Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 253, Decatur, Adams County, 26 October 1925 — Page 1

Vol. XXIII. Number 253.

LEAGUE Os NATIONS MAKES DECISION

21 LIVES ARE I [OST IN STORMS | ALONG SEABOARD I I I’rtiperl' Loss Runs Into I I Millions Os hollars; 16 [■ Killed In Alabama | IsFVl'l AXES AND SHU’S I [WRECKED ON COAST ||||B |» •• tff <'o*--oßnnndent) ■ (United Press) Hrq'upnfvone lives were lost ill H.,..,. - : , : .d vales which roared along K| r . \ .a, < seaboard and through [I ,| h . Sunday, while property ■ i\,n into millions of dollars. ■ Xiii, whites anil seven negroes are K| «ii to have died in a tornado I I via.) ravaged Pike county. Alabama I I win!" lour persons were killed in the I I vicinity of Greater lew York. and ■ I inc at Woburn, Mass. ■ A big nassenger liner, plyinfi beI I t«>' ti Boston and New York, was [ I caught in the full fury of the gale ' I I sweeping up Long Island Sound, and I i tii.- lives of its 500 passengers were : I I for a time endangered. I "SOS." calls brought help and I I the oe.imship, with its engines dis- | I ahleil and side wheels smashed, was I I towed into Newport. R. I. El seventeen seaplanes, pick of the I I Hying strength of the riavy.’ were | I wrecked in a storm on the Patapsco | I river, below Baltimore. ! o Mrs. Malena Ashbaucher Dies At Home In Bluffton Bluffton, Oct 26—Mrs. Malena 1 Ashbaucher, 78. of this city, a sister ( I < t Mrs Robert Case, of Decatur, died , i I at multi'ght last night at her home , [ J in this city. Infirmities caused the , |H death. I Mrs Ashbaucher is survived by , I three sisters, all living in Adams , ■ county, and by one brother. Funeral M arrangements have not yet been | BM completed. O I George Triholet Dies Suddenly At Bluffton Bluffton. Oct. 26. —George Tribolet. 1 I lumber dealer and prominent citizen 1 I of this city, died at his home here last > I night. Death was sudden and Mr. 1 I Triholet had been up town during the I day. The deceased man was 46 years ' I of age and was proininent in civic and chnirch affairs at Bluffton. He was I a member of the Scottish Rite and I Shr lie an dtlie Bluflton Kiwauls club. Funeral services will be held from Hm home in Bluffton Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, and burial will take ■ pace at the Bluffton cemetery. Mrs. Ti’bolet died suddenly about three fl years ago. o I MONROE WOMAN DIES SUDDENLY I Mrs. Elizabeth Keller Expires Saturday While Working In Her Kitchen Mrs. Elizabeth Keller. 87, died sud- 1 denly at her home in Monroe, Saturday morning. Death was due to heart : trouble. Mrs. Keller was working in the kitchen at her home when she was ( stricken and died suddenly. Mrs. Keller was a daughter of Henry , I ami Nancy Durbin, and was born in ( Knox county, OhiorSeptember 16. 1838. , She was married twice, her first hits- > band preceding her in death. She had resided at Monroe for the last eight- , een years. Mrs Keller was a member ■ of the Friends church at Monroe. Surviving are the husband. G. <V. Keller; four sons. Henry Ixmghty, of Folfax, Indiana; William Loughty. of Indianapolis; Frank Loughty, of Dayton, Oh'o; and Jesse Loughty, of Fort Wayne; and two daughters Mrs. Edna Uhrick, of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Ida Martz, of Monroe. Funeral services were held from the : Friends church at Monroe at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, and burial was made in the Spring Hill cemetery. The R fi v. Grant Whitenack, pastor of the Monroe Friends church, had charge of the funeral services.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Real Beauty I < JSr r fj pAuu'H pemcma j |» Ruth Perkins, Chicago, nine- ( te&n years old. defeated 37,000 ( competitors in a recent search), for the most typical AmericanI ’ girl. She looks the part. ! , DEMOCRATS RUN MORE MEETINGS I j I Several Precinct Meetings Scheduled To Be Held During This Week Several more precinct meetings of Democratic voters have been planned fdr this week. Martin .laberg. county auditor, will be the prior pal speaker tonight at the First ward, B. meeting at the home of Mrs. Chil Onilor on Adams street. The meeting will start at 7:30 o'clock and all voters are invited to attend. , The Democratic candidates have been attending the meetings in the , various precincts and report consid- , erable enthusiasm at all of them. Two meetings are scheduled for to- , morrow night. The ladies of First ward. A. will hold a meeting at the home of Mrs. Ed Green and all voters are cordiallyinvited to attend this meeting. Several speakers will give short talks.l Hie ladks as the Second ward. A. will have a meeting tomorrow night (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) “LONE WOLF" DIES) NATURAL DEATH Coroner Finds That Dry Seluth Was Not Poisoned By Enemies, As Feared Chicago. Oct. 26.—(United Press.)— James L. Asher, known throughout the nation as "Lone Wolf’' Asher, because of his brilliant record as a prohibition agent, died of natural causes, according to a post mortem examination, made public by the coroner's office today. Asher died suddenly at his Chicago home yesterday and for some time it was feared he had been poisoned by enemies he had incurred because of his prohibition activities. Dr. Joseph Springer, chief coroner's physieain, examined the body, however, and announced Asher hail died of cerebral hemmorrhage. For several years. Asher's prohibition raids had attracted attention. Three years ago in Washington, D. C„ he gained nation-wide notoriety by masquerading as a peddler, a Kentucky colonel, an ash cart driver and many other characters. In Philadelphia Asher was indicted for murder in connection with a raid in which one man was killed. He was tried and found not guilty. Asher's most evtensive raid was at Peoria, 111., where he was instrumental in closing a number of places for violation of the prohibition law. He was indicted tor assault, larceny, and robbery in connection with the Peoria raid and was to have gone to trial on those charges tilts week.

