Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1926 — Page 1

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: (St GOVERNOR TO ASSIST IN ENDING STRIKE Citizens* Committee Os Indianapolis Wants Mediation Committee Named CITIZENS UNABLE TO reconcile views Indianapolis, Ind,, July 19. , (United Press.)-Governor Jack-! con todav was called on by the. citizens' committee seeking to) end the strike of unionized In-1 dianapolis street railway employes to intervene in the strike | deadlock. Th»* Governor was to appoint a edation committee to recommend j methods of settling the walkout, now on its third week. Appointment of such a committee Is provided for under the state laws. Th® call to the Governor was made after the committee found It could not reconcile views of the union men and the street railway on the question of .yistence of the contract between the company and its employers. The committee’s action came after a night marked by one act of violence, the dynamiting of a street car, and the frustration of another attempt to wreck a car when three slicks of dynamite were found on a rail. — o Rev. Fledderjohann And Family Enjoying Trip The Daily D*mo<*at today received a post card from the Rev. A. R Fledderjohann. pastor of the Zion pc formed church in this city. who. with his family, is enjoying a motor trip through the east. At the time Ute post caard was written. ’Hey were in Pennsylvania, on Chestnut Ridge, Alleghany mountains, where the elevation is 2.418 feet. Rev. Fledderjohann stated that there was wonderful scenery there and all along the route. So tar. he said, they had no flat ti~ee or trouble of any kind They left De eatur last Monday, and made stops at Marion. Bucyrus, Canton. Orville. Mineral tCJty,, Bellaif?. Ohio and Wheeling, West Va. .INVENTS STONE lowraßF Phil Sauer Builds Machine That Simplifies Work Os Unloading Stone Phil Sauer, prominent citizen of I nion township and road and bridge constructor, has just completed the building of an original stone unloader, which is said by those who have seen it operate to be one of the finest ever built. The unloader is a simple device with a long belt which takes the stone from tile car and places it in •he trucks at the rate of a ton in three minutes. • Mr. Sauer is using his new contrivance in unloading stone on a road he is improving near Pleasant Mills. Thp idea is original and many persons from Adams county already have visited the place of operation to see the new machine. The unloader can be transported easily and can be set up in less than •en minutes time. Mr. Sauer says that the device saves several hours of time each day that it operates. The belt which runs from the stone ca r to the truck is controlled by a small gasoline engine. The gear shift makes ft possible to control the stofte and stop the loading process when the truck is full. An entire car can be emptied in a short time. Those who have seen the new unloader say that it is far simpler and better than those which fost considerably more. Mr. Sauer has been in the contracting business in this county for many years and has B «en the need of a simple piece of unloading machinery. It is estimated that the new machine will cut down the time and expense of improving roads enough to pay for the marine in less than a week.

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! Faces Second Trial Under Habitual Criminal Act Indianapolis. In,, . July 19. (Unit ed Press,)-Selection of a jury was started today from a panel of fifty to try Walter Baepp. of Shelbyville, for second time under the habitual criminal rot. Snepp, twice convicted of felonies, is charged with* possession of a still. If convicted on this charge he can be sent to prison for life as a habitual criminal. A jury which tried him in the spring disagreed. MERCURY SOARS TO DIZZY HEIGHT Heat Record For Summer Broken Today; No Sign Os Rain Soon With the heat recory in Decatur for 1926 already shattered, the thermometer continued to move upward without much discretion today and. at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Peoples Loan and Trust company thermometer ] registered 96 degrees in the shade ; A hot sun and lack of sufficient breeze ; | were the chief factors in making the | day a hot one. 1 Predictions for Indiana are that the | heat wave will continue for a few days. • Farmers say that the weather is ideal I for crops, especially corn, which ba ■ been thriving the last few days after getting off to a late start due til the inclement spring weather. The air was dry and probabilities of rain were remote, at least for the next 24 hours. Rain in other middle- , western states aided in breaking up ' the bet weather, hut forecasters predicted that showers would be scarce tn Indiana for a few days. Today was this community’s first real summer day for the year, and ' consequently the first day that the i mercury in the thermometer got to < stretch itself almost to the length of I the recorder. < Farmers say that if the hot weather I I'cntinues the corn crop will not be t much later than a year ago. Farmers busied themselves most of the day in i tile fields and much progress was > made in moat crops. < Reads near here have a thick layer I of dust and the heavy traffic the last several weeks lias thrown the dust t t ' a 'e.‘.r.«~ew». ■'•Sin-v-— «— ers of last week. c Other Indiana towns report high t temperatures and the record for sever- i al years has been broken fit many midwestern points. Rain is expected most- I in the northwestern states tonight and I tomorrow. 1 To Kill 5,000 Foxes I Merrill. Wis., July 19.—(United I Press! —Approximately 5.000 foxes will be slaughtered for their skins this fall at the Fromm Brothers fox ranch 1 here. ORDERS WEEDS CUT THIS WEES: I City Street Commissioner ‘ Urges Property Owners To Cut Weeds Now Amos Fisher, city street conunis- a ioner, urged every property owner to cut the weeds this week. A campaign j has been made by street cleaning de- ( partmint to rid the city of weeds and several property owners have cooperated by cutting the weeds. Owners < of vacant lots are urged to have the j weeds cut at once, as they are going ( to seed now and will be blown over on other lots. There is a city ordinance which compels property owners to cut the weeds and the street commlssioner stated if the weeds are not cut this week the ordinince will be en- * forced. ( Killed By Lightning Wabash, Ind., July 19—(United c Press.)— Seeking shelter under a tree c during a storm. Jacob Alexander, 70, f was killed by a bolt of lightning Sun- s day. H

