Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1928 — Page 1
WEATHER Mostly cloudy toniflht and Saturday. [Slightly colder to[night-
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[SEEK TRIAL OF | ALBERT FALL ON I BRIBERY CHARGE Kovcrnment Attorneys File I Motion To Trv Former Secretary Os Anterior ■’(INTEND FALL TOOK BRIBE OF SIOO,OOO | Washington, Dec. 14.— (U.R)— ■A motion to try former Secretary of Interior Albert B. Fall ■on a charge of bribery in connection with his Elk Hills oil ■ease to Edward L. Doheny, Los Ktngeles oil man, was presented Ko the District of Columbia suipreme court today. ■ The motion was filed by Atlee Pom■erene, special government counsel, lend U. S. Attorney Leo A. Rover. A Iheai ing will be sought Dec. IS. II The government contends Fall re■reived SIOO,OOO bribe to influence him, ■as secretary ot interior, to grant ■Doheny the Elk Hills reserve lease. ■King George Continues To Show Improvement | London, Dec. 14. — ;U.R)--King George ■today maintained the improvement ■which started when the Prince of ■ Wales returned from Africa. All ■ London appealed more optimistic. ' An official bulletin issued at Bucklingham palace this morning said: ‘The slight improvement in the ■ king’s condition noted last evening is ■ maintained. Any. progress must be ■slow and difficult. (Signed “Stanley Hewett “Hugh Rigby, “Dawson of Penn." Although public optimism ran considerably higher than it has for several days, medical sHSioHsiies- contended there were many anxious days ahead. Little .Jack Little To Entertain At WLW Jan. 1 Little ack Little popular pianist ami composer, proprietor of the mythical Night Club of the Air, will usher in a new year of radio programs f. r Station WLW beginning Januray 1 at 11:<•1 o'clock, when he presents several of his popular songs and plays his own accompaniment. Little will be heard : from WLW from New Years day until Jan. 4. Ford Express Views On Future Os Airplane Washington, Dec. 14. — (U.R) — A ' r ‘ planes may become as common 10 years from now as automobiles were 10 years ago, Henry Ford, billionaire automobile manufacturer, predicted here today in a press statement. “There Is no limit as to the size an airplane may be built," Ford said. “There are no drawbacks from the mechanical viewpoint of increasing their size.” Ford revealed that his Detroit factory is experimenting with the use of airplane wings on the ships of the dirigible type witli an idea of combining the lifting power ot the dirigible with the speed of the airplane GOOD FELLOWS CLOD GROWING Christmas Fund For Poor Children Still Far Short, However Although a few large contributions have received this week, the Good Fellows Club Christmas fund is far short of the amount needed to provide a merry Christmas for the poor children ot the city. A survey of the city, to determine the number cf deserving and needy children and what each needs, is being made by the Delta Theta Tan sorority, sponsor of the Good Fellows Club. The total cf the fund stood at $88.15 today. Contributions by the Rotary Club and Lions Club have helped to swell the fund this week. Contribution boxes are located in the Old Adams County bank and the Daily Democrat office. Contributions reported today were: Previous Total , $57.82 Father Hesston 1 Catherine and Frederick Schroyer 1.50 A Delt Friend Rotarians Total $88.15 i
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Shot by Robbers U f ; 7 i “Stick ’em up—quick!' 1 was cotn- | maud shouted at Patrolman Patrick O'Keefe (above), guard who sat beside driver of Yonkers, N. Y„ bank truck. The officer didn't respond immediately and received a bullet through his face. The raiders got away with $104,000 in cash and currency.