WILL OPEN NEW P PAVEMENT SOON Thirteenth Street And Fort j' Wayne Road to Be Ready i For Traffic Soon - c Work is continuing on the two road t improvements oi|t of lids city ami in- I dilations are they will lie opened * for traffic before cold weather sets ( in Tlie Fort Wayne road north of Decatur, which is being rebuilt wiih i tai via, probably will lie completed in | the next two weekes. Considerable trouble lias been caused by persons driving their cats on the road before it lias been completed and this has caused much extra work. The Thirteenth street road, which i was finished with emulsified asphalt, is also still closed for traffic, but work is completed and it will be opened for traffic next Wednesday. The street improvements in Decatur have yeen entirely completed and 1 the cement side walks have been built ' along the improvements. Tile Jeffer- 1 son street improvement lias been open ' fur some time and it is regarded as 1 one of the best streets in the city. The old brick sidewalks along this 1 street have lieen taken up and cement walks have been laid. The South 1 First street improvement is bu'lt similar to the Jefferson street and it is the general opinion that this street will 1 be of great service. Roads leading to other towns and cities out of DeAtur are in fair shape 1 for this time of the year. Most tourists going south are using the Hoosier Highway out'of Bluffton, lint some take the state road 21 straight south from tiiis city. This is nrobably the liest road at present. The roads east of Decatur are in fa'rly good condi tion. West of the city, th# roads are rutty, but are in much better shape than a year ago. Probably the best detour to Fort Wayne is the road that leads through Hoagland and thence o the stale road at the inerurban sub station. The River road to For Wayne is in only fair condition, due to the unusually heavy traffic on it all summer. ' o TAGK REMOVED FROM WINDPIPE I Operation Performed On Child Os Otto Hoile Proves Successful The carpet tack, which was lodged in the windpipe of Paul Hoile, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hoile, of Union, township,, was removed by surgeons at Toedo. Ohio. Sunday morning, according to word eceived here Sunday tty William Schamerloah, the child’s grandfathr. The child withstood the operation nicely, the mesage said, and was expected to t ecover within a short time. The operation was performed at 9 o'clock Sunday morning. It is not known here whether the tack was removed through the child's throat or by means of an incision. The tack had been lodged in the windpipe since last spring, when the child fell from a chair. Mr. Hoile stated in his message to Mr. Schamerloh, that they would keep the child in a hospital at Toledo for two days, before bringing him home. Two Pennsylvania Youths Electrocuted For Murder Bellfonte, Pa., Oct. 26.—(United Press) —Michael Weiss and John Girsch, both 22. Mercer county youths, were electrocuted today for the murder of William Z. Turner at a West Middlesex tilling station on March 1. 1924. O I. U. Trustees Grant A B. Degrees To 93 Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 26. — (United Press) —The degree of bachelor of arts was granted today by the trustees of Indiana university to 93 students who completed the necessary credits for graduation at the end of the summer season. •

