Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 4 September 1925 — Page 1

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NO ONE BLAMED FOR DIRIGIBLE CRASH

I Rif FEATURES I FOURTH NIGHT I OFCHAUTAUQIIA I Capacity Audience Sees PreI S entation Os “His Honor I Abe Potash” I SATURDAY LAST DAY’ I Chicago Concert Company I Here Today; A. E. WigI gam Lectures Tonight I "His Honor, Abe Potash." a three-1 I act comedy-drama presented by the I jiacMurray-Kackley company ThursI day night, the fourth night of the I Decatur Comm unity Chautauqua. I proved to be a Illg drawing card and I the capacity audience was not disapI pointed in the least. Every seat in I the large tent was filled several minI utes before the opening curtain of ■ the play and scores of extra chairs I were placed around the edge to I accomodate the large audience. I The play lived up to all advance I predictions and expectations Led by Arthur Mac Murray, well-known reciti .-.list and educator, and Olive Rackley, premier entertainer, the Mac Murray Kaokley company staged the jiiay in a manner that delighted the audience. The play, itself, is a wholesome comedy interspersed with thrills and touching scenes. The story is that of Abe Potash, a strugy gling merchant, who is nominated for mayor of the city by the political . boss, who plans to use Mr.-Potash as ' a tool to l>e dictated to by the political boss and his henchmen, and the manner in which Mr. Potash comes i cut victorious over the scheming politicians is the gripping part of the , Play. Mr. Wiggam Here Tonight The Chicago Concert Company, a ; company of four talented persons, entertained the Chautauqua goers r this afternoon. They will appear on the program again this evening at eight o'clock. Albert Edward Wiggam famous orator, lecturer and •‘uth'l'. acclaimed to be one of the greatest men of teday will deliver his address. "What Is Civilization Doing To Progress?” Mr. Wiggam's lecture »<U start at 8:45 o'clock tonight. Tonight's program, according to Chautauqua officials, will be the greatest offered during the week. MrWiggarn has become a world figure in th-' literary field through the "r.ting of several books and through his many lectures in all parts of the country. He has a message of interest to everybody. The week’s session will close Saturday night with the address, "The Psychology of Laughter,” by Charles Milton Newcomb. The Charmant Rnsemble, a musical organization, also will be on the program both in the afternoon and evening. The Junior Chautauqua program will be Riven tomorrow afternoon in Coiineclion w.th the other program.

LABOR DAV TO BE OUIET HEBE Business Houses To Be < losed All Day; Many To Leave City Decatur will “ c i ose up” in observance of Labor Day, next Monday, according to the announcements of the various stores in this cfty. Practica'ly all business houses will remain dosed all day, it has, been announced. 'Many attractions in neighboring '° Wns and cities will draw most of population away for the 3y , ' laily are Planning to spend the end at the various lakes in tiff “orthern part of the state. Others an to attend auto races and fairs, re' i* 116 ne J ghborin 8 golf courses will Decatur their Bharfl 01 P atrona g e from Jionddj will be the last day of vain f ° r BCh ° ol children. All schools in- 8 city will °P el! Tuesday morn--8 at eight o’clock.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Only Nine Veterans Attend Annual Reunion Peru, Ind. Sep. 4.—(United Pressl -Only nine survivors of the llStli Indiana regiment of civil war volunteers attended the annual reunion here. It was decided to invite veterans of the 116th, 116th and 117th regiments to meet with the 118th here next year. LOCAL MEN ENJOY FAIR AT GOSHEN Exposition Managed By E. B. Williamson Is High Class One

