Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1928 — Page 1

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HOPES FOR EARLY FARM RELIEF FADE

KppQSITION TO [ J.NTI-WAR PACT I IS DEVELOPS ■cndtor .lames A. Reei Leading Opposition To Kellogg Treaty Lot bt EXISTS IN J MINDS OF SEVER XI gHt By Paul R. Mallon, lißl i p Stuff Correspondent W. jiinglon, Dec. 6. — u.K> An ha ~izc(l bill nevertheless threaten ,qq.>ositl<>n to the Kellogg ■mt nealy hits suddenly found bi" Kl the senate. MS 11,, w formidable it will grow re tn be developed. Al present i ■*„ ui ts to a determined stand aaai e. treaty by Senators .lames Ree< IHu Ml"' 111 I. "till a don I Hie aiim IM half a dozen other senators with I fill have to he dissipated if tlie treat? I, to get tlie overwlielming majority L raliftialien Its adherents expected Kellogg To Answer Questions RH Secretary of State Kellogg lias heel e to appear before it tomorrow K, mi effort to straighten the matter Hf Read has tuken the position that nealy would ultimately put the WVnited States into the world court the hack door.” Some others of old band of "irreconcilables ' who Bjoiight the League of Nations in THIS this same view. Others warn laioyv if the reservations will suf Anciently protect the Monroe doctrine, Johnson of California and ■Mos.-s of New Hampshire aie underto be particularly anxious to Hearn whether some further reserve Btions are necessary. SI Even some of (he democratic supKpnrters of Wilsonian foreign policies Hee doubtful about the advisability of ■ tlie treaty. ■ — o-j Ship Reported In Distress Oil Florida | i Washington, Dee. G— (U.RT— An it’dH'dentifiAd ship was reported in e<m«t ■■guard advices today to he in itm>.“' ■I«lf Midiiout ne Reach Fin. t That city’s commissionvrs advised ■ they hoard two explosions Mid .tttcrB ward saw flames shooting aboxe th" 1 ■ vessel which lay throe t«o four miles ■< es shore. A message ILwm Hie sleatHSler Beacan I.felrt x-rid the roeamtw Mi ■ I Be latrlnga was proceeding t ■ tl*> ■| tmhler. Tied ship's icssistaneo. MURDER SUSPECT : BEING RETDRNEB c Alleged Slayer Os Elfrieda Knaak En Route To Illinois From Texas s San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 6 U.R) ter repudiating his "confession" that he (mt ,ied Miss Elfrieda Knaak in the Lake Bluff, 111., police Ration, Ezra McVeigh alias James Keley. toda.i was on the way back to Lake Ernest, ill., to fate a charge of slugging a school toiler. "I have accomplished my purpose. McVeigh said as he left here. "I've brought all the disgrace I can on my brother and aunt." McVeigh said his relatives would not take him into their home some lime ago when he had suffered a nervous breakdown. Instead he said, they had him committed to an him "I've got my revenge. I'm satisfied, he said. He did not deny, however, that he slugged Miss Edna Kelly, Lake Forest school teacher. He is being taken back tc face trial by Lake Forest chief of police. The prisoner's repudiation did not shade Tiffany's opinion that MiAeig i knows too much about the basement of the Lake Bluff police station where Miss Knaak was burned. Tiffany said that the suspect described details of liie basement that could not have been gained by reading newspaper President Coolidge Td Visit Indiana Feb. 25 Indianapolis, Dec. 6. —(U.R) —President Calvin Coolidge will be present at the dedication of the George Rogers Clark memorial at Vincennes, February 25, it was announced al the meeting of the council of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution here today.