ROTARIANS HEAR FORT WAYNE MAN A. G. Phillips Gives Interesting Illustrated Talk On Poultry Business A G. Phillips of Fort Wayne, vicepresident cf the Wayne Feed company and well known poultry authority, spoke at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary Club, last night. Mr. Phillips gave an interesting talk, augmented by the showing of pictures which he tock in Spain, England. France and Holland. He attended the International Poultry congress in Europe a few yerus ago as u delegate from America His talk was very interesting and many of the pictures taken by him were except! nal scenes. Mr. Phillips showed a Spanish gull fight, having several pictures of this event. He also showed how Spain had wasted its natural resources and now was trying to conserve them. He shewed several pictures of the poultry business. These pictures showed how poultry raisers in Spain and other countries pers itally fed chickens, squalls and poultry, paying much attention to grade. Mr. Phillips's son showed the pictures, on a screen while he explained the scenes and told cf interesting things in tlie European countries. The Misses Florence Holthouse ami Mary Margaret Vogtvwede, representing tlie Good Fellows Cluj), appeared at tlie meeting and donations to thei Good Fellows club fund were made by the Rotarians. Farmer Arrested On Serious Charge Thursday Bartie Boice, of east of Geneva, son of Bart Boice, was arrested yesterday by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth on a charge <cf bastardy, preferred by Bertha Crisman, of near Linn Grove. Miss Crismas charges that the unborn chilli belongs to young Boice. Boice was brouglit t.) the Adams county jail Pet Dog Awakens Trio In Burning Residence Indianapolis, Dec. 13.— (U.R)-Sleep-ing soundly while flames swept their home early today, a mother and her two children were awakened by a pet dog in time to save their lives. They were rescued 30 minutes later by firemen ami neighbors, who carried the mother down a ladder from the front porch roof and tlie children from the roof of an adjoining store. Tlie blaze, in the home of George L. Liddil, transformed the downstairs into a mass of flanfes and destroyed the stairway before Mrs. Norma Liddil and her daughter, Marjorie, 15, and son, Charles, 13, asleep upstairs, were awakened.
Edinburg Man Sentenced On Manslaughter Charge Franklin, Ind., Dec. 14.-(U.R)-James Glass, former deputy marshall of Edingburg today faces a two-to-twen’.y-one year reformatory term for tlie slaying <>f K arl Jackson, disabled World war veteran, at Edinburg a few months ago. A plea of guilty to a manslaughter charge was made by Glass, and sentence was pronounced immediately thereafter by Judge Fremont Miller of Johnson circuit court. Jackson was shot after being knocked down by (Hass who attempted to arrest him <m a charge of drunkenness.
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EXPRESS TRAIN HITS AUTO; TWO OCCUPANTS HURT A. R. Parker And Son, A. A. Parker, Os Monroeville, Injured In Mishap Here ACCIDENT OCCURS ON WINCHESTER STREET Two persons were injured and two others escaped injury at 9 o'clock last night when the Chevrolet sedan, driven by A. R. Parker, of Monroeville, was struck by an Erie express train at the Winchester street crossing of the railroad in this city. A. R. Parker received a fractured shoulder and several broken ribs and A. A. Parker, a son of the elder Mr. Parker, received two broken ribs. Mrs. A. R. Parker and Otto Newport, of Monroeville, escaped without injury. The Parker ear was badly damaged and those who saw the machine, following the accident, stated that it was practically demolished. The train, express train number 13, was travelling slow, and the engineer managed to stop the train before the engine passed Third street crossing. The train was headed west and the Parkers were going north on Winchester street. The elder Mr. Parker was driving and evidently, because of the rain and mist, he did not see or hear the approaching train, until the automobile was almost on the tracks. Parker swerved his car and it startl'd down the tracks toward the Erie station. The engine struck the machine on the right side almost in the rear and carried it several yards down the track. It was not overturned, however, and it is thought that, because the machine had been headed in such a direction as to keep on the ground, when struck, a fatal accident was averted. The machine finally left the track almost in front of the depot and the engineer stopped the train. When it was learned that none of the occupants of the car had been injured seriously, the Parkers went on to Monroeville before their injuries were cared for by a physician. Word from that town this afternoon was to the effect that no one was injured seriously and that Mr. Parker and his son were able to be up.
