Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 7 September 1926 — Page 1

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labor day holiday TOLL EXCEEDS 80

MONTY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING appropriations Board Asked to Appropriate Money For Fair And County Agent s Help COUNTY BUDGET 1 IS BEING FIXED At 3 30 o'clock this afternoon, the ~ ~o u ncll had not approved the butlltets or fixed the tt>x late* for next A temporary listing or a S4OO appropriation for employing a s.’cre,ary m the office of the county agent »as made in the budget. It will probably be late this evening before the council adjourns. The county council was asked .o make two additional appropriations, others than those asked for In the enteral budgets, which were being ieviewed by the council in Ression today. A conmcttce of men. composed of i Mayor George Krick. TV. A. Klepper. t\ P. Schrock anti John W. Tvrdalli 'Pwared before the council and pre-l stated the board with petitions con-j taining more than 200 signatures. | asking that S6OO be appropriated to employ a secretary in the office cf the county agricultural agent. The, committee contended that the county ■ agent was prevented from gettings out in th,. country as much as he desired and as often as the farmers would like to have, due to the fact that he had no one to look after much office work. I.ast year, the Deaatur Industrial Association paid for the services of a secretary in the county agent's office. Want Appropriation for Fair A petition signed by E. B. William-, son, secretary and director general of the Northern Indiana Fair association. was filed with the council, asking that an appropriation be made to the fair association for the payment of premiums in the agricultural, horticultural and live stock depart(CONTINIKI) ON PAOR TWOI misterLET CONTRACTS Contracts For Construction Os One Road And Three Bridges Awarded The county commissioners, in session this morning, awarded the contracts for the construction of the Martz macadam road in the town of Monroe and for building the Arnold bridge, in Kirkland township, and the Buuck bridge in Preble township. C. W. Merriman was the low' bidder on the Martz road, his bid being $2290. This improvement covers several streets in the town of Monroe. The bids filed on the improvement were: P. W. Merriman, $2290; Chris Etcher, $2300; Finley Striker. $2850. Charles Cole was awarded the contract for building the Buuck bridge, his bid being $2855. Other bids on this improvement follow: Yost Bros, $2995; David Lelch'V. $3224; W. M. Striker, $3500; Chas. Cole. $2855. Homer Arnold was awarded the contract on the Arnold bridge, his hid being $260. Other bids on this improvement follow: David Leichty, $270; Chas. Cole, $371. The commissioners also received bids for furnishing fertilizer at the county farm. The bids filed on the different grades and amounts follow: Otto Holle, $89.50; F. W. Busche, $134.95; Henry'Dehner, $136.20. The Lee Hardware company filed a bid of $360 for an electric milking machine tto be used at the county farm, it was the only bid f led. , Th e commissioners went to the county farm ajt noon for dinner. They w «re in session Monday morning and allowed bills, and this afternoon wrlll hold a joint meeting with the county council, which convened this mortnng for the purpose of compiling the budget and fixing the tax rates comln S under their jurisdiction. •

