Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1928 — Page 1

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STEWART TELLS ■ all he knows I ABOUT OIL DEAL I ells Teapot Dome Committee He Received Huge Sum Os Profits WITNESS DROPS HIS DEFIANT ATTITUDE LaMalbaie, Que., Apr. 24.—(INS) German trans-Atlantic plane Ijremen has been repaired, hut piilii not hop off this morning i >m Greenely Island for Miteh!ll field owing to bad weather. 'lhis information was receiv--1 here in a radiogram sent from even Islands by Dr. Lewis of the TranscontinenI B' l airways, who is on Greenely ■Bt and ■ Repairs Reach Island B I i Island. April 21. (iNSI ■ B I \ S, via Murray Hayl ImB -3) ’ itle'r lo,| Haron Von lliieneBm- i! (’apt. Herniau Knehl to rush BT B upon the Bremen at top spne.l ■ B" ■aim: ih" artival of llie Ford IIS' plane with replacement parts £ tu• •11 !o pot 'hi' repairs lii.oh H another storm blew up. ■ m T's- v pair work was uuderlakeu 1 Haron. (’apt. Koehl. Major B B ’ itziiiaiirlce. who can'.-- with ■;Bi- o parts. Heinl Halclien. who B ' the Ford, and a number of Up B "f the eoniiiiunily who vol- ■ their services. 18-.3 i famous trails -Atlantic plane B mil hpro In days when the HBo iiore down from the west and fl brought her down spun die £ Bo in I telle Isle Stiait on til Intel B side of flie island. K I "During those HI days we have ■ Bod> ci o a thanks to Providence for BBu safe arrival." •-.aid Baron yon B HP • In addition to our approBBli' am to the people of this eoinntuii ■ ■> are thankful for the bravery ■ B' :eseiiree ol stub pilots as 'lhike Ss B" ! r and Item! Halehen. who Ss - planes to Greenely Isl util ■ B :: ' moat difficult eondilions. B ■“key risked their lives lo give us B B‘ ! The ou,si| lo woi Id can scarcely ■ ■*••'“'- the hazards against which ■ ■[''khfo- ami Dr. (’iisinier, of t railsB t'tal Airways contended when K '!• w here. They risked fogs and ■ NBlizzanls. winds and broken ice to us.'’ I There wag a warm greeting hetteen Fltzmaurice and his trans-At-nlic flying companions. Fltzmaurice aped from the cabin of the Ford and touted: "I’ve got them." He referred to the propeller, landR gear and fuel. He brought back od supplies and little luxuries which ere warmly welcomed. Pennsy To Issue Stock Washington, April 24 —(U.R) — The ennsylvnaia railroad tottay was autcrlzed by the interstate commerce mintissicn to issue $62,408,250 sharesI the par vglue of SSO a share. IIIY CLEANUP TO SUNTMONDAY ity Trucks To Traverse Every Alley In City To Haul Away Refuse Next week, starting Monday, April kas been designated as 'Clean-up cek" in Decatur and a crew of men bl patrafl all alleys in the city to udst in the work. Amos Fisher, city teet commissioner, who is chairlan °f the cean-up committee, statI today that ashes and cinders ould not he hauled by the city force. 11,1 ke urged that all householders impose of their winter's supply of *kes and cinders before next Monay. and cans will be picked l> ky the force of men and disposed lot the property owners. Mr. Fishstaled that the boxes containing le ,r; tsh also would be hauled away, alesß the property owners wished to •lain them. He asked that property "tiers watch for tiie clean up squad ml instruct them what to haul away. fukhish and trash must be piled i l he alleys if residents wish for the ,v to haul the debris away free of targe. Nothing will be taken from 1 ~* H or I rom ike front of houses. ] ke city clean-up campaign will l ' st a h week, and every alley in the y "’ill be cleaned.

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RESCUERS IN SHADOW OF ILLNESS Rt*rnt Balchen and Floyd Bennett, who flew to the aid of the Bremen’s crew, were to ill to continue on schedule. Halehen, however, recovered enough to tro forward, hut Bennett is now in the hospital at Quebec with pneumonia.

