Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 233, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1925 — Page 1

Vol. NX ll *- Number 233.

SITES OFFERED TOPYTHIANSF9R NEW STATE HOME Thirteen Cities And Communities, Including Adams Co., Make Offers LAFAYETTE LEADS City Offers $50,000 (’ash; Grand Lodge Meets On October 6 The offers of thirteen cities and cc.uiniunities. Including Adams coun- (, for sites for the new state Knights of Pythias Home, to ba ‘ .cted n Indiana in the near future. WP; ,> opened yesterday by the Pythian Home committee of the Grand Ixxlge at Indianapolis. Dore B Erwin, of Decatur, grand chancellor of the I ledge, attended the meeting. The largest offer made to the Grand Lodge was made by the city ( .f Lafayette. This offer included $50,000 in cash, provided the Order erects buttings at a value of $200,000. The offer was accompanied by a check for ssiooo as bonification of the offer. , Adams County Makes Offer Mr. Erwin made an offer of SIO,OOO tor Adams county, providing the home is erected here. The propositions will be presented to the Grand Lodge ,in the report of the Pythian Home Committee at the annual convent on of the Grand Lodge to lie held in Indianapolis, October 6 It is likely that a committee will be appointed at that t me to consider the sites and make a se'ect'on. The members of the Pythian Homo Committee are Harry Wade. Indianapclis chairman; Dore B. Erw'.n, Decatur; Carl R Mitchell. Indianapolis; j Henry Kammerer. Logansport; Elmer Bassett. Shelbyvile; Thomas N. Roach. Fort Wayne; George F Gelts.* Muncie; and Charles R. Howe, j Greensburg. ’ Following are the propositions received by the committee: Adams county offers $lO 000 in cash. North Vernon offers to give 200 acres of land adjoining the cities of North Vernon and Vernon J. P. McCormick of Acton offers to. sell 101.68 acres of land at a reasonable price, price not stated LaFayette offers to give $.">0,000 in (CONTINUED ON PACE SIX) TRAIN SERVICE TO BE REMEDIED G. R. & I. Officials To Make Effort To Have Mail Carried On Night Trains "« ■ In response to petitions from resident; of the c'ties ami towns along the G. R. & I. railroad between this city and Richmond since the two morning passenger ami mall trains on the road were discontinued recently. (1. R. Beery, superintendent of the Richmond division of the road lias agreed to make an effort to have the mail in- - volved. carried on the two trains which la through Gils city about 12:45 a. ®- Mr. Beery met with about fifty inter, sted citizens from the different cities and towns at Portland Wednesday hlght Representatives of Decatur, ' Beine, Geneva, Bryant and Portland at- j tended tlie meet'ng. Thirty residents of Berne were present. Other officials of the Pennsylvania railroad company, owners of the G. R. & I. road, attend- | ed the meeting also. The general compla'nt of the cltiztns who attended the meeting was •hat their letters, newspapers and other mail, which they were accustomed •o reciving on ,the morning trains, did not reach them until afternoon. ,-ince the two trains were discont'nued. ->lr. Beery agreed to take the matter up with the superintendent of the road al • inc nnati, to . ascertain if a plan can be worked out whereby the mail <an be carried on the midn'glit trains aiul dropped off at the towns along •he road. 1 rain offic als advised those interested in the restoration of the mail •tains, that the company could not a flord to operate the trains, as they *ere losing money with the operation of same, despite all efforts to combins service.

