Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1928 — Page 1

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CHICAGO CLOSES IN ON GANG OF EXTORTIONISTS City’s 'War Without Mercy’ On Mafia Terrorists Appears Successful CONFESSED KIDNAPER OF ( HILI) ARRESTED By Samuel H Knott, Tip Staff Correspondent. Chicago. Oct. 1. (U.R) — Chicago's •war without mercy" on mafia terrorists and extortionists appeared successful today. Prosecutors, who for months were powerless because rtf the unwillingness of victims to seek aitl of police, announced today that the case against the kidnapers of little "Billy" Ranieri practically was complete. # With the arrest of Andrew Cappellano, who confessed he held Billy on a "kidnap farm" for 13 days Ahile ualia extortionists demanded $60,000 ransom, there remained at large only two other members of the kidnaping ring, allegedly ruled by Angelo Petitti. Other Arrests Expected Police declared that the two missing men. known as "Julio, the Ronan" and "Guido Sallustro," would be in custody by Wednesday. Andrew t'aprellano, reputed bootlegger of Bourbonais, 111., was attest ed Saturday night at the home of his brother Frank Cappellano, near Herrin, 111. He confessed reluctantly that he was the jailer who held the boy while ransom arrangements were being made with the boy's father, A. Frank Ranieri, wealthy Chicago contractor. ’Yes.” Cappellano confessed, "the kid was at my farm. Two’ men brought hint there. - — ■ "I didn't know them — either of them." he continued. "They j ust came out there with the boy and told me they'd bump me off if 1 didn’t keep him. All 1 know about them is that one of them might have .been named Frank Trusno.” Mrs. Cappellano 'ami Cappellarto's l’year-old son, Tony, ift r ested with the confessed jailer, corroborated the story The confession will l<e taken before the grand jury today by State's Attorney Samuel A. Hoffman and. Charles J. Mueller who announced they will seek indictment of the three for their share in the plot. Vising I. U. Student Located In California Fairmount, Ind.. Oct. I—fU.PJ—Milton Leer. 19, missing a week from Indiana University, where he was a student, is at the home of Marion Hill. Santa Barbara, Calif., former neighbor cf the Leer family. A telegram from the son to the parents merely stated that he is at the dill home and is well, giving no reason for his departitre from the University. A wide search had been made tor the youth. o ev - Fledderjohann To Attend Meeting Os Synod Tbe Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann left today for Terre Haute, where he will , l ‘ ll| l the Mid-West Synod of the Reformed chart h. W. SMITH TO GOTOLIGONIER Former Local Pastor To lake Ligonier Pastorate Instead Os Rochester thPn 6V ' Cecil n. Smith, pastor of cliv Q ,Wl Brethre n church in this Bi last ,hree years, has re1 the pastorate of the Rochester nd at ,! ureh ’ to *hich he was assigni ", the annual meeting of the St. three '‘° nfere,lc « of the United Bre-has->n C 1U " :I1 ’ a few we e k ß ago, and | hiireh PeP,etl the pastorate of the U. B. iird-.,.' at Llf ?onier, he announced Satthe i, venin 8- Rev. Smith stated that i>oßsihiu?< nler pastora te offers larger ; er 9s ‘bUities than the one at Rochesonm? ,®‘ nilh be £an his duties at Ligherp ’unin "t" 1 malntain his residence 8 o that i af,er t * le e'ection, he stated Rev R r v* 11 ,lot lose hiß vote - The has snp’no , nce ’ forn) erly of Fulton, the Sm,th as paator of atur U. B. church.

