Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 18 September 1926 — Page 1

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BLUFFTON MAN ENDS LIFE IN RIVER

Severe Hurricane Strikes Florida: Centered At Miami

COMMUNICATION WITH MIAMI CUT Off LAST NI6HT Wind Storm Reported One Os Worst In History Os State MOVES SLIGHTLY J NORTH AND WEST Washington. Sept. ,18- (Unit-i cel Press) —One of the most severe hurricanes in Florida’s| hsitory was centered near Miami this morning, according , tc fragmentary reports to the, weather bureau here. I No word had been received from Miami itself since last night. A weather observer at Jacksonville, in communication with Palm Beach by telephone early I this morning, vfas told the wind was blowing so hard a man could not rtand tip against its force. Since then no word has been received I from that city. Nassau. Bahamas, where the storm I probably struck late yesterday after i noon, has not been heard from today. ! The storm apparently is moving slightly north of west and is expected to sweep over southern Florida ‘ and into the Gulf of Mexico. Storm I warnings have been ordered along. the Gulf Coast west to Mobile, Ala. Kingston, Jamaica. Sept. 18——j (United Press)—Many buildings have been demolished and few left und imaged by a hurricane which struck! Turk's Island, one of the Bahanqas. t No loss of life was reported. The food supply is low. Miami, Fla., Sept. 18. —(United Press)—A tropical hurr cane has swung north over the Baha ma i Islands and was heading for the south Forida coast today after having cut off communication between this point (CONTINUED ON PACE TWO) OF COMMITTEES Heads Os Various-Commit-tees Appointed For Dedication of Porter Memorial 0. C. Pumphrey, general chairman of the Gene Stratton-Porter Memorial committee, has appointed chairmen of the reception invitation, publicity, finance and program committee, they to meet Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Decatur Industrial Association rooms for the purpose of arranging plans for the dedication of Elephant Rock In memory of Mrs. Porter. The chairmen of the above committees will select their own coworkers and at the meeting Monday the date for holding the dedication and preparing a tentative program will be made. The chairmen' of the committees are, Wai Wemhoff, reception committee; A. R. Holthouse, invitations; J- H. Heller, publicity; C. K. Peter- * son, finance; Mrs. J. W. Tyndall. Program). It lias been suggested that, the dedicatory service be held on a Sunday. Others favor some other day and the committee hopes to decide the question at the meeting Monday. If possible, several of Indiana’s noted authors will be brought here f°r the dedication. It is the plan of the general committee to have the school children of Adams county to take a prominent part in the dedica- . < on, as the plan of moving the rock to this city as first started by the school children. C. E. Striker, county superintendent of schools, is cooperating with the committee and Iras assured the members that he and the members of the county board of education would be glad to assist tn any way possible.

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President and Mrs Coolidge and their son, John, played with the White House dogs shortly before they prepared to leave: : White Pines etWnp. in the Adirondacks.