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Left Two Shirt Studs * .-BU" * G I:' • V-- I * Hr mH 1,1 '" lit '■ W"’ 11 & Si’ 0,, ' « a- . tt Slut hoi n loyalty of a son f r his 1 mother cost Allan A. Ryan (above) it more than ssii,Mli,l)(M), it became e known when will of late Thomas t Fortune Ryan was filed for orobate. if After disposing of estate totaling o roughly $25».(Mt0,tH16, the will add--: k "I give and bequeath my white pearl i shirt studs to tny son. Allan A Ryan" ONE HUM ■ ATTEND BANQUET s “ ’ ’ Fathers And Sons. Os Reformed Church Have Enjoyable Evening ! Moro than one hundred men and boys frere in attendance at tlie Father t and Son banquet held at the Zion Re- ’■ formed ehurch last night. Al 6 o'clock, liie fathers, together with i their sons, took places at tlie banquet '• tables in tJie dining room. The din- ? ing rinun wus appropriately decorated s in Christmas effect, being centered by ' a beautiful lighted Christmas tree. A delicious t-wo-cours® ditimw, prefiared ' l*y the knifes wf the chur< h. was served. Tlie menu consisted of roast pork, Htatdied pirtafoes, gta-vy, dressing, escalloped certt. pWtles. bread, ♦iiittei:. iee-ciia-m. cak, twid coffee, M. F. Worthmaa introduced the ! chairman of Hie progPM-n weimnitt-ee, J. 11. Graber, who tewk cdta-rge es the arranged program. A dialogue, entitled. "Fathers and Sens,” was giwn by Chalmer Fisher and the Rev. A. R. > Fledderjohann, accompanied Ixy Miss Mildred Worthman at the piano Ferd 1, Bitterer and M. F, Worth-man each gave a short talk in behalf ol tlie men. Russell Jaberg ami Ed Musser each spoke ill behalf of the boys. Little ' Holden Rupnow also gave an appro- ■ priate short talk. i The Rev. F. H. Rupnow, of Fort Wayne, who led in tlie opening pray- , er also gave a masterful and stirring t address on tlie subject,. On the Thrones of the Fathers.” The speak- ' er took as a basis for his talk tlie his--1 tory of the Old Testament kings. He ■ said in part: “Solomon received the treasury of I the world but he left nothing but ■ debts: lie had great wisdom lint he • was unwise in his moral living, lltere should be something worth whi’e in every father’s throne that he leaves behind. There are thrones which fathers leave behind upon which sons ■ must look witli misgiving, upon which - they must look with disgrace and upon which they cannot hope to build. The question for the sons is whether they will build the thrones of 11 ie» fathwp or is it necessary to reconstitute (item? "Shall they destroy them or will they en'arge them? A hero never makes an excuse. An honorable son will never say, 'I never had a chance. 1 knew a man who left behind a drunkard’s life lull whose seven sons rose to honor, respect and success. They reconstituted lhe throne that their father had destroyed. “There are two great needs: first, that fathers leave behind a worthwhile throne—a throne of honor, respect and that of a moral spiritual Christian character. Second, that sons ' build and enlarge that throne of their ‘ father. To do this, there is but one 1 way and that is to be UOA tNLED Ok PAGE THREE)

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SUGAR FACTORY COMPLETES RUN Toi<l Os 10,285,(MM) Pound* Os Sugar Made; Prodaction Below Average The amni.rl imii a-l the l-lothiird St. L ihh Sjfg.ir coni-pairy's Ikieloiy is «ompleted and the fdrea mnhw Hue lioHers !-:-.ivi l>< ui , Kiwn During th.e campaign ■ 11k,2N5,0.(tf) pounds of sugar were made I Tliie bi'wdiK-tien w lower than th' l to I lit! eulput for several yeats past. The j beet cri+p was not as large mt in frr-I i mer years and the sugar content wtw not np to average. z” he st'eiiriirg of contracts for raising bee!- ih 1929 will start after the first I of Hie year, H. R. Tuttle, miperiiitendent of the local plant, stated t day. Tlie new contracts will lie announced shortly, but as far as known there will not lie any change in them, the price remaining the same. Tlie annual run at the sugar factory was shorter this year than in previous yeat s. The mill opened al>. ul the middle of October and the last of the beets found their way through the mill .'he middle of last week. o , Judge Is Appointed For | Vanderburgh County Court < Indianapolis. Dee 6. U.R) Edwin ' C. Henning. Evansville, has been appointed judge of the Vanderburgh county superior court, following tlie , resignation of Judge Edgar Durre. . Tlie change becomes effective lan. I. Judge Durre's resignation was submitted because he had accepted a position as counsel for an Evansville bank. Program For Concert By Junior Band Announced . Pr f. Dave Rice, dlreVtor of the Decatur YiinTor TiamTT Today annonnenrt the program for the free public concert to be given by the band in the Decatur high school auditorium, Sunday after--1 no:n, at 2:15 o'clock. The program is • as follows: March —A true American by Beyer Overture —Harmony Queen, by t'oate ’ Adoration -Flower Song, by Bernard Sabbath ("limes —Reverie, by Forest A tone p. em Twilight in the Mountains, by Weber. Plantation Songs—by Beyer Trio —Elegy, by Massenet, Loriue. Irene, and Irma Kirchner Sax Solo Fair Rostmirin. by Fritz Krelslei. Violet Squire. Sox Solo. Ixihi, by Cajirice Frnneotee, Aidene Hecker. Fimri—St-ar Spanflle-d Banner, ICeyas B. C. STEPHENSON IS INTERVIEWED Attorney Confers With ExGrand Dragon Regarding Motion For New Trio! Michigan City, Ind.. Dee. 6. —(U.R) - Felix Blanketibaker, Terre Haute, attorney for D. C. Stephenson, former Ind ana, Klan dragon. Interviewed the former klan official at the Indiana state prison he{e again today, prior to the presenting fit an appeal at Noblesville for a new trial for Stephenson. Blankenbaker intimated that he would confer with Stephenson again tomorrow. Blankenbalrer contends that the former klan head neVA*r had a trial under lhe constitution and that Hiram Evans, imperial w'.zard of the Ku Klux Klan, caused Stephenson's imprisonment, it was said here. The attorney said that he would file a petition for a writ of coram nobis at Noblesville within a few weeks. Stephenson was sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged pjurder of Madge Oberholtzer, Ind'atiapolis I. o—————— Berne Mail Carrttr Has Automobile Accident Berne, Dec. 6. — (Special) — Simon Lehman, a rural mail carrier, escaped serious injury, Monday morning, when his Ford automobile turned over seven miles east of Berne, near the Sam Egle farm. Mr. Lehman glanced down to sort some mail while his car was in motion, and in the meantime the machine swerved toward a ditch. A passerby assisted Mr. Lehman in righting his car again and he continued on his route. The car was not badly damaged.