NELSON TO HAVE HEARING DEC. 26 Wabash Township Man, Arrested During Liquor Raid, Is Released James Nelson, a farmer residing east of Geneva, in Wabash township, who was ai rested yesterday afternoon by Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth and :i posse of deputies on charges of violation cf the prohibition law, following a searcli of his premises, waived preliminary hearing in Mayor's court when lie appeared last night. Nelson's trial was set for December 26 in Mayor's court. His bond was fixed at SSOO, which was furnished by two Geneva residents. Decatur Man Arrested Fred Linlger was arrested about 9 o'clock last night on a charge ot public intoxication and was taken to 'he Adams county jail. He will be arraigned in Mayor's court late this afternoon. Dr. Rayl Heads Adams County Medical Association Tlie Adams County Medical Association met Tuesday evening at the Adams County Memorial hospital and held their annual election of oft'bers with the fallowing results; presideiS. Dr. C. C. Rayl; vice president, Dr. W. E. Smith; secretary and treasurer, Dr. E Franz of Berne Dry Goods Stores To Remain Open Evenings The dry goods stores in Decatur will remain open until 8 o'clock in the evenings, beginning Monday, December 17, and up to December 24, in order to accomodate tlie Christmas shoppers. This new schedule of hours will give those who are employed during the day ample opportunity to shop after working hours and after supper. Other stores are planning to remain open in the evenings it was stated today, but the schedule has not yet been announced.
Decatur, Indiana, Friday, December 14, 1928.
Tri Kappa Sorority Purchases Health Bond ——• Pun haHH of a
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Bond sold (hiring the present seal sale Other clubs ami lodges are expected to buy bonds, as has been I heir custom for several .tears. '1 he seal sab' is progressing nicely. Mi-. Brown stated.
ONLY 20 PUPILS OUT Os SCHOOL Small Per Cent Os Pupils In City Schools Are Afflicted With Influenza Judging from a careful survey ma le as to the influenza situation in I lie Decatur schools, by Superintendent M. F. Wcrtbman, the epidemic is well in hand here. There are no children out with the disease in the north ward school, only two in the west ward, two in the south ward, six in high sch'.ol and ten in Central, a total of twenty, which is a much better showing than in most cities. Tile teachers are using every care to prevent the ailment spreading, ordering each pupil home if they have a cough or show any signs of a c Id. Mr. Worthman stated that, with the malady so well in hand, there was no indication that it will be necessary to cL'se the schools here. He urges the fullest cooperation ot patents and children that this community suffer as little as possible from the flu which has spread >o generally over the central west. COMMISSIONERS HOLD HEARING Petition For Ditch Improvement in Union Township Is Discussed A hearing on the petition of Andreas F. Thieme and others for the improvement of « branch of an open ditch draining into the Holthouse ditch in Union township, Adams county, was held today by the county commissioners. The petitioners are asking that the branch of the ditch be improved with tile. The branch is about 1,900 feet long. A remonstrance, signed by Fred Steigmeyer, Margaret Kurlier, Sylvester Staub and John Geimer, property owners affected by the proposed improvement, was filed with the commissioners. Attorney Dore B. Erwin is representing tile remonstrators and Attorneys Fred Fruchte and Ferd L. Litterer represent the petitioners. The remonstrance, set out in five paragraphs, claimed that the proposed improvement would not lie of public utility and benefit to anyone, except the petitioner, and that the present drain was sufficient and ample to carry off the water. Attorneys for the petitioners filed objections against the remonstrance and asked that the pleading be set aside. A number of witnesses were called by both the petitioners and the r<-'-monstrators. The hearing was still in process late this afternoon and it wds doubtful if the case wbuld lie completed until time of adjournment. Several farmers attended the hearing.
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SAFETY MEASURES TO GUARD HOOVER INCREASED TODAY Four Men Who Attempt To Hold Rebel Demonstration Are Arrested BUENOS AIRES PLANS RECEPTION Buenos Aires, Dee. 14 'U.R> Safety measures for the protect! a cf ’’'■(•si-. dent elect Herbert Hoover were tncreased today after the arrest of four, rm'ii who attempted to h Id a demon- | stration in favor of the Nicaraguan rebel chief. General Augustino Sandinn. | American secret service men combined to p; tect Mr. Hoover and the American Embasy was under constant patrol. Two men and two girls previously had been arrested lu connection with a plot t > bomb the train on which Mr. Hoover came to Buenos Aires from Antiago Chile. The girls were released but police closely quest! lied the men and obtained further information on the activities of the radical elements. . Bombs and ammunition were f mud in a raid on a house frequented by radicals. The public has not allowed the disturbing elements to uspet the plans for an enthusiastic reception fi r Mr. Hoover. More than 100,000 Argentinians, as with one voice shouted "Hoover" as the President elect stepped from Ids special tryilf at lletlro station last night. He was greeted by Pre; ideiit Hipollto trig yen of Argentina. The popular demonstration was like a political ovation in the United States o— William H. Block I weaves Estate Worth $10,000,000 Imliaiutpulis, Dec. 14. (U.R) — The will of William II Block. Sr., who died Tuesday, was tiled for probate today, before Judge Mablon E. Bash The wi’l made last September 21. dis poses of an ('State estimated at $lO,009,0011 by probate court attaches. The entire estate, witli tile exception of SIOO,OOO, to be distributed among William 11 Block store employes, was left to members of his family.
