Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1926 — Page 1

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MOfIETHANSOO STREET CAR MEN 00T ON STRIKE Citizen’s Committee Seeking Settlement of Trouble In Indianapolis TWO PLANS ARE BEING CONSIDERED Indianapolis. Ind.. July 12.—(United press I—lnformation showing that more than 500 street railway employes were out on strikes was presented lodar to the (’it(ten’s committee seeking settlement of the walkout by Harry Pynes conciliator for the United States department of labor. Two plane of settlement were undertood to be under consideration by the eommittee at a secret meeting. The first proposed that Governor Jackson be called on to name a committee of three men empowered to subpoena witnesses and force arbitration under the 1817 arbitration law. The second was that the Public Service commission be called upon in petitions circulated by the 500 strikers to arbitrate, providing the men return to work pending negotiations for a new wage scale. —o —— Daughter Os Mr. And Mrs. Frank Garard Dies Miss Delores Louise Garad. 10. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garard, former residents of this city, died at St. Joseph's hospital, in Fort Wayne. Saturday morning at 11:30 o'clock after an illness of two weeks. The family resides at 312 Mechanic street. Fort Wayne. Miss Garard was Ixirn In Decatur and moved to Fort Wayne with her parents eight years ago. She was in 'be fourth grade of the Nebraska school in Fort Wayne, and was member of the Y. W. A. Girls' Reserve. She attended the Bethany Presbyterian Sunday school. Surviving are the parents; one brother. Frank. Jr.; one sister, Dorothy Nancy; grandmother, Mrs. Nancy Noll. Funeral services wer e held at 1 '■ this afternoon at the resitile Rev. o. Shirey Tffficiat ,ft E .Burts! was made in the Decatiir cemetery. o

Love and Mystery The GIRL in the MIRROR By Elizabeth Jordan Here is a mystery story of the happy sort; nothing morbid about it, even in it* treatment of dark deeds and sinister individOib. The lives and love of two charmingly agree* able young people are entangled with a deep mystery, a mystery so keen that, read in a book, one could hardly avoid the temptation to consult tbe last pages long before the middle ones were Passed; hence, just the sort of tale to be read •ehally, so that one cannot spoil the big surprise ®y trying to learn the outcome before it is due. THIS clever story WILL START Saturday, July 17 in the D ECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

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President Coolidge Catches Another Fish, A Six-Pound Pike, Today Paul Smith’s N. V , July 12. —(Unit nd Press) President Coolidge caught another fish today. It was a six-pound pike, measuring 20 inches. The President was trolling in Lake Osgood when he felt the tug at hF line and it required ten minutes tc land the catch. • — o —— THIEVES RAID GASOLINE TANK Large Quantity Os Gasoline • Taken From Wholesale Storage Tank Here Thieves last night raided a Stand ard Oil Company gasoline storage tank near the Erie railroad, in the south part of the city, and escaped with a quantity of gasoline, but it is understood that a considerable amount was taken. No dues have yet lieen obtained regarding the robbery. Sheriff John Baker is working on the case today The theft was first noticed today when the tank wagons were being loaded. The tank is used as a storgae tank for gasoline imported into this city for distribution. Rev. Covert And Family Leave Tuesday for Vacation The Rev. B. N. Covert, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, accompanied by his wife and daughter will leave early Tuesday morning for a month's vacation trip. They will travel in their automobile, going from here to the home of Rev. Covert’s father, the Rev. A. S. Covert, at Mason City, Illinois, arriving there Wednesday evening. On Thursday Rev Covert will officiate at the wedding of his cousin. Miss Mild ed Stone, in Middletown. Illinois. Rev. Covert will go to Dixon. Illinois, next Monday, to serve as dean it. a young peoples’ conference. On July 26. Rev. and Mrs. Covert and daughter will leave Mason city for Carnbrii', Wisconsin. Mrs. Covert and daughter will v will Ufe-fortner'i'sister, m--. Claude Roberts, while Rev. Covert goes to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, to’attend a leadership training conference for two weeks. They will arrive back in Decatur on August 13. o Galion, Michigan, Bank Robbed; $3,000 Taken Galion, Mich., July 12.—Authorities throughout southern Michigan and northern Indiana are hunting two young bandits who held up the State bank here this morning and escaped with *3.000 in cash. O. A. Miller, cashier, Viola Green, bookkeeper and Dr. O. L. Corey, a customer, were forced into a money vault by them. BAPTISTS PLAN PICNIC AT PARK Picnic Supper And Devotional Service at Bellmont Park Wednesday On Wednesday afternoon of this week, the Baptist church and friends will hold a picnic at Bellmont park and close the day with a devotional service, taking the place of the regular mid-week prayer meeting. All persons who can, will meet at the church on Fourth Street at 3 o'clock and go to the park where a good time will be enjoyed. Others will be coming out until evening a picnic supper will he served at 6:30 o’clock, After supper, the devotional vesper service will be held. Members and friends of the church and Sunday school are invited to enjoy the hours together.

