Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 191, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1924 — Page 1

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DAVIS DEMANDS STRONG ORGANIZATION

ft COURSES OPEN TO 0. S. flyerstoday places In Greenland BOTH ake dangerous flight of 780 Miles w »y OfCape Farewell Is Favored 7<XV Aug l 11—(Spe [UI to Daily Democrat)— Two new wrse9 , both dangerous, lay before th e American worM flyers ‘od 8 ?- wh ile the cruiser Raleigh sought a landing place on the east oa , t O s Greenland and made observatotN to see it there appeared a chance of a break in the packs of ice a! Angmageatik, those in charge of the flight considered two courses. The first was an attempt to fly to (he welt coast of Greenland, a longer !D1 ! more perilous hop than the proposed one to Angmageaiik. rendered ioußly dangerous because of fogs. The alternative called for a landKe in the sea off Cape Farewll and refuting there in the doubtful shelt>r of a cruiser. Admiral Magrunder was of the opinion that the long flight to the west toast offered the best chance of sueMS . with a landing at Frederikaval ;r Julianshanb. Greenland. Washington. Aug. 11— (Special to Dailv. Democrat) —The Danish government has consented to establishnent of emergency bases of tfve world light near Cape Farewell, extreme southern tip of Greenland and an adrance officer has made tentative landing. the air service was informed today. This was taken to mean the flyers had decided the quickest wav of ne gotiating the next hop is byway of Cape Farewell with a direct non stop hop of 780 miles. Given good weath er there is no doubt the airmen can make it. John Shifferly Taken To East Haven Hospital Today John Shifferly, aged resident of Union township, who was committed to the Eastern Hospital for the Insane recently, was taken to the hospital at Richmond this morning by Deputy Sheriff D. M. Hower. o Mrs. E B. Macy and sons. Byford and Christen and Miss Angie Firks returned last evening from Elkhart where they spent the week end with Mrs. C. W. Hocker.

BABY DIES IN IN AUTOMOBILE Lehrman Baby Dies While Returning Home With Parents From Visit Harold Richard Lehrman. the two-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Lehrman, of Union township, died in or. automobile about 7 o’clock Sunday evening, on the road home from near Bluffton. The parents did not discover that the child was dead until they reached home. It was apparently In as good health as usual when they Parted home from the Lewi* Cox tmine. six miles southeast of Bluffton, where they had spend the day. ThO Physician stated that death was due n hernia, with which the child had suffered since birth. The baby was born May 28, 1924, and wag the only child in the family. Besides the parents, the child is surVu‘d by four grandparents, Mr. and ‘Ps. David Emenhiser, of Hoagland. ll neial services will be held from ome at 1:30 o’clock and from the “st Liberty church at 2 o’clock |( siay afternoon, the Rev. Alonzo j I ” xl ® mas . officiating. Burial in the F cemetery at Monroeville.

DECATUR DALLY DEMOCRAT'

Girl Breaks Arm In Slide Down Hay Stack Wilda Riley, eleven-year-old daughter of A. B. Riley, of Salem, suffered a badly fractured arm Sunday afternoon when she tumbled from a hay stack. She and several little girl friends were climbing up the stack of hay and having great sport in sliding down. In some way she lost her balance and fell over the little girl ahead of her, breaking the left arm in two places between the wrist and elbow Dr. J. W. Vizard whs called, but the break was so serious that it was necessary to bring the little girl here for and X-ray. o— PARADE HELD HERE BY KEAN About 300 Klansmen Took Part In Parade Held Saturday Night Ar parade of the Ku Klux Klan was held in Decatur Saturday night, the demonstration being attended by about 275 klansmen, including a fewlocal members, men, women and children from Mercer county, Ohio, Hartford City. Grant and Jay counties, who were recognized by the banners they carried or from the name on their automobiles. The parade formed on the Bellmont road, easy of the Monroe street bridge and, headed by nine klansmen on horses, also robed in white, came west on Monroe street, then south on Second street to Jefferson street and then back again on Second and to the stamping grounds near the Steele school house, where it was said that an initiation of seven members took place and other ceremonies o£ the order were held. It was also said that an out-of-town speaker gave an address there. • It was stated that several local men, including two or three who rode horses, were recognized in the parade. Two bands said to be from Huntington. Indiana and Mercer county. Ohio, and a drum corps were in the parade. Two of the out-of-town delegations carried large American flags, stretched out between two squads of klansmen. Although some of the out-of-town klansmen did not wear masks, a tnajority of them had their "blinds’’ drawn while in the parade. Several automobiles followed the parade with klansmen who were not attired in the white gown, hood and mask On the side-lines out-of-town klansmen seemed to be in charge of the parade. A speech was given on Liberty Way, a part of the street being roped off as a meeting place for the klansmen. Local Woman’s Sister Dies In Baltimore, Md.