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 26, 1925.

HAS LEADING ROLE ' Miss Lois Peterson, Decatur, Has Prominent Part In Production To Be Staged At I. U. Mis Lois Peterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Peterson, of this city, lias been chosen for tile leading role in the play. “The Taming of the Shrew.” to be staged by the students of Ind ana University in the near future. To lie chosen for a part in this prodm tion is considered u great hon- i or. Miss Peterson is a member of the < Delta Gamniu. sorority at the state , university I CORONER PROBES STUDENTS'DEATH: Two Purdue Students Killed And Four Injured In i Auto Wreck Sunday ‘ i Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 26 —(United s Press) —The Tippicanoe county corom 1 er today started an investigation ot t tile acident which yesterday cost the I lives of two Purdue universiy students ] and seriously injured four others Tlie accident occurred when an auto- < mobile in which the party was re- ; turning from a dance, hit a telephone i pole ami turned over. , t Herbeit Chase, of Wenatchee, t Wash., and Miss Dorothy Smith, of i Kempton. Ind., were killed, and Ger- 1 truile Ertle. Mays, Ind.. Esther Temp- t lin. Elkhart. George Tinnerman. Cleveland, 0.. and Robert McCann, of t Lelianon were seriously injured. I o— i ABES. STUCKEY DIES SUDDENLY Well-known Decatur Man Succumbs To Attack Os Heart Trouble Today Abe S. Stuckey. 64. residing at 324 Marshall street, died suddenly at 7:20 | o'clock this morning. Death was due to heart failure. Mr. Stuckey had not been in the best of health for the past two months, but his condition was not considered alarming and his death came as a shock to his many friends. Mr. Stuckey was born in French township. Adams county. March 23, 1361. For arzr.y year® he wh® a resident of Berne, where he was engaged in various lines of business, and for the past nine years was an employee of the General Electric company at Decatur. He is survived by ills stricken wife, Mary Lugenbill, to whom he was married January 9. 1882; two sons, Rufus and Jessie. One daughter Ella preceded him in death thirteen years ago. Six sisterS survive: Mrs. Abe Egley. of Geneva; Mrs. I’. N. Moser, of French township; Mrs. Jacob Schindler, and Mrs. Adam Ausburger. of Berne; Mrs. Levi Klopfenstein, of Woodburn, Ind.; and Mrs. Sam Klopfenstein of Hesperia. Mich. Also one brother, Henry H. of Grabill. One brother, David, ot Berne, died suddenly about three weeks ago. Mr.'Stuckey was a very faithful and loyal attendant id' the local Zion Reformed church. He attended the Mission Festival services last Sunday and was in the best <>f spirits. Tlie funeral services will be held Wednesday morning, at 9:30 o'clock from the residence, and at 10 o’clock from the Z on Reformed church, tlie Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann officiating. Burial will take place at the Defenseless Mennonite cemetery west of Berne. Greencastle Bank To Hold Countv Corn Show — Greencastle. Ind.. Oct. 26 The First National Bank here has announced plans for a county corn show to be held December 10. 11 and 12. Plans for the show were drafted when it became apparent that this year's crop is probably the largest ,in the history of Putnam county. Weather Cloudy tonight Probably snow in i north portion. Tuesday mostly fair. Colder tonight and In portion Tuesday.