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REV. C. R. SMITH RETURNED HERE Pastor Reassigned To Decatur U. B. Church For Another Year The Rev. Cecil SI. Smith, pastor of | the United Brethren church in Decatur for the past year, was reassigned the .pastorale of the local church for ano’her year at the annual session of the St. Joseph conference of the church, which ended Sunday at | Winona I.ake. Bishop H. H. Font presided at the conference. Dr. J. A Groves was re-elected conference superintendent. Rev. Smith's first year as pastor of the Decatur church was highly ’ successful. Forty-seven members were taken into the church during sho eat! S 8 were, baptized. Six-ty-four confessed Christ in th. rj ctieiidamv 234. 20 per ent higher than tifai of the previous year. Tlie pastor made TDS calls and officiated at 20 funerals and 14 marriages. A substantial reduction was made in the church debt and improvements were made to the parsonage. The St. Joseph conference, will be held at Winona lajke again next year. The Rev. B. B. Blauvelt was reassigned to the pastorate of the ’ Union Chapel church east of thi3 ' city. The Rev. J. F. Bright a former resident of Adams county was assign- [ ed to the Uaketon church. Other assignments of ministers by the conference. which are of interest local- : (Coxtuiigu o\ page three) RURAL SCHOOLS OPENED MONDAY l Seven Rural High Schools Have Total Enrollment Os 371 Pupils The seven rural and consolidated high schools of Adams county opened Monday morning with a total enroltI ment pf 371 pupils. Kirkland township has the largest high school of ; the seven, with an enrollment of 72. Geneva is second with 68. The Mon* mouth high school has the smallest ’ enrollment, there being 36 enrolled j there. The enrollment of each of the „ seven high schools is as follows: ’ Kirkland, 72; Geneva, 68; Honmoutb, ' 36; Pleasant Mills. 45; Hartford, 60; t Jefferson, 45; Monroe, 45. All rural schools in the county j opened Monday morning. Classes , were not In session all day, since it 1 was Labor Day. The enrollment in * the grade schools of the county is * said to be large, but official figures • on the attendance are not available ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 7, 1920.

ALLEGED THIEF ESCAPES FROM BLIIFFTON JAIL j Charles Johnloz, Held In Connection With Ossian Robberies, Escapes ! — ‘ PARTNER REFUSES TO LEAVE HIS CELL Charles Johnloz. 18. of Fort Wayne | who was arrested last week in con-1 nection w ith a series of robberies at j Ossian, escaped from the Wells conn ty jail, at Bltiffton, where he was being held, shortly after midnight, last nigh! Sylvester Ellen wood. 22, of Fort Wayne, who is also held in the Wells county jail in connection with the Ossian robberies, refused to leave the jail, although Johnloz broke the lock on Ellenwood’s cell. The Jail break was not discovered until Sheriff McClain arose this morning. Ellenwood reported the escape to the sheriff. Johnloz escaped in a Ford coupe belonging to Joe Simmons of Bluffton, which he s tile from a garage at the rear of the jail. Takes Gun From Office After breaking the lock on the food chute in the jail. Johnloz climbed Into the sheriff's office. Picking up a revolver which he found on the sheriff’s desk he went to Ellenwood’s cell and pried the lock open with the barrel of the revolver. When Ellenwood refused to leave witili him, Johnloz went to the rear of the building and crawled through a window onto the roof of the county garage. He jumped from the 'roof to the ground and then proceeded to the garage, where he *BlOl6 the automobile. Johnloz’s break from jail is believed 'Jo have been prompted by the fact tYiat. last night, he confessed to his part in the robberies at Ossian. after much questioning on the part of the sheriff. Ellenwood also confessed to the sheriff this morning that (continued oat page three) RETIRED FARMER 'TTrsWK Funeral Services Held Monday For Christian Luginbill. Who Died Saturday Herne, Sept.- 7. —Funeral services were held at the h ime on Behring street at 1:30 o'clock Monday afteinoon, for Christien Luginbill. 76, wellknown retired farmer, who died at his home here Saturday, after an extended illness of tuberculosis. Burial was made in the M. R. K. cemetery near here. Mr. I.uglnbill was barn September 25, 1849, on the farm known as the old John Luginbill farm, one mile south of the Mennonite church. He retired about 15 years ago and moved to Berne where he spent the remainder of Ills life. His wife, Mary Ann. died almost nine years ago. Surviving are seven (laughters and three sons. They are Mrs. Solomon Klopfenstein. Mrs. Solomon Stucky, Mrs. Paul Fclber. Mrs. Noah Elling- . her. and Henry, of Herne; Mrs. David Yoder, of near Linn Grove; Mrs. Harve South wood, of Marlon; Mrs. Rugus Schindler, of Linn Grove: and David and Josep- ' of near Bluffton. One foster sou. Sylvan, reside* at Superior Montana. Three sisters, Mrs. Peter Lehmanand Mis. En.il Burkhafter, of Bluffton. thirty-six grandchildren an . Berneand Mrs. Marv Ashbaucher. of twelve great grandchildren also survive^ Return From Trip Aboard The Misses Naomi Durkin and Josephine Malley returned Sunday from the east, where they- Itad been visiting and seeing paints of»interest. The Missees Durkin and Mutley returned to the States ten days ago from a trip abroad, visiting England. France, Belgium, Ir'.and and other countries and before returning home took a trip through the east.

