Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1926 — Page 1

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I farmer Breaks Back In Fall From Ladder; Still Lives

■injuriesmay PROVE FATALTO JOHN BANCROFT II — t — — I Farmer Residing Near GenI e va Falls From Ladder I While Picking Pears I LOWER HALr OF I I body paralyzed I (Special to Daily Democrat > I Geneva Aug. 26.—John BanI croft age 55 years, well-known I farmer residing one and oneI half miles southwest of Geneva I on the Adams-Jay county line, I sustained a broken back when I ht fell from a ladder while pick- | inf pears, about 5 o’clock Wed-, I nesdav evening. Mr. Bancroftl I is paralyzed from his abdomen down and his chances for recov-. erv are considered very remote. I ilthough he is conscious and his con- ■ iitiuti appeared to be somewhat im ' | proved today. The accident happened on the A. J taraey farm, three miles east and ' out mile south of Portland. Mr. Ban croft resides on another farm belong--j iac to Mr Journey. He and his wife had motored to the farm near Port-I Uid yesterday afternoon to pick i pears. Mr. Bancroft was at the top J of an extension ladder, about 27 feet liere the ground. He had a sack of pears swinging from his shoulder I when a small limb on the tree broke, i rinsing Mr. Bancroft to lose his hal-1 wee and fall. He alighted wltia-His 1 i bark across the sack of peara which ■ he had swinging from his shoulder, i Mrs Bancroft and a son of Mr. Jour- I ley saw Mr. Bancroft fall. The Injured man was brought to his home in an ambulance from Port 1 land An examination by a local ! physician showed that Mr. Bancroft's i back was broken on a level with his abdomen. Mr. Bancroft is conscious and able _ ■ ___ c -Ji... ■■>.,.i<le.. Altb.Ugh ' ' .s■l- 1. . ♦ .1 :" i <• • . ■ - .* v »«• * ' body is paralyzed, his p-’lse » ? as good this morning and his temperature was ! subnormal He asked for food this morning, also. Mr. Bancroft is well-known in Gen-! eva and the southern part of Adams county He has two daughters working in Geneva. — o London Typist Attempts To Swim English Channel Folkestone. Eng.. Aug. 26. — (United, .Press) —Miss Mercedes Gleitze. a London typist, t'his afternoon began I an attempt to swim the Engl.rh channel. o —— VALENTINO IN PEACE TODAY Actor’s Body Rests In Secluded Room Away From Gaze Os Thousands New York, Aug. 26. —(United Press) — Rudolph Valentino was in peace today in the splendor of the Gold Room of the Campbell funeral home here, the tnovie actor who died on Monday, rested In his silver-bronze casket, flowers of his friends around him and (he quiet of death in the 'oom. The door was locked. No policeman stood by to order a “move on—give the others a chance”. No black shirted fascist! guard watched the passing procession. There was not a living person in the room. The casket was kept closed. Only at intervals, the door was unlocked and some former associate of ValenUno walked slowly through and to the to offer a piayer or a flower. Valentino had at last been removed from the confusion which 75,000 cur>ou» people had created up to in <itCONTIMPED ON PAUK SIX)

