Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1927 — Page 1

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■NEW PASTOR IS I ASSIGNED to m. I E. CHURCH HERE 9 The Rev. R. W. Stokes, Os Bl Greenfield. Is Assigned ■ To Decatur Pastorate ■ most PASTORS IN ■I (or s[A RETURNED H The Hev. H. W. Stokes, of !■ Greeniifld. was assigned to the ■ nt lite First Methodist session of the North Inl utih reiiee of the Metho-Epis'-opal church, at Gosh9 en . He will succeed the Rev. ■ : ;>merv:!b Light, I).I)., who an- ■ nranceti that he would retire ■ from the ministry. Hl| The assignmu of ministars was Uar-n;:;.- ! ons morning at the closhH :: . ■ th.- conference, which « - held all of last week. Most of 9B ;: lr M.■:!<« ;i.-' ministers in Adams «■ ' ' o q ; ■:<■<! to their reaperM ■ . ;.iini her year. Among HH these rotnr'ieil were E. P. White, at BB Bohn ui .F. A. Shipley, Pleasant BBmIIIs: M 1! Borton, Geneva; and E. ■ « !-'<<-■ i. Monroe. The Rev. C. A. ■Hm.oi >- .".signed to the Decatur circuit ami the Rev. G. F. Osburn to IB the Geneva circuit. Bl The It v Mr. Stokes has been ■ pastor <>t’ tl«- M. E. church at Greenfield for '.he last two years. Previous '.o his p.i-r..rat- there, he was pastor BK : oio if ■ churches in Richmond. ■ H- has be- n in the pastorate about ■■ fit".. ii years and comes here highly SB reern:': :<■!••<! His congregation at B m ■■ ~| vot.-d iinanimnnsty fer his return, luit the Bishop saw fit to .--.-nil him <<< Decatur. Rev. Stokes has a wife ami two children. A son will B be a semei in high school next year. B Dr. Light, who is closing a very su.cess:it! service as a minister, exB Peets to make his home in Elkhart. B He came io Decatur two years ago, B after haring served for many years Bas sup. rintendent of the Richmond B distriu of the conference. His health B tailed him last year and made it SB <liff i '?”!t.f---- h,nt to carry on bis work R Other Assignments B l Goshen. Ind., April 11— (U. P.) — B The annual meeting of the North InB (liana Conference of the Meehodlst B church came to a close today with ■ the assignment of ministers to their B charges for the coming year. The ■ assignments in the Fort Wayne dis- ■ trict are as follows: ■ W. w Wiant. superintendent; An- ■ Kola. W. E. Hogan; Arcola, L. L. C. II Eisner; Ashley, I. L. Husey; Auburn, ■ G. F. Hubbard; Bluffton, W. W. Mar--11 tin: Bluffton circuit, Homer StudeI • icoxtixled ok PAGE FIVE) MANY ENROLLING I IN COUNTY GLUGS I Enrollments In Boys And Girls Clubs Scheduled To Close Soon Aboul thirty boys and girls have enrolled in the dairy calf club thus far according to word received from County Agent Busche this morning. The county calf club committee is now engaged in looking for suitable calves. Some difficulty is being encountered in finding calves good enough for the t,0 >s and girls. However, those v, ho enter are assured every effort will be made to obtain good calves at reasonable prices. Although the corn club enrollment 's not y e t completed, enrollment cards >aie just been sent to old members, it 8 expected the enrollment will bo a°ut the same as last year, when fifty Kl >s completed the work. Those wishlnK to enter are urged to send in their enrollment at ona-e. Several bushels o seed cornQpf a variety selected by e county corn club committee is beng placed in the hands of corn club 'oys under contract this year in order seed may be obtained WUNTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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AVERT COLLAPSE OF DISARMAMENT PARLEY Threatened Collapse Os League Os Nations Disarmament Commission Is Prevented Geneva, April 11—(United Press)— ' Collapse of the League of Nations preparatory disarmament commission. ■ threatened for a time today when England rejected the French formula f:>r naval limitation, was believed to have been averted when it developed that France's proposals were widely supported from other quarters. i The break became imminent when Viscount Cecil, speaking for England turned down the French suggestion that Naval armament be limited ny total tonnage instead of classes cf ships. The discussion revolved around President* Coolidge's proposals for a naval aims conference. o SENTENCING OF SINCLAIR DELAYED Court Delays Passing Sentence On Oil Magnate For Thirty Days Washington. April 11. -(U.P.)