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Refuels in Air #1 A I • ■ | i' w ; * I F.DDiR STTM'gCU' » * I Eddie Stinson, daring airman. who attempts remaining pdolt four davs and nights, re- * l ilt ling his plane in midair as > illustrated. PUPILS HONOR MRS. PORTER ■ — Schools Hold Porgrams In Memory Os County’s Famous Writer All schools in Adams county today held memorial exercises for Gene Stratton-Porter. The day was observJ ed in a titling way and most schools * devoted their morning chapel period . to a program in honor and memory of I Adams county’s authoress. A short biography of Mrs. Porter, prepared by French Quinn of this city, was read at most of the schools. XI the Central school in this city, ' Principal W. Guy Brown read the biography to the pupils of that building. after the assembly had joined in I * the singing of ’■America.” The first grade pupils of the Central school. | uuder the direction of Miss Bertha Bunner, gave a recitation entitled. | "Morning Glories.” The second grade pupils then recited "The Screech Owl." under the direction of Miss Marcella Hower. Stcry Os The Limberlost Miss Ruth Cook, teacher of music in the Decatur schools sang. "Beiidemeer Stream.’’ Miss Cook was acI contpanied at the piano by Miss Marjorie May, instructor of Chemistry in I the local high school. James Burk tx>ld the story of the Limberlost. which Mrs. Porter made famous in her writings. Miss Edwina Schroll recited the "Pathetic Catipillar." Miss MirJam Haley recited "The Song of Tiie (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) WOMAN FATALLY BURNED BY PITCH Wife of Minister Near Portland Is Scalded From Neck Down To Feet J Portland. let. 2. Mrs. Mollie Louise i July, age 63, wife of the Rev. DeK. . 1 Judy, former pastor of the East Main ■ Street Christian church in this c'ty, ’died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. ■ Jennings Hartzell hero early Thursi day morning, of burns she received j • Wednesday morning when boiling hot j 1 pl'ch was spi’led on iter body. . I Rev. and Mrs. Judy resided on the . Boundary Line Pike. Rev. Judy was heating the pitch on the kitchen stove ’ and the pitch boiled over. catching I fire. He attempted’to carry it out of i the house and the hot pitch splashed I on Mrs. Judy, who was holding the i door open. Rev. Jijdy was burned ; about ins hands and face, but not seriously. Despite her terrible burns. • Mrs. Judy remained conscious until I about 4:30 o’clock Wednesday aftert 110911. Her face was shielded, from the r hot fluid, but her body was terribly 1 burned from the neck down to her - feet, her stomach being burned the | worst.

FRENCH DEBT NEGOTIATIONS END IN TRUCE Plan Calls For Payment Os Forty Million Annually For Five Yean I SETTLEMENT DELAYED Agreement Must Be Ratified By French Parliament And U. S. Congress By William J. Lo.di it' P. Staff Correspondent) Washington, Oct. 2. it lilted Press) I A provisional five-year truce on set- I tlemeiit of the $4,200,0(10.000 French I debt to tile United States, will lie laid I »>ioie congress ana the French | arliamint as the sole result of eight davs of stormy negotiations here between the American and French debt funding commissions. if ratified by both, France will pay to tile United States $40,000,000 a year for the next five years. At the end of that time the question of full payment of the debt will be reopened, if net before. This stop-gap basis cf settlement was proposed by the American commission yesterday when the negotiations stood at the brink of failure and was accepted by Joseph Caillaux, min.ster of finance of France, with the da'n statement that lie could not agree to ti. but would submit ti to the French government. Caillaux lett Washington i tor France byway of New York at 7:45 a. m. today. Th? negotiations tailed of their major objective wli ch was full and final settlement of the whole debt, but members of the American commission say that the negotiations cannot be considered entirely a fa ure. The con.inuity of negotiations is preserved by tne trine and the next stage, if the proposal is ratified) is five years hence wU«a full payusent again will be discussed. Washington, Oct. 2.—Approval of the American debt commission’s ac(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) — o SETS NEW TON LITTER RECORD Eleven Pigs Fed By .1. H. Blakey Weigh 3,070; Breaks County Record The ton litter crown lias been transferred from C. W. R. Schwartz, of Monroe township, who fed a litter of II pigs to a weight of 3.040 pounds in 1922. to J. H. Blakey, of Union township. whose litter of II Duroc pigs, last evening we’ghed 3.070 pounds. Although the champion litter was raised by John W. Blakey, who is a son of “Uncle Henry." the latter is credited with the honor of having made the record. The pigs were born April 3. their mother being a pure-bred Duroc. After the p gs were weaned, they were taken by elder Mr. Blakey and cared for until they were exactly 180 days old, when their average weight was •found to lie 