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Principals In Sensational Minder Case At Boston /j fTJ * A ■ MB - - ■ 1 Above nre pictured three of the principals in the murder of Miss Edith Green, young Bosfon girl, whose dismembered body was found in a box near a Boston cemetery. James V. Font left, admitted being Miss Green's lover. Miss Gre,*n is shown in the center picture, with Dr. T. E. Walsh, right, who is accused 4>f the responsibility lor the death ol Miss Green. Ihe girl is said to have died following an illegal operation perform <1 hv Dr. Walsh.

DOCTOR AND WIFE | PLEAD NOT GUILTY I Boston Physician And Wife Enter Pleas T<f Indictments For Mbrder Bust on, July 19. (United Press.) — Dr. Thomas E. Walsh and his wife. Marion, pleaded not guilty to two indictments each when arraigned in Suffolk superior court here today in | connection with the death of Missi Edith lonise Green, 19 year-old state j ward. The indictments against the physician charged illegal surgery and con spiracy. Those against Mrs. Walsh I charged her with being an accessory before the fact, and conspiracy. Dr. Walsh was pale and haggard as he appeared before judge Frederit k W, ■ !-\-s :ti ■<: H4»-wiSe also - .--••t.ufJ... worried and net vous dictments, the doctor and his wife were released on bond pending trial. , probably early next fall. o • i HIGHWAY ASS'N. HASI99MEMBERS Large Number Os Farmers ' Lend Aid To New Coast-To-Coast Road , One more member and the member- , ship in the Benj. Franklin Highway i association of Adams county will be . I I two hundred. Over the week-end. 21 j persons joined the association, making a total of 199. Several persons at Preble and also east of Decatur, have joined the association. Farmers along the line are taking up memberships ♦ at these two points. Following is the list of those who joined since the last list was published: Orie Newhard, E. A. jGoldner. W. M. Meyer, August Werling, Otto C. Dilling, Charles Werling, Otto ' Koenemann, of Preble: I.attra Dyke- . man. R. R. 8: Edwin Bauer, R. R. 8; , Floyd Death. R. R. 9; R. A. Drummond. R. R. 3; Avon Burk, G. T. Burk; Chas. N. Christen, John H. Carmody, L. M. BuSche, Jim Hendricks, Daniel Sprang, Phil L. Macklin, Chas. E. Magley, Judge J. C. Sutton, all of Decatur. If anyone wishes to join the association and thus further the chances of having the road designated as a federal highway, he may do so by sending his dollar to A. R. Holthouse, secretary.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 19, 1926.