Adrain Wemhoff received a message this morning informing him of the death of his wife’s sister, Miss Emma Kaufman, age 21. of Baltimore. Maryland, death occurring at about 1:30 this morning, following a year's illness with paralysis. Mrs. Wemhoff has been with her sister for the past month and will remain until after the funeral. The young lady took ill about a year ago and had been paralysed from the shoulders down. Her condition became worse about a month ago and Mrs. Wemhoff left to be at her bedside. Funeral serivces will be held Wednesday morning at Baltimore and burial will also be made there. Railroads Have Lost Short-haul Business (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Aug. 11. —Railroads have lost nearly all their short-haul business to traction line, motor busses and trucks in Indaina. a railroad official here declared today. The official said the motor bus and trucks has taken the lead in short houl business. Paved roads along .the i railroad tracks and the flexibility of motor bus schedules were said to be two large factors in making bus competition keen.

PLEADS GUILTY TO DELINQUENCY Harvey Bovine, Os Monroe, Fined And Sentenced To Penal Farm

— Harvey Bovine, of Monroe, was fined SIBO and sentenced to serve six months on the state penal farm this morning by Judge Jesse C. Sutton in circuit court, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a young girl. He will be taken to the penal farm within the next few days. Sheriff Baker stated today. Bovine is a married man and the father of two small children. The girl wronged by Bovine is Fern Secaur, age 15. a step daughter of Nade Haley, of this city. The girl was placed in the Indiana Girls’ School recently. Bovine has not paid his fine yet. It is said that Bovine and the Secaur girl lived together as busband and wife for nearly three months, traveling from city to city in northern Indiana. The girl wrote to her mother here for clothing, but her mother refused to send it to her. Finally sae (ante home after her clothing last wek and the probation officer took her in charge. After much questioning, the girl finally admitted that she was not married to Bovine and that she was not married to any man. although she had been living with Bovine. — Ninety Miners Entombed In Japanese Mine Today Tokio, Aug. 11—Ninety miners working in pit No. 5 of the Iriyama coal mine were buried and undoubtedly killed when an explosion occurred on the 2.400 yard level. Seventy-seven bodies have been recovered.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Patterson. Dr. and Mrs. F. I. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. James West veld and Mr. ami Mrs. J. B. Patterson and children, motored to Lake Hamilton yesterday. George Schug returned to Stroh this morning after spending the week end here with relatives. OLD FAMILIES HOLD REUNION Holthouse And Voglewede Families Hold First Annual Reunion

The first reunion of the Holthouse and Voglewede relatives was held Sunday at Bellmont Park and at a business meeting held following the dinner at twelve o'clock it was voted that the reunion be made an annual affair. Election of officers was held. L. A. Holthouse being elected president; N. R. Holthouse, secretary, and Anthony Voglewede, treasurer. A program committee composed of J. W. Bosse, who acted as chairman of the meeting. Mrs. L. A. Holthouse and Peter Meyer, was named to prepare the program for next year's reunion which will be held at the Anthony Voglewede farm, south of Decatur, on the second Sunday in August. About one hundred relatives attended the family dinner and next year it is hoped that every relative of the two families will be able to attend. This year's reunion was planned by Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, assisted by others and as many of the relatives we/e out of the city or unable to prepare for it on short notice, the attendance was not as large as that expected next year. J. W. Bosse chairman of the meeting, gave a short history of the Holthouse and Voglowede families. Bernard Holthouse, Sr., came to Adams county in 1837. the year following the establishing of Adams county, and was one of the pioneers in this county. The Voglewedes came here in about 1844 and the families have been residents here ever since. Both of the sons of the senior Mr. Holthouse and Mr. (Continued On Page Four)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 11, 1924.

