tlie recent murder of ’’Diamond Joe” Esposito. PAI/iNCWOBKiT UNDER WAY HERE Work Started On Country Club And Hurst Roads Leading Into City Road and street paving operations are getting well under way in Decatur and immediate vicinity. Work l;as been started on the Country Club load, extending south from the end of Mercer avenue past the Country Club. This road wil] be paved witu brick as far as the Tountry (*fub, which is at tiie corporate limits of the city, and from there on south to the intersection of the county farm road with concrete. Bricks have been hauled for the pavement of the Hurst road, which extends west from the end of the pavement on Monroe street past the Decatur cemetery. Tills entire road will he paved with brick. The Wemhoff road, extending west from Fiftli street on Nuttman avenue past the St. Joseph Catholic cemetery, and including North Eighth street between Monroe street and Nuttman avenue, will be paved with concrete this summer. Work lias not been started on tliie road, however. Petitions have been filed with the city council, asking that the city pave Eighth street and Nuttman avenue from Fifth street west to Twelfth street, on both sides of the center which will be paved by the township. If these petitions are granted, which is considered probable, this work probably will be done at the same time the township paves the center of the streets. Macklin & Son, of this city, have tlie contracts for all three of the improvements. The thred contracts total $94,000 and all three roads are in Washington township. When the improvements are complete, Decatur will have paved approaches from the north, east, west and south, and there will, be six paved highways leading into the city. a Presbyterian C. E. To Hold Sunrise Service The Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian church will celebrate Easter with a sunrise service and breakfast at 6 o’clock Sunday morning. A special program will be rendered at the tables under the direction of Miss Dessolee Chester. All of the young people of the church are invited and especially those who are home from school for the Easter vacation. Tlje joy of a risen Saviour should, urge each one to put forth a special effort to express that happiness in a religious way this Easter morning. > Automobile Claimed By Russel Baumgartner Today A Chevrolet coach towed into Decatur from a road three miles southeast of Decatur by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth was claimed today by Russel Baumgartner of Adams county. Baumgartner stated that he had had tire trouble and had decided to let the car set until morning. He walked home and when he returned the following night for his car it had been brought to this city. The car was returned to the owner.

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ELABORATE PLANS MADE FOR EASTER DAY OBSERVANCE Churches Arrange For Special And Impressive Services Sunday FAIR AND COLD IS WEATHER FORECAST Elaborate plans have been made by churches in Decatur and Adams county tor a fitting observance of Easter Sunday tomorrow. Special and impressive services will be held during the day, beginning with early morn lug or sun-rise services. Easter Sunday, which commemorates Clirist’is resurrect Loin, following His deatli on the cross, has been observed throughout the world for nearly two thousand years. Christians of all denominations held this day in great reverence. Announcements of the regular and special services to be held Sunday by the churches of Decatur and community will be found on another page of today’s Daily Demcorat. Non church goers are cordially invited to attend these services, along with the mem bers . Cold Weather Predicted In addition to the religious significance of the day, Easter Sunday is annually regarded as the day when society blossoms forth in new spring regalia. This year, the weather man has made plans that are likely to interfere greatly with the Easter parade. The weather on Sunday in northern Indiana probaldy will be fair and colder, according to the fore cast released by the weather bureau at Fort Wayne. Rain was forecast for today with colder by night. A drizzling rain was falling this morniJU. but. ceased about 8 o'clock and the temperature liegan to fall. Last year, Easter Sunday came on April 17, with a temperature of 78 degrees, the highest Easter temperature ever recorded at the Fort Wayne weather bureau. One hundred per cent Sunshine was recorded for tlie day, also. Local stores report a heavy sale of spring clothing and millinery during the last, few days and. no doubt, many new and light dresses, suits, coats and sky-pieces will appear on tlie street tomorrow, despite the chilly atmosphere predicted for the day by the weather man. EARLK.SMALLEY CALLED BY DEATH Former Berne Postmaster Dies At Fort Wayne, Friday Afternoon Earl K. Shalley, 44, former postmaster at Berne and well-known in Adams county, died at 3:15 o'clock Friday afternoon, at h's home in Fort Wayne Cirrhosis of the liver was given as the cause of death. Mr. Shalley was born in Berne and resided until nine years ago, when he moved to Fort Wayne. He served as postmaster at Berne for seven years, rceiving the appointmnt during the Wilson administration. He resigned that position to go to Fort Wayne and accept a position with the McMiller company, Later, he was associated with Joseph Bash as one of the priprietors of the Wayne-. Feed company. Mr. Shalley was a member of the First Evangelical church. Fort Wayne consistory. Scottish Rite. Mispah •Shrine and the Knights of Pythias lodge at Berne. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Wilda Shalley; two sons. Andrew and Earl one daughter, Marcella; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Shalley, of Bluffton Ohio, one brother Harry of Bluffton; one sister Mrs. Opal Egley. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the residence and at 10 o'clock at the First Evangelical church. Rev. E. Garfield Johnson officiating. Services will also be held at 3 3o'clock at the Evangelical church at Berne. Burial will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery at Berne. To Enter Naval Academy Greentown, Ind., Apr. 7. —(U.R)—-Pey-ton Douglas, 20, has accepted an offer of an appointment to the United States naval academy by Representative Fred Purnell. Douglas, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Douglas, this city, is an employe of en automobile factory at Indianapolis.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 7, 1928.