FLOODWATERS THREATEN CITY I Illinois River Threatens Break Through Levee At Beardstown, 111. Beardstown, 111. Sept. 1 J.—l Unite,', I i Press)—Scores oi men (ought through! I the night to dam the rapidly tiding ■ waters cf the Illinois river, which fori I three days ha ; lineal..>icd to overflow l | the levee here. I patro’linc the hanks, which the tnri hulent muddy stream has overflowed. ■ 9<ld preparing to warn the city's r>MO, . residents if the waters, this morning w-ie post below the levee's ' ti p level, should go higher. Hurling rl, la.. Sept. 18.—(Unitci, Press)—r'For d waters of the Skunk I river crept slowly over the corn lands J here today, following intermittent rainj fall for the past fortnight. Some of 'he , cornfields :re covered by four feet I of water. Detroit Bank Held Up Detroit, Sept. 18—(United Press) — i Routed from one branch bank here ■ today two bandits traveled six blocks and successfully held up another i bank, escaping with an estimated ■ |3,00<) loot. BAPTIST CHURCH TO HOLD REVIVAL MF The Rev. M. F. Scruby. Os Dayton, ()., To Assist In Services Here | Beginning September 26, there ‘ will be held a two week's evangelistic campaign with services each ! j evening at the Baptist church, to \ which the public is cordially Invited I Io participate in the good things ‘ from night to night. > The Rev. M. F. Scruby comes from • Dayton. Shio, where he has been a successful pastor evangelist to aid “ in the services here. He has no pet -1 theories to promote, but is a preach- ■ er of the straight forward gospel. II The members of the church are >! getting in readiness for his coming I and anticipate a time of blessing to II themselves as well as hoping to be I helpful to others who may attend.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Fourth Degree Os Knights Os (o|nmhtis Meets Sunday . An important meeting of the Fourth | : Degree of the Knights of Columbus | will be held at the K. of C. hall Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Sept-| ember 19, and ever y member is re I | quested to be present. W. C. T. U. TO HOLD COUNTY MEETING I Col’ nt .( ’ 2JI ven tip 11 To Be] in Berne, Sept. 23 i, A county convention of the Worn en’s Christian Temperance Union will | i'be held in the Reformed church, ail I Berne. Thursday. September 23. Mrs. I iC. E. Hotker, of Decatur, county! Ilchairman. will preside. Mrs. John I Niblick, also of Decatur, who recent ly returned from a tour of European ■ countries, will give an interesting ad- “ dress on her travels, at the afternoon session. The following program will . be given: i Morning Session, 9:30 O’Clock. Song. Devotionals, Mrs. Schroeder, Berne. ' Minutes of last convention. > Repot ts of local Unions. ■ Music. Berne. I Election of Officers. Noon —Intermission. Dinner will be served in the dining room of the chprch. Afternoon Session, 1:30 O’Clock Song. Devotionals. Mrs. Barton, of Geneva. | Vocal sfflo, Velma Opliger. Berne. , | AcctynpanisC Evangeline Rohrer, Berne. Address—“ Temperance Conditions in , European Countries,” Mrs. John Niblir’Music, Geneva Addrc.., "Social Purity,” Mrs. S. L. Cover. Kirkland township. Offering. ’ Song. — —.. ——-—o — i Van Wert Boys Missing > I Van Wert, Ohio. September 18.— i A search was being made today for I Cail, 15 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. ( Harry Geppert, 700 South Shannon j street this city. The youth was missI ing from him home about 6 o’clock Thursday afternoon. No idea was advanced as to his reason for leaving |or his possible destination. Carl Is a ■ freshman g»at the Van WAct high , school. Me )s dark complexioned, > about five feet ten iilches in height ■ and weighs 135 pounds. He is reportled to have been in poor health lately.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 18, 1926.

NEW OFFENSIVE AGAINST RUM TRUSTS IS PLANNED

COMMITTEES ARE SELECTED FOR DAIRY DAY Every Effort Being Exerted To Make Event Enjoyable For Everyone EVERYTHING FREE TO THE PUBLIC THE,. CHAIRMEN Finance C. N. Christen Barbecue O. X W. Beery Program .... F. M. Schirmeyer Advertising Herman Myers Every’ effort is being exerted to put Dairy Day in Decatur, October 19th, over with a bang ! and make it one of the biggest and happiest days in the lives of ; the people of this community. I With this program in mind, the i committees and others interest- j ’ ed in the success of the day are ' proceeding with the details. The ! program will be free. There will ha a barbecue—all a person can eat—- , music by the Dunbar and General Electric bands, awarding of prizes ‘ and talks by noted authorities on the | dairy business, and everything will be j free. Committees Are Appointed. The general committee has appointI ed members of the finance, barbecue, j program and advertising committees I and a meeting w ill be held the first lof next week to arrange the plans. I The chairmen of the different committees printed below are requested Ito get in touch with the members of : their committees and prepare a tentaI tive outline of their plans for the day. .•*, ....... IBftS* tMitaqA-M.' V •" WC-WJANMI AIMEE GIVES HERSELF UP Evangelist And Mother Released On Bond: Other Arrests Expected Soon Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. IS —(United Press) —Arrest of three persons accused of conspiring with Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, and her mother, Mrs. M-nnie Kennedy to defeat justice were expected today after the surrender of Mrs. McPherson and her rhother. Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. McPherson were free on bond of $2,500 each. The mother surrendered on behalf of herself and her daughter, saying that the evangelist, because of sudden illness, was not able to appear. The warrants sworn out against (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O—BULLETINS Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 18-— St. Louis defeated Philadelphia, 7-3, in the first game of a double-header here this afternoon, strengthening the lead of the St. Louis club in the National league pennant race. New York, Sept. 18.—T h e New York Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds here this afternoon, 5-4. Short Hills, N. J., Sept. 18.— Bobby Jones lost his title of national amateur golf champion here this afternoon when he was defeated by George Von Elm, of California, two up, in the finals of the national tournament.

