Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1925 — Page 1

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RESCUERS TAKE 23 BODIES FROM MINE

I FIVE BANDITS I MOGHT after I ROBBING BANK ■ swltoo V\. w Carlisle. ■ Indiana. Aller Robbing |H Michigan Bank ■ INDIAN K' ■ \|jFive WotinrD dhv Shots; ■ loo! round In Their ■ Automobile 19 ,cxiTr.i‘ i'i:i -- si:i:vicri South I"-"' ' -’1 —(Spe j ||B (ii l !>■ "i- r;«r i Tiio five jgndit- wlm >*.uii--i in ihi day hold NH Millsburt' bank at Millsbure, |9 J|:|, I Will $.'2.0110 ill |9 K ,h i# .< - shot down ■I u ,l ....p:;;s. ■■••• n niili s from Car HH l|,dn !„! . afternoon. Town 91.-:.- St.n A.l.h-y. of New ('arH 9 tin «.-e. she' Im' tint dangerous!) HH wounded in the fight. 9| One i’s i l '” b..ndits was shot so ■■ In.iir !i: :t te- » ■ 't'o l '!- 111 flee. The HH Olla;. t-np earily evaded police. HI * *’ rl '- m |j ' 'l |,| P lntc WM n! !0 a i 1« -h'-d and thi fourth was 9l hrtd hiding in a straw stack. They i ■■ wiM»d« e. ■•l.eitt further light, ra9 tt’irduir to w ■ >.) -'.-nt to the police HH South Bend 9i One of iho bandits gave Ji is name' HI is John Mardi.dl of Indianapolis. Th< uimr mm a1... are Indianapolis nett, police said. 9S I'll.' mill • ! ;,. !.< •• of South Bend 9M :nldlu.-rs and ■ lii/' tis of New CarBH W' were- w.utied that the bandits :In I.Hie low n They blocked the road near the town HH tld shortly after the bandits drove ■ ,P ' HB Ackley stepped up to question |9 thi-m. a moment later a fusilade of HB «hiit.< burst fr.mi the car and Ackley ■ Mt down. 9B teriir Smith, assistant deputy. BB spring forward and emptied his ■B square into the windshield. HH The file bandit.' were struck. Four HB Way to the hiding places. The other K T- too badly halt and was captured HB m the spot. BB The loot was found in the car. 9 Two Hundred Chickens 9 Burned In Farm Fire 9 Pifceton. Ind , Feb. 21—(United HB Press.) — More than two hundred HR chickens were cremated when fire deHB Hroyetl a poultry house on the farm 9 d Frank Shorh, near here. ° I IMG MOTHER I WEB LAST NIGHT ■ Mr. Samuel Bartlett Dies S Home Here FollowS >ng Child Birth I „??’ Mozelle Bartlett, age 29. wife 9 mCd 1 ' 61 Bartlett - ,liei > at her home. ■ i’; atterson street - at 8:30 o'clock 9 Dpath was caused f>y ■bn nil a Kirl baby having been 9 non” 4 o'clock yesterday after- ■ '■ The baby is living. 9 ni»? Bartlet t was a daughter of ■ a an “ Mary Fisher ° f this city, I b ° rn here ' July 26 ‘ 1895 ' On ■ Slntiiel ’ J 9ll She WaS marl,ed to 9 ! Z U artlett Since their mar--9 »MJ i c and Mrs ' Bartl ett have FCS' Decatur “T Bend ’ Fort Wayne and 9 born tn a, ' Ve cbildren have been I e '"’ lncludin 8 the one born ■ Stelln / Thp ° her four are Mary, ■ Parefit/T t" d Reba ' neside s the I Bartlett . lUßban<l and children, Mrs. I h <brothers UrV F ed ? y the fol '° Winß ■ Charles pt k Frank ' Thomas and I CrawL ,!T ° f thi9 city; Burt B Pl »her o ’f°v Payne ' Ohio: and Liewis I. K Vafl Wert ' Ohio. I “>e home at’’■So'’ heW fr ° m I tis ‘ church 9 . 3 ° and from the BaPI " a »alm h Ot Which M»- Bartlett B ’’’’tning n e ~ at 10 °’ clock Monday I R : v - F - D - whitßt, ‘ °rI Dec «'tr cemetery W,U ma<ie the I '■

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Woman Held For Death Os Her Day-Old Baby tiTNITRD PKESS SERVICE') Fori Wayne, Feb. 21 (Special to Daily Democrat)- Mrs. Orel Seaman tics bo n arrainged on a charge of manslaughter for abandoning her day-old baby «i the doorstep at the hone of Dr. (' O. DUlworth. January 2. The infant, which did not have the care of a physicinn or midwife at the time of it.s birtn. died of exposure afti r being on the doorstep in zero weather f< r an hour before being round. The mother has been confined to a hosnltal since discovery of her identity. o TO PAY TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON Country To Observe 193rd Anniversary Os George Washington’s Birth Tomorrow the country will observe the lft:iid birth annivresary of George Washington, lovingly spoken of as the "father of his country." Washington was born February 22, 1732. in Virginia, and died December It. 1799. after an illustrious career. The legal holiday will be observed by the banks and postoflice on Monday. The hanks will be closed Monday and there will not be any city or 1 rural deliveries of mail in the county. I In several of the sihools, patriotic ' programs will he given in observance of Washington's birthday. Washington