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Knights Os Columbus To Hold Banquet This Evening A number of reservations have been made by the members of the Knights of Columbus for the banquet to bo ( held at the Hall tonight at 6;30 o'clock. Immediately following the I banquet, the election of officers will be held. The follow Jig program has been planned: addresses by John ’ Carmody and W A Klepper; miiuslcal numbers by Mrs. 1,, a. Holthouse and Miss Charlotte .Niblick; recitation by Mary Neptune. Members who have not already made reservations may do so at the dour this evening. ' 21 ARF KILLED OVER WEEK-END Auto Accidents Responsible For Eight Deaths In Indiana i t By The United Press Twenty-one dead is the toll of vio- 1 i fence in Indiana over the week-end, ■ against twenty-two for the previous! i two-day pericd. Eight of the fatal!- ■ ties re- ulted from automobile accl- ■ ; dents. Three persons were killed near Plainfield when their auto was struck by a Terre Haute, Indianapolis &■ Eastern Traction Co., car. The dead are Hr. B F. Lehman, 60. and his wife. Mrs. Edith Lehman, Cincinnati, 0.. Mrs. Mary F. Dildine, 57, Canal Winchester, Ohio, sister of Dr. Lehman. William A Perry, 14. Indianapolis, was drowned in Fall Creek when a boat sank. Miss Velma Chaue, 38, Rushville, was killed instantly Sunday afternoon when the automobile in which she was riding crashed into the machine driven by Paul Schweikle. Connersville. Six occupants of the car in which Mrs. Shane was riding were taken to a hospital wbwe several of them wet's reported to be in a serious condition. A. B. Wall, Muncie, was killed when an automobile in which he was a passenger, was struck by a Pennsylvania train at a crossing near Muncie. Mrs. Mary Ann Jones. 72, Muncie, was killed by a Nickel Plate train when she attempted to cross tracks of the Tailroad while on her way from a grocery store. Twlia Cline, aged 1, was killed when the car in which he was an occupant, was struck by another automobile Other occupants sustained minor cuts and bruises. Miss Bobbie Owen, 22, Sidell, 111., was killed instantly at a fair at Veedersburg when a parachute in which , she cut loose from a baloon, failed , to open. She fell 2,000 feet. Luther Patterson. 35. Terre Haute, was killed when he walked into an auto driven by Charles Keifner, 52. Theodore Shaw, 55. former marshal of Orestes, ctttnmitted suicide by shooting at the home of his brother, W. 1). Shaw, in Orestes. He had been in ill health. Mrs. Carl Winiger, 32, was killed instantly Saturday night when a buggy in which she and a son were riding was struck by an automobile driven by Merrill Snethen, 24, Evansville. The son was seriously injured. Harry Laughrun. 47, Lebanon barber, killed himself by jumping from a second story window of a bank building. His neck was broken. No motive for the suicide has been disclosed. John Kinread. 57, Crawfordsville, committed suicide by hanging in a barn at his home. Worry over death of a daughter is believed to have prompted the suicide. Florence Benjamin, 2, Monticello, is dead as result of accidental hanging. Her head was caught in the rope of a swing while, at play. ■■%«>. —o Fire Damages House In Berne Sunday Afternoon Berne, Ind.. Oct. I.—(Special)—Fire ■ of unknown origin, which apparently , started in the kitchen of the Ceasar . Brandt home on Franklin street, • shortly after 3 o’clock Sunday ai'ter- . noon, did damage estimated at between five and six hundred dollars. - Mr. and Mrs. Brandt and daughter I were out walking at the time. The . fire was first discovered by Jacob • Gerber, a neighbor, who turned in the alarm. The loss was fully covered by ' Insurance. ' —o • City Firemen Extinguish Grass Fire At Noon Today i The fire department was called to , South Winchester street today noon, t to' extinguish a grass fire along the G. R. and I. railroad.