279 pounds. I According to Mr. Blakey’s statement, the hogs were given a feed of whole wheat each morning. Aboi’t the middle of the forenoon they were given a light lunch of some apetizing food, consisting in most cases of a bucket of apples. At noon they were fed oats. About the middle of the afternoon hominy feed was fed or some other commercial feed was supplied, in the dry form. Toward the latter part of the period, this feed was mixed witli water. The evening feed all ways consisted of ear corn. During I the last four weeks, new corn reI placed the old corn formerly used. Until the last few weeks, the litter was given between six and eight gallons of skimmed milk daily. They were never fed tankage, probably due to the milk given them. Tills litter is the heaviest ever weighed in the Ton L’tter Contest since it has been conducted in Adams county. Only one other litter lias surpassed it in point of average weight per pig. Although it is not known us yet how the litter will lie placed among state contestants, it is thought it will be near the top Those present at the weighing remarked upon the fact that tlie litter was extremely even, it be(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 2, 1925,

ANOTHER MINER DIES] Toll In,Mine Accident Near Clinton! Reaches Five Deaths; Four Killed Outright. — I’Zire Haute, Ind., Oct. 2. — (United i Pless.) — Archie Crossley, Terre Haute, one of the two men injured in the slate fall which killed four miners outright at the Binkley Coal comI pany mine No. 3 near Clinton yester- : .lay. died in a hospital here last [ night. Thomas 1,. Ball, 45, demonstrator for the Goodman Manufacturing company. of Chicago, who was crushed about the chest in the accident, is ieported as resting easy in the Vermillion County hospital at Clinton. The fall of slate weighed several tons and was nearly forty feet long and 14 feet wide. o 0. E. STUDABAKER . DIES LAST NIGHT Prominent Decatur Man Succumbs To Operation At Ft. Wayne Hospital David E. Studabaker. age 54. prominent business man and land owner of Decatur and Adams county, died at the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne, at 11:36 o’clock List night, deaht resulting from a major operation performed last Monday. Mr. Studakaber’s condition became serious immediately following the operation and deatli relieved the suffering last night. Relatives were at his bedside at the time of death. Mr. Studabaker had been in presumably good health this summer and he continued to conduct his business until last Monday morning when lie went to Foit Wayne for the operation. Physicians found his condition to be serious and held little hope for his complete recovery. Son of Judge Studabaker. David E. Studabaker was the son of Judge David aud Harriet Evans Studabaker. He was born at the old Studabaker homestead, just east of this city. July 16. 1871. He received his early education in the local schools and later went to Howe Military academy at Howe. Indiana and Kenyon Military academy, at Gambiers, Ohio. ’ After completing his schooling. Mr. Studabffker came back to this city where he has spent most of his life. He was a volunteer in the Spanish-American war and served in the army for several months. During the last several years. Mr. and Mrs. Studabaker have resided on the Studabaker farm east of Decatur. Mr. Studabaker has been engaged in the insurance business in Decatur for several years and also lias managed his farm east of the city. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marian Bowman Studabaker, three children. Rachel, Nancy and David B. Studabaker. the latter by a former marriage, and three sisters. Mrs. John Niblick, Mrs. Hattie S. Obenauer and Elizabeth S. Morrison, of this city. A sister, Mrs. Maggie S. Vesey, and a brother. John Studabaker. preceded him in death. The Studabaker family is one of the oldest families in the county and many distant relatives and hundreds of frieitts join with the family in their deep sorrow. Mr. Studabaker was a member of the Elks. Knights of Pythias and Red Men's lodges. Ifs has always been active in civic affairs in this city. He (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) —o— Pair Held In Connection With St. Bernice Robbery Terre Haute. Ind., Oct. 2.—(United Press)—Len Striker, 39. and his wife, Florence, 19. of th's city, are being held in connection with the $11,900 St. Bernice payroll robbery of August 25, in which five bandits escaped with the C. M. * St. P. railroad payroll I after holding up the vice president and cashier of the American State Bank of St. Bernice while enroitte from Clinton with the money. Jack Daugherty and Lena Smith of Clinton were also arrested Thursday night by Sheriff Rein of Vermillion • comity. They are also believed Im-1 pl eated in the robbery. Sheriff Foncannon of Vigo county took Mr. and Mrs. Striker to Newport, 1 county seat of Vermillion comity. Friday for investigation. Weather Unsettled tonight and Saturday; showers probable, not much chaiigejn temperature.