was the great dominnnt personality in tin* historic drama of his day. Plots failed to discredit him. Conspiracy failed to destroy him. Treachery refused to do her ugly office against him. It was not the first President’s intellectual gifts which gave him exceptional distinction. His leadership was justified and confirmed because of his measundess moral force. It is the quality which lias contributed so much to the enduring majesty of his character. He was patient, wise, and humble with that humility which recognizes moral dependence upon a Superior Will and Dower. , The lessons of his life are as valuable this day as they were In the cold •gloom of Valley Forge, where his great heart came near breaking. The strong and able statesmen of today recognize the fact that in Washington’s policies are incorporated more of the principles which are fundamental to our society and government than the policies of any other national leader, though all due credit is given to his great adviser and coadjutor, Alexander Hamilton, for imperishable contributions to the Constitution. Washington won immortal fame by immeasurable service rendered to mankind. His moral grandeur still compels our loving reverence. Whether we see him the soldier, the patriot, lhe statesman or the simple citizen, the view is solemn and majestic. He has been laureled with immortality, and the lustre of his fame and goodness will increase through the ages. -— n Ft. Wayne Woman Hurls Self Into Path Os Train Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 21. —Leaving her place at the side of her husband in a bed at 2:30 o’clock this morning without disturbing him, Mrs. Ida Sauer, SG, walked one block in her night clothing and threw herself to instant death in front of a Nickel Plate pasesnger train. 11l health and despondency over the fate of a son, Irvin, who escaped from the state penal farm two years ago and has never communicated with his parents, are blamed for her death. Mrs. Sauer was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hively, residing seven miles north of Columbia City. A sister, Mrs. Otto Foster, resides in Columbia City. A son, Ephrian Sauer, lives at Huntington, Ind. o—; Training School Classes To Meet Monday Evening Tlfe Community Training School classes will meet at the Central school building on Monday night instead of Tuesray night, it was announced today- All students of the school are urged to be present.

CITY ELECTRIC PLANT ENJOYS BIG BUSINESS Total Business Done By Plant In 1924 Amounts To $129,620.69 BALANCE ON HANDS Value Os Plant Increased Through Addition Os New Machinery The electric light and power department of the City Plant did a to-1 tai business of $129,620.69 in 1924. of I I which $105,916.89 was cash receipts! from lhe sale of commercai power! and xurrent. M. J. Mylott. superin tendent of the department, made his i annual report to the council last { Tuesday and has forwarded the! necessary reports to the Indiana Pub ; lie Service Commission. . The business enjoyed last year war the largest in the history of the.city; plant and the operating expenses titid cost of manufacturing were greatly i reduced with the installation of the I new and labor-saving machinery and devices, as is clearly shown in the! net operating revenue of the depart ! ment. A big saving was made in thei opetation of the plant last year, which reflects to the credit of the department. The operating revenue of the department was approximately $30,000 ! after deducting all expenses and the payment of interest on the old issue of bonds. .Depreciation on the plant and lines was also deducted as an item of expense in the. operation of the business. The department is credited with $12,007.50 for current furnished the water department in operating that end of the city plant. The department is also credited with $6,659 received from taxes as the charge for municipal street lighting. Sundry and miscellaneous sales and supplies sold (by the department and credited to Operating revenue totaled $2,210.32, and Mr. Mylott’s report also shows the receipt of $2,826.98 for ornamental light posts. The department ! charges itself with $5,519.99, which | the electric department expended in (Continued On Page Four) TRACTION LINES ARE PURCHASED Samuel Insull Interests Become Operators Os De-catur-Ft.Wayne Line A large public utility deal affecting the operation of the Fort WayneDecatur Traction Hue iiud the ownership