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COMMISSIONERS RECEIVE REPORTS Quarterly Reports Os Various County Officials Are Approved The county commissioners met in regular session this morning ami devoted the forenoon to cheeking up and allowing hills and approving quarterly reports filed by the differ- I ent county officials. The following county officers filed their reports for the quarter ending October 1, 1928: Harl Hollingsworth, county sheriff, fees collected $350.67; John E. Nelson, county'clerk, fees collected Hwlmlmg $64 for marriage licenses; Ed Green, county recorder, fees collected, $350.75. The recorder's report showed that 104 deeds had been filed during the quarter. A year ago the receipts of the county recorder were $419.85 and in 1926 they were $561.25. Harvey La Fountaine, superintendent of the county infirmary, also filed his report of receipts and disbursements. There are 35 inmates at the county infirmary, 25 men and 10 women. One person was admitted during the quarter. Martin Jaberg, county auditor, tiled his report which was approved. The specifications for printing and office supplies were adopted by the commissioners. Bids will be received by the board at the December meeting. o CHILD POISONED BY FRUITs DIES Wells County Child Dies Enroute To Hospital; Two Sisters Are 11l Bluffton, Oct. 1. — (U.R)— Lawrence E. Osborn. 4-yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Osborn, residing southwest of Bluffton near Liberty Center. died Saturday night while being brought to the Wells County hospital. The child was believed to be suffering from acute indigestion, but physicians later decided that he had been poisoned by fruit which he had eaten while attending the street fair-here Saturday. Two sisters of the dead child, Ida May and Mary Ann, later took violently ill and they were rushed to the hospital here. Their condition was reported improved today. Two other girls in the family and the parents escaped the poisoning. Butler And Kern Dissolve Partnership The firm of Butler and Kern, composed of Clyde Butler and Herb Kern, local garage owners, was dissolved today. Through the arrangement Mr. Butler becomes sole owner of the garage at 201 South First street, which the firm has owned for several years, and Mr. Kern becomes sole owner of the garage at the corner of Second and Jackson streets, also owned by the firm for several years. Mr. Kern has b’een in charge of the latter garage atftl Mr. Butler has been operating the one on South First street for the last few years. Mr. Kern's father, T. D. Kern, will be associated with him in the garage business.

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Houghton To Run For Senatorship In New York London. Oct. I—(U.R)1 —(U.R) -United States I i ambassador Alanson B. Houghton an l ! nounced today he would accept the i Republican Senatorial candidacv in New Yolk state and would return ' h me as soon as he could settle ottt-j standing matters in the embassy here Houghton did not indicate whether he contemplated resigning as ambassador. He was nominated at Syracuse N. Y., Saturday. ■ — ' — oMRS. H. A. FRISTOE DIES SUDDENLY Former Decatur Resident Dies At Home In Rochester Early Today Mrs. H. A. Fristoe, 63, former resident of this city, died suddenly at 3 o'clock this morning at her home in Rochester. The cause of her death has not been learned here. Mrs. Fristoe had been enjoying good health and was feeling well yesterday, according to word received here. When she retired last night, she complained .of her throat hurting, however. Belle Merris Fristoe was born in Pleasant Mills, in October, 1864. She was married to H. A. Fristoe, of this city, several years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Fristoe resided in Decatur for many years and then moved to Geneva. About fifteen years ago. they moved to Rochester, where Mr. Fristoe operates a variety store. Mrs. Fristoe is survived by the husband and one daughter, Miss Margaret Fristoe, who is instructor of physical training in ! Western College, at Oxford, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Fristoe visited here during Old Home Week. Funeral arrangements have not been learned here. 0 —4 — Don Leßrun Pledged To Sigma Chi At Ohio State Don Leßrun, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Leßron, of this city, lias been pledged to the Sigma Chi fraternity at Ohio State university, Columbus, O, wljere he enrolled as a freshman this fall. D. H. S, CLASSES ELECT OFFICERS Freshmen And Sophomores Organize Today; Class Guardians Named The freshman ami sophomore classes of Decatur high school held meetings today and elected officers for the year. The seniors and juniors had previously held their elections. The freshman class had a class meeting this afternoon during which the following officers were elected' president, Ina Anderson; vice-presi-dent, Mary Madelaine Coverdale; secretary, Rudolph Brandyberry< treasurer, Ethel Shady. Miss Jeanette Clark was chosen as class guardian. The following sophomore officers 1 were elected this morning: president. Monte Leßrun; vice-president, James Engeler; secretary, Esther Sunderman; treasurer, Edward Musser. Coach Max Kidd was ch. wn as class guardian.