| Two Decatur Men Leave For Trip Through West W A. Kuebler and Dynoix Schmitt | left today on a two month's dip | through the n irthwtThey will first I go to Vancouver and Victoria, B C., ' then to Seattle. Wash., Portland, Ore., Klamath Falls, Ore., San FrancDco and I/js Angeles. At Klamath Falls, they will visit with Leon Crawford | and .family’, and. in Lex Angles they I will visit with Mr. and Mrs. Aloysitis Schmitt. FARMER LOSES SI ,000 IN BILLS — O. C. Ewell, Os Near Ossian. Loses Fifty S2O Bills This Morning 1 O. C. Ewell, prominent farmer residing near Ossian, If- l SI,OOO in s2o hills -his n-ort ing. p m.ewhera between this city and his horn \ Mr. Ewell came \ Dto Decatur this morning and drew tile | S2O bills out of a local tiank. He went | to the office of a Decatu” attorney to 1 whom he was to give the money, hot ' the attorney was not in his office. Mr. 1 Ewell (1-elded to go h ick home. When he reached home, he felt :n hi> pocket for the money, but the insurance enI veiop in which he had pla ed the nionley in hi- pocket was missing. .Ur. |Ewell stated today that he will pay a 1 beral reward for the return of ' I the money. Missionary Organizations To Give Program Tonight The Woman’s Missionary Society * and the Girls' Missionary Guild of the * Zion Reformed church will render the following program tonight at 7:30 o'clock, in the church auditorium. All ' the members of both organizations ‘ are urgently requested to lie present * and friends are cordially invited. Re- - freshments will be served after the 1 program. Program Hymn. Devotions Mrs. Ben Hlzey Hymn - “Take Time To Be Holy.” Vocal Solo Mrs. Ben Shroyer The N'ew 800k —"Our Templed —a Piayet—'Fifty Years Ago" Mr Johnson Mrs li-.i11., - G 'little! i Mrs. Mason Mrs. Chas. Brodbeck Scene 2^ Mrs. Johnson Mrs. Carl Schafer . Mrs. Mason Mrs. Ervin Miller Vocal Solo Miss Della Sellemeyer Playet—“June’s Dream at Dusk" Characters i Mother Rosegav Mrs. A. R. Fledderjohann ’ June, het daughter Helen Kirsrh Liza Jane (Colored mammy) Jnunite Baumgartner ’ Julia doodling Frances Girod 1 Address Rev. A. It. Fledderjohann , Closinr, Hymn. FAIR CLOSES ' i ON LABOR DAT Running Races Feature Ot i Closing Day Os Northern 1 Indiana Fair Despite rain and threatening weath--1 er during the last several days, the ' race schedule and entire program of * the Great Northern Indiana fair was i completed. The fair wag held over ‘ yesterday and a crowd of about 1,200 r people attended the Labor Day pror gram held at Bellniont park. f Running races were held, including * a 1-2, 3-4. 5-8 and 1-8 mile race. The f free-for-all pace, which was scheduled ‘ to be held, was cancelled because most of the horses were taken to Van Wert for the race meet there this I week. The exhibits and several of the concessions remained until late last night while other concessioners pulled stakes dnd left Saturday. The J track was 4n fair shape for yester- ' day s program. The program started about 1:30 o'clock and a fair sized crowd - was present to witness the , racing. ’ a few persons attended the night (CONTINUED ON FADE TWO)