|72-Year-Old Baby i Gets His First Hair Cut; Heat Too Great D i Quoin, Inn., July 19 — (United Press-) —Born with a heavy shock of l | haf', Howard Womack experienced his first haircut at the age of 72 hours. A physician recommended the hair-. cut to releive the baby from the heat and a barber was called Q NEW BRIDGE IS ! NEARLY FINISHED Contractors Plan To Finish Work On Monmouth Bridge This Week The new bridge on state road No. -1. at the south edge of Monmouth, ■fto?Tll”br ’*".'iT-" if <*—wTl, "i><- ' tin f~'“ swwmsc— ' a «■ -,**** .?> -.wswwii<r » Construction company, in charge of the erection of the bridge, stated to- , day. The bridge will be opened to traffic twenty-one days after the construction work is finished, he stated. The Burk company is building a new bridge on the same road in Allen county, about eight miles north of this city, also. That bridge will not be completed for another month yet, however, it was stated this morning The new bridge is being placed clos- ( er to the interurban tracks in order to eliminate a small curve in the road. Both bridges are steel, with concrete floors. The approaches to the two bridges will not be paved until next spring, in order that the new fills , will have plenty of time to settle properly. Traffic is detoured around , both bridges at present. _ o Mr. And Mrs. Schulte Arrive For A Visit Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schulte, of Chicago, arrived at noon today and motored to the oil fields in Blue Creek township, where another well has just been drilled in on their property. Indications are that it will be a food well to add to the string of produce ers drilled this year. Mr. and Mrs. Schulte will visit here several days and w ill inspect the new County, Club property, which they are improving, , with Messrs. Telford and Haney. o , KNOW YOUR STATE Whether of concrete, brick, stone • or gravel, Indiana raw material is I sufficient to construct a permanent roadway through every town- , ship in the state, at a minimum of production and transportation , costs, and with every assurance of durability and service. (

RESIGNS POSITION IN LOCAL SCHOOLS Miss Iva Spangler Accepts Position Irj. Fort Wayne Junior High Miss Iva Spangler, who has been teacher of geography and reading in the Centra) grade schools of this city for the last several years, has resigned her position here and accepted a position as teacher of geography in the Fort Wayne junior high school, it was announced by M. F. Wcrlhman. superintendent of the De catur schools, today. The school board will meet Tuesday night to consider applications to fill the vacancy. Miss Spangler has specialized in _tta tending the Indiana state normal .M.. • • • V • • . ■ -1.1 i- - • 'III';. F Uli t «■ •«•*< *«*■.. - • ./. will receive her A. B. degree in Aug ÜBt. —o - BABY DROWNS IN CISTERN Two-Year-Old Child Os Mr. And Mrs. Frank Myers Drowns Sunday Doris Ellen Myers. 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Myers, residing southeast of this city, near Mt. Hope, was drowned in a barrel cistern, near the house, at 4:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon. The child’s lifeless body was found in the istern. by her mother. The baby had been playing about the hpuse during the afternoon The father was out on the farm feeding some livestock, so when the mother missed the child, she started a search for her. Noticing that the cover over the cistern had been removed, she looked into the cistern and saw the child's body floating in the water. She hurriedly secured a gat den rake and, hooked it in the baby's clothing, she pulled her from the water, but life was extinct. 'Surviving are the parents and two sisters, Marcille and Faye. Funeral services will be held at the Mount Hope church at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. o, Rain, Wind And Hail In East. Philadelphia. July 19, — (United Piess.l — Damage from one of the most severe rain, bail, wind and electrical storms which has visited eastern and central Philadelphia was placed at nearly a million dollars toa

R. W. Buckmaster Is Reported Better Today A report from the bedside of R. W. i Buckmaster. Adams county farmer i who was seriously injured while malt-1 ing liay last Friday on his farm four | miles west of Monroe, this afternoon. [ stated that Mr. Buckmaster was improving, although he is still confined : to his bed Mr. Buckmaster was | struck in the stomach by one end | of a double-tree, which broke while he wns driving a team of horses, hit-; ched to the hay rope. o MELLETT’S WORK TO DE CARRIED ON Former Gov. Cox Promises That Editor’s Fight Will Be Continued Indianapolis, Ind., July 19. (United ; Press) Standing at the bier of Don R. Meilelt, mutdered pubnsner of the Canton Ohio News James Cox, former governor of Ohio and owner of the paper today, promised that the life objective of Mellett—to wipe out crime and vic - * in Canton —Will be carried on. "This movement started by Mellett i will net lose its momentum with his I death," Cox said. "Canton will carry on the work started by him.” "The business, and manufacturing , interests, professional men and clergy! ate united in the purpose to carry out his objectives.” Funeral services were held for the slain editor at the home of his mother and brother. Rolland Mellett. Four other brothers all of them I newspaper men attended the services. The body was placed in the receiving vault of Crown Hill cecetery here following the services. Suspect Is Held t Pittsburgh, Pa.. July 19. —(United Press)—Just as a Nationwide search for him was initiated George Psilias, 29. known at "George the Greek" surrendered at detective headquarters here today. The Greek immediately disclaimed any knowledge of circumstances stirgrounding the murder of Don R. Me’lett ; crusading editor of the Cantn Ohio. Daily News, hut admitted that he was near that city when the shooting oc-1 curred. .J.ls iLiii.’i i. I .in-ail.: nu • ■ ! accompanied by his attorney Samuel I confer with his lawyer, and then began questioning the man. George claimed he was alone at hotel in Warren. Ohio 35 miles from 1 (COXTIXUKD OX I'AGE SIX) c ; Week-end Brawls Take Seven Lives In Kentucky Louisville. Ky., July 19. — (United 1 Press.) —Seven persons were killed in 1 Kentucky during the last 24 hours- as ' results of week-end brawls and fights * in which authorities figured. MINISTER FACES : MURDER CHARGE: ' 1 Fort Worth Pastor Claims i He Shot In Self-Defense; > Prepares Own Defense Fort Worth, Tex., July 19.—(Unit- ' ed Press.)—Assured by messages of | faith from members of his cougrega- ] tion, tlie Rev. Frank .Njorrls —dynamic < pastor of the First Baptist church, who has been termed the “Texas Tor- 1 nado"' —today prepared his own de- 1 sense against charges of mudering D. t E. Chipps, wealthy lumberman, Sat- i urday, < ”1 shot in self-defense, my life was ] in jeopardy,” Norris said. His voice i lacked excitement anu his demeanor was calm as he discussed the tragedy which brought to a close one of Norris’ sensational campaigns against < city conditions. < “It may be that I shall handle my i own case, that is in event it ever I reaches the point of trial; so far I : have retained no counsel," Norris said. 1