Grandstand Collapses At Bedford; One Fan Killed (United Press Service) | Bedford. Ind.. Aug. 11 —An investigation to place responsibility for the i collapse of a grandstand at Washington Park yesterday which killed one person and injured four others was started today by the Lawrence county coroner. 1 The stand was jammed with nearly 400 persons, most of whom were women and children, watching the Bed-ford-Bloomington baseball game. Without warning the wooden structure collapsed, hurling the mass of struggling humanity to the ground. A heavy timber struck Eugene Fishel. 11, in the head, killing him instantly.

BOOTLEGGERS CAUGHTSUNOAY Two Men Caught Near State Line By Van Wert Deputy Sheriffs Vernie Davis, of Paulding, Ohio, and Russell Holtsberry, of Broughton, 0.. alleged bootleggers, were captured by two deputy sheriffs from Van Wert, Ohio. n<*ar the Indiana state line Sunday afternoon, after a spirited chase which begun near Wren. Ohio. The men were lodged in the county jail at Van Wert on charges of violation of the prohibition law. Deputy Sheriffs C. S. West and Dick Bailey, of Van Wert, went to the colored peoples' picnic, being held near Wren Sunday afternoon. Davis and Holtsberry, together with M.rs. Davis and two children, were sitting in a car parked several feet from the rest of the cars. The deputy sheriffs had been informed that the men were bootlegging and as the officers approached the car, the two men became suspicious and started to drive away. The deputy sheriffs started to follow the speeding car. firing several shots on the way. traveling a short distance, the occupants of the car in front threw two liquor jugs out of the car. The two officers overtook the fugitives a short distance from the Indiana state line. o CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: Sept. $1.26%; Dec. $1,30%: May $1.35%. Corn: Sept. $1.13%; Dec. $1.03%; May $1.04%. Oats: Sept. 48%c; Dec. 61%c; May 54%c.

MONROE CITIZEN DIED SATURDAY Herman Osierman, Age 64, Succumbed To Stroke Os Paralysis Herman Osterman, age 64. well known resident of Monroe, died at his home in that town at 5 o'cock Saturday evening, following a short illness of paralysis. Mr. Osterman was stricken with paralysis about a week ago. Funeral services were held from the home at 1:30 o'clock and from the methodist church at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the Rev. S. 1. Zechfel officiating. Burial was made in the Ray cemetery. Mr. Osterman was born in Indiana. December 25. 1859. He had live in Monroe for the last forty He wsa a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Osterman. Mr. Osterman’s wife died ten years ago. He is survived by two sons. E. O. Osterman, of Monroe, and Homer Osterman, of Fort Wayne, one sister, Mrs. Anna Schrader, of Fort Wayne, and One brother. John Osterman, also of Fort WaVne. There are eight grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. Weather » Fair tonight and Tuesday; except showers tonight in south portion. Cooler tonight in west and central portions.