President’s New Aide I3* f i ■ fir i ' ri < i O. x Major Louis A. O'Donnell of the United States Cavalry has been appoint* d as military aide to President Coolidge, by the Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis. Major O’Donnell at present is on duly in Washington. MAN ARRESTED IN LIQUOR RAID Orville Billhartz Taken Into Custody When Officers Sieze Still A liquor raid in Hartford township at 8:30 o'clock this morning netted raiding officers, one arrest. 25 gallons of finished “white mule” whiskey. three barrels of mash, one still and all the necessary equipment for the manufacture of liquor. Oi ville Billhartz was arrested as the still operator on tlie Sam Shinbeck farm in south Hartford township* The party of raiders included Sheriff Harl . Hollingsworth. Burl Johnson.' of Decatur and Alva Vorhees of Geneva. The officers went to the Bil liartz residence about 8:15 o’clock and at 8:30 they had confiscated one of the largest liquor hauls ever made in A'adms county. The still was of the large copper variety, and had a capacity of making 30 gallons of whiskey at one time. At tlie time of tlie raid the still was working and a large supply of whiskey was on hand. Billhartz was taken to Geneva where he was immediately arraigned before Justice Henry Dickerson. He was bound over to the Adams circuit court and his bond was placed at SSOO. Billhartz was unable to furnish bond and was brought to the Adams county jail. The equipment and whiskey were also brought to tlie jail in this city. Officials had been working on the case for some time. Decatur Girl Wins $250 Lot In Contest Miss Gertrude Brodbeck, of this city, has been awarded a building lot located near Edgewater Park, Celina, Ohio, as a prize in a contest held to select a name for a new plat of lots, being opened up on lake St. Marys. The lot has a 40-foot front and is valued at $250. Tlie name suggested by Miss Brodbeck was, “Lindy Beach.” GOLDIE DURBIN EXPIRES TODAY Pleasant Mills Young Lady Dies Following Several Days’ Illness Miss Goldie Durbin, 24, of Pleasant Mills, an employee of the Decatur General Electric factory, died at noon today following an illness of severiV days. Death was due to an abscess on the lungs. oGldie Ethel Durbin was born in North Dakota February 18, 1904. She was the daughter of Joe D. and Laura Durbin. She moved to Adams county several years ago with her parents and for some time has been employed at the General Electric factory in this city. Miss Durbin was a member of the Pleasant Mills Methodist church. Surviving besides the parents are the following brothers and sisters: Irene Durbin, Pleasant Mills; Harvey Durbin, Fort Wayne; Harold Durbin, Jackson, Michigan; Herman Durbin, Lansing, Michigan. Funeral services have not yet been arranged.