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WOMAN KILLED IN AUTO WRECK NEAR CELINA, 0. Hugo Steiner And Walter Gillion), Os Berne, In One Os Cars In Accident TWO OTHERS IN CRITICAL CONDITION One woman was killed, another woman and a man were dangerously injured and four other pe''sons were less seriously hurt in an automobile accident near Celina, Ohio, at 12:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon, in which a party of Berne men figured. Walter Gilliom and Hugo Steiner. of Berne, were injured, ihe former seriously. Miss Clara Sharer. 65, of Swander. Ohio, 11 miles north of Sidney, was fatally injured, iter death occuring at the Otis hospital, in Celina, at 3:40 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Two In Critical Condition Ed Sharer. 55, an.l Miss Effie Sharer, 63, brother and sister of the dead woman, are in a critical condition at the Otis aospital. The Misses Mary and Maltha Sharer. also sisters of the dead woman suffered minor injuries. The accident happened on the figure “8” curve, 3-4 of a mile east of Celina, on the Celina-St. Marys road. Messets. Steiner and Gilliom, together whh Ed Liechty and Frederick Gregmy. of Berne, and Howard u. Doster, of Indianapolis, had been playing golf on the Northwood Country chib grounds, along Lake St. Marys, between Celina and St. Marys, and were on their way home when the accident occured. Mr. Steiner and Mr. Gilliom were riding in Mr. Steiner’s car. a Studebaker special roadster, while the other three men were in another car. farther back. Skidded On Wet Pavement. The four Sharer sisters and their brother were in a Buick touring car and were going east. It was raining and tlie cement pavement was slipjCJIX'HXIIED ON PAGE SIX) MARY HMMAN limUWAYWife Os John Harshman Succumbs To Cancer, After Extended Illness Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o’clcr.k for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Harshman. 65, wife of John W. Harshman, cf Decatur, route 9. who died Saturday, after an extended illness. Death was due to cancer. Mary Elizabeth Harshman was the daughter of John and Isabelle DePew. She was born in Dekalb county, January 16. 1861. and received her early education in the Dekalb county schools. In early life, she was married to John Harshman, who, with five children, survives. The surviving children are’ Mrs. Flossie Mun-en. Dowagiac, Michigan; Ray Harshman. Decatur; Roy Harshman, at home; Sylvia McCoy. Willshire. Ohio, Russell Haarshinan, Mishawaka. and John Harshman, at hour-. Two ulsters also survive They are Frances Knapp, of Mishawaka and Margaret Keckler. of Kalamazoo. Michigan. Mts. Harshman was n member of tlie United Brethren church and was well known in her home community. Funeral services were held at the home and the burial took place at the Fletcher Capel cemetery. The Rev. Cecil R. Smith, pastor of the United Brethren church of this city, officiated. —■ " ■ ■ ( ) '«■ ■— — ■■■ ' ■■■■ — Auto Race Driver Killed Crown Point, Ind., July 19..—(United Press) —Sonny Talamont, 2S. year old Chicago ai'tomobil dit track racing slur, was killed when his racer, traveling 61) mi'es an hou . ove tinned and was hit by another car tit tliAmerican Legion Automobile races at Crown Point Sunday .

The public and parochial school buildings In Decatur are valued at. 1750.oflo.