j five dollar Health I Bond by the Tri 1 Kappa sorority was I announced today by iW. Gu y Brown, [ chairman of the i annual Christmas I Seal sale In Ad- [ anis county. This I Is the first Health
JACOB RAWLEY DIES THURSDAY Retired Farmer, Age SI, Dies At Home In Washington Township Jacob Rawley, 81, retired farmer, died at 9 o'clock last night, Thursday, December 13. 1928. at his home four ami one-half miles southeast of Decatur in Washington township. Death was due Io complications, resulting fiom infirmities of old age. Jacob Rawley was born October 23, 1847, in Blue Creek lownship and has always resided in Adairts county. II ■ was a sou of Catherine and I illman Rawley. In 1872, he united in marriage witli Rhoda Coverdale, who died seven years later. Two children were born ol' this union, Nelson ami Mrs. Mary Jones, both of whom are deceased. One sister, Mis. Hannah Nher, resides In Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mrs. Rhoda M. Speakman, a granddaughter, "e---sidos at the Rawley homestead. Two great-grandsons also survive. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 12 o'clock at the home and at 1 o'clock at the Pleasant Mills Melliedist church, tlie Rev. A. E. Burk officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery.
State Rests Its Cases Against Alleged Slayer Paoli, Ind., Dec. 14,—(U.R)-The state has rested its case against Cressy J. Cooper, English, cliaiged with first degree murder in tlie shooting of Carl C. Cohn, produce dealer, last June. State witnesses testified tiiat Cooper entered a drug store where Cohn was sitting and shot him witli two revolvers. He fled after tlie shooting and was later captuted al English. o - — Jacob M. Dickinson Dies Chicago, Dec. 14—YU.R) Fitml tribute to Jacob M. Dickinson, secretary cf war under President Taft, who died here yesterday, will be paid by his native sttwe of Tennessee Saturday when his body will lie in state in tlie Rotunda of the capitol at Nashville preceding funeral services.
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Inaugural Chief Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Grant, 3d. of the C rps of Engineers, will act as chairman of < oinmlttee perfecting arrangements for the inauguration next March of I'lesident-elect Herbert Hoover. GIRL MURDERER KILLS HERSELF 21 - Year-Old Wi f e-Mot her Shoots Self After Telling Husband Os ('rime Canton, <l, Dec. 14.- U.R) A griefstricken young husband carried from his automobile last night the body of ids dying wife. Mrs. Margaret Heldman, 21. Site hail shot herself a few minutes earlier with the gun that she used a week ago to kill Vernard Fearn, Waco coal dealer, at his home. The husband. Wilbur Heldman. 21. who had intended to deliver her to authorities despite his belief it would mean “the electric chair" prayed for j her life as lie took her into a hospital. But II was too late. The young mother died before she could be plae ed on tlie operating (able, adding a second life to the toll of a youthful misstep. Os that nilstep she hinted in a note (which she wrote to her husband, a Lorain furnace salesman, earlier In the day. The note, identifying her as the "phantom gun girl" of what until then had been a perfect crime, read: "I am leaving your life forever and I truly' am sorry for all the trouble I have caused you ami rather than try to go through the rest of my life under a lie I am taking this means of telling the truth. I can’t face you and tell you Ulis, so 1 am leaving this to explain the things that you don't know. "He lias made my life a liell on earth. He came to our house when we lived at Poet’s and threatened to expose mi' if I didn't do as he wanted me to. "The day you kicked mo out because that fellow (Fearni was there was one of the times and you didn't know him. for I don't think you have ever met him. "I can't stand the worry any longer and to be away from my baby so 1 do hepe you can forgive me and give our baby a good home. I.ive him even if you don't me, for I do truly love you. (signedl "Margaret." "P. S. Please don't tell mother.” Mrs, Heldman formerly lived in Canton wlieie she bad been intimate with Fearn before her marriage. It was a week ago last night that tWTIM Cl> OS I'A«K IKIBM
Magazine Uses Paper Made From Corn Stalks In Printing Large Issue C. W. R. Schwartz, of near Berne, one of the progressive farmers of that pait of tlie county, brouglit in a copy of tlie Prairie Farmer, issue of December 15. fifty pages printed on paper made from corn stalks, the first time sui li paper lias been used commercially in large quantities. Next Sunday’s edition of tlie Danville C 'mmereialNews will lie printed on this new paper. Tlie issue of tlie Prairie Farmer consisted of 250,090 copies. The paper is white and smooth and is said to be twice as strong as wood pulp paper, There are two or three of the plants in Illinois and it is expected that they will soon be scattered over the corn belt, providing a market for corn stocks that will add Io tlie income ot every farmer.