—Justice William Hitz of district supreme court today on his own motion deferred the scheduled sentencing of Harry F Sinclair, oil magnate, for contempt of the senate 30 days. Without explanation, the court announced that "this matter will be deferred further for 30 days." The deferment had been previously communicated to Sinclair and he was not in the court room. The lUiMWiutnl. wac -taken. U was learned later, because the jurors in the contempt case will be on the panel from which jurors will be drawn for the conspiracy trial of Sinclair and former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, scheduled to open here April 25. It was felt imposition of sentence on Sinclair at this time might prejudice the jury in the conspiracy case. ——o TO GIVE OPERETTA AT PLEASANT MILLS Pupils Os Pleasant Mills High School To Present "The Toreadors" Wednesday Night , The Spanish operetta. "The Toreadors,” will be given by the pupils of Pleasant Mills high school, in the high school auditorium, at Pleasant Mills, Wednesday evening, April 13. The entertainment will start at 8 o'clock and the admission prices will be 25 and 35 cents. The production is being directed by Velma Fortney. The cast for the operetta is as follows: Senor Dictorlo, Albert Davison. Benita and Juanita, his twin daughters, Opal Sherburne and Marie Tague Jaun, and Palilo, their admirers. Glenn and Brice Daniels. Delores and Marie, friends) orßei.itu and Juanita, Irene Durbin and Helen Masters. Senor Swateo, and Senor Vackeo tramps, Charles Brunstrun and John Fa: know. Dancing girls, girls' chorus and bays chorus. - o —- ■ Two Men And A Woman Die In New York Fire New York. April 11 (United Press), Two men and a woman were killed and two other women were seriously injured when fire swept a 4-story lodging house here today. The dead were William Farrell; his wife, Mwrgaiet, who were burned to death, and an unidentified man who was suffocated bysmoke which poured into an adjoining apartment house. Mrs. Rose Smalla and Viola Williams were Injured when they jumped from the fire escapes. 0 - Home Builders Meet Tomorrow The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Home Builders Association will be held tomorrow afternoon at the dffices of H. S. Michaud. The report will be read, officers elected and a distribution of money on hands will be made. The company is liquidating.

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BERNEH.S.WINS FIRST PLACE IN COUNTYCONTEST — Large Audience Attends Closing Night Os Liter-ary-Music Contests EVERY SCHOOL SCORES POINTS ' i Another large crowd attended the, closing night cf the annual Adams ' county literary-music contest held Friday and Saturday nights at the Berne I Auditorium. The awards were more evenly divided Saturday night than they were cn Friday night. The essay and short story winners also were announced at Saturday's concert. Berne nigh school scored the highest number of points in the meet and received the large wall banner proI claiming that school county champion. Decatur finished second. Each of the nine hieh schools in the county scored In the contei t The number of points . scored by each school was as fallows: Berne, 35; Drcatur 37; Kirk!an I 21; Geneva 16; Monroe 15; Hartford H; lleasan’ Mills 4; Jemme.son ?; Monmouth 1 The i'cl'owing is the list of winners in the Saturday night events: Saxaphone solo: Stanley Hoffman. Hartford, first; Floyd Johnson, Monroe. second; Arthur Suttles, Decatur, third. Violin Solo: Floyd Johnson, Monroe first; Corinne Smith, Berne, seiond; Earl Bradford, Geneva, third. Reading: Dorcas: Byerly, Kirkland first; Lola Hawbaker. Geneva, second; < Glennis Bagley, Berne, third. Clarinet solo: Harold Eichenberger. Berne first; Richard Arnold, Kirklard second. Trombone solo: lister Smith, Hartford, first; Luther Yager, Berne, second. Piano Solo: Rebecca Ruesser, Berne first; Irene Hildebrand, Kirkland, second; Adeline Brown, Geneva third. Oration: Ira Lehman, Berne, first; Elizabeth Leyse, Kirkland, second; Roy Stewart, Geneva, third. Cello Solo: Newell Neuhouser, Berne first, Loma lUhnsrt, Monroe second. Orchestra: Berne, first; Monroe, second. Short Story: Ivan Sprunger. Berne, first, Mary Kathryn Schug, Decatur, second; Betty Kranor, Geneva, third. Essay: Ruth Pusey Geneva, first: Burdett Burk, Jefferson, second; Ivan Sprunger. Berne, third. The contest was a success both financially and from a standpoint cf producing keen competition and interest nn every school in the county, according to those in charge and It is highly probable that the contest will be continued again next year. Penants were awarded the winners of the various meets, and these will be the property cf the various schools. o FASCIST RIOT OCCURS IN NEW JERSEY CITY Ten Men And One Woman Held In Jail In Connection With Fight Staged Sunday Paterson, N. J. April 11— (United Press)—Ten men and a woman were held here today in connection with a Fascist Hot in front of the Alexander "Hamilton hotel yesterday in which knives, clubs, stones and other weapons were used by the combatants. The fight was quelled by 50 notice who fell on the crowd with clubs swinging and scattered them. The ten men were held without bail. The woman, Mrsw Angelina Maraniella. 