Men Are Going Into The Discat d As Money Spenders

Bv Robert S. Thornburgh INS Staff Correspondent Washington, April 24,.— Men are going into the discard as money spenders and it’s getting to a point where they don't even select their own socks and neckties. Women spend about $32,000,000,000 >r font -.’.alts of tlte money passing over retail counters of American stores every year, Julius Klein, of’the CLOTHIERS TO BUY TOGETHER United Clothing Buyers, Inc., Organized Here Today ; O. L. Vance President The United Clothing Buyers, Inc., an organization of 10 northern Indiana clothing stores, formed for thp put pose of buying merchandise for the 10 member stores, held its first meeting in this city today for tho purpose of completing plans. O. L. Vance, of this city, was elected president of the new purchasing organization. . Fred Dick, of Dick and Son Clothing sto of Huntington, was eected vice-president, and F. L. Hersclt, of The Model Clothing Company, of Portland, was chosen secretary-treas-urer. It was decided at the meeting today that the membership would be increased to 25 stores in the near future, giving the organization a much greater buying power. The concern was incorporated and organized for the sole purpose of buying merchandise at a lower price for the members. Incorporators include, Weingart and Mabus, of Kendallville; A. G. Houser. Garrett. Muhn Brothers, Auburn; A. C. Brady, North Manchester; Vattce and Linn, Decatur; Hall and Son, Peru: Dick and Son, Huntington; F. L. Hersch, Portland, and MeFarren Clothing Company, P.luffton, Tlte organization will begin functioning at once, Mr. Vance stated, and many articles sold by the stores will hear the United Cothing Buyets, Inc., trade label. Mr. Vance pointed out that the various stores would each continue to sell its own brand of suits ami overcoats, hut that with several stores buying the same brands, they could be sold at a price considerably lower titan before. At present, there are more than 30 stores who have asked to be admitted in the new organization, but the members decided at today's meeting that the membership would he closed at 25 member stores. A purchasing committee will buy practically everything each store handles with the exception of suits. The organization, which in no way changes the ownership of any of the shares, was completed to give the customers of each store the advantage of buying from a local merchant at far lower prices, than previously. o Capt. Wilkins Plans Flight To South Pole Oslo, Norway, Apr 24 —(U.R)--Capt-George Wilkins, polar flier, plans a flight to the South Pole in September the newspaper Dagbladst said today. A movement lias been started at Green Harbor to hold a great celebration in honor of Captain Wilkins and Lieut, Carl Eielson, his companion on the North Pole flight-

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commerce department, declared today. “It seems tlte sheerest preposterous nonsense for mere man to intimate that he is of any retail trade consequence,” Klein said. “No less than 85 per cent of the consumer-buying is done by women. Nor is woman buying solely occupied with things for iter own adornment, as lias l>een inferred by some irreverent cynics. “Women purchase about 65 per cent of all the men’s hosiery and 62 per cent of their neckwear. They are apt to have a great deal to say in more senses than one, about tile purchase of most of the rest of men's apparel, though they may not he present during the actual transactions." About $8,000.(Mtn,000 is squandered through inefficient selling and distribution annually, and there is a loss (COYTIWKO ON PAGE TWO) DANGER OF FLOOD MENACING SOUTH Tributaries Os Mississippi Reported Near Flood Stage; Damage Great Atlanta Ca., April 24 — (U.R) — Tributaries of the Mississippi today were reported in danger of overflowing, following torrential rains of the weekend which continued into yesterdayPossibility of the South facing another devastating flood appeared. Thousands ol coiiars ,-jinage already has been done, and there is imminent danger of a half dozen streams leaving their banks. Highways have been flooded, bridges washed out and railroad tracks damaged in Georgia, Albania and Florida Crops damage lias been excessive. The Coosa, Tombigbee, and Black Warrior rivers in Alabama are approaching flood stage. Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas streams are overflowingRainl’all in the southeast so far this (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DECATUR MEN ONWALBJURY C. E. Peterson, Charles Knapp And A. D Suttles On Jury In Federal Trial Three Decatur men are members of the jury selected for the trial of Clyde Walb. former Republican state chairman, and Valentine D. Weaver, president of the First National Bank, of Lagrange, which opened in federal court at Fort Wayne, Monday. They ore Cal E. Peterson, clothier; Charles W. Knapp, hardware merchant, and A. D. Suttles, real ostate and Insurance agent,. Fred Studler, of Linn Grove, Adams county, was called for jury duty, but was excused because lie is president of the Bank of Linn Grove and the case on trial is tho outgrowth of a bank failure. Indications this morning were that the case would go to the jury late this week or early next week. The two defendants are charged with violating the national banking laws.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 24 1928.

