Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 14 August 1925 — Page 1

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after attempt to END HIS LIFE sssa 0 * Attempts_Suicide [lives a-T BLUFFTON life To Drink Acid After Domestic Trouble Thursday Evening jr,., ial to Daily Democrat > I gpfion. AuV H. - Frank Miller. tL sc who has heen working for weeks on the Decatur-Fort f| , ne road, and has been rooming ,1 Decatur, attempted suicide at his w in this city last night. After Hi, with his family, he drew a botcarbolic acid from bis pocket Uattempted to drink it- His face w badly burned. gin Miller, a son. Mrs. John Miller WMrs. Frank Miller were ail badly L*(i when they attempted to take poison away from the enraged C M r Miller left the home after * attempt at death and has not yet Da found. |Sr. Miller returned to Bluffton last Lm; after spending several weeks in jgcatur working on the road improve'*at. He had some words with his CBj Mrs. Miller went into the ie and Mr. Miller followed her. iastold him to stay out. that he had steady caused enough trouble. Mr. idler said, "Well, 1 might as well Mit all. right now." 1 Sr. Miller pulled the bottle from M pocket, but the screams of Mrs. jjder caused the son to rush into [ithouse and frustrate the attempt, fit Miller then fled. Police were (tiled and continued an all-night atrch for the man. but were unable (locate him. It is said that when hod. charges will be preferred ipitist him No motive, other than ißporar; insanity, was given for the Unapt at suicide. | „ ■— labash Elks Planning / To Build A New Home [fabash, hut. Aug. 14 —Architects *at work on plans for a proposed jfishome for this city. The proposed Sue *lll cost approximately $50,000 Jksaid. The matter of erecting tlie Wding will be decided definitely at peeling of the lodge in the near fare. ■HER SERVED if CLUB GIRLS fetur and Berne Business Men Enjoy Country Dinner Thursday J 1 * Misses Lucy and Elva Gilliom, ■Shera of Mr. and Mrs. Orel Gili French township, were hosF*s to a party of about Decatur W! Berne business men Thursday at Nh when a sumptuous country din- * ws served. The girls are sugat t cluh members and are out to the co »iest being conducted in T® 8 county this year. They did al. . OWB blocking tnd thinning also <J 10 *' nS ’ * n respective acres L tß ' The business men report thb ■ B !lave bne prospects for a goou . P ibat other contestants will i * e to get up and hustle" to keep RoN from wining first honors ni<m g those from Decatur were, on Hiuk Lawrence Kleinhenz, Dan n '' ’ ( l’ 3ll - Niblick, Herman hingHen 1° f ' llinger ’ Fred Sehurger, David per S pf y ’ homas Durkin, W. A. KlepLm r 'cke, John Carmody and asche. Sam Leer of Fairmount for the Holland-St Louis r om P a uy in that vreinitay, also present > as were tw- other men | ' Se <l in the same work. J. D. , re K, county chairman or the Jone ? aßi B * r ' B C ' U * ) wor l { ’ ond Dr. *«ss rne represento d the Berne busi-

Miss Fletcher Sails For Home; Romance Delayed

STUDENTS RAISE $187,61 IN DRIVE Auction School Students Solicit For Salvation Army Fund A total of $187.H1 was raised by the students of the Reppert School of Auctioneering Thursday in their drive for the Salvation Army Home Service fund, a report showed today. Merchandise donated by different merchants was sold by the students at public auction last night and the money raised in that manner, $15.50. was donated to the fund. The students were disissed from class room work yesterday afternoon and they formed several teams of three men each. Each team had a captai. They called upon the buisness men of the city. The winning team col lected a total of S4O 76. This team was composed of Zed Williams, of Columbia, South Carolina, captain; C. W. Dennis, of Saiemviile, Ohio; and W. H. Gold, of Turbotville, Pa. The team collecting the soeond largest amount was composed of Murray Griffin, of Nunn Colorado; cap tain; H. W. Williams, New Senington, Ohio; and Orlin Swisher, of lvesdale. Illinois. They raised $35.75. The members of the three sororities in the city will conduct a tag uay in behalf of the fund here Saturday The quota for this city is $506 and the Rev H- W. Thompson, chairman of the city drive, today called upon the cltites of the city to rally to the call and put the drive over. —o •Prince Os Wales Lands In South America Montevlbeo, Aug. 14 -The Prince of Wales, fresh from his triumphal visit to South Africa, returned to South America today- The ship entered the outer harbor of Montevideo this afternoon and the prince was to land soon thereafter. TO HOLD MISSION SERVICE SUNDAY Out-Of-Town Speakers To Address Lutherans At Bellmont Park The annual mission services of the Zion Ev. Lutheran church will be held next Sunday in Bellmont Park. Speakers from out of town will address the assembly on the work of Christian missions as it is being done by the church. The morning service, beginning at 10:15 o'clock, will be conducted in the German language by the Rev. C. Purzner, of Fort Wayne. The Rev. Karl Trautmann. of Lima, Ohio, will deliver the address in the English service, which will begin at 2:30 p. m. The services are arranged as a special opportunity for members of the church to become better acquainted with the work that is being done by Christian misisons, and the offerings taken will be used to carry on this work. A committee has arranged for the use of beautiful Bellmont Park. Through the courtesy of Col. Fred Reppert it has obtained the use of the grand-stand for the services. Tables will be provided for those who bring their picnic-lunch with them. Refreshments will be on sale ut the stand. — oAnother Man Electrocuted Newcastle, Aug. 14— Electricty took its third victim of the week here today when Emory Wrightsman. 25, of Spiceland a lineman for the interstate public service Co., touched a live wire.

