Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1919 — Page 1

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THREE KILLED IN FIRST HALF OF RACE

LECOCQ AND BANDIMI BURNED TO A CRISP DRIVING ROAMER SPECIAL—ARTHUR THURMAN KILLED INSTANTLY WHEN CAR TURNED TURTLE—CHASSAGNE ESCAPES—DEPALMA LEADING. Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 31—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Three men dead and one seriously injured in the first 250 miles of the Liberty Sweepstakes race here today. Louis Lacocq and his mechanician. Bandimi, were burned to a crisp when their car turned over and caught fire. The men were pinned under the car and dead, when the car was finally lifted. Arthur Thurman. Washington. D. C., was instantlv killed when his car turned turtle on the back stretch. His mechanician is lying near death. Jean Chassagne, who relieved Paul Bablot in a Ballot team, dashed into a retaining wall and narrowly escaped death. His mechanician was slightly injured. Mrs. Thurman, beautiful young wife of the dead driver, was I in the grandstand when she learned of her husband’s death.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 31_(Special to Daily Democrat) — Paced by Lieut. Col. Vincent and Eddie Rickenbacker in a green Packard car 34 drivers hopped off in the Liberty sweepstakes at Ts a. m. and after one turn of the course the race was on. A blazing sun turned the brick track into a veritable oven, shorten ing the life of tires. Otherwise the weather was ideal. Ralph DePalma holder of the tracks 500-mile record of 89.84 was favorite of the drivers of the America cars. Rene Thomas led the foreign drivers in favor in view of his average of 104.7 miles an hour established in the time filed. Howdy Wilcox in a Peugeot was leading with Rene Thomas in a Ballot; Albert Guyot, Ballot and .Ralph DePalma, Packard, closely bunched. At the end of the first lap Thomas was leading with Earl Cooper, Stutz and DePalma close following. Wilcox's time for the first mile was 1 45.65 seconds, an average of 85.13 j miles an hour; DePalma jumped the lead at the end of the second lap with Adre Boillot, Peugeot, a car's length behind. At the end of the fourth lap DePalma led. Clifford Durant ina Chevrolet was the first to withdraw to the pit be cans of a loose hood. At the end of 25 miles Gaston, Chevrolet, was first. W. Brown, Richard special, was forced to withdraw from the race in the fifth lap because of a broken connecting rod. Ralph DePalma led at the end of 50 miles: Wilcox second, Thomas third. Average 92.14.. This is a new record for 50 miles on the Indianapolis speedway. At the end of 75 miles DePalma was leading; Thomas second and Ballot third, averag 92.12, a new track record. Joe Boyer, Jr., Frontenac, lost a left rear wheel in front of the grand stand in the 30th lap and Boyer drove to the pit on a hub. He is permanently out of the races. DePalma led at the 100 mile; Ballot second and Chevrolet, third; average 92.07. This is a new track record. Ralph Mulford withdrew from the race at 37th lap with a broken drive shaft. Tom Milton went out of the race in the 49th lap with a broken connecting rod. DePalma was still leading at 125 miles; averaging 92.62 miles an hour. Louis Wagner’s Ballot went off the track and broke a wheel on the south turn of the forty-fifth lap. Neither Wagner nor his mechanician were injured beyond a few scratches. Gaston Chevrolet shot into the lead at 150 miles, closely followed by DePalma and Wilcox third. Time 1