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Evansville Youth Missing In Navy Arsenal Disaster; — Evansville, Ind.. July 12. — (United Press)—'RelatfWs here trultiv’ anxiously awaited word as to the fate of Ma-1 son Edison. 21, listed as unaeounted for in the Navy Arsenal explosion at Lake Denmark, N. J. Edison is lite son of C. If. Edison, and has Is-en in the Marine corps five years. NATIVE OF ADAMS -WTY IS W Jonathan Andrews Dies Os Apoplexy At Jesse Essex Home In Monroe Jonathan Andrews. 7.5. of Richmond, a native ot Adams county, died at 10 o’clock Sunday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Essex, in Monroe. Mr. Andrews came to the Essex home Saturday evening. Shortly after arriving, he wa- stricken with apoplexy and his death occured Sunday morning. Mr. Andrew- was a sen of Perry and Sarah Andrews, and was born in Adams county. Novel taer 11. 1850. His wife <tie<| thre months ago. Two daughters preceded him in death, also. Surviving are three sons, Amos, of Dayton. Ohio. Charles, ot Warren. Ohio, and Hosea, of Rv-hmond; ‘hree daughters, Mrs. Sim Bright, of Fort Recovery. Ohio, M s. W. M. Hicks, of Diamondale. Michigan, and Mrs. Omer Banta, of Richmond; one brother, Zeph Andrews, of Dfamandale, Michigan; and two sisters, Mrs. David Deltch, of D-’catur, and Mrs. Philo Yeung of California. Mr. Andrews had been making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Banta, in Richmond. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church in Monroe, at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. Mr. Foster will have charge of the services. Burial will be made in the Fort Recovery, Ohio, cemetery, o Local Elks To Attend National Convention x The national convention of the order of Elks opened in Chicago today. Several Decatur Elks are planning to attend the convention, among them being J. G. Niblick, Leo Ehipger and Fred Schurger, the latter being a delegate of the Decatur lodge. A memorial building to the Elks who died in the World war will be cledi'rated this week.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 12, 1926.

RESTAURANT IN WEST END SOLO Donald Leßrun And Glenn Hill Buy Business From Hower Brothers A business deal was cloned today whereby the ownership of the West End restaurant passes from the hands of Alton ami Donald Hower to Donal 1 and Gknn HP I .•' Decatur young HYT.'r" 1... 11..’T|’ '•.tothvt 11.; ~ ed ami conducted the restaurant :n this city more than a year. Dnald Leßrun is the son of Jesse Leßrun, local business man. He has been associated with his father in the moving picture business since his graduation from Decatur high school last May. Glenn Hill is the son of Jphn Hill of this city. He lias attended Ohio State University at Columbus. Ohio, the last two years and this summer has been employed :n the West End restaurant. Both young men are well known in this city. Mr. Leßrun and Mr. Hill took possession of the restaurant thl/s morning and announced that they would continue to serve short orders, ice-cream, soft drinks, candy and other confections. The restaurant will be open from 6 o'clock a. m. until midnight each day. The Hower brothers have not decided definitely what they will do in the future, but indicated that they had a deal underway for the purchase of a hotel and restaurant at Lima, O. n _ Robert Scott Pleads Guilty To Murder Charge Chicago, July 12.—(United Press) —A plea of guilty to the murder of Joseph Maurer. Chicago drug store clerk, for which his brother. Russel Scott, is now awaiting ex -ution on the Gallows, was entered here today by Robert Scott in criminal court. After the plea was made for Scott by William Scott Stewart, his AttorGemmil that he was aware he could be sentenced to either death or life imprisonment. Scott’s plea imposed a responsibility on the court, Judge Gemmill said, and before sentence is passed he will hear all the evidence in the case. State’s Attorneys said they would demand the death penalty. Scott’s aged father and mother were present, in court when the plea was made.

