Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1926 — Page 1

WEATHER Generally l»"’° night *" d Bund !‘,h iLr tonight with * 0 <„ north and Antral portions, , n low spots. iHving temperatuie « nlay afternoon.

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fSOST WARNING ISSUED TODAY BY WEATHER BUREAU Heavy Frost Predicted For Lowlands In Northern Indiana Tonight ( 01 D WAVE BLOWING 01 T OF NORTHWEST The temperature was falling rap.dly 'n l’’ ca<ur and • Adams county todays Street thermometers here at 2:30 o'clock showd a tempeerature of 55 degrees above aero, having fallen from 65 degrees early this morning. The sky was atill overcast, but there were indications that it would clear off by night and frost was expected. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 25.—(United Press)- Varniug of frost tonight throughout northern and central In diana was issued today by the local weather bureau. The frost will be heavy on lowlands and exposed places and considerable damage to crops and garden truck is expected. In some few places the frost may, be killing, weather bureau officials: said. Tomatoes, beans and other; garden truck will suffer most while] many fields of corn are still immature enough to be in danger. Temperature To Drop The cold weather is sweeping down in midwestern states from the Canadian northwest and will bring a material drop in temperature during the night. Rising temperature is predicted tor Sunday afternoon ia the west portion of Indiana while in other sections the temperature, is expected to remain about the same. A light to heavy frost was forecast for lower Michigan. Sections of] Illinois will also have frost and ex(CONTINUED ON PACK TWO) St. Louis Goes Wild As Cardinals Win Pennant St. Louis. Mo., Sept., 25. —(United Press i —Armistice day with all its noise, Its hilarity, and its enthusiasm was re-enacted in St. Louis last night, in celebration of the end of the Na gave th.- Si. Louis Cardinals the pennant for the first time in 38 years. Bedlam reigned in the streets from the time the news was flashed over the wires in the afternoon until late at night. Traffic was demoralized. Impromptu parades were formed. Straw bats, saved for the occasion were destroyed by the hundreds. — o ' I. A, GOTTSCHALK GOES TO CANADA Berne Man, State Representative, Goes W ith Entomologist To Get Data Thruman A. Gottschalk, of Berne, representative from Adams and Wells counties in the state legislature, left Thursday for Detroit, Michigan, with Prank N. Wallace, state entomologist, from whence they will go to Ontario, Canada, for an investigation, of the European Coin Borer, with the idea of obtaining information to be used in the fight against the pest in this state. Mr. Gottschalk is a member of the s <ate committee of the state legislature and he has been chosen to investigate the com borer and remedies applied in Canada. They have been successful in combatting the pest in the province of Ontario. Much will depend on the recommendation of Mr. Gottschalk as to the amount to be sppropriated by the Indiana legislature for fighting’thjs pest. Just how long a time the two Indiana representatives v :11 have to spend tn Ontario, Mr. Gottschalk was not a ble to state before leaving. However, they expect to return Just as soon as Possible, so that something definite can be done for relief from this disbase.