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CANDIDATES ARE PREPARING FOR i PRIMARY RACE Both Parties File Complete Lists For Offices Except Surveyor DEAD-LINE SET FOR MIDNIGHT TONIGHT As the dead-line for filing declarations of candidacies for political offices in Adams county neared. Dem cerate and Republican, leaders of Adams county were busy today with the task of seeing that all places on the ticket were filled. Both county chairmen. Paul Graham, Republican, and Dick Heller. Democrat, announced that almost complete lists of committeemen would be filed by each party. A county Republican ticket was filed early this morning and a candidate for every office except surveyor was included in the list. Willian. Patterson, of Blue Creek township filed for the Republican nomination I for recorder. Four Democrats have filed for that office to date. They are Charles Studler of Hartford township. Mrs. Clara Anderson of I Geneva, Ella Peeples of Decatur, and Ed Green, incumbent of Decatur. Oscar Teeple, Republican of Deca tur lias filed his name as a candidate for treasurer and will oppose Ed Ashbaucher, incumbent. Democrat, who has been the only Democrat so tar to file for the office. 11. S. Chase, of northeast of Decatur, will be the Republican candidate tor sheriff to oppose Harl “Spot” Hollingswicrth, present sheriff. • Mr. Hollingsworth is the only Democrat to have filed for the office so far. Four Candidates For Auditor W. W. Hawkins, of south of Decatur tofljy filed - his declaration as a candidate for auditor on the Republican ticket. Three Democrats have tiled fur tlie office They are Walter Wilkinson and Glen Cowan of Decatur and Albert Harlow of Geneva Mr. Hawkins was defeated for the Republican nomination for sheriff in 1926 by Samuel Butler by 4 votes. No Republican has filed for the office of surveyor to date, but Mr. Graham stated that there was a possibility of someone filing late this afternoon before the clerk s office closed. Three Democrats have filed for (CONTIX’FD ON ’’AGE .41X1 PREDICTS HAIN FOR TOMORROW Easter Parade May Be Marred By Cold And Rainy Weather Indianapolis, Apr. 7. —(INS)— Easter Sunday will not be a very pleasant spring day in Indiana this year, J. H. Armington, government meterologist forecast here today. “There probably will be some sunshine but it wil l be raw, blustery and cold and there be snow on the ground,” Armington predicted. “Temperatures Sunday morning will be below freezing." The blizzard era which brought such heavy snows to Nebraska yesterday was invading the Ohio valley this morning Armington said and within the next 24 hours will bring decidedly colder weather. “Temperatures In northern Indiana tomorrow morning will range from 25 to 30 degrees above zero, around 30 degrees in central Indiana and from 30 to 35 degrees in southern Indiana," Armington said. The official weather forecast for Indiana issued by Armington today stated: "Cloudy tonight with probably some rain turning to snow, Sunday partly cloudy, much colder with temperatures Sunday morning below freezing." While the mercury will take a tumble into the freezing regions Armington said, he did not expect serious damage to be done to budding vegetation. Armington predicted that the cooler weather will linger for at least two days. "Rising temperatures probably will return by Tuesday,' 'Armington said. The Atlantic seaboard may experience a warmer and fairly pleasant Easter Sunday, Armington stated. He said that the cold weather probably (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Noted Financier Dies Ci" . t v If? Chauncey Depew, chairman of the board of directors of the New York Central lines, succumbed to an attack of bronchial pneumonia. His death marks the passing at age 93 of another of the nineteenth century pioneers. CENTRALSCHOOLPLAY NEXT WEEK Eighth Grade Pupils Select “Danny Bov” For Annual Home Talent Play The eighth grade pupils of the Central school will present their annual home talent play, next Thursday and Friday nights. April 12 and 13. in the Decatur high school auditorium. Tlie title of the pViy chosen by the class this year is "Danny Boy.” Tlie play has three acts, and thirteen characters. Miss Grace Coffee, one of tlie instructors in the Centra! school who has had considerable experience in coaching dramatics, is directing the play. Music will be furnished before the play and between acts by the Decatur Concert Orchestra. Tickets for the play are being sold by the Central pupils at twenty-five cents each. The following is the cast for the play: Gertie Gallagher Hariret Shockey Rose Gallagher Marcella Brandyberry Harry Devlin Roland Reppert Ma Gallagher Mamie Niblick Dan Gallagher Fred Musser Mona Mary M. Coverdale Betty Woodbridge Louise Haubold Phil Carter William Merryman Professor Mooney Marion Eeasel Washington Jefferson Pottle Kenneth t Tricker McSorley Carl Hurst Officer Mulvane . y Richard Odle The Scenes —Act I.—The Gallagher kitchen. Six o’clock of a warm June evening. Act. II. —Living room in Dan and Mona’s apartment. One afternoon in June a year later. Act lll.—The same. That evening. o Mrs. H. I). Stewart, Os Near Wren, Ohio, Dies Mrs, H. D. Stewart, 58, of south of Wren, Ohio, sister-in-law of W. W. Stewart, of Decatur, died Thursday afternoon at a hospital in Fort Wayne, where she had been taken for treatment only a few days ago. Mrs. Stewart was a member of the Liberal United Brethren church at Wren. Surviving are the husband and one foster daughter, Ireta Callow, of Sturgis, Michigan. Funeral services wi l be held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at the Liberal United Brethren church in Wren. o Monroe Man’s Father Dies Near Rockford, O. G. H. Brookhart, 77, father of Joseph Brookhart, of Monroe, died of pneumonia, Wednesday evening, at his home east of Rockford, Ohio. Mr. Brookhart was taken ill 'sist Thursday aftfr working all day on his farm. Surviving are the widow and eight children. Funeral services were held at the Rockford M. I'.. church Friday afternoon. o Name Omitted In Story Through an error the name of C. C. Schafer was omitted as one of the purchasers of Mr. Waring’s stock in the Schafer company in an item published yesterday. The stock was bought by Messrs. Fred Schafer, C. C. Schafer and G. H. Wehmeyer.

