Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 14 August 1926 — Page 1

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WIL TRAIN IS HELU UP; LOOT NOT ESTIMATED Two Bandits Ransack 25 Refistercd Mail Sacks On Union Pacific Train MAW CLERKS ARE BOUND BY BANDITS Rawlings. Wyo„ Aug. 14. (United Press)—The fast mail ( train No. 5 of the Union Pacific . wa s robbed early today by two bgn air who boarded the train near here and effected the robbery between here and Wamsutter station. 1 All mail pouches containing ( registered mail were ransacked, i but the amount secured by the 1 bandits is yet unknown. i Omaha. Neb., Aug. 14—Officials of i Inion Pacific railway today! were unable to place an estimate of ( the loss suffered in a holdup of a, < Vnion Pacific train near Rawlings. I Wyo., although railroad officials be- t liered the sum will be in excess of i 1104,400. ! Reports here say that 25 mail!* sacks were rifled. The bandits were | < in fit* express ear more than an hour the report stated. Jack Madigan and A. J. Miller. ■ 1 clerks in the express car, were both I 1 boun.i wheu the train pulled into 1 Rock Springs. t Runs Needle Into Foot ‘ Mark Rohr, of Michigan, nephew of | * Fred Schutger. who has been visiting 1 here, ran a needle into his foot yes-1 * tedray A local physician extracted the ‘ needle and. as a safeguard against ! any part of the point remaining in the 1 foot, an X-Ray of the (cot was taken 1 and it was found that all of the needle had been removed. I | 1 ANOTHER TUNE: — r Berne Accordion Player ' Imbibes Too Freely Os J Fire Water; Is Jailed \ Emil Baderscher, of Berne, who is , said to have two hobbies, one for . Playing his accordion and the other for ( drinking "fire water”, is in the lime- t light again. Bade: teller was arrested , August 4 on a charge of driving an | automobile while intoxicated. He en- ( tered a plea of guilty when arraigned ( iu the De. atur city court before Mayor , beorge Krick, and was fined SIOO and . sentenced to serve 30 days on the state j Penal farm. After he was sentenced. ’ it was learned that he had contracts 1 ICOVI'IM ED ON PAGE SIX) — —o Garage Operator Robbed Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 14. — (Unit•“tl Press)—Police today were search tog for bandits who last night held * U P A L. Avery, garage operator and fobbed him of $372. i

American Co-ed Tells Own Story Os Her Marriage To Indian Prince Ketty Kurlow. Former Northwestern University Co-ed, Tells Os Her Marriage Into Family Os Native Rulers In India. Her Life In A Harem, Her Escape From India And Many Other Interesting Adventures.

-•liter’s Note: This is the last of a fiv e articles written for the • nittii Press by Hetty Kurlow, Chita*° Co-Ed, in which she has recountIk experiences as the wife cf Abani Kumar Bose, of Barodi, East j *’®ngal, India. By Betty Kurlow (Written for the United Press) I Chicago, Aug. 1|, —Abani became disgusted at my refusal to give him more money and sent me to Darjeellng, a fashionable summer resort in Himalaya Mountains i wondered at his sudden kindness, until I learned that he was sending to 1 kind of sanatorium where he thought

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Joe Burr Suffering From Blood Poisoning Joe Burr, of north of this city, who has been suffering the past week with blood poisoning in his left foot, is slightly better today, according to word from him. He is yet unable to walk and his phsyician stated that it would be several weeks yet before he would be able pt walk without the use of crutches. - — o SAYS SCALE WILL NOT INJURE TREES State Entomoligist Gives Information To Mayor Krick Regarding Scale Word from the state Forestry de partment was received today in regard to the cotton maple scale, which is noticeable on. many maple trees in Dectaur, and tate Entomoligist Frank Wallace asserts that it will not kill the trees nor have any bad effect on them. Mr. Wallace, in a letter to Mayor George Krick, asserted that many cities in Indiana had complained of the same trouble with maple trees this year and that the department had spent several weeks examining the scale. Tree experts were of the opinion that the scale would not injure the trees. The letter also stated that there wee sufficient parasites to eradicate the scale and that Decatur, in all probabilities, would not be bothered next year w.th the tree scale. A man from the entomology depart merit. however, will be sent to Decatur in the near future to examine the diseased Trees, Mr. Wallace. MudThe letter will be of considerable interest to lovers of shade trees, who have become worried over the condition of local trees this summer, but apparently the scales apparent on most of the local maple trees are of a harmless nature, and will soon disappear Denatured Alcohol ' Contains Less Poison ’ Now Than Years Ago ‘ . .*» ... Press) — Denatured alcohol contains less poison now than before prohibition. it was admitted at the treasury today. When the first industrial alcohol formula was drafted in 1906. the liquid contained 10 per cent wood alcohol —today this high percentage of poison is used only in a special preparation of limited use. federal dry cheists said. Most formulas require only about two per cent wood alcohol. Following Germany and England, the United States, twenty years ago legalized <ie>ffaturted alcohol —alcohol made unfit to drink by the addition of poison, generally wood alcohol — to promote legitimate industry, it was explained at the treasury. Industrial alcohol was made tax free for arts, industry, fuel, light and power. ■. — o Moderate Temperature Forecast For Next Week Chicago. Aug. 14. (United Press: -—Weather outlook f>r period Aug. 16 to 21 inclusive. For region of the Great Ijikes: Occa signa! showers with mostly moderate temperature througout week.