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COUNTRY IDINS OTHER NATIUNS IN PEACE MOVE Pan-American Conference Otters Aid In Settling South American Dispute OFFER ASSISTANCE IN ARBITRATION Washington. Dec. 1 II'he I nile«l States and the other nations represented at the I’tjßAnierican conlerencA' ot conciliation and arbitration moved today to avert war la'lween Bolivia and Paraguay. A pioposal that the conference extend its good offices in- the crisis was adopted unanimously at the suggestion of the special committee considering the situation. When Chairman Kellogg announced tiiat the conference's action was unanimous. Paraguayan delegate Eligio Ayala rose and asked that Paraguay lie excused from voting. Ayala said he was gratified at the act’on, but wished to be excused from voting because he lacked instructions | from his foreign office. Tlie resolutions specified that the conference in extending Its good offices should not assume any political attitude or exceed the powers entrusted to it. The proposal follows: “Be it resolved: 1 That the conference proffer its good offices to the interested bodies for the purpose of promoting suitable conciliatory measures witli the aim of preserving the principle of conciliation and arbitration as a solid (foundation Os international life. "2 To continue the special committee charged with considering ami reporting to the conference of the developments which may take place hl Hie incident between the Repi'hlies of Bolivia and Paraguay.'' o Epidemic Os Spinal Meningitis In Missouri Jefferson City. Mo.. Dec. 14—(U.R>— Dr James Stewart, health commissioner of Missouri, today established a fifty mile quarantine area around Pulsdam near here, as a result of an epidemic of spinal meningitis which has claimed seven lives since Friday. Residents of the district are not permitted to leave their homes even to purchase groceries, it was said. o ■■■ Marion Man Convicted On Charge Os Murder Marion. Ind , Dec. 14. —<U.R)- David Harvey, 67, today faced a life term • sentence after being convicted of first degree minder in tlie slaying of Constable Frank Ury and Deputy Sheriff Fred Certain tlie night of Sept. 15. The slaying occurred when the officers attempted to serve papers ejecting Harvey from his home, on which he allegedly owed track rent. Ury was killed when he stepped on tlie porch of the Harvey home to Issue tlie ejecting papers and Certain was fatally wounded when lie and oilier officers attempted to arrest Harvey for killing the constable.
MOOSE PLANNING CHRISTMAS PARTY Lodge Arranges For Affair At I). H. S. Auditorium, Thursday, Dec. 20 The Loyal Order of Moose and the Ladies of the Moseheart Legion will give a Christmas party. Thursday. December 2l) at the Decatur high school auditorium, for the members of the ledge and their children and all is invited to attend. Santa Clause will be present and there will be a big lighted Christmas tiee. Treats will be given to the children and the ladies will provide a happy and wholesome entertainment tor the children an. l grown ups. The program will start at 7 o’clock and will be In the charge of the lodge officers and the special entertainment committee, appointed to arrange plans for the Christmas party Every member of the Moose and their families are invited to the party. A special invitation to those who recently signed up to poin Is also extended and committee will be grateful if a large attendance is at the party The children will be entertained in regular fashion and .besides seeing old Santa himself, they will be given a treat. © •
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