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Ask County To Repair Rural Church “So We Can Hold Funerals In It" f'oliimbiis, Iml . Dec. (> —.'U.R)' Barth i oAtiimw county commissioners have been asked b? ■■•iiiali of Hie Little Hawcreet Baptist < hureh. north of Ihipe, to appropriate $125 for repair to the Imlidliig so "w-e ca-u hold funerals in it." The building was damaged Miree yeans ago w.ben do, nu-m-lie was used In clearing the wn.v fur a eotm-ty road. HOOVER rm : LEAVES PERU ,—. ■ ■ — Antofagasta, Chile, Is Next Stop On President-Elect’s Goodwill Tour Aboard the TL S. S. Maryland, Dee. ti. — (U.R) F're.sident-elect Herbert Hoover bade farewell to Peru the second of the South American coun‘lies to be visited on his Latin American tour —at 2 A M. today. Several thousand persons gathered at the docks and enthusiastically cheered Hie Hoover party as it left m launches for the Maryland, anchrred in the harbor. All of the ships in the Callao harbor were brilliantly lighted and a i fireworks display was held on the shore when the party arrived from Lima, the capital, eight miles distant. The party witnessed the farewell ceremonies from the bridge and decks. Chile Next Stop The next stop of the Maryland will be made at Antofagasta, Chile, where a mission representing the Bolivian government will take lunch üboaid the vessel and confer with Mr. Hoover. Due to the liiuit of time, the American president-elect was unable to accept the Bolivian government's invitation Io visit LaPaz. the capi'al, but felt that even a brief conference w'th government officials would be helpful. An Inca robe, discovered recently In excavating an am-lent tomb, v.as presented to Mr. Hoover by Presi dent Augusto B. Legiua of Peru. Archaelog sts plqce its age at 2,000 years. Another priceless gift from the ancient Inca ruins was a solid gold rtiask. ■ o— ————• Body Os Murdered Man Is Found In Swampland New York Dec. 0 U.RI The body of Joseph Storelli, 7. who was murdered and buried in tlie uirodow swampland near Secaucus. N. J., was found by detectives today. The dut.eelivas begun searching for the body at dawn after they had re-eelv-ed word from Detroit police that Peter Kmlttinowski had confessed to kidnapping the boy. slashing his throa-t, and hurling tlie body from lhe Su-stpitdranna brittgo. A 0 x H-Xle-mbers Os The GOOD FELLOWS CLUB (if Decatu-r • The Good Fellows Club, spoils red by the Delta Theta Tan sorority for the purpose of providing a merry Christmas for the needy children cf the city, started off nicely today, with a total of $36.65 contributed. Contribution boxes are located in the Daily Democrat cffice and the Old Adams County bapk. Today's contributions: Delta Theta Tan $25.00 Psi lota Xi 10.00 Lawrence Voglewede I CO Friend .25 Friend 40 Ttoal $36.65 15 AVNAXS Gqod BuY • YmviNus • are -> ■ te ==s4ii^/// Z4