TEMPERATURE REMAINS COOL Community Getting Taste Os Real Fall Weather; Beet Harvest On Cooler temperature and a taste of fall weather continues to hold this communitv in an early-full atmosnheie A snappy cold wave followed Saturday's rain and barometer pred ct'ons are to the effect that it will remain cool. Threats of rain prevailed this morning and tlie sun made no effort to break through tlie heavy clouds. A flock of wild geese, numbeiing nearly 'lffy, few over Decatur. south bound, about 8 o'clock this morning. Farmers say that there is very little I vegetation in the ground now' that frost will harm. Most of the work in the fields is limited to corn and beet fields. Hundreds of cars of sugar beets are on their way to Decatur to be made into sugar and til’s process is keeping most of the 1 farmers of this community busy at 1 present Corn husking also is another . fall ' occupation that lias started. Home- 1 grown vegetables and fruits are dis- I appearing from the local market ' and a majority of the fruits and vege- * tables now obtainable ate of the hot- j nous eand southern varieties, which , means that values will turn upward soon. Business has taken ,an upward I move in most of the local stores due to the change in weather and most people are buying winter supplies. Coal and kindling wood are leading the commodities in sales at present. ’ Hallowe’en Will Be Celebrated At Wren Wren. Ohio, will celebrate Hallowe’en on Saturday evening. October 31. , There will be a parade at 7:31) o’clock and prizes will lie awarded to the best : characters, including Maggie and Jiggs Andy Gump, best farmer, best old ; maid, best hobo, best Indian, largest hat and several others C. S. NIBLICK IS REPORTED BETTER Prysicains Express Hopes For Recovery Os Decatur Banker A telephone message from H. L. Center, at Gary, al 2:45 o'clock this afternoon said that C. S. Niblick. Decatur banker who is seriously ill at the Mercy hospital in that city, is holding his own today and physicians express hopes for his recovery. Mr. Niblick was operated on Tuesday of last week when a portion of the gland on the r’ght side of his neck was removed. On Saturday he had a serious sinking spell and members of the family were summoned from here. Saturday evening, he rallied and was much better until Sunday morning when he suffered another severe chill. He was resuseiated and has been improving suice then. Mr (’outer called Mrs. Niblick at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon and assured her that Mr. Niblick was still progressing. The news from Gary Saturday evening. telling of his improvement, brought much pleasure to the hundreds of friends here. f» — Millionaire’s Divorced Wife Dies In Poverty New York. Oct. 26. (United I’ressl Mrs. Lillian N. Duke, divorced wife of the late James N. Duke, will lie buried in Greenwood cemetery tomorrow. She died in poverty Saturday. . shortly after tlie tobacco king's will was probated, showing he had left , nearly $100,000,000 to lifs second wife and daughter. i — " U. S. Supreme Court Adjourns Until Nov. 16 Washington, Oct. 26. — (United i Press.)—The United States supreme . court, adjourned after today’s session i for a three week recess. It will convene on Nov. 16.

Cupid Chuckles I [in-fy Doris crovjzeyl Love laughed at Father Neptune when Ralph Behennon, of Los Angeles, came ashore at I' Boston on a seaplaner which he; boarded from his steamer off I' Boston Light when he feared his ship would be too late for) him to see his sweetheart, Doris) Crowley, before she left town.) 11 he saw her. I TWELFTH TON LITTER WEIGHED M. Davison,St.Marys Township. Feeds Last Litter To Cross Goal In Contest The time-worn expression, “last but not least." might well apply to Marcellus Davison. St. Marys township farmer, living four miles east of Monroe. in that his litter of 11 purebred Poland Cliina pigs tipped the scales at 2.571 pounds. Saturday morning. They were exactly 180 days old and are the last pigs to be weighed in Adams county's swine classic this year. Tli t . pigs were large, smooth and heavy-boned, just in good shape to take on finish. Their uniformity is evidenced by the fact that the largest pig weighed 259 pounds while tlie smallest weighed 203 pounds. That considerable personal attention was given (he pigs by Mr Dsvis on. was shown by his having driven several miles to obtain the services of a veterinarian in caring for one of the little fellows which was seriously injured when only a tew days old by having lieen stepped upon liy its mother. The pig so cared for weighed 222 pounds on weigh day. The litter was permitted to run witli the remainder of tlie spring pigs during the entire summer and tall. Pasture ami small grain was their chief feed during the summer and during the last few weeks they have been "hogging corn.” with tankage to balance their ration. This litter is the twelfth to cross tlie line this year as tlie result of the skill of Adams county hog feeders. Although not the largest, Mr. Davison is sure to win one of tiie cash prizes offered by H. P. Schmitt, butcher of this city. Seek Head Os “Crime School” In Bloomingion Bloomington, Ind., Oct. 26 —As the result of numerous robberies committed liy juveniles, police are searching for the head of a supposed "crime school’’ It is believed that wholesale arrests of the young offenders and their teachers will be made soon. (I —