VACATION ENDS FOR CHILDREN; SCHOOLS OPEN _____ Public And Parochial Schools Os Decatur Have Large Enrollments TOTAL EXPECTED TO EXCEED 1,2001 — With the usual hum drum and buzz !of the first day of school predominant in every school building in Decai tnr, the puMic and parochial schools j opened this morning to more than 1.200 pupils. An exact number ot school iegistrants could not be cornpled today, but It is thought that the to'al will exceed the 1,200 mark. The Decatur high school opened at j 8 am. The public grade school pu- 1 pils were assembled at 8 o'clock and j i then dismissed until noon t» secure [ their books for the year. Enrollment Is Large I Superintendent M. F. Worthman j announced today that the same time] schedule would be used this year! that was in effect last year. There w.-rs 270 pupils registered in Decattir I high school this morning and Princi-| pal Walter Krick announced that probably 15 or 20 more would register this afternoon and tomorrow. Several new courses have been j instituted in high school this year, and Mr. Worthman stated that he believed the coming year would be the most successful school year in the history of Decatur public schools. Most of the high school pupils registered last spring before the close of' the 1425-1926 school year. New pupils rArT*ter«l this morning. Principal W. Guy Brown, at the Central school, stated that: the enrollment there would be about the same as last year. New desks and seats have been placed in tj>e rooms at the Central building. Enrollment Not Announced Grade school enrollment has not yet been officially compiled yes, but (CONTINUED ON I’AtiK TWO) BEULAH CHAPEL Epworth League From Adams County Church Wins s Prize At Booth Festival Tlie Epworth League es the Beulah Chapel Methodist church, of the Decatur Methodist circuit, won first place in the amount of offering to the Methodist hospital at Fort Wayne, at the district Booth Festival and Methodist picnic, held at Fo.-ter Park, Fort Wayne, Sunday. Tht total value of their d 'nation Was 5315. It consisted of 788 cans of fruit, vegetables, jams, and 95 glasses of jelly. The S2O in gold that was awarded as the prize, will be applied by the League on the Hauser Fund, which supports Scott Hauser in his work in South America. The second prize, consisting of slo. was awarded to the League from Forster Park church, Fo.t Wayne, which had i donation vain d at $231.45. The first prize to (unions was awarded to the Junior lieag le of the Monroe Methodist church, which is a member of the Decatur sub-district, also. Tbe total offering as the Booth Festival this year was the highest that has ever been given. It amounted to more than $3,500. Seth Painter, pastor at Coesse and Jeffer-nn Chape! had charge of the Booth Festivul this year. Many Epworth I-eaguers from Adams county attended the Festival. Mrs. James Roop Dies At Van W ert Hospital Mrs. Janies Roop. of Wren, Ohio, died Friday afternoon at the Van Wert County Hospital, in Van Wert, Ohio. Mrs. Roop was past 60 years of age She was the mother of Carl Roop, noted evangelist, wh > resided in F.uiay. Several other -hildren and the husband survive. Funeral were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Liberal U. 11. church in Wren.

Pershing Abroad v xAUhH j 4 - V I * (ieneral John J. Pershing is i shown in Paris leaving the 1 funeral of Herman Harjes, inI ternation.il banker, killed in a polo fall.

SEEK BACKERS FOR CHAUTAUQUA 4 _ ! Solicitors Report Ready Response In Campaign For Guarantors Today Efforts were being made today to secure sufficient guarantors to assure a ihautauqua for Decatur next year, and reports lat,. this afternoon were to the effect that the community deI sired to have chautauqua. Responses I were good, those in charge of the j work of soliciting guarantors reported. and Raymond Harting. president of the Decatur Chautauqua association. said that he thought the entire job of securing the sale of enough season tickets, would he completed today Os u'lliTtiTiV/"..: —. 1 Tlit- hoard of dir-'-tnrs h. s decided smmmA year instead of a six-dav affair. The five-day program is used in most cities the size of Decatur, and that plan assures those attending of a fine program each night, since, wdien sixday programs are given, there must be one fill-in night. 1926 Chautauqua Ends. The chautauqua this year was enjoyed hv hundreds of people and all attending were well satisfied with the various programs. The Mac Murray company entertained the audience Saturday afternoon anti night and both performances were well attended. President Harting and the others (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) LAFOLLETISM IS POT TO TEST Voters (10/To Polls In Wisconsin Today To Select Senatorial Nominees By J. E. Helfert. (United Press Staff Correspondent) Milwaukee-. Wis.. Sept. 7.—LaFolletIsm was put to another test in \V isconsin today as voters named their . party senatorial nominees. Although seven candidates are seeking the four nominations, chief interest centered in the hitter fight between Senator Irvine Lenroot. and Governor John J. Blaine for the republican senatorial nomination. ’ Lenroot in Wisconsin is known a* a ‘Coolidge republican" and has supported all of the national administra--1 tion policies. Blaine was associated with the late Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Sr., and in this campaign is being supported by Senator Robert ' M. LaKollette, Jr. Thn vote of Wisconsin today will i .___ _ _ : (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) m