DRY CZAR HAS NEW POLICIES ; Administration Plans To Draft Further Civil Powers To Aid Enforcement Washington. Sept. 18—(Unit-, ed Press) —The administration has decided to draft further civil powers for its war against i liquor, it was learned authoritatively today. A supreme effort is to be' made this fall and winter to make the country bone dry.) Assistant Secretary of the j Treasury Andrews, dry czar, will outline the new policies to his adminis-| trators when they meet here Monday. | The dry czar is now planning to stay in office at least until Christmas ; to direct the new offensive against: rum trusts. Meantime reports from President ■ Coolidge’s sumtper retreat indicate, the government increasingly believes prohibition is the voice of the mai jority of people. .r~" Many Persons To Be Enli s ted ,! The President is expected to call) ■ on government departments to aid < * tile txeasmry .LU carrying out the pro visions of the Volstead act. The I commerce department will be rei quested to enlist the services of • steamboat inspector? and light house; keepers in giving information on rum smugglers. The postoffice department will be((ONTIMED ON PAGE FOUR) GENEVA TO HOLD PORTER MEMORIAL Town To Hor Its ..Most program, Tree-Planting (SiTecial to Dai’y Democrat) I Genet a, Sept. 18. —Geneva, for many | I years the home of the late Gene StratI ton Porter, beloved author, will loir | in the national observance of GenI Stratton Porter week during the week j • of September 26. according to action! | taken at a meeting of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, last night. One afternoon during the memorial week, probah'.y Wednesday, Septem ' , ber 29, will be set aside for planting trees ami holding a program in memory of the town's most esteemed ci- . izen. AU school children of the county . will be invited to come to Geneva oit that afternoon and take part in the observance Spearkert) of national repi illation will be invited to participate! in the piogram. f W. D Cross, Jr. president of the - Chamber of Commer 'e. is general ■ chairman of ’he event. Committees weiextppoiuted by Mr Cross last night t to take charge art various details in * connection with the observance. Another meeting will ae held the first of next week, at which time the com-1 ratttecs will report and further plans will be made. ' i The meeting last night was held in 1 the basement of the Methodist church f where a dinner was served. o —'— ; I Kendallville Hotel Owner ; Killed By Train At Kokomo > ’ ' Kokomo. Sept. 18.—(United Press) . Lecn Shaw, 42. of Kendallville, was ■ killed near here today when the auto _ in which he was riding was struck! f by a freight train on the Nickel Plate , railroad. I The body was carried down the track I a quartet* of a mile and was badly I mangled. Shaw, who owned the Gatrop . Hotel at Kendallville, was driving inorth toward Peru.