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hour, 38 minutes. 58.15 seconds. Average 90.93 miles an hour, a new track record. Former record held by Vesta 89.04 miles an hour. DePalma, Packard, regained the lead at 200 miles when Gaston Chev rolet was forced to stop for gas. Wilcox second; Gaston Chevrolet third. Time, 2 hours, 11 minutes, 34.07 seconds. Average 91.02 miles. New track record; former record held by Resta, 89.01 miles an hour in 1916. In the sixty-third lap, Chassagne, ' who had relieved Bablot of the Ballot team, drove into a retaining wall. The car turned over twice, and the mechanician was severely injured abcut the head. DePalma was still leading at 250 miles, when he went into the pit with a broken valve spring. Wilcox second; L. Chevrolet third; Cooper, fourth. Starters in the 500-mile race: 1. Chevrolet Special, Clifford Du- ‘ rant driver. 2. Frontenac Special, Ralph Muli ford driver. 3. Peugeot Special, Howard Wili cox driver. 4. Packard Special, Ralph De- j ! Palma driver. 5. Richards Special, W. W. . Brown, driver. 6 Peugeot Special, Jules Goux ! | driver, 7. Frontenac Special, Louis | j Chevrolet, driver. 8. Stutz Special, Earl Cooper,! driver. 9. Busenberg Special, Tom Mil-! ; tun driver. 10. Dusenberg Special, Eddie j ! O’Donnell driver. 1 12. Roamer Special, Kurt Hitke., I driver. 14. Durant Special, Eddie Hearne J I driver. 15. Roamer Special, Louis Lecocq driver. 17. Hudson Special, Ora Haibe ' driver 18. Thurrman Special, Arthur Thurman driver. 19. Detroit Special, Charles Kirkpatrick driver. 21. Hudson Special, Denny Hickey i driver. i 22. Duesenberg Special. Wilbur I D'Alene driver. 23. Shannon Special, Elmer T. ! Shannon driver. 1 , 26. Bender Special, Tom Alley | driver. I I 27. Hudson Special, Ira Vail driv1 1 er. 28, Oldfield Special, Roscoe > Sarles driver. 29. Peugeot Special, Arthur Klein ! driver. ’ 31 Ballot Special, Rene Thomas r driver. 3 32. Ballot Special, Albert Suyet driver. i 33. Ballot Special. Paul Bablet - driver. 1 j 34. Ballot Special, Louis Wagner

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, May 31, 1919.

BABY IS DROWNED “Abe Martin” and Wife Injured in Auto Accident ard Year Old Babe LOSES ITS LIFE In Auto Accident on Decoration Day—Great Sorrow for Humorist. Friends of "Abe Martin,” or Kin ■ Hubbard, as he is known in real life will be sorry to hear of a great sorrow that came to himself and Mrs. Hubbard Decoration Day in the death of their year-old babe, and injury to ( themselves in an automobile accii dent. A dispatch from Indianapolis says: "The one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Hubbard, was drownled and Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard were . injured seirously yesterday afternoon in an automobile accident near Dan- | ville, Ind. Mr. Hubbard, who is the creator of "Abe Martin,” was driving the automobile which became unmanageable and ran into a pool of water. , They were returning from a cemetery |at Danville, where they had decoratied the grave of a relative of Mi’s, j Hubbard. The injuries of Mr. and I Mrs. Hubbard are not regarded as j serious.” PEACE BULLETIN Paris, May 31—(Special to Daily Democrat) — The peace conference convened today in secret plenary session shortly after 3 o’clock this afternoon to consider finally the terms of the Austrian treaty. This was (l.ie .meeting originally scheduled for Thursday but postponed at the request of the smaller nations. The present program provides ( for presentation of the treaty to the Austrians on Monday at St. Germain. London, May 31 —(Special to Daily : Democrat) — Temporary headquarters of the league of nations has been op ened here with democratic simplicity. It consists of a barren suite of rooms in a building near the house of comj mons. There is a staff of half a dozI en typists, a few desks and one teleI phone. Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart, secretary to Sir Eric Drummond, secretary general of the league, is in charge. Drummond is preparing the provisional scheme of organization and selecting the personnel of the secretariat. ; Among the first duties of the secretariat will be to arrange the first i meeting of the league in Washington ! and appoint certain commissions j which must be set. up within 15 days after ratification of the treaty, such I as the Saar boundary commission. o FLY TO AUSTRALIA 'United Press Service) Txmdon, May 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The ‘ black kangaroo” an ' airplane with a wing span of 78 feet and an average speed of 100 miles i per hour, has been entered in the 1 England to Australia flight, it was j announced today. The crew expects ‘to start either from Hull or Leeds within the next ten days. The plane is equipped with two 250 horsepower Rolle. Royco motors. JESS WILLARD ON WAY (United Press Service) Lawrence, Kan., May 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Jess Willard, heavyweight champion, was expect- ’ | ed to leave here late today for Toledo, I Ohio, to begin his workout for the I July 4 bout with Jack Dempsey. Wilj lard arrived late yesterday from Los '. Angeles. ■( driver. 3G. McCoy Special, J. J. McCoy “( driver. 37. Peugeot Special, Andre Boil--1 let driver. 39. Frontenac Special. Joseph Peyi j er, Jr. I 41. Frontenac Special, Gaston i i Chrevelet driver. 43. Toft Special, Omer Toft driv;|er. 48. Peugeot Special, Ray Howard ■ I driver.