27, of Union City, was allowed SIOO bond. The riot began when Fascists gatheredf or a flag dedication ceremony. They marched from Fascist headquarters opposite the hotel with American and Italian flags flying, Anti-Fas.ids shouting "down with Mussolini," broke through police lines to stop the parade and the fight started. The in:eting was held in the Hotel after the disturbance ended. The only severe injury was to Moses lacavino, 25, of Newark, who was in a hospital today with a knife wound.

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Policeman Is Modern Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hide Oak Park. I!!., April 11.— (U P ) — Police officer by day and house i* breaker by night Is the Dr. JekyllMi. Hyde role charged against i Joseph Badger. A member nf the local police force for a year and half Badger always seemed to have the misfortune of being assigned to districts where the greatest number of burglaries were reported. An investigation followed a fresh epidemic of house breaking in a fashionable district patrolled by Badger. Raids on the homes of Badges and Roy McManus, and John Spanek whom Badger named as accomplices, resulted in the recovery of identified loot valued at SIO,OOO. Police are searching for additional plunder, including oriental rugs, silverware, tapestries and jewelry approximating $40,000 in value. LARGE AUDIENCE ~ HEARS CONCERT St. Mary’s Chorus Choir Gives Program Os Sacred Music Sunday Night A large audience heard the progham of sacred music given by the S'. Marys chorus choir in the auditorium of the Catholic school building, Sunday evening. A number of Easter songs were sung by individual members of the choir, with the entire choir joining in the chorus. The choir was directed by .Mrs. Louis A. Holthouse and the program of singing continued for about an hour and forty-five minutes. The choir presented the St. Joseph Catholic school with a beautiful baby grand piano. The pesentation speech was made by Miss Florence Holthouse. No admission /was charged at the door, but a silver offering was taken duing the evening and the proceeds will be used by the choir in further- , ing their work. The program was well rendered and members of the choir did well. The choir gave a cantata at Christmas time last year. o BANK CASHIER FACES CHARGE Cashier Os Defunct Bank At Onward Arrested On Embezzlement Cahrges Ixigansport, Ind., April 11 (United Press)— RussoU Snyder, 35, cashier of the defunct Farmers State Bank at Onward, was released today under $6,000 bond, following his arrest on embezzlement, charges in connection with the bank's failure. Charles Bowyer, who brought the chaiges. alleges Snyder accepted a SI,OOO deposit from him three days before the bank closed when he knew the institution was insolvent. A grand jury will investigate Snyder’s activities. o Radio Set Given Away By Luther Wolf rod Number three was the number win- 1 ning t.he radio set given away by Luther Wolford, well known blind ' man of this city, it was announced ’ today. The winner of the set may 1 have the same by presenting the 1 nutpber at the Anker cigar store. ' 0 —- Miss Anna Yager Hurt When Struck By Bicycle Miss Anna Yager, of this city was I painfully injured Saturday evening when she was struck by a bicycle. The accident occurred near the Yag- < er home on South Second street. Miss Yager suffered a fractured hip. She was removed from her home to a hospital at Fort Wayne yesterday. The person riding the bicycle was ' not apprehended after the accident. •