HOOVER CARDS MORE SPEECHES G. O. P. Candidate Plans To Speak Five More Times Before Election Day By Paul R. Mallon, TP Staff CorresiKindent. Washington, Oct. 1. —(U.R)—Herbert Hoover has pruned down the ambitious plans of his leaders for an extensive campaign speaking tour and has tentatively adopted a schedule calling for five more speeches before election day. The schedule as it has been worked out so far would provide the following engagements: Oct. 6 — Elizabethton. Tenn. Oct. 13—New York City. Oct. 25. —Boston. Nov. 3—A speech in the midwest — probably at Minneapolis, St. Paul, Kansas City or Omaha. Nov. 5 Palo Alto, his California home, election eve, to be broadcast over a national network. Additions or changes may be made in the program before it is announced officially, but Hoover believes the tentative schedule will sufficently take care of the ground he must cover before election. His Elizabethton speech will aid the strenuous efforts of his managers to carry the home state of his Democratic opponent. The Boston address jCOW’mi ri> w<»; ANOTHER HELD FOR AUTO THEFT Former Indianapolis Traffic Inspector Arrested; 17 Now Accused Indianapolis, Oct. 1 -(U.R) Mitchael J. Glenn, former Indianapolis traffic inspector, submitted to attest at the U. S. Marshal’s office today upon a Federal grand jury indictment, returned last week charging him with participating in disposal of an alleged stolen automobile. This was cne of the indictments in the grout* growing out of the investigation of the interstate automobile theft ring. i Glenn's arrest brought the total of those under bend still in custody in the automobile theft inquiry to 17. Tdo indicted were being sought. W. Lee Smith, former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, charged with being in the general theft conspiracy, obtained Liberty under $25,000 surety bond late Saturday after having been in Mari n county jail two days. Robert F. McNay, Former Klan Titan. Dr. Fred Benzer. Terre Haute, Bertram Lihowitz, and William Laffey were defendants who remained in jail unable to provide $25,000 bonds. Q M. E, Sub-District Meeting To Be Held At Mount Hope A meeting of the Decatur sub-district of the Methodist church will be. held at the Mount Hope church. Wednesday evening, starting at 7:30 o'clock. A pot-luck supper will-be held at 6:30 o’clock. The public is invited and everyone is asked to bring a well-filled basket of food. A playlet, entitled, "Christ on the Indiana Road," will be given during the evening.

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i|Sen. Robinson Campaigns In Opponent’s Home State Wichita, Kan., (tit. 1 (U.R) -Senator Joseph T, Robinson brought his campaign for the vice-presidency into (he home stale of his Republican op ponent. Senator Charles Curtis, today. In his opening Kansas address here tonight, Robinson is expected to make a plea L r farm support. Robinson arrived here yesterday from Columbia, Mo. He is expected Io attack tile Republican fai m record in an effort to swing the dissatisfied farm votes to the Dem<a ratio e. lunin. RURAL TEACHERS TO ATTEND MEET Schools Os County To Close For Two-Day Convention In Fort Wayne The rural schools of Adams county will be dismissed ou Thursday aud Friday, October 18 and 19. to permit the teachers to attend the annual convention of the Northeastern Indiana Teachers Association, in Fort Wayne, according to a decision reached today at the regular monthly meeting of the county board of education. All members of the hoard attended the meeting, which was held in the office of the county superintendent, Clifton f Striker, in the court house. The board of education decided that the teachers should be paid for the two days they attend the Fort Wayne convention and that the two days should be counted as rgeular school days, it not being necessary to make make up the time. Several noted persons will appear on the program of the teachers' convention, among whom will be Dr. Willis A. Sutton, superintendent of schools at Atlanta. Georgia; Dr. E. B. Bryan, president of Ohio University, and Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, of the Methodist Episcopal church. The question of supply teachers was discussed by the board this morning, also. Mrs. T. B. Rhoades, of Geneva, has been named supply teacher of domestic science and English. .and Mrs. M. A. Clem, of I nion township, was chosen supply teacher for the grade schools. Others will be named later, Mr. Striker stated. o Red Cross Relief Fund Total Reaches $24.62 The total amount contributed to the fund being raised by the Adams county chapter of the Red Cross, for the relief of hurricane victims in Florida anil Porto Rico, today mounted to $264.62. The contributions reported today were: Previous donations $215.12 Hattie S. Obenauer 5.00 C. E. Bell 5.00 \ Friend ............50 Mount Pleasant School 2.50 Jacob Fuelling . 1.90 Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith 5.00 Mary Callow 100 Mrs. Henry Adler 100 Geo. (>gg - 50 Mrs. Harve Baker 100 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Beineke 2.00 I. O. O. F. Geneva, Ind 10.00 F. & A. M. No. 62, Geneva, Ind. 15.00 I $264.62 > o Schlee And Brock Are Nearing New Record San Diego, Calif., Oct. 1. — (U.R) — i Edward F. Schlee, oil millionaire, and - William S. Brock, veteran Detroit ‘ pilot, circled over entire southern California today well on their way tof ward a new world's sustained Hight ’ record. 5 The famous around-the-world fliers passed the 48 hour maik at 8:40 a. m., 1 central standard time today. Their ’ Bellanca plane apparently was tunc- ' Honing perfectly. ' The present mark of 65 hours and 25 1 minutes is held by Johann Rispicz and Wilhelm Zimmerman, German aviators, and to break the existing record, ' Brock and Schlee must remain in the I air 66 hours and 25 minutes. o Mrs. Louisa C. Nutter Dies In Wells County Bluffton, Oct. 1. —(U.R) —Mrs. Louist (. C. Nutter, 72, widow of Lewis A.« Nut ( ] ter. died at 4 a. m. at her home, It miles southwest of Bluffton today : She was a native of Adams county 0 Her husband died four years age ,1 He was Wells county coinfiiissione d for four years. Four children sui I, vive. Funeral services will be hßb e Wednesday afternoon at o'clock a the Airline church.