I Paper Hanger Starts Work In Wrong House; (Jets To Finish Job | Bedford, lnd., April 24.- (U.R) Orville Taylor, local decorator, stalled his force at papering walls of a vacant house here, hut discovered before the job was completed, he had picked- the wrong house, lie moved the force to Hie right place.'where he was found by George Harris owener of the other house, who said he had decided il needed papering and ordered Taylor to finish the work. FREDERICK PECK I CALLED BY DEATH Lifelong Resident Os Preble Township Dies Monday Evening Frederick Peck. 77 of Preble township, died at his home at 10 o’clock Monday night following an extended illness. Death was due to infirmities and complications. Mr. Peck had resided in Preble township his entire life. Frederick Peck was horn in Preble township September 6. 1850. in 1976 he was married to Catherine Spies, who preceded him in death several years ago. Mr. Peck followed the occupation of farming his entire life. Mr. Peck was u member of tile Maglev Reformed church, and was a regular attendant of that church whenever his health permitted. Surviving are the following children: Otto Peck, of Preble township; Mrs. Catherine Kruetznian, of Preble township; Mrs. Amolia Schliekman, of Decatur, and August Peck, of Preble township. Funeral services will he held Thursday afternoon at 1:45 o’clock at the home and at 2 o’clock at the Magley Reformed church. Hurial will lie made in the Magley Reformed cemetery. The Rev. Mr. (Jrethers will have charge of the services. Wren High School Commencement Friday The annual commencement exercises of the Wren, Ohio, higit school will he held Friday night. The baccalaureate service was held at the Wren I.iberal United Hrethren church last Sunday night. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Plant, pastor of thp Baptist 4chnrch near WrenBaby Bandit Steals Baby Chicks; Caught Mi. Vernon, lnd., April 24 —(U.R) — A baby bandit whose loot was baby chicks has been captured here by police, who investigated thefts from the poultry house of Louis Echnur. A 6-year-old hoy sold the chicks for 5 cents each, police saidSPRING BUILDING ACTIVITIES OPEN Two New Houses Being Erected In City; Others Are Being Remodeled Spring building activities have started in Decatur and at least two new houses ate in the process of being constructed Francis Costello city parcels post carrier, is erecting a modern eight room house on (’loss street, back of the new home built by Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Wemhoff last year. Tlip house will contain seven rooms and bath. The house will be 24 x 28 feet, two stories high and basement- it will have a hot air furnace, motor plumbing and hard wood floors downstairs Mr. and Mrs Costello hope to occupy if by August Ist. Homer Kuckenberg, an employe of the General Electric company, is building a modern bungalow on West Monroe street, west of the Samuel Butler home. The bungalow will contain five rooms and bath, with a basement under the entire house. A garage has already been erected at the rear of the lotSeveral people are remodeling their houses (his spring and a few are figuring cn building. Contractors report some building and remodeling of farm homes and indications are that before the spring season is half-way over there will be more that the usual amount of building. It is possible that a new building will be erected In the business district this year, but as yet final plans have not been approved by the lot owners.