FIVE KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS Motoring Accidents Take A Heavy Toll In This State Sunday ‘ Scattered reports from various cities in the country place the toll from week end outing accidents at 58 persons dead and 135 injured. Many of the injured are not expected to live. Motor car accidents caused 45 deaths. Fourteen persons drowned and one man killed when a wooden grandstand caved in. Indianapolis, Aug. 11 —(Special to j Daily Democrat) — Auto accidents claimed five lives and a dozen serI ious'.y injured in Indiana Sunday. An interurban car struck an auto jat Laporte, killing Alvin Rush. 36. his wife. Murial, 25. and John Jeffery. 27. all of Three Oaks, Mich Jeffery's three year old son was probably fatally injured. Mrs. Rebecca Winslow, Indianapoilis, was killed and four others were jinjured when their auto was struck iby a Pennsylvania passenger train near Seymour. After Leo Haas, 20. of Jasper, had been missing for eight hours, his body was found pinned beneath the wreckage of his auto in a corn field near Jasper. George Holliday. 65. of Rushville, was perhaps fatally injured Sundaynight when the automobile being driven by his daughter turned over in a ditch south of Muncie. He is in a hospital there. Three other Muncie persons were in serious auto wrecks Sunday. Four Die in Chicago Chicago. Aug. 11—(Special to DailyDemocrat) —Two murders and two deaths in automobile accidents were chalked up. over the week end here. Guy Franklin, father of nine children. was stabbed to death by an Italian because Franklin refused to . pay $3 for damage done to the assailant's pants by the Franklin dog. I Patrolman Hairy Gaster was shot to death by two youths when he sought to arrest for trying to steal an automobile. Gaster was do ng ex • Cnntfloed on Psge Kl»*'

TWO BANDITS ARE KILLED Third Is Wounded; Believed To Have Worked In Adams County Three men. thought to be part of a bandit gang that has terrorized various small towns in Adams, Wells, Huntington, Allen, and Miami counties this summer by a series of daring robberies and shooting frays., were captured Saturday night after a gun battle, when they attempted to rob a store at Fairmont operated by Leßoy Schronz. Two of th? men died in the hospital at Fairmount Sunday and the third is seriously wounded. The dead bandits are William Lewis.,4o, of Miamisburg. Ohio, and Marion Hubbard, of Gas City. Chester Hubbard, the third member of the gang, who was seriously wounded, confessed to the sheriff that he and the two dead men had participated in a number of Northern Indiana holdups recently, and stated that Lewis shot and killed Jesse Nelson, during a robbery staged at Matthews, Indiana, recently. Postive identification of the men was made Sunday when John Hubbard, father of the Hubbard brothers, went to the hospital. Lewis it was said, was married, and the father of four children. It was at first believed that four men participated in the attempted holdup. Later developments showed only three men took part, however. Schronz and Paul Royal were at the store when the bandits entered and began firing indiscriminately, evidently with the intention of intimidaHng (Continued On Page Four)

Body Os Beautiful Young Woman Found | Chicago. Aug. 11—(Special 4o Daily Democrat) —The body of a young, beautiful and handsomely dressed woman was found in (he woods near Benton Haibor, Mich., early today. Sheriff George C. Bridgeman of Benton Harbor notified Chicago police today. The girl had been shot to death, the sheriff wired. A bracelet engraved with the letter 1 “C” is the only clue to her identification, Bridgeman stated. The body has been in the woods for some time, as decomposition has set in, the sheriff said. LOCAL PEOPLE IN ACCIDENT ““ J Escape Serious Injury . When Auto Is Struck Near Celina, Ohio Mr. and Mis. Millard Baumgartner i and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ahr narrowly escaped serious injury about 8 o’clock last night when anoth er automobile collied with the Baumgartner car on the Rockford Celina * road, about one and one-half miles northwest of Celina. Ohio. Mrs. Baumgartner suffered an injury to one arm, Mrs. Ahr had one arm injured and bruises about her neck and shoulders, and Mr. Baumgartner was cut about his nose and mouth by broken glass. Mrs. Ahr fainted. A party of local people were returning from Russels Point, located on Indian Lake, where they had spent the day, when the accident occured. In the party, besides the Baumgartners and Ahrs, were Lloyd Ahr, Russell Baumgartner. Faye Krugh and Lola Schwariz. in one car. and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carroll and Mr. and Mrs. David Campbell in another car. | The Baumgartner car. a Durant sedan. was in front. Near the scene of the accident Mr. ■ Baumgartner noticed another car approaching. He turned out to meet the car and when the other car reached a point even with the Baumgartner car, the driver suddenly steered it into the Baumgartner car. The car was driven by a Mr. Miller of Celina. With him were two ladies. Both ladies were thrown out of the car and one suffered a broken leg. Mr. Miller admitted that last night was the first | time that he had driven his car after night. Mr. Baumgartner’s car was badly damaged. The left front fender was broken, the left front wheel was crushed, the radiator was crushel in. the upholstering was torn off the' front seat, a glass in the right side of I the sedan was broken and the engine was damaged until it could not be started. The other car. a Dodge touring car. was only slightly damaged. Mr. and Mrs. Baumgartner am' daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Ahr were brought home by a man from Fort Wayne, who came along shortly after the accident. o — Mr. and Mrs. William Butler ami daughters, Monai and Charlotte, returned yesterday from a two weeks motor trip through Michigan. They visited Mr. and Mrs, H. O. Dibble at Caro and Mr. and Mrs. Cal Meyers at Saginaw. o DAVIS SPEECH TO BE BROADCASTED TONIGHT , Washington. Aug. 11— (Special to Daily Democrat)— Direct wires ( from Clarksburg. W. Va., to sta- ] tion WCAP. Washington will carry | ] the speeches and exercises indi- i dental to the official notification of John W. Davis, of his nomination I of the democratic party for the ( Presidency tonight. Other broadcasting stations will „be hooked up with WCAP enabling listeners in all parts of the country to hear the speeches. The ceremonies will commence . at 8 p. m. eastern standard time , and will be broadcast by the fol- > lowing stations: WCAP, Washington, WEAF. New York. WNAC, Boston; WJAR. Providence; WMAF, South Dartmouth; WLW, Cincinnati and WGN. Chicago.