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SPEAKS TONIGHT AT CONVENTION : OF DEMOCRATS Democratic Presidential Candidate Satisfied With Western Tour TAKES HAND IN NAMING SUCCESSOR By Thomas L. Stokes, ' UP Staff Correspondent Rochester, N. Y„ Oct. I.—(U.R) I—Governor Alfred E. Smith came back to his home state, minus his brown derby, but ' armed with the assurances of many western Democratic leaders that, his campaign of the west was a complete success. Rochester turned out in droves to welcome the presidential candidate. He was met at the station at 9:30 and headed a parade through the city to the Hotel Seneca. Confers With Leaders Governor .Smith went into conference immediately with state leaders of the Democratic convention to select a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination to oppose Albert Ottinger, whom the republicans nominated Saturday. In this move the presidential candidate will demonstrate he is still boss in his own state when he says the word about the man who shall succeed him. Smith will address the convention tonight over a national hookup, and ! will issue a call for Democratic forces . to rally for battle which promises to be a stiff one. There are 45 electoral votes at stake in New York, more j. than half as many votes as are east by all of the western states which Smith visited in his tour. j Smith got a warm response when he waved his grey Fedora, which dis- ( placed the brown derby he gave away , Sunday in Milwaukee. Smith returned highly satisfied over ’ his western campaign. "I think 1 have talked pretty plainly on the ! issues that I took up, and the talks . were very effective,” he said. , "I judge that by the large number of telegrams that keep following this train and by what 1 hear from the people listening in on the radio. "I think the people of this country ! are fed up on set speeches with meaningless phrases. There is no doubt 1 about that. ( "I think it is an innovation to them ' to talk right out, talk plainly and i give them, as I put it at SI. Paul, the • 'low-down' on the situation. They • never get that in set speeches." Campaign directors regard a vic- ! tory as depending upon carrying at I least a few farm states. Montana ) and Wisconsin seem likely prospects I for the Democrats. It appears the ) battle will be closely fought in most I of the others. ) i M. E. Church Conference Meets At Terre Haute i 1 Terre Haute. Ind . Oct. I—(U.R1 —(U.R) — At--1 tendance of 250 was expected here ’ Tuesday at the annual meeting of the ’ Northwest Indiana conference. Methodist Episcot»al church. ’ Among the speakers will be Bishop Edgar Blake, of Indianapolis; Bishop John L. Neulsen, Geneva, Switzerland, ■ anil G. Btoxnani. president of DePauw University and of the conference. : SUGAR FACTORY TO OPEN SOON • -- i Local Mill To Start Work October 15 If Enough Beets Are Received d The big mill of the Holland St. Louis ! Sugar company, in this city, will open ’ about October 15, it was stated today. e Farmers are asked to lift the beets by October 8. The weigh stations will open on October 10, throughout the territory, and as soon as a sufficient, supply of beets are received the mill ' will begin operation. Beet growers are urged to take ad- '* vantage of the present good weather and lift, the beets as soon as possible. •*' Men will be in charge of the weigh '• stations and will be ready to receive )’• the beets on and after October 10. °- Approximately 8,000 acres of beets ?r were grown for the local sugar mill f- this year. The crop, although not as Id large as in former years, is believed al to be good in that the sugar content is high.

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