BREMEN HELD UP j BY BAD WEATHER; REPAIRS FINISHED German Trans - Atlantic Plane Readv To Continue Flight To New York REPAIRS REACH ISLAND MONDAY l!y Paul R. Mallon, UP Staff Correspondent Washington, Apr. 24. —(U.R)— Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the Indiana Standard Oil company, today told the senate Teapot Dome committee he had been offered $759,500 of the strange Continental Trading deal of oil men in 1921. propping his formal attitude of defiance to ’ the committee, Stewart agreed to tell all he knew about the matter. He said that after the deal H. S. Osier, the Canadian organizer of the Continental company, had told him he was to get a one-fourth share out of the deal. “That was Hie first 1 knew l w’as going to gel anything,” Stewart said. Stewart said he arranged to make it. J. Barnett a trustee to take charge of these bonds in the name of the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing company and the Standard Oil company of Indiana. When the bonds came November 26, 1921. lie decided to put them in his own personal safety deposit box, Stewart said. Gets More Bonds I.ater, in 1922, Osier gave him more bonds in New York, Stewart said. This batch was delivered to Barnett, he added. Subsequently additional parcels were delivered by Osier and handled in the same way. “Those bonds were in the vaults ol' the Standard Oil Co., of Indiana until last Saturday,’’ Stewart said. “Lust (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

NEW PARK TO BE COMPLETED SOON Legion Memorial Park To Be One Os City’s Show Places When Completed Work lias been practiciUly complet ed on the Legion Memorial park, on South Winchester street. A force of men under the supervision of Atnos Fisher has been working for several weeks on tlte taßk of levelling the ground where tho old cemetery once stood. New grass will he planted throughout the park and stone walks will be placed through the park in the next few days. All work of levelling lias been completed. Mr. Fisher stalled today, and as soon as the ground gets drier tlte seed will be sown and the walks placed down. All walks in the park will lie constructed of stone, and the park will be one of the show places of Decatur as soon as tlte grass covers the entire park. Tlte park was named Legion Memorial park last year by the Decatm city council and the work has been sponsored by the Adams Post of the American Legion. BERNARD CLARK TO MANAGE CLUB Local Young Man To Have Charge Os Club House Os Decatur Country Club Bernard Clark, of this city, has assumed his duties as manager of the Decatur Country Club to succeed Roy Craig, who resigned a few days ago, Mr. Clark was selected for the ixisition Ity the owners of the Club and by tho board of governors. The club house has been completely cleaned and renovated and is ready for the membews. The basements have been cleaned and the showers have been made ready tor the golf season. Mr, Clark will reside at tlte Country Club anil will have charge of the club house, dining room and locker rooms, it was stated today. Mr. Craig has not. yet announced what he will do in the future, but at present he will continue to reside in Decatur

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Surprise Marriage i Ity#'* The new Mrs. R'ehard Barthelmess tahove), the former Mrs. Jessica Sargent of .New York, surprised everyone, even her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin U. McCullough, by tier marriage to *.!: screen idol. LIONS ARRANGE RADIO PROGRAM Decatur Club Joins With Others In Nation-Wide Hookup On Aoril 28 Dr. Burt. Mangold, president of the Decatur Lions Club, announced this morning that the local club will cooperate in the nation-wide radio party being staged for blind people by the International Association of Lions Clubs and to he released through a thirty-eight station ltook up by the National broadcasting company on April 28. The program will he ill the charge of John B. Kennedy, associate editor of Colliers’ Weekly as master of ceremonies and will include Harold Bauer, pianist, Anna Case, soprano, Edwin Grasse, violinist. Milt Gross, humorist and Irving L. Camn, president of the International Association of Lions clubs. According to Dr. Mangold, the Lions have three purposes in giving the program. “They desire to give a program of distinction to the blind people of America, numbering approximately one hundred thousand. They desire to focus attention on the welfare of tlip blind people and they desire to awaken public consciousness to the inestimable value of eye sight, and to the necessity for prevention of unnecessary blindness. We believe," continued Dr. Mangold, “that we have assembled an unusual group of artists for this program. “Anna Case, sometime called the aristocrat of the recital singers, was horn in New Jersey, and is one of the few opera stars educated entirely in the United States. Miss Case made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera company just eighteen months after having had her first music lesson, and continued for a number of years with the company playing such roles as Sophie in “Der Rosenkavalier,’’ Fedore In “Boris Goditov," Olympia in “Tales of Hoffman," Mi-mi in "La Boheme,” and Michaela in “Carmen." “Harold Bauer made his first public appearance at the age of niup years as a violinist, but soon came to the attention of Paderwski who encouraged him to study piano. His career since that time lias been one of unbroken success. He has appeared with all of the great orchestras of the world and because of his unusual talent, lias been recently made an officer of the French academy and a member of the legion of Honor by the French government. Mr. Batter founded the Beethoven Association in New York- and at the present time is president of that association, “Edwin Orases, violinist, is one of the outstanding examples of the heights to which a talent can climb even though unaided by sight. Born in 1834, Mr. Grasse studied for a time in that city, later going to Brussels where lie was an honor student. In 1902 lie made his Berlin debut. He lias played throughout the United tCONTINLEI) ON PAGE TWO)