he could put me away, I suppose, forever. In charge of friends of Abani, A Hindu dentist and his family. I was given a cottage not as nice as my father’s Chicago garage to live in during my stay at the Darjeeling sanatorium. I was again forced to eat native food, was not allowed to leave the building without some member of the dentist's family with me, and was’ made to function as a nurse maid to the dentist’s family ever increasing progeny. Worst of all, a servant slept in my room every night to see that I (CONTINUED ON PAUE FOUR)

SCHOOL BOARD MAKES REPORT I ■ FOR PAST YEAR k Total Os $100,961.47 Spent In Operation Os City Schools Last Year SUPERINTENDENT FILES HIS REPORT The sum of $100,961.47 was expended during the year ending August 1, , 1926, by the Decatur school board in the operation of the public school system in this city. This amount represents the payment of salaries to 37 teachers, 5 principals. 8 janitors, superintendent, an office assistant and members of the school board, who receive a small sum for their services. In the tuition department, the sum of $57,548.92 was expended for teachers. During the year, bonds and inter- . est to the amount of $9,437.49 were paid. The expenditures in the spe- ■ cial fund amounted to $38,475.96. After all bills were paid, the treasurer had a balance of $24,385 13 in the three funds, which is higher than a year ago. The balance on ids last year was $21,015.75. A complete report of the receipts and expenditures for the year is published in today s Daily Democrat The school board has not yet prepared the budget of estimated ex penses for next year and, therefore, it is not known what the school levy tax rate will be M. F Worthman. 1 superintendent of schools, stated that, la hta opinion. the levy would be about the same as last year. The present total rate is $1.40 on the hundred dollars. From the annual report, it can be seen that several 1 thousand dollars is obtained during the year from means other than through taxation, this sum going to help pay the operating expenses of the city school system. Superintendent Files Report The superintendent’s report which (COXTIXIjKU UN PAGE SIX) PROBE OF f ATIE WRECK STARTED Six Persons Killed When Fast Train Jumps Track On Long Island Rive:head. L. I. Aug. 14.—(United Press)—Assistant District Attorney Alexander Blue of Suffolk county has opened an official inquiry into the wreck of the She’.te- Island express of the Long Island Railroad in which six persons were killed and 15 injured when the two engfr.es and the two forward cars jumped the track at Calverton. L. 1., last night. At his request state troopers escorted the train crew of the second engine to the court house here for questioning last nieht. It is understood that a defective switch was blamed by the men for the accident that derailed the 7 car train, carrying nearly 400 New York commuters. None of the crew was detained. The inquiry will be resumed today. O Rev. E. E. Spaugh To Leave Bluffton Church Bluffon, Aug. 14—Rev. Eugene Hunter, of Bryant, will come here within the next week or ten days to assume the pastorate of the Wesleyan Methodist church. He will succeed Rev. E. E. Spaugh, who is leaving Bluffton, but does not know where he will be located until after the conference of the chorch, which Is to be held next week at Fairmount. o Earthquake Shock Felt In Santa Barbara, Cal. Santa Barbara Cal. Aug 14 —(United Press)—A mi’.d earthquake shook Santa Barbara at 3 o’clock this morning. Many residents were awakened by the shock but there was no damage.