A Lunch of Decatur people went to the Gosnen fair yesterday and their report is (hat it is one of life largest, best and cleanest they ever attended. The grounds are nicely laid out and filled with wonderful displays of about everything under the sun. The free attractions are high class and the immense crowd was a happy one Yesterday was governor's day and the chief executive and his staff and his family attended and enjoyed the event. The fireworks are wonderful and so is evreythlng on the big ground. There are a dozen big shows, a nursery display. Ix>b's wonder wax museum. a display of government signal flags, a replica of the famous liberty bell, a great automobile show and a lot of other things which go to make a fair successful. And the Important thing about it all to the folks here in Adams county is that all these and others, will be at the Narthera Indiana, fair, to be held here September 15-18. since E. B. Williamson. manager of the Goshen fair, is manager of the local fair also. Four automobile loads of local people- attended the fair yesterday, the cars being taken by L. A. Graham. Bernard Keller, Mr. Jones and Roy Johnson. — LITTER WINS MEDAL Seven Pigs Entered In Ton Litter Contest By G. R. Bierly Weigh 1,640 Pounds. Winning a medal in the Hoosier Ton Litter Club Contest, with a liner of 7 pigs is no small accomplishment. Credit for having done this is given to G. R. Bierly, a farmer residing near the Jay County line in Hartford Township. Mr. Bierly h a dtwo litters consisting of 10 and 7 pigs, respectively, entered in the ton Utter contest. The litter of 7 was weighed a day or so ago. they averaged 234 pounds each, making a total weight of 1,640 pounds. The largest pig in the litter weighed pounds, while the smallest weighed 218L4 poifids. The pigs were pure bred Durocs and were exactly 180 days old when weighed. They were fed a ration consisting mainly of corn and tankage. They also had access to sweet clover.

Shenandoah’s Commander Was A Personal Friend Os Decatur Residents Lieutenant Zachary Lansdowne, in charge of the great dirigible, the Shenandoah, which met with a fatal accident yesterday nt ar Ava, Ohio, was known here by Mr. and Mrs. Clayson Carroll Lieutenant Lansdowne, formerly lived at Greenville, Ohio, the former home of Mrs. Carroll, and he acted as an usher at Mr. and Mrs. Carroll’s wedding several years ago. Lt. Lansdowne was one of the fourteen persons who were killed when the big ship was wrecked in a windstorm and fell to the ground. Man Dies After Legs Are Severed By Train Gary, Inti, Sept. 4—Loss of blood caused the death of George Wilkerson, 20, after he had had both legs cut off when he fell under a freight train. He ws attempting to bop a ride on the freight when he fell between two cars. His home was in Virginia.

MRS.PATTERSON DIES EARLY TODAY Widow Os The Late J. C. Patterson Expires At Memorial Hospital Mrs. Lida Irvin Pattervon. wife of the late J. C Patterson, a resident of 1 this city for more than forty years, died at 5 o'clock this morning at the Adams County Memorial hospital, after an illness of several weeks, heath was due to complications. Mrs. Patterson became seriously ill last spring and never regained her former health. For the last five weeks she has been at the hospital where she died this morning. Mrs. Lida Irvin Patterson was the daughter of Sylvester O. and Sarah Jane Irvin. She was born in Winchester in 1857 and it was there she spent her early days. In 1880, she was married to James C. Patterson and they resided in Winchester for about one year< Mr. and Mrs. Patterson came to Decatur in 1881 and lived in this city from that time on. J. C. Patterson. Mrs- Patterson's husband preceded her in death by only a few weeks. He died suddenly in this city. June 24 on the way home from his work. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson were both faithful mmbers of the First Presbyterian church of Decatur and both were members of the choir until the last few months. Mrs. Patterson was a charter member of the Pythian Sister lodge of this city and was always a faithful church and lodge worker. Three children survive the deceased. They are: Dr. Fred 1. Patterson, of this city: Mrs. Jam»s West veld, of this city; and J. Bruce Patterson,\ of Marmatnke Adkansas. T*>» sisLar.s. also survive. They are: Miss Dora Irvin, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. W. L. Cheney, of Winchester. Three grandchildren. James Bruce, Sarah Jane and Robert Clinton Patterson. of Marmaduke. Arkansas, also survive. Funeral services for Mrs. Patterson will be held Sunday afternoon at the home at 4:30 o'clock and burial will take place at the Decatur cemetery. The Rev. B. N. Covert, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, will have charge. The remains of Mrs. Patterson may be viewed at the home from 3 to 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon and 7 to 9 o’clock Saturday evening and from 2 to 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon.