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BANK HEAD SAYS WALB APPROVED OF HIS ACTIONS . Written Confession Os Lagrange Bank President Read Into Trial Record DECATUR GIRL IS W ITNESS IN CASE Fort Wayne, Apr. 24. —<ins>— The confession of Valentine [Weaver, president of the deI funet First National bank of Lagrange, lnd.. lhat he had forged checks and notes totalling from SIOO,OOO to $200,000 in the four-year period beginning in 192:’>,' was read by U. S. District Attorney Albert Ward, in the federal court trial here today, of Weaver and Clyde A. Walb, former Republican state chairman, charged with violating the national banking laws. The purported confession was made by Weaver to John Utt. Federal Dank examiner, at Lagrange, lnd., on October 26, 1927, two days after the First National Bank of Lagrange was closed by the examiner. Weaver’s statement hitherto had never I teen made public. Weaver's counsel asked the court that the confession he admitted into the trial records in full. Wallt’s attorneys wanted parts of it stricken out. Decatur Girl Testifies Four witnesses were called to the I stand by the government during the lorenooii session. They were: Satn- ' uel Weir, highway superintendent of Lagrange county; Edith Kesslar. of Fort Wayne, and Alma Miller, of m Decatur, a former clerk in the Walb construction company. High points in the Weaver statement Wore- that Walb knew of the forgeries being committed by V.’eav<r. that Walb was in favor of making the false entry; that Weaver warned Walt* that they would be caught.; that many of the fake entries were credited to Wallis personal brnk account, to the account of the Walb Construction company and to the account of tlte Lagrange hardware company of which Wall) was part owner. "The money was actually thrown into the companies and the false notes and entries were written to be entered into the liank's assets to cover tlte removal of the funds." Weaver silt with bowed head and white face as District Attorney Ward read from the confession. Admits Forgeries “I confess, that for four years I have forged checks to front SIOO,OOO $200,000. I have been signing other neoplea’ names to notes and placing them in the First National Bank of Lagrange, some of the credit going to the Vetter Service compartv of which I was part owner and which concern needed the money. • "I also wislt to confess that Walb knew of the forgeries and misapplications which I made and which were mostly for his benefit, and that he was in accord with the policy, although I told hint it was wrong and (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) PLAN EXCURSION TO MEANT i Moose Lodge Announces Plans For Annual Pilgrimage Sunday, May (> I > The public is invited to join the - annual pilgrimage to Mooseheart, llli- • nois. on Sunday, May 6. A special train will he run from Fort Wavne, i leaving there at 3 o’clock u.m., Sun- . ; day. and returning to Fort Wayne at . 11:15 o’clock p.nt., tlte same day. . Eleven and one-half hours will be , spent, at Mooseheart, the home for . children maintained by the Moose r lodge. t The round trip fare for those who s are not Moose is only $4.50. Members of thp Moose lodge can go for j- S 3 50 round trip. Reservations must e he made not later than May 2 and money for tlte tickets must be turned over to the secretary, Charles p Heare, or to the custodian at tlte Moose home. n Matty Moose are planning to go to p Mooseheart and a cordial invitation I is extended to tlie lodge members and J excursion'.

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