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Pola Negri On Her Way Across Continent Dy wood, Ca ... Aug. 26.--(United Pi«*sa) —Accnmniniea by a nurse and , her persnial secret'’.) y. Polo Ne»ri. i motion picture act rets reported to | have been engaged to Rudolph ValenI tlno, is on her way across the continent to atend his funeral. She left here yesteltiay, wrarlg <1 ep mourning and deviating that she hopI ed to bring, the actor's body here f 'r | burial. DEMOCRATS TO ORGANIZE Township And County Candidates To Meet Friday Night to Plan Campaign All Democrat!* township ami county I candidates will gather at Democratic I headq'taitera in Decatur. Fridiy night I at 7:00 o’clock, for the first orgtnfzaj tion meeting of the year. Dick Heller, i County chapman, said t wlay. The meeting will be held to begin the preliminary work of the coming campaign I before the actual campaign begins. I All candidates have been invited to | I attend the meeting, and more than I I two-thirds already ha' e signified their i Intention of attending. The meeting ! will be called promptly at 7 o’clock. A similar meeting of all flemocart ic ■ precinct committeemen will be called I ] for September 8. Mr. Heller announced , today. Official notices for the precinct I I committeemen meeting will be sent j out the first of next reek. The campaign will not officially I start for several weeks yet. but im- ■ purtnnt work of registering voters will ' begin at once. Both parties are active i in the county, getting the voters reg- ] istered. A democratic s (leaking campaign I for the month of October is beingj planned at present, : nd the dates of] I the meetings will be announced later j Ail township and county candidates i ar? urged to be p-esent tomorrow i I ntelit at Democratic headquarters in i office. American Legion To Hold Meeting Tonight! A meeting of the American Legion ! will be held tonight at the Schurgerj I Abstract office, on Second street, for] the purpose of electing delegates to] the state convention, which will be| ■ held at Marion on August 29. 30 and j i 31. Members are- urged to be present. o— ■ Man Who Attempted To End Own Life Improving Portland. Aug. 26.—A slight Improvement is shown in the condition of Daniel Benjamin. 52. who attempted to end his life with a .32 calibre revolver while kneeling over the grave of his wife last Sunday night. However ! Mr. Benjamin Is not out of danger. ] but his chances for recovery look very j bright. ( CHICKENS TAKEN FROM COUP HERE ! 1 About 20 Young Chickens “ Stolen From James Moses Property In City Thieves, some time last night, broke into the coop at the rear of the James Moses property on North Seventh street and stole about 20 young chickens. The theft occurred some time during the night. Mr. Moses went to the coop this morning and found that his chickens ' \ Had been taken. Police were notified 1 immediately and a trip was made »o the local packing houses, but no due ’ had been found late this afternoon. It is not thought tl at the theft was 1 the work of local talent. Police are of the opinion that some one stole the chickens and took them away to sell them.

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CARPENDERAND STEVENS DENIED FREEDOM ON BAIL •Release Os Two Men Held For Murder Os Rev. Hall And Mrs. Mills Refused RECENT DECISION OF COUNTY JUDGE UPHELD Somerville, N. J„ Aug. 26 — (United Press.)♦—The application for bail pre sented In behalf of Willie Stevens and Henry (’arpender. charged with murd-i er in the re-opened Halls-Mills invest!-] gation, today was denied by supreme] court/ Justice Parker. In refusing to permit their release on bail. Justice Parker supported the recent decision of County Judge Cleary ■ that the state had established al prima fade case against the two men charged witli the murder four years 1 ago of the Rev. Edward W. Hall and his choir singer sweetheart, Mrs Eleanor Mills. Judge Cleary today sat on the bench: j with Justice Parker and concurred in the latter’s decision. o Lieut. Bettis Taken To Washington Today Bellefonte, ' Pa.. Aug. 26.—(United! I Press.)— A huge Douglas C-l. six! I passenger army hospital plane took I I off from the gir mail here short- j ly before noon, carrying Lieut. Cyrus I Bettis, inpnred army fliers, to the Wai-] ter Reed hospital in Washington. The condition of Lieut. Bettis, who was injured when his airplane crashed into a mountain here Monday was said to be satisfactory. - - o .... Presbyterian Sunday School Workers To Meet There will be an irportant meeting ■ I of ail officers and the teachers of the] j Sundry school of the First Presbyter-1 ] ian church, it the church, at 7’3(‘ j dent Cli:i ’" . ' u.. ’ teachers and officets attend and be, there on time. Important busines i will be disposed! of at the meeting, and plans will be I made for the fall term of the Sunday . | school, it was announced. A. H. VESTAL IN DECATUR TODAY — Eighth District Congress-, man Visits City To Attend Republican Meeting [ . Albert H. Vestal, eighth district rep ‘ resentatlve in Congress is visiting in] ' Decatur today, renewing old acquaint ] . ances and talking politics. Mr. Vestal] will speak at a meeting of republican' workers of Adams county at the In-1 Austria! Association rooms, at 7:301 o’clock tonight The republican meeting was called by L. A. Graham, republican county i chahman. The chief purpose of the 1 meeting. Mr. Graham said, is to supply ' the precinct workers with information and blanks comcmin ; the registration I law. > Voters who do not register at the county court hau e will be given an opportunity to regis’<-r in their own heme, by securing a . egistration blank ? and having two tegistered voters sign > the b'ank. i Mr. Vestal will speak tonight to the - workers in behalf of himself and oth- • er republican candidates. He has been the representative of the eighth dist- ) rict in congres for ten years. At pre- ) sent he is a member of two commitI tees, namely: Coinage, weights and > measures, and the committee on pat- • enis. Neither committee is listed as a major house committee. • Mr. Vestal Is avowenl to be of T the best golf players in either the > House or Senale. He is running 1 against Claude Ball, of Muncie for re-election this coni’ ig November.