ENCAMPMENT Springfield, 111.. Man Elected Com-mander-In-Chief Os Grand Army Os Republic At Grand Raoids. Grand Rapids. Mich., Sept 4—Sessions of their 59th annual encampment ended, veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic returned today to their homes—to meet again next year and count their thinning ranks. By unanimous ballot at yesterday’s closing session, John B. Inman, Springfield, 111., was elected com-mauder-in-chief. Inman is a past department commander of Illinois. Oscar Gates of Michigan was elect ed senior viqe commander in-chips; Wiliam C. Allen, New Jersey, junior vice commander-in chief, and John McKinsey of Indiana, chaplain in chief0 Italian Executed In Ohio Penitentiary Today Columbus. O , Sept. 4—Cosmo Ferrante, Cleveland Italian, was electrocuted at the state penitentiary today for the murder of Ernest Ferrito. in November. 1923. He made no statement and held a rosary in his hand and muttered a prayer as the curtent was turned on. o Richard Andrews Win First Prize With Pig Richard Andrews, son of Mrs. Mae Andrews, of this city, wort first prize on his pig in a pig club show at St. Poe, Indiana, this week. Richard took his pig to Indianapolis today to show it at the Indiana State Fair next week. In winning first prize in the show at St. Joe, Richard received $.2.50 in cash and a free trip to Purdue University, Lafayette.

Decatur,’lndiana, Friday, September 4, 1925.

iHELD FOR ASSAULT Nate Haley Arrested On Charge Os Assaulting Edward Gause And Sarah Kizer; Hearing Sept. 9 Nate Haley was arrested yesterday afternoon by Sephns Melchi. acting chief of police, on two charges of asI sault and battery filed In police court. , The charges were filed by Edward I Gause and Sarah Kizer. Haley, It is said, was troubling the Gause boy and Mrs. Kizer attempted to stop the assault. Haley then struck Mrs. Klzet several times inflicting minor injuries. In Mayor’s court this morning. Haley asked for a postpomnent of the trial until next Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. This was granted and Haley was released on bond. STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIALS HERE Seek Support Os Local Peoole In Rushing Paving ing Os State Road A. H. Hinkle, road superintendent of Indiana. Engineer I/>e and others interested in the completion of the state highway from here north, were here today asking the cooperation of local officials and the moral support of everyone in the community that the . road can be finished by late fall. The work has gone along fine so far, but has reached a point where it is necessary to purchase stone from two or three stone quarries and to i unload it rapidly. To do this they ' must use some of the city streets, , they declare, or the road cannot be completed this year. They are willing to obey any orders from the city and to cooperate in every way they can and are anxious that nothing be done which will hold them up. They had a Conference at noon with Mayor DeVoss and it is believed some system can be worked out and a plan agreed upon which will permit the completion of the new highway for use by the middle of November. o-

STILL HOPE TO FINO SEAPLANE Naval Officers Refuse To Give Up Hope For PN--9-1 And Crew San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 4. —(United Press)—With the San Francisco to Hawaii flight seaplane PN-9-1 now missing nearly sixty nours and not a trace of her or of the five men aboard yet reported, naval officials here today still refused to give up the hope that the plane and its men might yet be found. They had no sympathy to express for suggestions made in Honolulu that the search might be abandtft-.ed and the plane given up as lost —to be recorder as another of those mysteries Whic hthe sea will never tell. Captain Stanford E. Moses, flight project cothmander, expressed the belief that every effort should be exerted toward quickening the search. — o— State Tax Board Faces Another Fight Greensburg, Ind., Sept. 4.— (United Press) —A second legal fight challenging the power of the state tax board to boost local assessments was on in Indiana today. Attorneys for large taxpayers of Decatur county filed a petition for injunction to restrain the county auditor from putting into effect the increases ordered by the tax board. The order would result in unequal taxation, the petition declared. It was charged that the tax board acted without fair investigation. , Taxpayers of Fulton county have already started injunction proceedings to prevent an increase in their county. Weather Generally fair tonight and Saturday; warmer in northeast portion tonight.