cf the street car system in Fort Wayne and several interurban lines running out of Fort Wayne, has been closed between the owners of the Indiana Service Corporation and the Samuel Insull utility interests of Chicago, the purchasers. The deal, one of the largest ever made in the state, will be on February' 26. The sale involves millions, it was stated. Notice of the proposed purchase has been forwarded to stockholders from the New York office of the company. Formal acceptance of the purchase by the stockholders means that the company will go under the gen-! eral direction of the Northern Indiana I Gas '& Electric company, of which i the local gas company is a part. The Indiana Service corporation owns the city lines at Fort Wayne, Wabash, Peru and Logansport, and the interurban lines to Lafayette. Bluffton, Waterloo and Kendallville, and operate the Decatur interurban line and the Lima interurban line as well. It owns the light and power properties in Fort W’aync and furnishes light’and power along its interurban lines to 28 different communities. All of the properties actually owned will be taken over if the plans proposed are approved by the stockholders.

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Funeral For Mrs. Anna Howard Monday Funeral Services for Mrs. Anna Howard, Wtyo dioil at the home of a daughter, Mrs. James Ernst, in Peter--on, Thursday night, will be field from the Beery ehiirch west of this city, at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon. Short I services will be held from the fesidi nee in Peterson at 1:30 o’block. The I Rev. L. L. (’. Wisner, assisted by the : Rev. Hygenia, wNI have charge of I the funeral. o REFUSE TO MAKE : SHIP A TARGET Aircraft Committee Defeats Plan For Another Bombing Test i Washington. Feb. 21. — The house aircraft investigating committee toI day defeated by a vote of 5 to 2 the rcsohtt'on offered by Representative ; Prall. New York, which would have r’‘questod Secretary of War and Secretary of Navy Wilbur to arrange a bombing test with the bat-tle-hip North Dakota as a target. Pull sought by the test to settle . the dispute over Hie relative merits I of battleship and aircraft and the vulnerability of planes to anti-air craft defense. Brigadier GeGneral "Billy" Mitchell would have commanded the attacking planes. Klan Officially Opens Its County Headquarters Don Teeple, secretary of the Adams County Ku Klux Klan, reports an attendance at the opening of the "Klan Temple” at Monroe last night of aljoiit 300. including delegations from Ft. Wayne, Bluffton and Portland. The principle talk was made by Rev. H. R. McCune, of Ist Fontain. Local members also made talks. The Klan recently leased one of the buildings in Monroe and a large Fiery Cross has been erected above it. A chit-ken dininer was served last night, oysters also being on the menu for those who did not eat chicken. o Public Invited To View Art Exhibit Next Week Tito citizens of Decatur and surrounding community are invited to visit the public library any afternoon or evening next week and view the exhibit of the John Herron Art institute of Indianapolis, which will be on display there all week. The exhibit may Ibe seen any afternoon between the hottre of two and five p. tn., and any evening between the hours of seven and nine p. m. The members of the art class of Decatur high school will be present during the exhibit to explain the exhibit and answer questions of the visitors. The exhibit will contain many beautiful pieces of work in painting and drawings. Admission to the exhibit will be free. o Three Men Killed In Oil Tanker Explosion (UNITED PRESS SER-VICE) Philadelphia. Feb. 21—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Three men were I killed and a number were injured and others are missing as a result of two terrific explosions which wreck ed an oil tanker at the Gulf Refining company. Point Breeze plant on the Schuylkill river, today. o Baby Dies Few Minutes After Birth Early Today A girl baby born at 2:30 o'clock tliM morning to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Spiegel, of Rapt township, died a few minutes after birth. The baby was buried in the Fuelling cemetery this afternoon, short funeral services being conducted by the Rev. A. W. Hinz, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church in this city. Weather Cloudy tonight, followed by fair Sunday, Colder tonight and in northeast portion Sunday.