JOHN W. WEEKS, FORMER U.S. WAR SECRETARY, DIES Neuralgia Os The Heart Is Fatal To Former War Chief This Morning SERVED IN CABINET OF PKESIDENT HARDING Lancaster, N. H.. July 12. —(United Press.) — Former Secretary of War John W. Weeks died at his summer home here at 3 a. m. today. He did not recover from the comma into which he had fallen last Saturday. his son Sinclair Weeks said in making the announcement. Dr. R. E. Wilder, attending physician. announced that angina pectoris (neuralgia of the heart- was the actual cause of death. At the bedside, at the time of death, were Mrs. Weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair Weeks, his son and daughter-in-law, and Mr. and Mrs. John Washington Davidge of Washington, his daughter and son-in-law. 11l For a Fortnight. Dr. Wilder of Whitefield stated Weeks had been suffering front "a tumor on an artery in the brain." The former war chief had been rather seriously ill a foithnight and his condition had become critical. After recovring from his operation at the Boston hospital in May, 1925. Weeks spent the summer in West Glouster, Mass. He went to Wash ington the following October, when his resignation as secretary of war was announced. Ixrst winter, with Mrs. Weeks, he made a trip to South AmericaWeeks arrived at his summer home here last month, hoping that tjte change of climate might restore his fast-failing health. Weeks was born at Lancaster. N. H., April 11, 1866. At 17 lie was teachIcnwTixi BO ON I’At.i-: TWO) RODEO TO BE REPEATED HERE Flying X Ranch To Give Return Engagement For Benefit Os Junior Band Arrangements were completed today whereby the Flying X Ranch rodeo company, of Montana, which exhibited at Bellmont Park here July 5. will give a return engagement at the park next Saturday afternoon and evening, under the auspices of the Decatur Junior Band. The rodeo company has been at the park since the celebration last Monday, rehearsing new acts and enlarging the program. The money derived from the event next Sat to day by the band will be used in buying new uniforms. Col. Fred Reppert, owner of the park has donated the use ol the grounds to the sion lias been lowered to 25 cents genboys for the day. The price of adtniseral admission. 25 cents for autos ami 25 cents grandstand. Two or three new cowboys have been added to tlte Flying X Ranch company. Twelve big acts will be given next Satin day afternoon and night anti the show will last about three hours. A historical revue will be given at each performance. Included in the company are cowboys ami cowgirls from Texas, North Dakota. Oklahoma. Montana, Wyoming ami Idaho. The Junior Hand, augmented by several musicians from the- Decatur General Electric company band, will give concerts in front of the grand stand both afternoon ami evening. o KNOW YOUR STATE INDIANA has fewer labor disturbances than aaiy adjoining state that compares in industrial volume. The greater part of the state operates on an open shop basis, and labor organizations generally are patriotic and ably led.