TEACHERS BACK MEMORIAL PLAN Also Vote In Favor Os Holding Institute With Chautauqua Next Year All teachers in Adams county got behind the movement to get a su'table memorial for the late Gene Stratton Porter at their special meetng of the county institute this morning in the Chautauqua tent. French Quinn of this city,, presented the p an and it was accepted with great enthusiasm by teachers from all parts of the county. The memorial association, recently organized, will continue its plans, it was learned today. I The teachers also voted in favor of holding the institute next year in connection with the Chautauqua Practically all of the teachers favored this plan and it is now up to the board of education for final consent. Eugene Butler head of school inspection in Indiana, was present at this morning’s session and delivered a short address. Clifton E. Stiker county superintendent. presided at the morning session. M F. Worthman, superintend- i ent of the Decatur public schools, 1 gave a short address, and W. G. Brown, principle of the Central school, gave a talk on the various educational magazines and also explained the work of the Red Cross Tn Adams county. Plans were completed for the town-! ship institutes to be held the last Saturday of each month at Monroe. Extension courses will be brought to Monroe from Muncie Normal school and also from Indiana L’uiversUy. The four undergraduate years and one graduate year will be taught Plans for the school exhibit at the Northern Indiana fair were discussed and all teachers were urged to send displays for the school exhibit- AH schools in the county will open September 7 with the exception of the Decatur schools, which will open September 8. A list of all teachers in the county will be given out within a few days. Mr. Striker announced this afternoon.

Aeroplane Burned By Fireburg At Fort Wayne Fort Wayn.e Ind.. Sept. 4— (United Press)—Police of Fort Wayne today searched for a firebug who burned an aeroplane at the landing field here, Gasoline was drained from the tank of the plane and poured over it, before the match was applied. The plane was destroyed. I ■ o St. Paul Youth Kills Sweetheart And Himself St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4.—(United press)—Nick Nastyck, 25, killed his 13 year old sweetheart, G<enf?vievV Sankowski, early today and then committed suicide. Police found the girl unconscious in her home with two bullet wounds in her abdomen. She died a few minutes later. Nastyck’s body lay at her side.

Rotary Club Endorses Move For Memorial To Gene Stratton-Porter Resolution Favoring Plan Os Gene Stratton-Porter Memorial Association Os Adams County And Pledging Support In j Carrying Out Project Is Passed At Meeting Thursday Night; Committee Appointed To Co-operate With Representatives Os Other Organizations And Members Os Memorial Association.

The Decatur Rotarians, at their meeting last evening, endorsed the move to erect a suitable memorial in this city to the memory of Mrs. Gene Stratton-Porter and her works, a resolution ' being passed by the club favoring the memorial. A committee was appointed to work with similar committees from other organizations and clubs in assisting Cbfion Striker, superintendent of the county schools, and members of the Gene StrattonPorter Memorial Association in carrying out the campaign leading to the acquiring and dedication of the memorial. The committee from the Rotary club is composed of C. C. Pujnphrey, Henry Heller, W. A. Klepper, O. L. j

Stores To Be Closed All Day Next Monday All grocery stores and dry goods stores in the city will be closed all day Monday. September 7. in observance of Labor Day, according to an announcement made today. The’proprietors of the four clothing stores in the city yesterday announced that their stores would be closed all daj' Monday also. — o SEE NO RELIEF FROM HEATWAVE

Record-Breaking September Temperature Continues; Sereval Lives Lost Bulletin Chicago, Sept. 4.—(United Press) — There is no relief in sight for the middle states of this forecast area, which is baking in record-breaking September temperatures, the weather bureau forecast today. The northwest states, however, will have some inlet during the next 36 hours .the bureau stated. St. LoujS reports a loss of eight lives due to heat, while other sections report several prostrations. The thermometer reached 100 degrees in St. Ijoilis yesterday and today it stood at 91 and threatentd to go higher. East St. Louis reported a high temperature of 98. causing school officials to close several schools. lowa and Nebraska reported 95 degrees. Evansville, Ind., reported a high of 100 and other parts of Indiana sweltered in from 95 to 98 degrees. Springfield 111., registered 99.3. Showers fell in the northwest today, causing a drop iw temperatures, which yesterday reached 97 degrees. Oklahoma City. Okla., also experienced 100 degrees as did Cairo, 111., Louisville, Ky., while Little Rock, Ark., reported 102 degrees. o Bar Association Ends National Convention Detroit, Mich.. Sept. 4.—(United Press) —Electing Chester R. Long of Wichita, Kan., as president for next year, the American Bar association closed the business meetings of its 48th annual session today. Fred T. Wadhams. Albany, N. Y., was elected treasurer and William (’. McGrakaen, Chicago, secretary. o Darrow Thinks Divorces Should Be Ha<| For Asking Chicago, Sept. 4.—(United Press) — If you want a divorce you, should be able to get it for the asking, believes Clarence Darrow. “Mere desire for a decree should be sufficient ground for divorce," said the famous criminal lawyer in a talk here on marriage and divorce. “The law should allow more grounds for divorce. Incompatibility is too hard to define and harder still to prove in court, but it is the greatest cause of unhappiness i nail married life. No court can pry into life and see the intimate causes of infelicity. Bpt any of these causes should be a cause for divorce.”