SEVERRI RillED ” IN KN EXQLUSION Three Buildings In Populous Part Os New York Citv Are Demottlithed New York, Bee. 6.—-(U.K)-- An expl» si’sn dcimili-shod three squat buildings in the upper east side -tlie second most thickly populated district in New Y ork City today, with u ecu siderable loss es life. Shortly before 2 o’dtock p in. I police suid four bodies had been re I covered. Several persons were injured and some were rejiorted missing. The ordination of the explosion, which occhred in tlie <>ne-atory plant f the K 11 All Disinfectant company, was undetermined Its force was so great that two adjidning one-story buildings were destroced. Persons walking along nearby streets were knocked to the sidewalks. Windows in business houses were shattered. Greencastle Man To Address Teachers Alfred E Pitkin, of G-eencastle, will be the principal speaker al the monthly institute of lhe Adams county rural school teachers, to he held at I the Monroe school building, next Saturday. Mr. Pitkin will speak during the forenoon session. The group meetings will be held timing the morning, a’so. and the extension < lasses will meet during Hie afternoon 1 o Pinchot Says Politics Hampers Prohibition Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 6. (U.R) — Fred of politics, prohibition in the I'nited States could be enforced better than it is today with half the money and halt the men, Gifford Pinehot, former governor of Pennsylvania: tnlcf'Ttm area men s counsel of the Methodist Episcopal chut eh here. “Prohibition enforcement hinges on he president," Pinchot declared, "and he I nited States has never had a president determined to enloree the law." Race Driver’s Wife Sues For A Divorce Indianapolis, Ind.. Dec. 6. — (U.R) — Charging cruel treatment and naming a co-respondent. Mrs. Helen A. schneidei wife of Louis F. Schneider well 1 noun autoui Idle race driver ‘i!ed sun for divorce iu superior court today. ALLEGED RtNf YEGGS iGENTIFIED Cashier Os Sulphur Springs, Ind,, Bank Identifies Four Suspects Nt five; r.ft.lv. Did., Dec 6 <U.R) Four mem, Patil Mwler, Nrocasllr; WttHam and Forrest BrigiFt. asi-d l&tescd Jolrnson, all of Anderson, have been identified by Louis Wampler, caslder of the Peoples’ Bank at Sulphur Springs. Ind., as the bandits who robbed the institution Nov. 27, according to po lo'.ce. Tlie four were recently arrested at Detroit. Wampler, who was wounded during the robbery, was brought to the jail where lie identified each bandit ami related to police each part the bandits played in the robbery. “You shot me," the cashier said, according to police', as lie pointed at William Bright. “You boys better ■ome clean if you know what i good for you," Wampler said. Wampler had previously identHc ii Everett Savage, Andeffcon, as a fifth member of the alleged gang. The bandits refused to make a statement following the identification. The confession of Savage a’so involved the alleged bandits in the robbery of the Trainor Spring Company here, in which sl. "Hl was obtained. Official of the company identified the men, police said. Sheriff Ed Campbell, Marlon, visited pc men here in an effort to link thtw witli Lhe SIO,OOO robbery of a payroll in Gas City. The men were arrested in Detroit Monday and an investigation of their apartment revealed seven shotguns, five revolvers, three rilles and 2,000 rounds of amunition. They were to be arraigned in < circuit court here today, charged with Jobbery.

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She’s From Missouri ... 1 • K '' ! '» ■' ; .-■ ■ » f Miss Grayce Schoonover, formerl? of Mexico, Mo., who was selected as reign'ng queen of beauty at the an | nual Texas Slate Fair hold in Dallas. There were many Lone Star entries! in lhe contest, but Missouri won 1 first place. GENEVA WOMAN EXPIRES TODAY — Mrs. John Brown, 74, Dies Os Paralysis Early This Morning Geneva, Ind. Dee. 6 —(Specialinr. Mrs. John Brown. 74. died ai 1 o'clock his mcining, Thursday. December 6. ■ 1928 death being due to paralysis Mrs. Brown suffered a sticke of paralysis | about a week ago, and since that t'nu | had been under the care of a trained nurse. Mrs. Brown has spent the majoj portion cf her life in Ceylon, and was an active membei of the Methodist Episcopal church. She is survived by her husband and lhe following sons and daughters: Harvey and Harry Brown. | of Geneva, Mia. Harry Moore, if ('ev ! lon. and Mis. Wes Dunwiddie, of Ge , neva. Mrs. Roy Ruckey, an adopted ! daughter , resides in Geneva Funeral arrangements have been , made. New License Plates To Go On Sale December 15 Indlanap.lis, Dec. 6 —(U.R> -Indiana Automobile license plates will be placed on sale in the statehouse basement Dee. 15. Mark H Rhoads, head of lhe liCdtiHing depart meat in the office of Secretary of State Otto G Fifield in mntneed t day. No aales ean be made legally before I th;rt date Rhoads said. Iteginning JttH. 1. the departin'nt will aptuxue 116 brauelies throaitbocrt thr ;-o.it". Rhoads annonoi ■ <1 Q — Marion Slayer To Enter Insanity Plea Marion, Ind., Dec, 6. (U.R' —Attorneys for David Harvey, 60, charged with first degree murder in the -lay ing of Deputy Sheriff Fred Certain and Constable Frank I'ry here September 8, aupounced today that the.' Would etiUi a plea of insanity for their client iu circuit court here Wednet da? PropoMs Recodification Os Indiana Motor Laws its' Imiianapoiji, Dee, 6. U.R) Recodlhcatlon of innto: laws for Indiana and an automobile drivers’ license law have been proposed by Mark W. Rhoaib' , ehtOf of the automobile license division. Rhoades said that various organizations interested in vehicle regulation probably would be consulted before the bill is drafted. Rhoades explained that lhe bill is proposed as a safety precaution. Railload Company Broadcasts The Nickel Plate railroad company has inauguiated a series of weekly radio ptograms, which will be broadcast ftoin station WTAM in Cleveland each Thursday from 7:30 to 8 o’clock eastern standard time. The program: consist of music.