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t Rudy’s Heir Umberto Guglielmo, his brother, together with Marie, his sister, is heir to the $500,000 estate of Rudolph Valentino. DAVID FRISINGER ~ CALLED BY DEATH Former Resident Os Willshire Community Dies At Fort Wayne Today I David Frisinger, 48. former resident of the W.llshire, Ohio, comniun- | ity. and well-known in Adams cotinI ty. died at his home in Fort Wayne this morning. Death was due to I heart trouble. Mr. Frisinger was a ] cousin of Mrs. Samuel Acker, of this i | city, and has other relatives in Ad- ] ams county and near Wren and Will- | shire, Ohio. Mr. Frisinger was horn turn miles! | north of Willshire. He was a son of] i Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Frisinger. He] | spj-ntt his early life in that cotnmun- ' Ity. hut several years ago moved to . Fort Wayne. He and his brother, j Miles Frisinger. harp been propriet- ! ors of the Fort Wavne Overall com.Z)WMWW > .->• -. 1 er was married to Nora Drake. ;at Van Wert, Oh o. He is survived ! by his widow: three brothers. Miles. Odd and Frank, of Fort Wayne; am! ] four sisters. Mri. L. C. Burnette and ] Miss Margaret Frisinger, of Fort 1 I Wayne, Mrs. Eva Davis, of Detroit, Michigan, and Mrs. Iva Spado of Van Wert. His parents and two sisters preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at the First Christian church in Fort 1 Wayne at 1 o’clock Saturday after- ! noon. Burial will be made in the Woodlawn cemetery at Van Wert. Elmo Lincoln’s Father D es Rochester, Ind., Aug. 26. —(United j Press)- Funeral arrangements were being made today for Louis LinkenI helt, 70. father of E'.inc Lincoln, movie | Linkenhelt s death resulted form cancer. o LITTER WINS SILVER MEDAL • Nine Pigs Fed By Otval C. Jones Weigh 1,802 Pounds When 180 Days Old Orval C. Jones, young Blue Creek township farmer, is accorded the honor of feeding a litter on trine purepred Duroc Jerseys to a total weight of 1.802 pounds in 180 days. Ten pigs were born in the litter. February 22. Nine of then) were raised to maturity and were weighed on August 21 by a weighing committee consisting of three neighbors. For this accomplishment, Mr. Jones will be awarded a silver medal byr the Indiana Livestock Bleeders Association. Although not successful in producing a ton litter, Ji nes is to be congratulated upon feeding this number of pigs to an average weight of 200 pounds, which is far above the ordinary.