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Mrs. Marshall Field, wealthy Chicago society woman, returned from the jungles of Brazil, where, with an expedition from the Field Museum, she killed a jaguar, six capavari, two hundred birds, three deer and three 1 monkeys. GHIOM'SLEnER CALLED POLITICS Dr. Shumaker Says He Will Disregard Attorney General’s Letter Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 18 —(Unit, led Press)- Dr. E. S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon I League, today branded as a "political move" the letter of Attorney'General G Uiotn to bar association heads in the state condemning Shumaker's attack on the Indiana supreme court pin his speech at the Evansville MethI odist conference. "I had a right to sav what I did I retarding handling of liquor cases by j the supreme court and I intend to In his Evansville speech Shumaker I asserted liquor law enforcement was I being nullified in many cases by the I supreme court permitting tecnicalities to enter into its deliberations. Shumaker denied any intention of "setting up a super-government,” as I charged bv Gilliom, and asserted that j the attorney general was attempting Ito disrupt the work of tli'e AntiI Saloon League. \ Any citizen, Shumaker declared. ! has u r.ght to criticize action of the I supreme court on cases that have ■ been decided. He said he would make I no formal reply to Gilliom's letter to bar association leaders. Shumaker expects to go to Fort | Wayne tonight for an address there. HAWKINS DENIED ANOTHER TRIAL U. S. Circuit Court Os Appeals Denies Motion Os Portland Man Chicago, Sept. 18 —(United Press) The UnitedzStates circuit court of appeals today denied a motion for a new trial entered by Mortimer S. Hawkins. William, Webb and Frank Jacqua, all convicted in connection with the operations of the Hawkins Realty Company of Portland, Indiana. I Using the malls to defraud was the specific charge used in convictions ■ of the men. Hawkins, president of the company. I is now giving a 15 year sentence in . Leavenworth and the other two men I are serving shorter terms. Tile appeal denied was the second one to be entered by the men, both having been based on "writs of errors” allegations.

Price Two Cents.

WM. ASHBADCHER THOUGHTTOHAVE TAKEN OWN LIFE Body Found This Morning After Search Os Several Hours RELATIVE OF DECATUR MEN Following a search of nearly twenty hours, which continued almost throughout the night, the body of William Ashbaucher, 35, of Bluffton, was found in the Wabash riter, about 600 feet below the lake Erie railroad bridge at Bluffton, at 10:30 o’clock this morning. Despondent over ill health, Ashbaucher is believed to have jumped into the river Friday afternoon with suicidal intent. William Mcßride, Wells county coroner, had not returned a verdict, late this afternoon, but he was expected to report that Mr. Ashbaucher committeed suicide. Disappeared Friday. Mr. Ashbaucher disappeared from his home early Friday afternoon. He had been in ill health for several years and his actions yesterday were said by relatives to have been peculiar. When he did not return home, a search was started. Several boys who had been playing near the Lake Erie bridge stated that they had seen a man's body floating down the river yesterday afternoon, and the descriptions given by th eboys tallied with that of Mr. Ashbaucher. While wading in the river in a bathing suit this morning, looking for the body, George Glass stepped on the body, which w4s lying on the bottom of the stream. The body was removed from the river, placed in a boat and taken down the river to the Stringtown road. It was taken first to the Charles Mock home and later to the undertaking parlors. Mr. Ashbaucher’s hat was found on (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) WOOLLEN TO BE . .“EHFJXUim. Senatorial Candidate And Arthur Hamrick To Open Adams County Campaign z The Democratic campaign in Adams county will open officially in'Decatur Saturday night, October 2, at 8 o’clock. Evans Woollen, Democratic short term senatorial candidate, and Arthur Hamrick, Democratic candidate for secretary of state, will deliver addresses in the assembly room of the Adams county court house. Both men and women are invited to attend the opening of the campaign. County Chairman Dick Heller announced. today. This will be Mr. Woollen's only trip through this county. Albert Stump. Democratic long term senatorial candidate, will come to Adams county about the middle of •October and will deliver several addresses at various places in the county. County speakers for the Democratic campaign will be announced next week, it was said at Democratic headquarters today, and a school, for speakers will be held the first week in October, at which time it is thought that R. Earl Peters, state chairman, will be in the city. One speaker of national prominence will probably be in Adams county sometime during the campaign, but no definite plans have been announced as to who the speaker will be. Che county campaign will close with a series of precinct meetings the last two weeks of the campaign, anil every precinct in the county will be visited by the candidates. Final plans for the campaign open ing October 2 will be anitonncod n xt week. Chait man Heller said today, anil the committees to welcome the two state candidates will be an nounced at that time.

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