MOST MEMORABLE IN THE HISTORY Os Nation Was Yesterday’s emorial Day—Graves Not ' Yet Grass-grown AS WELL AS OLD ONES Were Included in the Memoriam of Flowers and Story and Song. • i Mounds on which the sod has not ‘■yet grown, as well as those covered > i , with the green, of more than fifty ■ years; new ones marked with white (crosses on French fields; or covered ' I with the scarlet of the poppy on Flanders' fields, made Decoration Dav • yesterday, the most memorable in the . history of the nation. Where such > could be accomplished, the graves of ■ the new dead, as well as the old, were lovingly covered with flags and flow- , ers, and where such could not be ac- . complished here, they were lovingly . remembered in story and song, at the 1 1 service held at the Athletic hall yess' . terday afternoon, following the defloration of the graves in the morning. The drum corps accompanied the G. A. R. and the W. R. C. on its mis- , sion of loving memory in the morning , when the graves were tenderly covered with their blossom-blankets. . Automobiles carried the parties to the cemeteries, whereas in days long past, the trip was made by military .I march, a thing which is becoming imI possible as the ranks of the veterans j thin and waver. , “Lest some be forgotten” in the dec- . oration services, the two bodies in charge of the exercises, decorated a miniature grave on the courthouse ’ square at the afternoon service, where i ( a monument containing names of soldiers who lie in unknown graves pro- . claimed that all of the nations’ dead i should thus be remembered. Not even - those who sank into graves marked • only by ocean's waves, in fulfilling their duty in the navy, were forgotten, for tiny canoes filled with flowers - were lowered into the river at the ’ east bridge. At both of these exer- . cises, the W. R. C. held its ritualistic - exercises. Marching from the court- - house square to the river bridge, was a large parade, in which the band, -'school children, the G. A. R.. W. R.j t i C. recent world war soldiers, and varijious organizations participated. t D K Shackley, commander of the' 51 G. A. R. presided at the memorial exijercises at the Athletic hall, at 2:15 o’clock. This edifice was thronged, and the program rendered was one of: the most impressive ever given on such an occasion. ' The band, which had been recruited i by Albert Sellemeyer from the ranks t of the boys who have been away—some in the army, some at school, and i some at work—made a very good] l showing, playing for the march and t also for the opening of the memorial s program, and being warmly applaud--5 ed. A male quartet, including C. L. r Walters, Henry Dellinger, Dr. J. Q. Neptune and W. F. Decry, sang; and vocal numbers were also given by Miss Cecile Andrews, with Ralph Moser playing the accompaniment: I and by Miss Helen Walters, with ac-' companiment by Miss Ruby Miller. | • Master Miles Logan, young son of, , Councilman John Logan, made a hit; i with a song and then with a recita-| tion. The reading of the orders from( headquarters relative to the celebration of memorial day, was done by the adjutant, B. W Sholty, and members of the post, in various office, conducted the ritualistic part of the service, prior to the address given by the Rev. A. G. Buxton, pastor of the Christian church. Probably no other address ever given here was so eloquen.t so incomparable in the choice of language and so rich in thought, as that given by the Rev. Buxton. Words fail to describe that which held the '(audience intent and wholly silent 1 (Continued on Page Four)