O ; Max Carey's Condition Remains Unchanged Today I’ittslmrgb. Pa.. Oct. 26. -I United ’ Press) The condition of Max t'arey. the Pirate captain, who is ill with pleurisy at a hosp tal here, was “stationary" today, physicians announced. > Carey's ribs were jammed when lie collided with Bucky Harris while il stealing second base in the fifth game e of the world's series, and pleurisy den veloped. i- He will be forced to remain in the hospital for several days.

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24 HOURS GIVEN FORWITHDRAWAL OF TWO ARMIES Bulgars And Greeks Ordered to Evacuate Territory At Once COMMITTEE WILL FIX RESPONSIBILITY (!’. P. Staff Correspondent) Paris. Oct. 26 The league of nations council tonight gave Greece and Bulgaria 21 hours in which Io instruct their troops to withdraw from the occupied territory along the Macedonian frontier. Ihe council will demand definite truth of the evacuation on Thursday. An investigating committee wiil be sent to study the incident and to take responsibility ) for the conflict which threatI ens to plunge the Bulgars in a new war. Reading this momentuous decision |of the council, Britain's foreign secretary, Austin Chamberlain, insisted ' that there must be no firing during the evacuation. Should there be such, this would lie deemed an affront to the league of nat'ons to which both Greece and Bulgaria belong. Minister Marfoff, for Bulgaria, and i Minister Carapanos for Greece, accepted the council s decision. o Chinese Open Customs Conference At Peking By Randall Gould. < U. P. Staff Correspondent I Peking. Oct. 26. (United Press ) — Addressing tlie opening session today of the Chinese customs conference, C. T. Wang, China's delegate, asked that his nation be granted tariff autonomy not later than the beginning of 1929. together with abolition of the “JJkin" tax. American Minister J. V. Mac Murray promised that an "open mind” attitude would lie adopted toward the Chinese proposals y College Head Attacks Methods Os Universities Chicago, Oct. 26.— (United Press.) Dheiting a general .nook upoa-thc educational methods in modern colleges. Dr. Glenn Frank, president of the University of Wisconsin, in an address here, pleaded for a more comprehensive study of the educational needs of colleges, and a lessening of the emphasis now being laid on athletic expansion. MISSIONARY TO SPEAK TONIGHT Principal Os Sendai College, Japan, To Speak At Baptist Church Miss Mary D. Jesse, principal of Sendai Co'lege, Japan, will deliver an address at the Baptist church of this city tonight at 7:3<> o'clock. The public Is cordially invited. Miss Jesse ■ has had many interesting experiences • and her lecture will be of great interi- est of everybody in Decatur and his I commiYnity.

The meeting will be public and Miss Ji sse’s message will tie one well worth hearing. She is making an intensive tour <d' this part of tlie United States giving addresses. Miss Jesse is greeted liy a large audience in every town wheer she talks. — o ’ Lorin “Peck’ Yager Is Critically 111 Lorin Yager, well-known young man residing in Kirkland township, who has been in poor health for the last year and a half, suffered a relapse Sunday and was reported to be in a critical condition today. Mr. Yager, known to his many friends as "Peck.” was a star athlete in high school here and after his graduation.