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COMMITTEE IN HOUSE UNABLETU ADOPT PROGRAM Chairman Haugen, Os Agricultural Committee, Secs Small Chance For Bill SPECIAL FARM RELIEF SESSION IS FAVORED Washington, Dec. o.—— j The house agricultural commitj tee failed today to adopt a prwjgram for farm legislation al the short session of congress. Chairman Haugen announced, after the executive meeting, “very grave doubt as to the poHHibility of an adequate bill being pasHed this Mens ion wuh expreHsed by members of the committee.” Committee To Meet Again He said another committee conference would be held later to adopt u definite program Haugen suggested that the necesa- ! tty for hearings on both farm relief and tariff would prevent legiHlativa ' action on these measures at the short session, and Rep Williams, Repn., 111., said members seemed to agree farm relief would have to go to a special session of congress. Haugen suggested the new McNary senate farm relief bill does not suffice "to make the tariff effective on farjn proJ ducts " Says Shumaker’s Offense W as Crime Against State Indianapolis, Dec. 6. (U.R) —Contemp( of the state supreme court, for winch Dr. Edward 8. Shumaker. Indiana Anti Saloon League superlntensentence"'! to ths Indiana state fa m, "was a crime against rhe "tate and not against tbe court" and Governor Ed Jackson was within his | onstitutional authority in pardoning him." the brief filed today in Shu- : maker's behalf argued. The brief, filed by Ethan A Miles, attorney for the dry leader, was in suppo. t of Shumaker's demurrer to the slate farm to serve a 60 day sentence imposed by the supreme court. Shumaker paid a fine of $250 and | costs when Governor Jack-ton's pardon liberated him after four hours imprisoument, Oct. 1 KING'S CONDITION IMPROVES SLOWLY Temperature Is Lower And Infection Is Becoming More Localized l.ondon. Dec. 0 — (U.R) Hing George's g< neral eowditkm (a iuipittving slowly, aa official hu-Hetln issued at Buckinghtim paliree SB'd today. ■i u n ■' o io tentpceatuße woe lower hi ap>rni:(g, The birilethi stud: “Tlie king pa-sed a firir ou lit anti his tenifierature this morning Is lowtii- general condition ia improving slowly and the infective process which remains severe is becoming more localized. z ■(igti 'd. Stanley Hewett, "Duww n of Penn ” Th" leu •• atmosphere which followed the distinct feeling of pessimism last night was dispelled by this morn'ng’s news from the sickroom. Clearing and more mild weather attracted a slightly larger crowd to the front of the palace this morning and approximately 150 U witnessed the ' changing of the palace guard with the usual light music. Queen Mary has cancelled the 1 f 'hrl s'nias celebrations at Sandring- ’ ham due to the king's illness. The Prince of Wales and his brother, the ■ Duke of Gloucester, are hurrying ir different directions with the same - objective in view. The Prince o’ i Wales has sailed from Adan, Arabia ■ for Suez and the Duke of Glouceste ■ is speeding across South Africa so r Capetown— both intent on reachint their father's bedside. The prince will reach Suez for hi ovei'and trip to Alexandria Frida y n'ght about the same time that th y duke reaches Capetown to take til 1- fast mail boat for London. Fro: <1 Alexandria, the prince will he take t, across the Mediterranean on a Bri ,s ish warship, thence by special tral to Calais and by destroyer to Dove

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