EXPLOSION IN MINE ENTOMBS 60 OR 70 MEN| Number of Dead In Pennsylvania Mine Disaster Still Undetermined RESCUE TEAMS RUSHED TO SCENE Johnstown, Pa.. Aug. 26. (United Press*—Between sixty and seventy miners are reported entombed in Central run No. l I mine of the Clearfield Coal Co., at Clymer. Pa., where an explosion oceured at 2 p. m.j today. Rescue teams from Johns-, town. Heilwood, and other mining centers are rushing to the scene. It is not known whether any have been killed. Telephone wires into the I mining town are inaccessible, j through calls for aid. and the ' cause lugs not be( n ascertained. o Bulletin , Dale Eley, 22, of Berne, a lineman for the Citizen’s Telephone company of this city, was ' seriously burned and shocked about 3 o’clock this afternoon when he came into contact with a high voltage electric wire, while working on the telephone lines near the L. A. Graham farm, one mile north and threefourth of a mile east of Monroe. | The young man was brought to the Adams County Memorial Hospital. At 4 o'clock this afternoon. the extent of the burns had not been determined, other i than that they were of a very I serious nature. — o Dr. Frp(l I. Patterson, who has been * *<*•**- f oilal Hu.-: tai for the paat aeve al days, today was removed t oa Fort Wayne hospital where he will receive trealment. Dr. Patteison suffered a relapse the last few days and is in a serious condition. TENTS FOR FAIR ! BEING ERECTED Preparations For Local Fair Begin In Earnest: Many Race Horses Coming Preparations for the annual Northern Indiana Fair, to be held here ■ September 1, 2. 3. and 4. started in earnest today when workmen from an Indianapolis tent company arrived at Bellmont Park and began erecting tents to house various exhibits and concessions. Among the tents to be erected during the next few days are the automobile ttent, merchants exhibit tents, poultry tent and many I vestock exhibits. The big top obtained for the automobile show is 170 feet long. Judging from present indications, the speed program will be one of the best that has been held here for several years. A large number of horses will come here from the lairs at North Manchester, Indiana, and Greenville. Ohio, which are being held this week. E. B Williamson, manager Os the local fair, Dan Beery, J. W. Meibers and Owen Davis attended the North Manchester fair yesterday and obtained the entries of many horses. The track is said by local turf fang to be in the best condition it has ever been in the history of the fair. W. O. Kniesely. of Fairmont, will be the race starter this year. Mr. Kniesely has been hired to start the races at the state fair and at the South Bend (sir.

London Girl, Grieving Over Valentino’s Death, Commits Suicide Today London. Aug. 26. —(United Press) —| Miss Peggy Scott, a 26-year-old girl,] committed suicide here today, apparently because of grief over the death] of Rudolph Valentino, whom she had I met frequently at Biarritz. There were letters from Valentino 1 in her bedroom and she left a letter :to a friend in which she gave evi- ' dence of grief over the actor's death. FIRE DESTROYS MILL AT BERNE Saw Mill Owned By Adams County Lumber Company Burns Wednesday Night (Special to r»a(ty Democrat) J Berne, Aug. 26. —A saw mill here. , owned by the Adams County Lumber i company, was destroyed by fire about ■ i 9:30 o'clock Wednesday night. The I . origin of the blaze ht s not been deterJ mined. The total loss will amount to more than $5,000. it is estimated, and ! only a small per cent of the loss is ; covered by insurant ?. The fire hail gained great headway i when discovered. The Berne volunteer . fire department was called and the j firemen mrde a run to the scene of I thOsfire. It was impoi sible to save the I building, but the fin men succeeded ‘ in saving several piles of lumber near the building Some of the lumber was i' damaged, however. , The building was .lao.it 40-100 feet I in dimentions, it wat a frame building with a brick boiler room. There | was very little lumber inside the build- . I inr, but al! machinery was destroyed II by the fire. Tlie origin of the fire is a mystery. ! The mill had been in use yesterday ! and it is possible that a spark from ! the smokestack star’ed the blaze, although the file under the boilers was j practical’y burned cut before the workmen left yesterday evening. The members of the Adams County j Lumber company are I’. W. Smith, of ??; b. tn-’d • S C. Hoe’oesen and Louis * ** lim. < ' has not derided whether or not the i mill will be rebuilt al Berne. O Two Women Killed By A Train At Marion Marion. Ind.. Aug. 26.—(United ' p rei ; ( _Two Marion women weie dead I an-l another was suffering today with 1 serious injuries as a result of an auto being struck and demolished by a Pennsylvania passenger train at a | crossing nere. Mrs. Bertha Berry, 26, and Mrs. ,| Gaynet Rominger. 21. died from their injuries alter being removed to a hospital. The other occupant of the ear. Adeline Baxter. 26. was badly hurt Wreckage ol the uuto was carried • down the track to’ three hundred ■ feet before the train was brought to ' a stop. o— SAYS HE KILLED FORTWAYNEMAN — 1 Man Arrested Near Cleveland, Ohio, Makes “Confession” Os Murder Cleveland. 0., Aug. 26. — (United ’l Press.)—Police at Bratenahl, a su|!burb. today were investigating the r | "confession" of Jerry O’Mara, arrest- ’! ed for burglary, that he is the killer ' I of two Ulen, one in Fort Wayne, Ind., ; and one in Detroit, Mich. I O’Mara said he was unable to rej member details of the crimes. A 1 friend named Carson is now serving .! a life sentence for the murder of a , Detroit policeman, one of the crimes !in which he is implicated, O'Mara 1; said. . Police doubted ills connection with e | either murder but pictures and e measurements were sent to Detroit and Fort Wayne.