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John Beeler, Jr., Dies At Stockton, California John Baeler, Jr., 42. former Adairs county resident, died this week at a hospital in Stockton, California, after being at the hospital for five months suffering with a broken back, according to word received by relatives at Linn Grove. Mr. Beeler broke his back in a fall fro ma moving train near Stockton, April 27. The deceased was born at Vera Crus, March 16. 1884 The body is being brought back to Linn Grove for burial. Surviving are the father, John Beeler, Sr.; three sisters, Mrs. Jacob Myers, of Vera Crqz, Mrs. Roy Merica, of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Francis Brown, of St. Paul. Minn , and five brothers. Levi, of Fort Wayne, Noah, of Beulah, Michigan, Abraham, of Geneva, Fred, of Linn Grove, and Rufus, of Bluffton. J. H. VOGLEWEDE CALLED BY DEATH Prominent Decatur And Adams County Resident Dies At Age Os 79 Years Joseph Henry Voglewede, 79 .prom inent Decatur and Adams county resident, died at his home on Fourth i street, at 9 o’clock Friday night, after an extended Illness. Death was I due to infirmities. Mr. Voglewede lived his entire life in Washington township and. for many yeears. was a successful Decatur merchant anil always took an active interest in civic affairs. J. H. Voglewede was born in Adams county. August 19, 1847. He was the son of Gerhard and Mary Holthpuse Voglewede. At the age of 20 years, Mr. Voglewede began his apprenticeship as a shoemaker and followed that trade for many years. Later, he established a retail shoe store in Decatur. He retired from I the shoe business in 1902 and was elected county treasurer. He also served as township trustee and as a member of the city council. In 1872, Mr. Voglewede was united in marriage to Mary Meibers, who, with nine children, survives. The children are Charles, Clemens. Lawrence, Bertha and Rose Voglewede. of this city, Bernard, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Thomas Haefling, Indianapolis: Mrs. James P. Haefling, of Fort ’Jisr) ' M'-s Allies Schaub, Os v lev e Kill O ’ , The following brothers and sisters survive: John, Anthony, Gerhard and Elizabeth Voglewede, of Decatur, and Louis A. Voglewede, of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Twenty-four gr.mdchil dren also survive, besides several more distant relatives and a host of friends. Mr. Voglewede was a faithful member of St. Mary's Catholic church, of this city, and a member of the Knights of Columbus lodge. He was always active in church and civic affairs and his many friends and associates join with the family in mourning. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic church, Monday morning, at 9 o’clock, the Rev. J. A. Seimetz being in charge. Burial will take place at the St. Joseph Catholic cemetery, of this city. BERNE PUPILS NAME OFFICERS Classes And Societies Form Organizations; Basketball Practice Opens Berne, Sept. 25.— The different classes and societies in the Berne high school have organized for the current school year. Tne results of the different elections were as follows: Freshman class: John Gottschalk, president; Celecte Schroeder, vicepresident; and Rebecca Reusser, sec-retary-treasurer. Sophomore class: Corine Smith, president: Mary Ann Neuenschwander, vice-president; Erlene Baumgartner, secretary-treasurer. Senior class: Ivan Sprunger, presi- ( CONTINUED ON FACIE TWO)

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TO RAISE FUND . : FOR DAIRY DAY NEXT TDESDAY ‘I k 1 — r Finance Committee To Solicit People Os This ComB munity For Money EVENT TO BE MADE COMMUNITY AFFAIR 1 The finance committee for Dairy Day, a community event to be held i. here Oct. 19 for the benefit of every 1 one in Adams county who will participate, will make their campaign for funds Tuesday. At last night's meeting, the apportionment was worked out and the lists divided among the teams. They will meet again Mon I day night to conclude their plans and will start bright and early Tuesday, hoping to conclude their job in one day. Dairy Day is to be an occasion when ' the people of this community extend to the thousands of farmers, who will be here, a real welcome, a FREE BARBECUE, with plenty of sand wiches, coffee and Ice-cream. There ■ will be three hands, a corn and beet i show, entertainment that will please . show, entertainment that will please, i including a colored quartette and ■ other features, a short speaking proi program and the award of two regista ered bulls and other gifts. I The day will be just as big as we c make it and, already, a number of business men have worked out plans - to assist in putting the day over. The b gas company, for instance, will oper- )’ atecooking school, free to all who f care to avail themselves of the oppor s tunity, and only dairy dishes will be 1 served on that day, the school to continue four days. Others are offering B special inducements to make the i occasion the biggest and best in every (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) THREE AUTOS IN : ACCIDENT TODAY »I — No One Seriously Injured In ' Three-Car Accident Here I Three automobiles collided at the ! corner of Third and Jefferson streets about 1 o’clock this afternoon. None of ths occupants on the cars was hurt t seriously. John Slusser, of near f Berue. was slightly injured by flying glass. He was riding with Fred Roe. also of near Berne. f A car belonging to William Bell ? and driven by Joe Bebout was coming , south on Third street, when the Buick touring car belonging to Kenneth Lowe, of this city, struck the Bell car at the Btret intersection, throwing the Bell car directly in front of t the Roe car which was coming north . on Third stret. The Bell and Roe cars met head on. I Both cars were damaged consiJer- , ably. The Lowe car was not dam aged much. John Slusser received some minor cuts about the face, but no one was injured seriously. o Woman Claims Dentpsey i Knocked Her Over Bench I After Fight; May Sue Him Philadelphia, Sept., 25.— (United Press) —Jack Dempsey today was 1 threatened with suit by a woman who cnarges mat, in his blind rage after his defeat by Gene Tunny, he knocked her over a bench and injured her. 1 She is Mrs. N. J. La Roche. Her ’ husband, who planned the suit, said ‘ he would call Governor Plnchaut as a witness. High School Boy Hurt In Fall Down Stairs Anderson, Ind., Sept. 25.—(United Press) —Injured in a fall down stairs ’ at the Lapel high school, Fred Huntsinger, 18, a member of the Senior class of the Lapel school, was near death in a hospital here today. He tripped on top step of the stairs and fell their full length.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 25, 1926.