Indianapolis Girl Dodges Reporters As She Boards Ship By Keith Jones, (U. P. Staff Correspondent 1 London, Ang. 14.—Her romance with the German Count Von Srhmettow postponed— and rumored broken — Miss Loulsu Fletcher, pretty Indianapolis girl, today evaded reporters previous to hoarding the Porengaria for home. She went shopping with her father, an Indianapolis banker, while Berlin advices continued to indicate that the wedding scheduled for yesterday had encountered something more than mere German official red tape as Miss Fletcher had claimed in Berlin. The Von Sehmettow family living on their rich estates at Pomtnerzig are keeping their own counsel on the case. But I'nited Press investigation at Berlin indicated that the old count had interposed objections to the match at the eleventh hour. Miss Fletcher told the I'nited Press in Berlin that tardiness in filing her birth certificate in connection with the marriage license application lias caused a postponement of the weding. Then yesterday she departed suddenly by airplane for London, leaving behind the address of the American Express company, London, engaging passage suddenly on the Berengaria. oTO ASK DEATH PENALTY Prosecutor Will Seek Execution Os Ohio Lad Who Confessed To Murder Os Man Who Gave Him R.de. Sedalia. Mo., Aug. 14. — (United Press.) —The death penalty. will be asked by Prosecutor Roy Rucker for Everett Adams. 17-year-old Wilmington, Ohio, youth who confessed he killed Ad u n R. Clawson. New York school teacher, after tile latter had given Adams a tide in his automobile. Adams was brought here yesterday as the murder was committed in this county. He will be arraigned this afternoon. The boy’s mother is on her way here from Wilmington, according to information received hv Henry Adams, father of the slayer, who is with his son. o Wisconsin Republicans Pick Nominee F’or Senator By Edwin C. Derr United Press Staff Correspondent Oskosh, Wis„ Aug 14 —(nited Press) —Conservative tjepuM ioans of Wisconsin today started a united drive to dethrone the Lafollette regime and swing the state back to the support of President Coolidge and the natservatives pledged their support to ional administration. Roy P. Wilcox, an Eau Claire lawin the first Wisconsin republican convention in twenty years the eonyer, who was once a state senator and several times candidate for governor. They united under his banner to defeat Robert M. Lafollette Jr., at the republican primary in the race for the senatorial seat mad evacant by the death of "fighting Bob.” o Lawn Sprinkling System At Winona Discontinued Winona Lake, Ind., Aug. 14 —(United Press)—ln compliance with an order of Dr. William F King, secretary of the state board of health, the lawn sprinkler system at Winona Lag® by which water is pumped from a canal and piped to sprinklers lias ben discontinued. It was found that the canal water was the source of typhoid fever eptdeniic that developed at Winona Lu:ce two months ago during the annual conference of the Church of Brethren. Weather Indiana:Fair tonight and Saturday; warmer Saturday-

Decatur, Indiana, Fri day, August 14, 1925.