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BUDGET IS CUT TO MEET LOSS IN VALUATION Property Valuation In City Drops $100,000; Rate Remains At 73 Cents BUDGET FOR 1927 TOTALS $48,460.24 The city’s tax levy for next year will remain the same, but the budget has been decreased more than a thousand dollars. Had it not been for the drop in the assessed valuations in this city, the tax rate would have been lowered, officials state. The valuation this year, on which the tax rate is figured for next year, is more than one hundred thousand dollars less. The valuation on which the rate was figured is $6,639,390, while the figure used last year in eon puting the taxes was more than $6,700,000. The proposed rates for n-xt year are: Fund Levy on Amount $ i oo Sinking fund .15403 $1022 50 General Fund .114597 $47,437.74 The total rate is .73 on the SIOO. The total of the budget to be raised by taxation is $48,460.24. The- amount of money laised thro”gh taxation this year under the 1925 levy was $49,415.67. The total of the budget is figured at $52.460.. including an appropriation of $1,022.50 for (he sinking fund, which goes to pay th last bond on the school bond issue. Dediuted from th? total is a credit of $4,000 for revenues not derived from taxation, leaving a balance of $48,460.24 to be raised by taxation. Included in the appt >pr:ation is SBO9 for park purposes part of which will be spent in conveitin? the old cemetery on Winchester street into a city park. Although more than 50 new ornamen-ti.-l light posts were erected throughout the city this year, the appropriation for street lighting will be less next yea:. The appropriation for next year is $7.500.. as compared with $",- 4 Jo- la.-’ vear. The appropriation as a yea) ago. A study ot the bidget and a comparison witli a year ago shows that every effort is being made to keep expenses down to a minimum and only siu-li appioprialioas are made a : are necessary to carry on the city government and its different depa.rtmenis. No appropriation i- made for the redemption of the bonds on electric light and water plant, as the bonds in these two departments are being paid Atoxtixcep OX PAGE SIX) ANAESTHETIC IS FATALTO GIRL Alda Mae Mason, 16. Dies In Doctor's Office At Berne Wednesday (Special to Daily Democrat) Berne. Aug. 26.—An anaesthetic administered preparatory to an operation for removal of her tonsils, proved fatal to Miss Alda Mae Mason, 16. at the office of a iocal physician. Wednesday morning. Death was said to have been caused by paralysis of the heart. All efforts to resuscita’.c the girl were futile. Alda Mae Mason was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mason, who reside in Wabash township, about five and one-halt' miles southeast of Berne. She was born May 3, 1910. She had attended the Jefferson towi ship high school for the last two years and wou.d have been a junior in that school diis fail. She was a member ot the Maple Grove Church of Christ Surviving are the parents, three brothers Edgy. Theoduie and John H-n-v; ’nd tvo ulsters Mrs. Rebeccas L.tiglnMll un i Fran.- q . Funeral services v ■’! tie li Id a» ’he Maple Grove chinch, probab y. .sometime Frida;., although definite a raositx; men's have net been harried here

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