OPERATORS AND MINERS STILL FAR FROM AGREEMENT No Peace Parleys Scheduled As 170,000 Men Continue Idleness STRIP MINES ARE LIKELY TO REOPEN Indianapolis, April 11. — (U.P.) —Another week of idleness for 170.000 coal miners started today with operators and union leaders still far from any agreement on the wage dispute. Aside from a conference involving Indiana strip mines, no peace parleys were scheduled between operators and union leaders and there appeared no early prospect of district wage meetings. The meeting of Indiana strip mine owners and miners’ representatives at Terre Haute stood recessed until tomorrow. It seemed liely an agreement would be reached to reopen the strip mines but the action would have no bearing on the controversy with the Indiana bituminous operators association, owners of big shaft mines. With operators’ association of other states of the central competitive fields, the Indiana bituminous operators' association announced it would not reopen its mines until wages are reduced. Officials of the United Mine Workers appeared satisfied -With reports from all districts that the men are holding firm in their demand for retention of the old scale, although no formal comment was forthcoming t om union headquarters. ■ —o W. E. SWOVELAND DIES AT WREN, OHIO, TODAY Erie Railroad Agent At Wren For Many Years Dies Today Following Short Illness W. E. Swoveland, of Wren, Ohio, Erie agent in that town for many years and well known in Adams county, died at his home near Wren at 10:30 o’clock this morning, following a short illness. He is survived by his wife and 10 children, oio funeral arrange' ments have been made yet. —— o — Inteurban Damaged In Collision With Auto The four o’clock car on the Fort Wayne-Decatur Interurban line didn't leave this city until about six o’clock Sunday, due a break in the air line break, which was applied with such force when the motorman attempted to stop the car on North Second street near the site of the old mill. A Ford car turned from Second street into Third street and Dr. Roy Archbond was driving north on Third street and in atAempling to miss the Ford sideswiped the traction ear. The fender on the automobile was mashed, but no set ions damage was done. o— M. E. Co-Workers To Hold Meeting Tonight The Co-Workers Class of the Methodist Sunday school, composed of all men of the congregation, will hold a regular monthly meeting in the church parlors this evening. The young men in the class taught by Avon Burk are cordially invited to attend, also. Leigh Bowen is chairman of the committee in charge of the program. Two speakers have been secured to give talks tonight, and there will be several selections by a quartet and other features during the evening. AU men of the church are urged to attend the meeting. o Aged Father Dies Os Grief Over Daughter’s Deat Evansville, Ind., April 11 —(United Press)—Grief over the death S iturday of his invalid daughter, Miss Eloise Copeland, is held responsible for the death of Willis M. Copeland, 73. firmer Vanderburgh county auditor, who died here early Sunday. A double funeral was planned today.

MOST OF WHEAT CROP IN KANSAS IS RUINED Only Very Small Part Os Thousands Os Acres P'anted Will Be Harvested Kansas City, Mo., April 11—(United Press) —From the thousands of acres of wheat planted In southeast- | ern Kansas and northwestern Okla--1 lioma, only a very smaM part will be harvested this fall as a result of the floods over the week-end, a survey today indicated. Streams in the area came out cf I their banks, sweeping a mass of muddy water over the stretches of . green-tinged fields and leaving be--1 hind an inland sea that stretched i far over the land. ' Today the streams were receding. All had reached their crests by noon [ yesterday, some starting their fall i Saturday, and a promise of relief was i made by weather bureau reports. I o ATTENDANCE LAW MUST BE OBEYED Parents Are Warned Against Keeping Children Out Os School To Work With the arrival of spring weather ( and considerable work on the farm. Nathan Nelson, county attendance officer, today issued a warning to all pup Is and their parents, that the pupils must not drop out of school to adi with the farm work. Mr. Nelson stated that there had already been several complaints of pupils missing school, and he stated that the persons violating the law by permitting their children to remain out of school would bo prosecuted Intmed- ) lately. Several parents already have been fined this spring for violation of the ’chool attendance law. and Mr. Nelson stated today that he did not look for much more trouble in enforcing the attendance law ? There are only d few weeks of school yet, and the country schools will be dismissed in plenty of time for the pupils to help with the farm work, Mr. Nelson stated. He urged that all parents avoid the trouble of being brought into court arid fined, by obeying the laws. o Want City