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RESPONSIBILITY PLACED AGAINST THEATRE OWNER Confessions Say $2,000 Was Off ered For The Theatre Bombing ARRESTS FOLLOW SIX-MONTH PROBE Crown Point, Ind., April 7. UNS) Two thousand dollars was lhe price paid for tin destruction of tlie State Theater. Hammond's million dollar movie palace, according to lhe confessions made by the three leading conspirators to Prosecuting Attorney Oliver Starr. Siu riff Ben Strong and Deputy Eire Marshall Elmer Vroonian. These officials today took steps lor tlie speedy trial of tlie bombers. All confessions state that William Kle'hege. Sr, the lessee of the State Theatre whose ownership of the Parthenon. Orpheum and De Luxe theatres in the Calumet region made tlie lease a teeing proposition, was tesponsible for the bombing. It was by faithfully Hollowing this thpory as to motive and the failure of one of the plotters "to be paid even a thin dime" for his work that the six month old mystery was finally Hoived. The first break in the dynamiter's ting occurred following the arrest of Marwood Williams, trustee of the Hammond Hod Carriers' and Oommon Laborers Union, who fa.iled to receive any part of the money promised him. He was arrested in the latter part of March and gave two previous confessions admitting participation in other Immbings before he told the authorities the full story ct the State theatre plot. In. it. Williams claims he was “drawn in” on the conspiracy when Harry Ames, business agent, of the Hod Carriers; Dean Malloy, former barteaider and Chicago gunman, and James Tutes, Ames bodyguard, drove up in front of tlie Hammond Labor Temple and asked him to come witli them, tliat they had “a job.” “After planning the details of the job in the secretary's room of lhe Temple we went over to Jack Filan's ‘■aloon where Maloy used to tend bar and had some drinks” reads the confession. “At that time the dyna- << ON TINI i:t> ON PAGE Sl\> TO GIVE PLAY AT MT; HOPE CHURCH * - Mt. Taber Epworth League To Stage “Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick” Monday The Epworth League of the Mt. Tabor church at Bobo, will present a home talent play in the Mt. Hope chinch, three miles south and one-half mile east of South Salem. Monday evening, at 8 o’clock. The title of the play is, "Aaron S ick from Punkin Crick." The play is a clean rural comedy and is full of fun from beginning to end. It has seven characters and plays almost two hours. There will be no admission charge, but a silver offering will be taken. The public is invited to attend. o ————— Monmouth High School To Present New Entertainment An interesting minstrel program entitled “Black Niggers” will be presented at the Monmouth high school in Root township Monday and Tuesday, April 9 and 10, it was announced today. The public is cordially invited to attend the program. A good time is promised everyone. The program’will last about two hours and will lie tilted with entertaining skits and songs and jokes. Commandery Will Meet At Bluff ton Sunday Afternoon The Bluffton Commandery, of which there are a number of members in this city and county, will observe Easter with appropriate services, at 2:00 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Masonic hall at Bluffton. The service is open to all Master Masons and their families, who are cordially i invited to attend. Members of the . Commandery are asked to report at 1:30 o’clock properly equipped.

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