RAILY AT MONROE: The Ernsberger Sub-district Rally Sunday at Monroe M. E. Church. FOREIGN STUDENTS , From Angola Will Take Part in Program—Announced Herewith. The regular rally of the Ernsberger sub-district Wilt be held at Monroe Sunday afternoon. All leaguers are urged to be present. A special proI gram has been arranged. ’ I Two Philippine students and one »I I Greek from Angola will be present' II and take part in the following pro1 gram: r , Song service. Devotionals —Rev. Rogers, Decatur. i I Violin Solo —Greek student, Angola. I Vocal Solo —Elizabeth Garr, Monroe ‘l Talk—Rev. Tinkham, Decatur. Coronet Solo—Harry Garr, Monroe Reading—Gertrude Kinzle, Decatur. , I Musical Number —Mr. Garr and two . children. | Quartette—Decatur. | Round Table—Rev. Thompson. ' Pleasant Mills. •I <, ■A BOLD HOLD-UP > Fred Hoile, of Near Fort I Wayne, Mortally Woundin Attempt to Save ■I — LIFE OF A FRIEND 1 1 8 Highway Robber Takes His 3 Purse After Firing Three i Bullets in Body. i ’ “Fred Hoile. Jr. aged twenty-three I I years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoile, I • i a living three and a half miles west of | a Fort Wayne on the Engle road, lies mortally wounded in the Lutheran j » hospital; Fort Wayne, following an en-; ( counter with a highway robber who; after taking his purse, attempted to assault his companion, Missi Bernar- ( • dine Woenker. of 1024 Walter street, | I Fort Wayne,” says the Fort Wayne ' Journal Gazette. The Hoile family mentioned above, is no relative of the Hoiles of this ( county, according to information re-1 ceived from the Fred Hoile family of: (Root township, Adams county, by a, representative of this paper this morn ■ ing. The family may, however, be , well known here. i The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette ■ continues regarding the hold-up: 1 “Hollo and hie lady' friend had (I spent the evening driving and they ' t were enroute to the Hoile farm when J I at a point near the St. John’s Luth- ( 1 eran cemetery at about 11 o’clock 1 they decided to stop long enough to ( eat some ice cream which they had I bought at the Foster Park pharmacy, i It was while they were eating the 1 cream that a masked stranger sud- i denly stepped up to their machine ( ordering Miss AVoenker at the point ! of a revolver to leave the auto and I demanding Hoile’s purse. Hoile . handed the armed robber his pocket (book containing fifteen dollars, but . not satisfied with this the highwav- : man fired at Hoile, the bullet entering his abdomen on the right side. The robber then grabbed Miss Woenker ordering her to accompany him down the road. To this, of course, Miss Woenker objected and , Hoile in spite of intense pains caused ( by his wound left the machine to , protect his companion. The robber then, after throwing t Miss Woenker into the ditch on the 3 side of the road, opened fire on Hoile. 8 two bullets entering his left leg. t Hoile fell to the ground but by this time the highwayman, apparently,

AMERICAN AVIATORS SAFE AT PLYMOUTH LIEUT, COMMANDER READ SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES TRANS-ATLAN-TIC FLIGHT IN LESS THAN FIFTYFIVE HOURS—GREAT FEAT, (United Press Service) Washington, D. C., May 31—(Spec al to Daily Democrat)— I’he American flyers today completed their journey from Neyv I York to England by air. The great feat, accomplished by the NC-4, which arrived at Plymouth this morning, marked the climax of the navy’s systematic experiment to determine the obstacles of trans-Atlantic flying. Nearly 4.000 miles were covered by the naval aviators, their i actual flying speed averaging between 70 and 80 miles an hour. Here are the men who left Rockaway Beach. May 8, and who, as a result of their success, will go down in history as the pioneers in blazing an air trail from the United States to England: Commanding Officer—Lieut. Commander A. C. Read. Pilot—Lieut E. F. Stone. ' Pilot (Junior Grade) W. HintonRadio Operator—Ensign H. C. Rodd. Engineer—Chief Mechanic Rhodes. Reserve Pilot—Engineer Lieut. J. L. Breeze. The actual fllying time of the NC-4 in its record-breaking journey overseas was 54 hours and 16 minutes. II