PROGRAM FOR PYTHIAN MEET IS COMPLETED Plans Made For Golden Jubilee Celebration Os Local Lodge, Aug. 20 SEN. WATSON COMING Parade Is FVature Os Day; Two Interesting Sessions Are Planned An unusually interesting program has heen completed for the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Decatur Knights of Pythias lodge, to be held in Bellnnrflt Park east of this city Thursday, August 20. The program committee, consisting of John R. Parrish, chairman, and W. Guy Brown, M. F. Worthman, Harry Staley, Archie Foley and Forest Schnepp, met last night and completed plans for the biggest celebration of its kind to he lied in Indiana in the last several years. The public is cordially invited to attend both afternoon and evening sessions of tlie celebration. The big day will get under way at one o'clock Thursday afternoon with a parade of Knights from the local lodge and from the one hundred neighboring lodges that have already signified their intentions of coming to the celebration. Tlie parade will encircle the business district of the city and then go to Bellmont park where the remainder of the program will he held. Senator i James E. Watson will he one of the | principal speakers during the afterj noon session Several other nationally prominent speakers ace also on the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) STATE HIGHWAY REROUTED HERE Motorists Now Routed Over Fifth Street Instead Os Second The state highway commission has marked stat eroad number 21, over North Fifth street to the detour or river road, now used while the Ft. Wayne-Deeatur road, is closed for construction. Heretofore, the road was marked on North Second street then north to the Fort Wayne road. The understanding given members ot the better roads committee of the Decatur Industrial Asociation was that the route would be marked down North Second street following the completion of the Fort Wayne road and that after South Winchester street was repaired the state highway commission would also mark this road through Decatur, as the connecting link with the road between this city and Fort Wayne. The new markings were placed on the telephone posts along North Fifth street tins week and since that time traffic has heen routed that way. Local citizens are desirfous of having State road number, 21, marked through the business section of Decatur and those who have been keeping touch with the state highway commission have been informed that this will he done. Driver Flails Asleep; Companion Is Injured Petersburg. Ind., Aug. 14. —(United Press.) —Falling asleep while driving an auto. Mark Dedman, of Winslow, lost control of the car and it crashed into a telephone pole. Ozzie Erwin, a companion, was thrown through the windshield and nearly bled to death from a severed artery. Physicians believed today he would recover. Tlie sleepy driver and two other occupants escaped unhurt.

Bishop Noll Assigns Priest To (iary Church Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 14.—(United Press.) Bishop Noll, of the Fort Wayne diocese of the Catholic church, has appointed Rev. Raphael Donnplly, of the Immaculate Conception church at Ege as priest of St. Luke’s church at Gary. Rev. Donnelly, fills the post left vacant by the death of the Rev. F. G. Onigga. BRYCE THOMAS GOES TO CAMP Local outh Is Second Lieutenant In Reserve Officers’ Corps Bryce Thomas, well-known Decatur young man, left today for Canty Knox Kentucky, where he will he In training with the 134th Field Artillery, Ohio National Guard, until August 30 The cafp opens on Sunday, August 16. Mr. Thomas is a second lieutenant in the Officer’s Reserve Corps. He will make the trip to camp by motor. His Thomas Haubold, accompanied him as far as Indianapolis, where Mr. Thomas was joined by two othet Reserve Officers. The National Defense Act of the United States Congress provides an Army consisting of thre parts, namely the Regular Army, the National Guard and the Organized Reserves. The Organized Reserves is the new . omponent of the Army and will he, when it is developed, much the largest of the three. It is to be organized especially for service in war and will be the first war force organized in time of peace in the history of our country. The Regular Army of the United States numbers about one hundred and forty thousand men. It is maintained as a national policp force and dose ont cnostitute an adequate provision for national defense. The National Guard numbers about 100,000 officers and men. It consists of troops maintained by the several states as local reserves of the state Governments, held at the disposal of the governor to reinforce, when need, ed, the state officers responsible for maintaining order and enforcing the state laws. The National Guard may he called into the Federl service rot national defense; it will then take its place with the Regular Army as a part of our first line of national defense! The Officer's Reserve Corps consists largely of veterans of the World War many of them tried on the fleid of battle, and most of them trained in their duties under wartime conditions These officers have devoted time and energy to the development of the H» - serves and the moral and material assistance which these officers have given in building up the organized Reserves is a very important factor in the efficiency of that force and of our national preparedness. In addition, many graduates of the training units of our leading educational institutions have taken commissions in the Reserves, and many recessions have been made from tne stmlenc-, who have completed the Blue Course at the Citizens’ Military Training Camps. The Reserve Officer is not only required to possess the qualifications necessary for the performance of his duties at the time of his appointment, qualifications, by training and study but he is expected to improve his qualifications by training and study after appointment. Tlie National Defense Act provides that the President may order Reserve Officers on active duty for training for periods not to exceed fifteen days in one year. Witii this exception. Reserve Officers cannot be ordered to active duty without their own consent, "except in time of national emergency expressly declared by Congress.” Reserve Officers -jh active duty receive the same pay and allowances as officers of the Regular Army, of their respective grades. Mr. Thomas is a graduate of the training unit at Purdue UniversityHe will rank as a second lieutenant after August 16, 1925 .

TWO UNMASKED MEN GET $5,000 IN BOLD HOLD-UP

ROBBERY OCCURS IN OHIO TOWN EAST OF DECATUR AT 12:30 O’CLOCK THIS AF-TERNOON-BANDITS ESCAPE IN AUTOMOBILE, HEADED TOWARD INDIANA STATE LINE—SS,OOO OVERLOOKED BY YOUTHS IN THEIR HASTE—LOSS C OVERED BY INSURANCE.