Keeps Order 'i • v V t * ■ ; ■ z 1 > a 4 1 V ” _ a * I i Police Chief H. Leslie Quigg, : of Miami, Fla., organized his men to prevent looting and to > compel all able-bodied persons WILLIAM B A RTLING I DIES AT ROCKFORD 1 Former Adams County Resident Dies Wednesday After Long Illness ’ William Bartling. 49, former resis dent of Adams county, died Wednesday at his home in Rockford. Ohio ; Death was due to stomach trouble. ■ Mr. Bartling had been afflicted for r the last two or three years, following an operation. He was born in Monroe township on what is known as the Vance Mattax fram three miles northeast of Berne. Mr. Bartling married William Tinkham’s daughter, Bertha, twenty-seven years ago last spring For many years he was contractor for Voad and concrete work. Besides the widow and one daughI ter, Fae, the parents, Mr. and Mr > I George H. Bartling, of Sulphur Springs three brothers. J. ■(’ of Mun-| • WKayrr- ■- d’uti-’ cie, one sister Mrs. H. L Holmes, also of Alma. Michigan survive. Funeral services were held at Rockford this afternoon al 3 o’clock. Grand Jury May Probe W reck Os Sikorsky Plane i Hempstead, N. Y., Sept. 25. —(Unitj ed Press.)—The prospect of a grand i jury investigation of the wreck of the I New York-Paris Sikorsky biplane, in . which two were killed, appeared unf certain today. i EN. Edwards, Nassau county pros- ( ecutor, said developments at the resumption Monday afternoon of the inquest on the two men killed would determine his future course. I The inquiry was suggested through ■ an affidavit by Col. Harold E. Hartney, a former official of the Argonauts, Inc., whirtf sponsored the proposed New York to Paris flight. Hartney charged that Capt. Rene Fonck, French war hero, was incoml petent to fly the heavily-loaded Sikorsky plane across the Atlantic. I•— o i ’ New C. Os C. Building At Indianapolis Dedicated * Indianapolis, Sept. 25.—(United Press.) — The new Indianapolis 1 Chamber of Commerce building was 1 dedicated here last night with a ban--1 quet attended by three hundred pel sons. Speakers outlined the industrial possibilities of Indianapolis and the 1 work accomplished by the Chamber of Commerce. • — > Peru Man Killed By Train Peru. Ind., Sept. 25—(United Press r Funeral arrangements were being r made today for Henry Hiers, 32, who died*from injuries received when he s w%s run over by a string of cars in the Chesapeake and Ohio yards.