MODIFICATION OF : APPROPRIATION BILL IS SOUGHT Legislative Committees Endeavor To Take Snarl Out Os Measure WOULD BE HANDICAP Several Institutions Would 1 • Be Without Funds For j Raw Materials (UNITED PRESS SERVICE) , Indianapolis, Feb. 21 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Legislative committees today wore endeavoring to take a snarl out of the appropriation > bill which would, in the belief of I • some members, seriously handicap some of the state institutions. They were trying to find a solution! , of the problem of maintaining a rotary fund for purchase of raw ma- - terial for the institution manufacturing plants in view of the passage of » tire Pittenger bill to turn all fees < collected by the state into the gener- > al fund. r If this bill, which Is ready for the governor’s signature, would become . a law. it is the belief of some mem- . bers the state institutions would have to turn all of this money received for manufactured art h ies into the general fund. They would thus be without funds ' for the purchase of raw material. Out of the total $1,500,000 in re- ' quests for additions to the general appropriation bill only approximate •ly $100.0(TH 'has been granted. 1 This includes an $87,000 deficiency • appropriation for the Idiana reform- ‘ atory and an increase in the conservation department appropriation • from SIO,OOO to $44,000 for lands at)d ■ structures. ■ Another jab is to be taken at the > state highway commission with the ■ introduction of a bill in the house > tonday to abolish the state highwaj I commission and to create a "bipartisan" commission of four members. Under the bill the director would be appointed by the governor. The ' present director is appointed by the commission. DIRIGIBLE MAKES A RECORD FLIGHT Los Angeles Flies From Lakehurst To Bermuda In Twelve Hours - 1 " I Hamilton. Bermuda, ;, 'cb. 21 —(S,.e- ; cial to Daily Democrat.) —A pioneer ; in what sometime may be daily aerial service between the United i States and Bermuda, the dirigible Los Angeles arrived here early today. making the trip from Lakehurst, > N. J., in approximately twelve hours. • Early risers were rewarded by the 1 sight of the great ship cruising over 1 the island. Later she began maneuv- ' , ering with the mooring ship Patoka j . in Murray's anchorage where she will ! remain until the return trip starts. ] The dirigible, carrying Assistant ] Secretary of the Navy T. Douglas : . Robinson, thrhe other passengers and ] a crew of forty officers and men, ran ( into a haze shortly after taking off ' from Lakehurst at 3:26 yesterday j afternoon, but the all-American crew kept the ship true to its course. Flown to America last November r f as a war prize, there was nothing symbolic of militarism in her misi sion here. The Zeppelin-built ship carried a cargo of mail for American , tourists in Bermuda, and according to Rear Admiral Moffatt, chief of the bureau of aeronautics, inay prove a forerunner of daily mail and passenger service. r Assistant Secretary Robinson made i his first inspection of a naval vessel while aboard the Los Angeles.

Fire Drives 500 Persons To Street In New York New York, Feb. 21.- Five hundred persons, many of thorn engaged in i theatrical work,‘wore driven to the street early today when firu attacked a six-ntory building in upper Broadway, near the heart of New York’s night life. Several thrilling rescues were effected. When Charles Lockhart, yeoman on the U. S. S. Rochester, saw smoke pouring from the basement of the building, ho ran up to studios on the second floor and aroused 30 persons before being overcome hy smoke. He was bitten on the hand by a dog when .one tenant was aroused. M'CRAV ASSETS ARE ASSIGNED Title To Fomer Governor’s Assets Vested In R. Earl Peters, Trustee Indianapolis, Feb. 21—Title to the assets of Warren T. McCray, former Governor of Indiana, has been formally vested in R. Earl Peters, as trustee for the estate of the bank runt governor, hy order of the federal court, with the exception of the security held hy the Goodrich pool as collateral for a $350,000 loan made to McCray that he might meet “pressing obligations.” Judge Robert C. Baltzell, who awarded the assets to Peters as trustee, will hold a hearing March 16 on action of the trustee in seeking to set aside the pool agreement. The assets will ho prorated among the creditors hy the trustee Those affectedf by Judge BaltzAlFs order were held by the creditors’ committee, of which the State Savings and Trust Company was tnissne. While the assets have a gross value of $1,500,000. most of them are incumbered. They include land and farms. The amount the trustee will be able to realize from Hie sale is doubtful, according