OF HAWAIIAN FLIGHT GIVES TESTIMONY Rodgers Defends Navy Department Against Col. Mitchell’s Charges OPPOSES AIR CORPS Recommends Establishment Os Secretary Os National Defense ——— (United Press) Washington. Oct. 2—A stirring defense of tlie navy department against the attacks by Colonel William Mitchell. was made today before the special aircraft board by Commander John Rodgers, leader of the unsuccessful Hawaiian seaplane flight and the last witness heard before the board adjourned until Monday. Rodgeis absolved the department from all blame for the failure of his , flight. "Had we had the wind with us and tlie gas mileage we estimated," i Rodgers declared, “we would have reached our objective.” Opposes Separate Air t-orps Rodgers threw his full weight against Mitchell’s unified air proposal and also voiced opposition to the separate air corps, as advanced by other navy pilotsHe recommended establishment of[ a secretary of national defense to control the army, navy and supplies. I Under this system, the secretary of the department would have three assistant secretaries charged with administering the three divisions. “Os the Hawaiian flight I am qualified to speak." he said, “and I fail to ■see how any possible stretch of the imagination can attach any blame to j the department that the flight did not work out as planned. "I cannot see how the navy department can in any wav be responsible for the fact that a good airship, well manned and goes out on a cruise, meets heavy weather and is lost.” GASOLINE TAX REPORT IS MADE Hoosier Motorists Pay $6,802,481.72 In Tax During Past Fiscal Year Indianapolis, Oct. 2. — (United Press.) — Indiana motorists paid $6.802.481.72 in gasoline tax during the fiscal year ended Sept. 30. a report compiled today by Archie N. Babbitt, state gasoline tax collector, showed. This represents an increase of $2.060,861.41 over collections during the previous fiscal year. The tax of two cents a gallon had been increased to three cents, but this does not account > for the wide difference, part of it be- , ing due to increase of 40.579.795 gallons in gasoline consumption. Indiana Boosters To Meet At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Oct . 2. — (United Press.) ('all for a conference cf commercial business organizations to boost business in Indiana and to improve industrial conditions was issued today by George H. Mosser, man' aging director of the Indiana state chamber of commerce. The conference will be held Oct. 15 and will discuss means of advertising Indiana to bring more industries to the state and to give publicity to those already in Indiana. The invitations were sent to a number of organizations by Mosser, but the meeting will lie open to any individual or organization desiring to | participate. — — o— — . — U. S. Motor Yatch Is Damaged By Blaze Plymouth. Mass., Oct. 2. — (United Press.) —The V. S. Siwash. a sixty- ‘ foot motor yacht, was seriously damaged by fire which followed an explosion as she lay at anchor in the Plymouth harbor early today. Lives of the captain and ten members of the crew were imperilled by the flames and the eleven men probably : escaped death only through the I prompt action of a passing ship.

Silent on Troth r : A ' ' ' . W' B * Ik ; a GRACE WWeRtfILT 'l'lie engagement of Grace Vanderbilt, daughter of Brig.I Gen. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. to Prince Alexander i Di< trielistein, of Austria, is reported. Mrs. Vanderbilt, at | Newport, refused to confirm or deny the engagement. Gen. ■ Vanderbilt and daughter are •cruising in West Indian waters. NEW STATEI!OAf I SEEMS ASSURED Paved Road Between Huntington And Decatur In Near Future Probable The addition of the road between I Huntington and Decatur, extending ' east to the Ohio state line, to the state highway system within the next year is practically assured in a letter from Earl Crawford, of tlie state highway commission to W. F. EberI hart, superintendent of the Hunting»ton county highways. It is considered highly probable, also, that this road and its extension westward across the state will be made a part of the William Penn highway and will be paved the entire distance across the state. Mi. Crawford's letter to Mr. Eberhart. in part, is as follows: "Replying to your letter. 1 will endeavor to give you information as nearly definite as 1 am able to do at this time. With reference to your first inquiry, I wish to say that the commission has not yet decided on their program of construction for 1926. but I can say that they have hail under consideration as a part of the 1926 program the paving of tlie road from Marion to Huntington. There is a very strong probability that this section will be in the program. "it is my understanding that the ' contract from Roanoke to Fort Wayne has not yet been signed, but will no ' doubt lie signed within a few days, i I am of the opinion that the contract ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIGHT) SHORT ILLNESS ENDS IN DEATH I Miss Margaret Nichols Dies Os Congestion Os The Lungs Thursday Margaret Jesteen Nichols, age 20 years, invalid daughter of Mr and Mrs,. Aiva Nichols, died at her home ,on Mercer avenue, at 3 o'c'ock ! Thursday afternoon. Deatli followed a short illness due to congestion of the lungs. Miss Nichols was born in Decatur, August 3, 1905. When two years old. she was stricken with infantile para’.ysis. and she remained an invalid ; until her death. She spent her entire life in Decatur, with the exception of II wo years, when she residd in Detroit. Surviving are tlie parents ami ■ two sisters, Mrs. A. C. Meyer, of Van ■ Wert. Ohio, and Miss Catherine ■ Nichols, at home. ■ Funeral services will lie held from i Hie home at 2:30 o’clock Saturday ass ternoon, and wi l be private. Tlie 1 j Rev Somerville Light, pastor of the ’i F rst Methodist church, will have ? charge of the services. Burial will I tie made in the Decatur cemetery.