RACE TROUBLE HINDERS RELIEF WORK IN FLORIDA Aftermath Os Hurricane Disaster Assuines More Serious Aspect — TROOPS ENFORCE GOVERNOR’S ORDERS By Alfred P. Reck, (U. P. Staff Correspondent I I Miami, Fla., .Sept. 25. — The after math of the West Indian hurricane whi{h devastated south Florida assumed a more serious aspect today than at any time since the storm broke. Rehabilitation plans of officials, especially the conscription of negro labor and Governor Martin's order to scores of families to evacuate the entire Lake Okeechobee district where the finding of decomposed bodies increased the possibility of an epidemic, met difficulties. Stern measures have been adopted to quell race trouble, threatened as an upshoot of the wounding of two negroes and two marines and the en forced labor of unemployed negro males. Twenty-two negroes, two of them wounded, are under arrest as a result of the first outbreak. The Marines, also, are under arrest in a hospital J. D. Allen and E. L Melbourne, the Marines were said to have fired upon two negroes in a colored section of Miami. The Marines said the negroes were looting a wrecked store. The negroes returned the fire All the participante in the clash were wound ed aud th? incident threatened ser ious proportions, when officials sent two companies of troops, 60 police with riot guns and 25 deputy sheriffs dONTIM F.l» ON PAGE THREE) TWO WITNESSES ARE MISSING Two Important Witnesses In McPherson Case Can Be Found 7». Press) —Two important witnesses in the Aimee Simple McPher*>n case were reported missing today as final preparations were nu.de for Monday's hearing for the Evangelist and her associates on charges of obstructing justice. H. C. Benedict, owner of the cottage at Carmel-by-the-Sea, where Kenneth G. Ormstop is alleged to have spent ten days with Mis. McPherson last May, and Ralph Swanson, Grecer's delivery hoy, could not be located by process servers. The state was relying on the test! mony of Swanson and Benedict to aid in the attempts to prove that the Evangelist was at Carmel with her former radio operator during rhe period of her self related kidnapping and captivity. o McNary To Re-introduce His Bill In December Washington, D C. Sept. 25.—(United Press)—Senator McNeary, Republican, Oregon co-author of the McNeary Haugen farm bill announced today he would re introduce the measure in amplified form at the Uicember session qf congress. The new measure will retain the principle of the equi'ization for disposal of surpluses of farm products McNeary said. Some changes will be made in the method of administration, and a large portion of the measure will be eliminated. FOOTBALL SCORES First Quarter Providence, 7; Williams, 0. Bowdoip, 0; Boston U., 0. First Half Rutgers, 8; Manhattan, 0. Third Quarter Pittsburgh, 21; Alleghany, 7. i

Death Os 8-Year-Old Girl Is Being Probed Liberty, Ind., Sept. 25. — (United Press.)—lnvestigation of the death of Eva May Drook, 8, centered today in the search for a strange woman seen on the Bear Creek road near where the girl was found unconscious with , her skull fractured The girl died without regaining consciousness. Blood stains were found on the rocks a short distance from where the child lay and her shoes and stockings were discovered under a pile of brush. The woman sought by authorities was seen near the spot by Mrs. Dan Kauffman, who described her as being middle aged with partially grayhair. The woman was a stranger in Liberty RED CROSS FUND GROWS RAPIDLY Florida Relief Fund In This City Mounts To $46.67 Today The total of the Red Cross fund being raised here for the relief of the victims of the hurricane which struck southern Florida a w T eek ago mounted rapidly today, with a large number of contributions, ranging from a few cents to $lO being dropped in to the contribution boxes. The total reported today by Miss Anna Winnes, of this city, county chairman of the Red Cross, was $4G.67. This total represents only the contributions in Decatur, as no report has been received from the other towns of the county. Following are the new contributions: Previously reported $ 6.88 By mail from Friends 12.00 Gregg McFarland, wife & baby 10.00 Joseph Steigmeyer . 1.00 Relief 2.00 No name envelope 1.00 Miss Yager 1.00 J. D \ 05 Marion Crater 10 J C Cafaro .50 A friend .30 C. Brock 25 , Miss Vera M. Schug 1.00 No name envelope .20 M. Kirsch 5.00 1 T. Kirsch • i'"' A Friend 100 , Loose change in boxes 3.39 Tofal $46.67 1 UW- *»*.♦' '»■ •.»• ve Floyd Gibson Undergoes’ Operation Here Today T. Floyd Gibson, of Wren, Ohio, instructor of manual training in the Decatur public schools, underwent an 1 emergency operation at the Adams County Memorial Hospital this morning. Mr. Gibson was taken ill during th night and was brought to the hospital this morning. He was reported to be suffering from hernia and complications. 0 Boy Killed At Marion Marion. Ind., Sept. 25.—(United Press) —Failing to see the approaching switch engine, Ralph Argo, 17, drove his auto on to the Pennsylvania tracks here today and was killed. PAUL BAILER GETS LIFE TERM Former Decatur Young Man Found Guilty Os Assaulting Young Girl Paul Bailer, 26, a former resident I of Decatur, was sentenced in the Al- , len circuit court at Fort yesterday, to serve the remainder of his natural life in the state prison at Michigan City, for a criminal attack upon a 9 year-old girl. Bailer wps sentenced by Special Judges Chester L. Teeter, who heard the evidence in the -case and found the defendant guilty. The defendant, did not take the witness stand in his own behalf. One of the principal pieces of evidence was a written confession signed by , (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I