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Prosecutor -■ .*•«**■• jjfgjL I 1 JwSßk 4 i —J 1 > I . C. B. McClintock C. B. McClintock is prosecuting at- 1 torney of Stark county. Ohio, and is aiding in the attempt being made to 1 run down the slayers of Don Mellett. 1 editor of the Canton Daily News, who was shot to death in front of bis garage one night a few weeks ago FARMERS NEED DRY WEATHER j Rains This Week Interfere Greatly With Work Os Thrashing Oats Although the rain (his afternoon brought some relief from the heat wave, it was not welcomed by the farmers of Adams county. The rains this week have interfered, greatly with the work of thrashing oats. Only a vc-y small per cent of the oats In the county have been thrashed to date. Although the oats in the shock have not been damaged to any great extent, so far, it is feared they will i sprout and begin to grow- unless dry ; weather sets in soon. Practically all 1 of the wheat crop in Adams county i has been thrashed . The corn, crop continues to grow by leipe and bounds. Although the i cmv.wj, the'pas.-?'’week diK'.kA’ ot some help to the corn, the crop is far enough along that it could stand the dry weather needed for the oats thrashing. Unable to work in the fields today, hundreds of farmers came to Decatur to shop. There was a large crowd this afternoon and another large crowd is exected tonight. Decatur merchants had special bargains advetised for today, many of the summer sales being advertised to close tonight. SECURING PRIZES FDR FAIR EXHIBITS W. A. Fonner Is Obtaining Articles And Money For Poultry Show W. A. Fonner, super’ntentient of-thf poultry department *or the Northern Indiana fair, is securing individual prizes from the business men in this city and he reports r, hearty cooperation from everyone. Last year. Mr. Fonner was able to award many prizes because local business men donated articles or sums of money for the prize winners The poultry exhibits attracted much attention at the fair and it is one of the departments which har many entries. o —— Red Cross Swimming Instructor Is 11l J. D. Saffron, the Red Cross swimming instructor and life saver who has I been giving instructions at the municipal swimming pool, has been forced to return to his home at Fort Wavne on account of Illness. He has been suffering from a gathering in one ear. Miss Anna Winnes. secretary of the local Red Cross chapter, stated that, In all probability, Mr. Saffron would be able to return he<e by the middle of next week.

STATE IS BUILDING UP CASE AGAINST ACCUSED SLAYERS Three Persons Held For Hall-Mills Murder Identified By Eye Witness “PIG WOMAN” GIVES IMPORTANT EVIDENCE (United Press Service) Somerville. N. J.. Aug 14. —(United Pass) — With an eye witness description of the Hall-Mills murder, given under oath, the state today was building up a case which it expects wll result in a trial of the accused slayers of the clergyman and his choir singer sweetheart. The three persons held on charges of murder —Mrs. Frances Stevens, her brother, and Henry Carpender, Her cousin—were accused in court yesterday of having been present when the Rev. Edward W. Hal and Mrs. Eleanor Millls were murdered under a tree on the Philips farm near New ' Brunswick on the night of Sept. 14.. 1922. The scene was dramatic when for the first time in four years, the murder pictue was descibed under oath at a public heaing and the three persons named identified as having been present. Mrs. Jane Gibson, the “Pig woman ', who was passing the scene on the night of the murder from her nearby pig farqi, pointed to Stevens and carpender and swore that she saw them there. Then she swore she saw Mrs. Hall, after the murdar. bending over the clergyman's body, wringing her hands and weeping. o — Dan Stepler Has Record Yield Os Oats This Year Dan Stepler. Monroe township farmer. thrashed five and one half aeres of oats this week, that averaged 77 bushels per acre. This is far above the average yield in Adams county. The ground was plowed last fall o INSTRUCTORS F3R ■ INSTITUTE NAMED Final Plans Comphted For Epworth League Institute At Webster Lake Final plans for the annual Epworth league Institute of the Northern Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, to be held at Epworth Forest. Webster Lake. August 16 to 122. were announced today by church officers it is expected that the average dally attendance will be more than 2.000. Forty or fifty members of the Decatur Epworth League are planning to attend the institute. They will occupy the new cottage erected at the lake this summer by the league. Several other Decatur persons will attend part of the sessions of the institute. The daily schedule will consist of a study of children’s institute; citizenship; life service, home missions; evangelism; stewardship; church school methods; foreign missions; league forums; pastor’s sitninar; pageantry; and Epworth League methods. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Highway Membership Drive To Close Soon The campaign for members in the Adams county organization of the Benjamin Franklin Highway association will be brought to a close within a short time. The membership fees will be turned over to the local treasurer, who, in turn, will apply the total amount on the county’s assessment. Since the last list was published, three more members have been secured, they being John Schug and Ross Mailonee, of this city, and Adolph Sehamerloh, of route eight. The county’s quota is $409 and so tar only $217 has been secured through the individual membership fees of $1 each.