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ACCIDENTS AND STORMS CLAIM A HEAVY TOLL Train W T recks, Auto Accidents, Drownings And Storms Bring Death TRAIN WRECK IN COLORADO KILLS 27 BY UNITED PRESS Storms, accidents and drownings over the three-day Labor Day holiday took a toil of more than 80 dead and 200 injured, reports to the United Press from widely scattered sections of the country showed today. The number dead in the wreck of a fast train in Colorado was fixed at 27, with 50 injured. In a wreck in Chicago, five were killed and 50 injured. In New York City anil surrounding New Jetsey and Long island. 14 were killed and 30 injured. Autos killed seven; four died in a severe storm and three were drowned. Seven men adrift in a small boat off Atlantic City during tlie storm were rescued. In Alabama City, Ala., two were killed and six injured when lightning hit a high tension wire at a circus. Buffalo reported three dead and 17 hurt in western New York state. Albany reported three dead and 20 hurt in eastern New York. A woman was killed in Philadelphia by a skidding fire engine. Three were killed in Washington. I). C. Cleveland repotted 27 seriously injured in Ohio cities. Four were killed in a grade crossing accident near Rockwood, Mich. In Oklahoma, two were drowned and one kWe»| in an automobile accident. In the San Francisco area, nine were killed in auto accidents. Five were killed in Fresno, Cal. In Oregon a woman aviator was killed and on,, other died in an auto accident. One death due to poison liquor was reported in Washington state. ORA E. LOBSISER -ett'ESMHSiWWorld War Veteran Dies At Hospital Following An Extended Illness Ora L. Lobsiger. 33. World war veteran. who resided on West Monroe street in tiiis city, died at 11:30 o'clock Saturday night at the Edward Hines, Jr., hospital at Maywood. Illinois. Death was due to spinal trouble. Mr. lobsiger had been ill for the last seven years and unable to follow his profession of silo builder. He entered the hospital at Maywood on December 12, 1925 and underwent an operation on March 18. He had been critically ill for many weeks. His wife wa sat his bedside continually. Mr. Lobsiger was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lobesiger, of Monroe. He was born at Monroe, November 7. 1892. He was married to Frances McKean, at Monroe, November 22. 1919. Mr. Lobsiger served in the 52 infantry, of the sixtli division of tile American Army during the World war aud was overseas for eleven months. He lived in Bluffton for three years and had spent the last font years of his life in Decatur. Mr. Isthslger was a member of the United Brethren church cf (Ms city, of the D. A. V. iml the American Legion. Surviving are the widow: one daughter. Evelyn Elizabeth, age five yea^s; • Ms parents; and the following broth- • ers and sisters: William, of Barger, t I'exas; Harry, of Washington: Charles -of Monroe; John of Detroit; Mrs. ties(CONTINUED ON I’Atiß Tt»«l 4 o Twin Babv Dies 1 Billy Daniel Parr, twin baby of Mr. and Mrs. T. M Parr, died a*, the ’ Parr home east of Herne. Sunday 1 evening. The baby and h ! s twin sister, Mary Louise, were born June 19 • of tiiis year. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon.

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