Two unmasked young men entered the Fanners Bank al Ohio City, Ohio, IS miles east of Decatur, at 12:30 o’clock this afternoon and, while one of tlie bandits pointed a revolver at B. F. Hoftman, the only person in tlie bank at the time, the other bandit looted Hie safe and the two men escaped with $5,000 in cash. More than $5,000 was overlooked by the bandits. In a telephony conversation this afternoon, M. M. Egler, cashier of tlie hank, said that tlie loss was complctcly covered by insurance. Mr. Kgler had just left

WILL SELL 15 LOTS AT AUCTION Students Os Auction School To Conduct Sale Here • Saturday The final arrangements for the sale of 15 lots at Bellmont park, by stu-j dents of the Reppert School of Auctioneering. have been made. The sale will take place on the court house squar tomorrow afternoon and in connection with it several gifts will be distributed free. The sale will l>e conducted by the students in an effort to' teach them > the proper way of calling genuine sales. Several of the instructors, also. wili aid tin selling the lots. A payment plan has been worked out whereby a person can buy one of the lots with a small down payment. MBS. JACKSON EXPIRES TODAY Life-lung Resident Os Adams County Dies At Home In Craigville Mrs. H. S> Jackson, aged 72, a life-long resident of Adams County,] died at her home in Craigville at 1:30 o’clock this morning, after an extended 'illness of asthma and heart complications- Mrs. Jackson has been in ill health for some time, but her i death., nevertheless, was unexpected thiis morning, beause she had shown j considerable improvement during the, last week. The deceased was born in Pleasant Mills in 1853. She was the daugh- 1 ter of Conrad and Catherine Chronis- j ter. After speding her early life in Pled.sant Mills Mile manned (Hi, S. Jackson and they moved to a farm west of Decatur, near the Wells county line, where Mrs. Jackson died. Five children survive. They are: Mrs. Sarah B. Arnold and Miss Catherine Jackson of Magley; William Chronister of Craigville; Mrs. Almeda Stone of Ft. Wayne and Mrs. Animtha Engle of Westerville Ohio. Eleven j brothers and sisters also survive, William,. Edward, ora and Albert, reside in Decatur. Mrs.(Chronister was a devoted mem-j her of the United Brethern church and, until her illness confined her,' she was always a willing and able' worker for her church. During her. lifetime in this county she made a; host of friends, who join with the family at this time in their sincere regret of Mrs. Jackson’s death. Funeral services have not yet been j arranged, but it is thought that they will be held, Sunday at Crajgville, Burial will take place at the Craigville cemetery.

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the bank building and had gone over to the post office. An Essex coach automobile pulled | up to the front of the bank and | two men left the car and enterj ed the bank. Both men carried revolvers, land as one walked behind the cage the other covered the assistant cashier, Mr. Hoffman. The money was taken from the safe and from several drawers in the cashier’s cage. A little , more than 55.000 was overlooked lin the rush to get the money and get away, Mr. Egler said. Flee Toward Indiana Line. The hold-up was performed in quick time and as Mr. Egler started back to the bank from the post office he could see the car and the bandits speeding down the street, headed west, apparently bound for the Imli- | ana state line. Officials of all nearby towns were notified and a posse was formed at Ohio City to chase the bandits. The Partners Hank is the only one in Ohio City. Considerable commotion was created by the robbery and posses were organized in all neighboring Ohio cities. Indiana towns and cities were notified to be on the 1 lookout for the robbers. Only a fair description could be obtained from Mr. Hoffman. The two men were young and about the same size. They wore caps and were well-dressed. While they stole (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) BEEKEEPERS TO HOLD MEETING i Noted Bee Authority To Attend Session Here Wednesday Evening I Mr. C. P. Dadant, of Hamilton. 111., i who *.s editor of the American Bee ; Journal, will attend a meeting ot the , Adams County Bee Association, to be held in the Decatur Public Library next Wednesday evening, August 19. [starting at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. Dadant I is recognized throughout the country as an authority on his subject. The publication of which he is editor is a leading journal on bees and honey production. ! in addition to Mr. Dadant’s lecture, ! some interesting motion pictures, relating to the care of bees, will be shown. C. O. Yoi-k chief bee inspector for the state or Indiana, has been invited to attend the meeting, also, i Charles Brock, president of the northern division of the Adams ' county association, is now engaged in ! sending out notices to beekeepers of ' the county. He wants it understood, however, that all beekeepers shall consider themselves invited, regardless of whether or not they receive notices. This is the first beekeepers meeting to be held in the county for some time and a good attendance is expected.