Manager For Indianapolis Indianapolis, April 11. — (United Press) —A petition bearing 33,339 signatures was filed with* William Boyce, Jr., today asking an election on the city manager form of government in Indianapolis. Boyce began checking the petition at once and will submit it to the city council within five days. Under the law the council is required to set the ejection for a date between 30 and GO days after the first of May. o— 7 Probe Sudden Illness Os Fifty-four Pupils Plymouth, Ind., April 11. —(United Press) —Marshall county health authorities today investigated the illness of 54 pupils of the Argos school who were taken suddenly and violently sick Friday and Saturday. It was believed the children were poisoned from milk; and three samples of the milk were sent away for chemical analysis. Pending a report on analysis of the mlllt authorities would not discuss the case. o Missing Aviators Are Safe At Selawik, Alaska None, Alaska, April 11 — (United Press) —Apprehension for the lives of three men who were missing since they left here in ap airplane for Candle las! Tuesday, had subsided to lay Pilot R. A. Merrill and two pas tengers. Halkey Robinson and Edgar Broadway, were safe at Selawik. 65 miles beyond Candle according to word here last night. They had made a safe landing which was seemingly Impossible in the face of a raging blizzard in that region, it was said.

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FIVE COUNTRIES MAKEDEMANDS OF NATIONALISTS Demand Punishment Os All Responsible For Outrages At Nanking FULL REPARATIONS ARE DEMANDED, ALSO ♦ Sbanghni, April 11. — (t’nited Press)—The powers' note of protest to the Nationalist government against the anti-for-eign violence at Nanking hist month was presented to the Nationalists at Hankow and Shanghai this afternoon. The note was prese.ited to Eugene Chen, Nationalist foreign minister at Hankow, and to Bei Chung-Hsia, representing Marshag Chiang KaiShek here by the consuls of five powers, the United States, Great Britain. Japan. France and Italy. It was understood that three demands contained in the note were as follows: 1. —Adequate punishment for the officers in command during the Nanking outrages and punishment for all other individuals concerned. 2. —A written apology from Marshag Chiang, Nationalist commander-in-chief, and assurances that his troops would refrain in future from attacking foreigners or other antiforeign violence. 3. —Complete reparations. The note, it was understood, further stated that the Nationalists must . demonstrate to the satisfaction of the • governments concernkd. their Inten- . tion to comply promptly by taking appropriate measures for compliance. Americans Gather At Tsingtao Peking, April 11—(United Press)— Americans numbering 337 from all parts of Northern China ahve concentrated at Tsingtao, the Japanese treaty port in Shantung, as part of ’.he evacuation movement which is accompanying the growth of disorders in the north. Thirty Americans left Peking and Tientsin for Tsingtao today. The evacuation increases daily. From Tientsin it vm.e reported today that Arnori an missionaries in Shensi and K. nsu provinces have begun evacuating. Former Decatur Woman Sings At Station WOWO Mrs. Naomi Niblick Gandy, of Fort Wayne, formerly of this city, sang a group of three songs over radio station WOWO, at Fort Wayne, this noon. Many of her Decatur friends listened in on the fine program. Mrs. Gandy will broadcast over the same s'<ation Wednesday night. 0 PALM SUNDAY ISOBSERVED Special Services Held Sundal; Confirmation Services Held By Several Palm Sunday was observed in the churches throughout !,Adams county Sunday. Epecial services were held in commemoration of the day. Confi’mation services were held in all Reformed and Lutheran churches of the county, with the exception of the Zion Lutheran churches of Decatur and the St. Peter's Lutheran church in the Fuelling settlement. These churche t will hold their confirmation services at a lai er date. At United Brethren Church Palm Sunday was observed at the United Brethren church yesterday with over 360 in the Sunday school. The pastor spoke in the morning on “Helps to Live the Christian Life" and in the evening "What do you thin!: of Christ?”. An Otterhian Guild was organized in the Kthurch yesterday with twentyLive charter members and the following were dieted officers: president, Miss Glennis Arnold; vice president, iCONTIN'trmo OK PAGE TWO)

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