i (By Edwin Hullinger, United Press Staff Correspondent) Plymouth. Eng., May 31—(Special - to Daily Democrat) —Completing its great flight over the Atlantic the American seaplane NC-4 swept into the harbor of Plymouth at 2:26 p. m. today. The huge ship of the skies, under i direction of Lieut. Commander A. C. 1 Read, her skipper of the whole historic air voyage, left Ferroi, Spain, on the last lap of the trip shortly after 6 o'clcck this morning. She spent I the night at Ferrol after having been : forced by engine trouble to descend first in a river 100 miles north of Lis- ; bon, from which point she started for Plymouth early Friday. An eager watch for the triumphant Yankee seaplane was maintained here and crowds rushed to vantage I points when word came that she had been sighted. She was given a rousing welcome. The mayor, in welcoming the flyers, made a spjeech in which he dwelt on the historical significance of the event, their daring and their courage. — Washington, May 31 —(Special to 1 Daily liemocrat) —The NC-4 "jumped off” from Ferrol on the northern coast, of Spain early today, enroute to Plymouth, England, final objective in her trans-Atlantic flight. ', The getaway occurred at 2:27 , (Washington time) this morning, ac- , cording to a message from Command- , er Read of the NC-4. With favorable weather and no accident the flying boat should reach Plymouth around 8:30 o’clock this morning (Washington time.) The distance from Ferrol to Plymouth is about 450 miles. Read had hoped to make a memorial day landing at Plymouth but the engine fearing that the report of the shots and Miss Woenker’s screams might have been heard by autoists traveling on the Bluffton road, loft his victims with a curse and disappeared in the dark. “With the assistance of Miss Woenker Hoile was able to climb into his machine and with his hands and uninjured leg he managed to drive the machine to his father’s farm, about a mile distant from the scene of the holdup. i "The injured boy was carried into ■ the house and the father immedit ately proceeded to the city to secure I medical aid, Dr. Duemling was called I and after examination of the boy’s > wounds ordered him removed to the I Lutheran hospital where an opera- ; i tion was performed in an effort to ;, save his life. I "Sheriff Gillie visited the scene of! .'the crime last night and secured a ; i description of the robber from Miss 'i Woenker.”

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s trouble which delayed his departure . on the early legs of the flight returnI ed and forced him to land yesterday s after traveling only 100 miles. He - descended at the Mendego river, but > later rose again and flew to Ferrol • where he spent the night. ■ (By Edwin Hullinger, United Press . staff correspondent) Plymouth, England. May 31—(Spei cial to Daily Democrat) —The Amer- ■ lean seaplane NC-4 has passed Brest, : only 140 miles from Plymouth, accord- : ing to a wireless from Lieut. Commander Reed received here. The radio message said the lane was going good. The weather was not. auspicious toj day. It was cloudy with a drizzle in the morning. The crews of the seaplanes NC I and NC-3 were waiting to greet their 1 comrades of the NC-4. Smiling ami smart, they arrived aboard the U. S. S. Rochester looking like men returning from a pleasure jaunt, instead >f sailors of the air who had experienced narrow escapes from death in trying to fly across the Atlantic. ! Lieut. Commander M. A. Mitcher, of Oklahoma City, pilot of the NC-1 declared the tiaiis-AllautiJ flying problem was not one of motor power, but of navigation owing to uncertain weather conditions. He said he hoped an airship would eventually be built big enough to alight enroute if necessary and survive the buffeting of storms. “Every man is °ager to try again.” declared Lieut. D. H. McCulloch, of Newport. Pa. Lieut. Barin of Portland. Ore., said there was nothing sensational about the NCl’s experiences; that their adventures seemed no different from those met with on an ordinary flight | There was considerable excitement In Plymouth at the approach o the American plane. Crowds were out ■ yesterday and were disappointed 5 when word came the machine hid ’ been forced to descend on the Mould ego river, Portugal. When Read 3 wirelessed for information as to the 3 best port within 300 miles in which to 3 spend the night, he was advised to go ’ to Vigo or Ferrel. He chose Ferrel on 3 the northern coast of Spain. While 2 the plane remained there, the American destroyers Harding and Tarbell 3 stood by to render assistance. J MORNING WATCH SERVICE I I The Epworth League of the Metho- ’ dist church will hod a morning watch service tomorrow morning at six o’clock at the church. i 1 I KAUFFMAN HOLDING HIS OWN J Walter Kauffman, who has been seriously Hl for several days, is holdi ing his own.