DANGER OF ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION IS SEEN

NAVY STARTS “SURVEY"TODAY Officials Seek to Learn What Might Have Been Done To Prevent Tragedy By Carl D. Groat il'nited Press Staff Correspondent) Washington. D. C., July 12. (United Press) A Navy “Survey" was under way today at Dover N. J., to determine to what extent an “act of God” was responsible lor the tragedy of the munitions depot explosion there, and to what degree human fallibility entered into it. The great depot, spreading over 460 acres, within sttiking distance of the naval base of New York, was theoretically proof again- t sm a a eala mity as befell it in the lightning storm of Saturday night. “Lightning Proofed” It was “Lightning proofed" like other great storage reservoirs of T. N. T.. deadly subniaiine "ash cans" and "war heads" for torpedoes. its storage house and subterranean chamlters were designed to avoid explosion, end to prevent their spread if one unit went up. Hut in spite of all human precautions a large part of the $3,000,000 plant with its $90,000,000 worth of explosives exploded, denotating one shell house after another like mighty string of firecrackers. Hear Admiral <’. Bio h. Chief of the Bureau of ordinance, is charged with making the survey or investigation. Front his investigation, the Navy will probably profit in its other ammunition storage points, prehaps gaining pointers which will truly make such storage houses proof against such devastation? flavor a; Saturdays. Today, the Navy here confined its work chief.y to checking on lists of wounded and missing, seeping in slowly the past 24 hours Tht rs ■ J.J.. ula'ion as to cause-; of the .disaster, hut the most common explanation was that the first explosion had been so unexpectedly heavy that flying fragments of fire detonated a neighboring storage house which in turn ignited others. Fire spreading through the woods, too, helped to set off the stores. The Storehouses, most of them war time developments were designed to blow upward—Flower pot Jike, navy men explain—lnstead of outward. The roof would give rather than the walls.l Special ventilation was installed tot guard against spontaneous explosion; special floors to prevent sparks were I laid; and whole building was lightn-! ing "proofed". Some of the more susceptible explosives were stored underground, and according to last word early today to the Navy none of these subterranean magazines were affected 1 THIEVES ENTER THEATRE OFFICE Six Hundred Drawing Tick- • ets Taken From Cort Theatre Box Office Thieves, probably local talent, entered the office of the Cort theatre sometime over the week-end ami stole 600 tickets, that were being given away to customers on the Shaw Speed Roadster, which is to be presented this fall. The vandals tore off the coupons and placed them in the box in the lobby of the theatre, with other tickets that were legitimately given to customers. Jesse Leßrun, owner ot the theatre, said this morning that he had a list of the numbers stolen and that those stubs would be removed from the coupon box. Some clues as to who stole the numbers have been secured ami it is thought that the vandals can be traced down in the next few days.

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LIST OF DEAD STANDS AT 19 Many Still Missing In Tragedy At U.S. Navy Asenal In New Jersey Washington, July 12.—A contingent of 200 additional marines was ordered to leave Quantico, Va„ for Dover, New Jersey, at 4 o’clock this afternoon. joining others on detail at the explosion scene. BY UNITED PRESS Dover, N. J., July 12.—Fire started in another magazine at Lake Denmark arsenal this afternoon, after it had been believed there was no danger of further destruction, Rear Adi fniral Plunkett informed nevvs- | paper men. He said that there are 20 unexploded magazines left at the i arsenal a survey had shown, i.They contain shells, most of • 'which, he said, are loaded. The exact danger from the new • fire could not be determined. The list of known dead stood at 19 this afternoon after marines and soldiers had searched a part of the . ruins of the arsenal. Stxty-foiir of the 97 injured were j still in hospitals this afternoon, and I a careful check was being made to determine the exact number of those , listed as "missing.” ( Dover, N. J„ July 12. — (United , Press.) — The casualty list of the t latke Denmark arsenel explosion, as gathered from hospitals and navy ot- . fieiais here, today included: Known dead: Lieut. George W. Botts, Jr., I' B. N., Richmond. Va. . Mra. . --u—■ Harry Bri.wn, pharma cistmate. (COXTIM ED OX PMtE THREE) I —— — - .Q... — — ——. BUSINESS SHOWS INCREASE HERE I Saturday Proves To Be One Os Biggest Trading Days In Several Weeks Business conditions in Decatur have J improved greatly during the last few weeks, according to merchants and J business men. After a lull in trade, w'hich lasted several weeks, the business outlook has become more optiI niistic ami Saturday was one of the heaiTest days in Decatur this year. Hundreds of farmers and people from neighboring towns and cities took advantage of the low prices predominating in local stores and all merchants reported a heavy bust--1 ness for last week. Traffic was congested for several hours Saturday night and one of the ■ largest crowds of the year filed in and out of all, local stores and business houses until after midnight. Two sales are in progress in Decolur at present, and indications are ,' that there will be several more in the next six weeks. One person estimat- ! ed that there were more than GO autoll mobiles with Ohio licenses on litem I I parked within a radius of three blocks of the local bit. inesss district, Saturday. • o * Farmer Faces Murder Charge At Crawfordsville t Crawfordsville, Ind., July 12. — (L'uitt ed Press) —A first degree murder 1 charge was pending in Montgomery ■ circuit court tedav against William Hayes, farmer, who lias be. n taken ? to the Central Insane hospital at Imlias napolis, but should he regain his .an--.ity lie will be returned here for trial, icounty autho'ities said.

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