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FALLING ROCK TRAPS MEN IN MICHIGAN MINE Bodies Os Three Men Killed In Elevater Shaft Are Reached HOPE HELD FOR ENTOMBED MINERS Ironwood, Mich., Sept. 25.— (United Press)— Trapp'd late yesterday when hundreds of tons of rock hurtled into the opening of the mine in which they were working, some 41 men today were entombed hundreds of feet below the earth s surface, while more than a hundred rescue workers strove frantically to penetrate the mass of earth that lies between the men and life. Thought to have been loosened by vibration, the rock fell into the opening as an elevator with three men in it began to ascend. They were Thomas lowell. underground electrician and two of his assistants, Evar Gustafson and Gust Sell. Rescue squads, working in shifts through the night, reached the bodies of the three men killed in the cage. The corpses were so badly mangled that identification was impossible. Engineers today encouraged the rescue w'Orkers with statements ihat there seems to be little immediate danger to the men entombed below. The main danger lies in suffocation., Water or gas is not troubling the men the engineers-said. The boulders, ’’tore out” near the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Dempsey Ready To Fight Tunney Again Next Week If Champ Says The Word Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 25—(United Press) —Jack Dempsey will fight Gene Tunney next week if the champion feels so inclined, Dempsey told the United Press today. He is ready to b»gin training now if Tunney only gives the w-ord. he said. The ex-champion added that talk of his going to a hospital is "a lot of "I feei fine,” he added. "In fact I never felt better in my rife—physically. But, there is something else that hurts. You know what I mean. You can’t forget such things quickly.” BAPTIST REVIVAL TO OPEN SUNDAY Rev. M, F. Scrubby, Os Dayton, O„ To Take Charge Mondav Evening The Baptist church people are all in readiness tor their two week's campaign of evangelism beginning Sunday. Rev. O. E. Miller, the pastor, will open the campaign tomorrow. The members of the church are planning to personally visit otheis of the congregation, advertising the meetings and urging loyalty. Rev. M. F. Scruby, of Dayton. Ohio., will arrive Monday and have charge of the services each (evening. From a number of testimonials from ministers of various denominations, and from newspaper clippings, here are a few statements concerning the man and his message "He preaches a clean-cut Gospel sermon ’’ “His messages ara God-given." "His personal life is spiritual and be yond reproach." “If you havn't heard Scruby, from Dayton, deliver one o' his big red-het messages, aglow with the soothing heat of helpfulness, I'l. tell the world you're missing something.” The Bapti :t church is seeking to lit lp her own membe ship and contribut something to the spiritual life of Decatur during these days. *

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