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IS CONFIDENT THAT VICTORY WILL RESULT Democratic Standard Bearer Confers With Party Workers Today SHAVER IS ELECTED Nominee’s Friend Elected Chairman Os National Committee (United Press Service) Clarksburg. W. Va., Aug. 11—A sharp demand for womplete and immediate oragnization of his campaign was the first formal political utterance of John W. Davis, democratic candidate for the presidency, in tak'ing up the reins of party government today. His demand was voiced at the meetings. of the democratic national committee at which Clem Shaver was elected the new chairman. The democratic candidate, in talking to the party wheel horses., made it plain that he i; confident victory will come with tfie end of the campaign. He said the people will decide in favor of the democrats if they arc “fully informed’’ and that it was the duty of the committee to provide this education. • t Davis said: “It is a sincere pleasure to me to welcome you here to my native state and to ‘he city of my birth. “Many racial strains are represented in this unit -of population, and few ! schools of thought, political or religious, are without their adherents; I lint in them all the humble virtues of industry and thrift and honesty and I human kindness still persist, and ■through them all run the inevitable frailties of our common human nature. Their great desire at the moment is to show to you the sense of honor which they feel in your presence and to testify to their interest in the ceremony that call ‘ you here. The democrats of the state especially will be stimulated and encouraged by th ■ fact that you have come to mingle with them. “As your candidate I welcome myI self this opportunity to come again in--Ito personal contact with you. It is to you that [ took not only for advice and guidance during the campaign, but for that organized effort which is indispensible to political success. It I would border on import intents to preach to seasoned veterans like 'yourselves the necessity lor organization. If I may paraphrase the scriptuers. conventions may plant and (Continued on page two)

LEGION POST TO NAME DELEGATES Delegates To State Convention To Be Selected This Evening A meeting of Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion will be held at eight o’clock this evening at the Legion hall lor the purpose of selecting delegates to the state' convention at Evansville, in September. C,. I-'. Herher, commander of the local post urged all members to be present. Acknowledge notices from Robert C, Davis, major general in charge of the applications for the soldiers’ adjusted compensation, have, been received by local World War Veterans following their filling of the blanks. I The cards received here bear num.bers over the million mark and local ’veterans expressed surprise in seeing i that more than a million men had allready filed their blanks during the first mouth. | The “Defense Test Day’’ observance on September 12th may be brought lup at the meeting this evening and . the veterans are urged to attend.