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TWO MORE EDDIES ARE TAKEN FROM SUBMARINE S-51 I Water Tight Door To Motor Room Os Sunken Ship Is Found Open WHOLE SHIP FLOODED Torpedo Room Only One In Which Water May Not Have Entered (UNITED PltE.-S SERVICE) New London. Conn., Oct. 2— ! (Special to Daily Democrat) — I Tlie bodies of Kaymond D. Lindsey and Walter D. Lawton were recovered I rom the engine room of the ill-fated submarine S-51 today. Lawton was an electrician’s mate, first class, home al Weymouth, Mass,, and Lindsey was an engineinan. second class, ot Pensacola. Fla. The submarine base during the morning received a report that a body, believed to bo that of an officer or petty chief officer from the S-51 was east ashore at Stonington, Conn. An ambulance dispatched froai here established (hat the man was not a navy man. , With finding of the two bodies the divers reported that, the water tight compartment door leading into the motor room —the last room astern — was open. Tliis meant definitely that the whole ship with the possible ex- ’ ception of the torpedo room —the first compartment forward —is flood1 ed and that nobody ds alive in this part. I The torpedo room will be tested this afternoon for the presence of water. Ford Planes Take Off From St. Louis Today Bulletin St. Louis. Mo.. Oct* 2. — (United Press)—Fifteen airplanes in the Ford reliability tour took the air here this morning on the next leg of their flight which will take them to Terre Haute and Indianapolis, Ind., today. Tlie first ship took the air at 11:30 a. m.. and was followed closely by the others without mishap. , The hop-off was delayed three hours by a heavy fog which hung over the city BUYS TIRE AND ACCESSORY SHOP By ford Macy Purchases Business From Roy N. Runyon & Son Byford Macy, well-known Decatur young man. lias purchased the R. N. Runyon ,<• Son tire and accessory shop, located on North Second treet, directly opposite the interurban station. Tlie new owner took possession of the business yesterday. Mr. Macy wid continue to handle Fisk tires, Texaco gasoline and oil products and a complete line of automobile accessories. | Mr. Macy has been employed as a mechanic in garages in this city almost continuously for the last five years and is well-known to motorists. He has been employed by the Butler « Kern garage for the last several months. Mr. Runyon and his son. Kannetli. have operated the business for the last nineteen months. They are undecided as to their future. Mr. Runyon will lie at the shop for several days yet, to settle up accounts. Mr. Runyon and son wish to thank the'r many customers for their patronage. Mr. Macy invites all old customers of tlie shop find ne wones to visit him. Tlie same high class service will l>e continued by Mr Macy. O L Motorist Tans Bandit On Dead With Hammer And Drives On His Way Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 2.—When s bandit leaped on his running lioaid as he drove along a country road near ■ Indianapolis, Russell Endlow, farm ‘ employe, picked up a hammer from ! the seat beside him. tapped the ban- ■ dit on the head and drove on. The 1 bandit, who covered Endlow with a [gun, fell from the running hoard.