Vance, Wai Wemboff, C. N. Christen. H. J. Yager and A. R. Holthouse. The resolution passed by the club follows: i “Adams County is justly proud of her famous sons and daughters and their fame clinches the arguments that you’ll find no better in the world We glory in the accomplishments and success of those who have gone forward, succeeded and heaped credit upon, or sang the praises of the county where they spent their childhood and amoflg a splendid people were aroused with the desires to make ! good, to serve and leave an ideal. It was here that they met and lived with | (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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CROSSCURRENTS OF AIR GIVEN AS CAUSE OF WRECK Military Court Os Inquiry Completes Probie Os Shenandoah Disaster SHIP NOT DEFECTIVE Bodies Os Victims Prepared For Burial; Survivors Return East (United Press Service) Caldwell, 0., Sept. I—(Special to Daily Democrat) —No man was responsible for the wrecking of the Shenandoah. The crash was inevitable because she nor any similar craft could withstand the treacherous Ohio cross currents. This in substance was the finding of the military court of inquiry which convened here today to investigate the cause of the crash of the ship in which 11 men and officers lost their lives. "The Shenandoah was not defective in any way" Commander J. H. Klein, senior naval officer in charge of the inquiry, told the United Press “The craft was a good strong ship and the best airship ever built.” Klein anproved the opinion of surviving officers that a “line squall” ruptured the ship. Lakeburst, N. J- Sept. 4 —AJI officers killed in the wreck of the Shenandoah excepting Lieut. A. R Houghton will be buried in Arlington national cemetery at WashingtonCharacterized As Murder Newark. N. J„ Sept. 4 —The death of the 14 men on the Shenandoah was characterized as “murder” in a copyrighted statement by Captain Anton Heinen, who was construction expert of the dirigible, published by the Newark News today. The removal of eight of the eighteen safety va-ves in the gas cells of the ship was the direct cause of the disaster. Captain Heinen declared. “It was to save this precious helium that the men gave their lives foolishly” the statement continues. -’Changes lu the Shenandoah were made about six weeks ago. I saw- the plans.’’ To Investigate Charges Washington, Sept. 4—Charges made by Captain Anton Heinen, that removal of eight safety valves of the Shenandoah before sailing caused the dirigible disaster, will be investigated by the navy department. Secretary Wilbur has complete confidence in the wisdom of naval experts at Lakehurst who pass upon sueh matters and feels that Heinen’s (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

OKLAHOMA HAS MINE TROUBLE Operators Ask Governor To Send Troops Into Field For Protection Oklahoma City, Okla., Sept. 4— (United Press.) —Mine operators from Pittsburgh and Lattimer counties today appeared before Acting Governor W. J. Holloway and demanded troops be sent to that section of the strike area. The delegation reported part of the equipment of Dow mine No. 5 had been destroyed by fire. Other disturbances such as shots being fired at a mine guard were reported. McAlester. Okla , Sept. 4. —(United , Press.)—Demands for troops made in a written petition to Sheriff Will i Anderson by coal operators, will be presented by the sheriff and county attorney of Pittsburgh county to act- | Ing Governor W. J. Holloway today, i Pittsburgh county Is the center of ' the mine district which was called out on strike last Sunday at a mass meeting of union miners.