| Forty-one Girls Finish Training At Convent South Bend. Ind., Aug. 14.—(United Press) —Forty-one girls who have completed their training at the St. Marys convent here will take their final vows tomorrow and be received into the order,of Sisters of the Holy Cross. ■ , o - ANDREWS NOT TO i RESIGN POST NOW “Dry Czar” Says He Is Not Considering Resigning His Post At Present Washington. D. C. Aug. 14.—(United Press) —Assistant secretary cf the treasury Andrews said today he is not considering resigning from his post as “Dry Czar” at this time, and indicated he may stay in office until after the next session of congress. “I have a lot more re-organizing to do and I will not resign until it is completed”, he said. Washington. D. C. Aug. 14. —(United Press) —Assistant secretary of treasury Andrews, federal prohibition field mashal today returned to his desk after a flip abroad to find himself artJng secretary of the treasury. In the absence of secretary Mellon and under secretary Winston. Andrew was in complete charge of the nations fiuar ’ial business tnd the governments wealth. - o Eight Young Girls Assaulted In Chicago Chicago, Aug. 14.—(United Press) Following an epidemic of criminal attacks upon young girls within the past four days, two men were in police custody today, and 11 were being sought. Eight school girls have reported to police that they were assaulted. The girls names are being withheld. The latest victim was found by police early today, as she was sobbing beneath an elevated railway platform. She pointed out Jack Lewis, 36. a salesman, staggering in a -P.earby alley as her assailant A . 1 ysalesman for the same firm as Lewis was arrested. Both had been crazed with moonshine. A girl, a grammar school pupil tolj of being dragged into a store, and assaulted by Binder. After he left, Lewis kept her prisoner for an hour, she said. Argentine Flyer Is Hero ’ After Seaplane Flight Bueos Airhs, Au)\ 14. I —(Untied Pess)— Bernardo Duggan was the hero of the Argentine today as the nation celebrated his' successful seaplane flight from New York to this city. With his two companions, Edouardo Olivero and Ernesto Campenelii, the millionaire sportsman arrived here yesterday, having fatfed |tbe perjls of strange seacoasts since leaving New York on May 24, His trip was the first from New- York to Buenos Aires by air. Bedford Youth Killed Bedford, Ind.. Aug. 14. —(United Press) —Funeral arrangements were being made today for Vinson Walls, 20, Bedford high school graduate who was fatally injured when his motorcycle crashed into an auto here. Free Tickets To Fair Any child in Decatur or Adams county under twelve years of age, may receive a free ticket to the Indiana state fair for Saturday, September 4, by either calling at the Daily Democrat office, the Cloverleaf Creameries office or the office of the county agent. L M. Bnsche. A large supply of the tickets has arrived. Saturday September 4. has been set aside as Children’s Day. and all children attending the fair that day must have a ticket to admit them to the -fairgrounds. The free tickets will be good for that day, only. The dates tor the state fair are Sept 4 to 11, inclusive. - I

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PRESIDENT AND KELLOGG CONFER ON U. S. POLICY Conference Expected To Reaffirm Administration “Hands Off” Policy AMBASSADOR ADVISES A “STRONG” POLICY Washington, Aug. 14—(United Press) —Secretary of State Kellogg was on his way today to a conference at White Pine camp with President Coolidge, which will determine whether the administratios is to adopt a “strong” Mexican policy as advised by American Ambassador Sheffield. Despite protests of Catholic reprezenatives who called upon Kellogg just before he left Washington, the summer White House conference is expected by informed persons to reaffirm the administration's hands off policy regarding the Mexican-Catholic conflict. But on the basis of Sheffield's re decide o increase pressure on the Mexican government for pieservation ports, Kellogg and the President may of. American property rights under alleged confiscatory provisions of the land and oil laws. Sheffield, who plans to leave Mexico City tonight for Washington, is reported ready to resign unless the administration adopts a firmer tone in is dealings with the Calles regime. This government's policy, as stated for President Coolidge, is to protect the personal and property r ghts if American citizens without itwerfer ing in the domestic aspects of the Mexican religious dispute. Mexico City, Aug. 14 — (United Press! —Archbishop Mo:ay Del Rio, venerable head of the Catholic church in Mexico will not be arrested as the result of declarations made in a newspaper article by him ap (COXTIMUED OX P.4GF FIVE) T(tU KILtEDiN AUTO ACCIDENT Three Persons Seriously Injured In Trippie Wreck Near Martinsville Martinsville, Ind. Aug. 14.—(United Press) —Two dead and four injuredthree seriously—was the toll today of a trippie auto smach near here late last night. Charles Southard, 31, and Chester Farmer, 20, botl: of Indianapolis, were almost instantly killed when the car in which they were riding collided with two othrs at a road intersection. Walter Southard, driver of the car in which they were riding. Ruby Farmer. 15, and Ela Farmer. 18, were seriously injured and the car in which they were riding was compltetly demolished. Lee Van Hook. 19. another occupant of the car t ?ceived minor injuries. One of the other care was smashed beyond repair and the third was badly damaged. None of the occupants were hurt. ——o Several Streets In Berne Being Improved Berne, Aug. 14. — Almost two miles of streets and alleys in Berne are being improved with macadam at present or will be improved within the next few weeks. The total cost of the improvements will be approximately $11,909. Several streets will b 8 included in the Robert Schwartz road improvement. They are Compromise. Sprunger. Columbia streets. Baltimore street, from Compromise street to Cleveland street will be improved, also, and Cleveland street to Sprunger street. Both North and South Harrison streets will be piked. The first alley north of Main street is being improved, also.

DSCATUR has a Woman's Club, with tiepa rtme ut s for civic, literary, music und dramatic endeavors. It was organized in 1902.