to W. J Vesey, counsel for Peters. Agreement Reached An agreement was consummated by Peters with the trust company aftef several months of negotiations, and a decree was entered in federal court in accordance with this agreement. It provides for the transfer of the McCray home at Kentland to Mrs. McCray, in return for all interest she may have or, claim in the bankrupt's estate. Benjamin F. Heaton, Fort Wayne attorney for Peters, and William A. Pickens, counsel for the State Savings and Trust Company, were appointed commissioners to make the transfers to Peters as trustee and Mrs. McCray. The transfers include virtually all property except that, held in the Goodrich pool, given to secure $350,000 paid principally to the state hoard of agriculture and to Kentland Bank in settlement of "pressing indebtedness" of the for-1 mer governor. o “Ma” Ferguson Uses Her Veto Power Today Austin, Tex., Feb. 21 —Gov.Mirian A Ferguson exercised her veto power for the first time in her administration today when she refused to sign the bill giving free transportation to members of the legislature on Texas railroads. The veto followed an opinion of the attorney general's office holding that legislators would be entitled to collect constitutional mileage and per diem expenses while riding free upon passes. o Would Prohibit Sale Os Bad Artificial Legs Indianapolis, Feb. 21. — (United Press.) —There will be no bad artificial legs sold to unfortunate cripples in Indiana if Representative Mendenhall has his way about it. He introduced a bill in the house to require persons supplying artificial limbs to the state for vocational rehabilitation to file a guaranty bond of SI,OOO. •

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TWENTY-EIGHT BODIES YET TO BE RECOVERED , Rescue Workers Overcome In Effort To Remove Bodies From Mine » 1 _ 8 RED CROSS ON JOB a I - Organization Gives Temporary Relief To Families Os Dead Miners All Married But Seven I Sullivan, l(id., Feb. 21—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Seventy-six children and forty-four widows are known to be survivors of the > 51 minors dead. A record compii:d by the minor’s check weighman showed that only seven of the dead were single men. Frank , Smith, one of the victims, is rer ported as leaving a widow and ten children. Perry Maxwell, another I victim, leaves a widow and six children. ’ At the Mouth of City Mine, ' Sullivan, Ind., Feb. 21. — Eight rescuers forcing air before them broke through a small fall and j entered rooms five ana six in the ; north entry, finding the bodies :- of sixteen of the total of fifty--1 one dead, shortly before 2:00 o’clock this afternoon. 1 Twenty-three bodies have been brought to the top leaving 4 twenty-eight yet to be recovered ’ or hoisted to the surface. The twenty-second victim was I unidentified, but was said to be either .lames Eller of Janies ’ Burris. The twenty-third body s was identified as that of Blaine 1 Gibson, of Jasonville. I Three mine rescue workers were ■ carried from, the mine on stretchers . this afternoon when they were overcome by after-damp. They were given first aid treatment at tile mine. I Rescue workers were carried from ' the mine after being overcome by ■ after-damp become viblently mad i when fresh air strikes them as they i are hoisted to the top. They are tak- ' en first on a short walk until their lungs become filled with pure air. Eugene C. Foster, president of the ‘ Indianapolis Red Cross, joined at Terre Haute by Red Cross officials there, arrived here this afternoon and were in conference with local Red Cross officials in planing relief for striken families. (Continued on page two) o — AGED LADY DIES OF HEMORRHAGES Mrs. Anna Neuenschwander, Former Adams Co. Resident, Dies Friday Mrs. Anna Neuenschwander, 82, former Adams county resident, died suddenly at their homo on the Fort Wayne-Decatur road, four miles south of Fort Wayne, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Death was due to pulmonary hemorrhages. Mrs. Neuenschwander was born in Switzerland and had been a resident of this county for 55 years. For several years she resided on the old A. J. Smith farm near this city. Surviving are her husband, Solomon, Neuenschwander; two sons. Noah and Solmon, Jr., of Fort Wayne; two daughters. Mrs. Reuben Lord, of Fort ; Wayne, and Mrs. Henry Greiser, of near Zulu; eleven grandchildren and 1 thirteen great grandchildren. Sol- - omon Lord, of this city is a grand- '• son. Funeral services will be held from the residence at 1:30 o'clock and from e the Trinity Lutheran church on the ■- Fort Wayne road at 2 o’clock Monday 1 afternoon. Rev. Mr. Wyneken officiattl ing. Burial will be made in the church cemetery.