Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 230, Decatur, Adams County, 29 September 1926 — Page 1

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GENEVA PAYS TRIBUTE TO MRS. PORTER

I Former Decatur Girl Gets County Office tn Oklahoma

BERNICE LEONARD I MADE TREASURER I OF LARGE COUNTY Appointed To Office At Okmulgee; Predecessor Ousted By Grand Jury YOUNGEST WOMAN TO HOLD OFFICE THERE Miss Bernice Leonard. former’ Decatur girl ami a sister of Mrs. Virgil Krick, of this city, has been appointed treasurer of Okmulgee county, Oklahoma, to succeed J. R. Jones, who was ousted by the district court grand jury. The appointment was made last Saturday by the Okmulgee’ county board of [ comn|issioners. Miss Leonard has been serving as al * deputy in the county troa purer's Office ; | at Okmulgee since July, 1925. She I is the youngest woman ever to have! i he'd office of importance in Okmulgee i county. She is 23 Mears old The office of-bounty treasurer in s Okmulgee county is considered an im , [ portant one. since the population of the county is approximately 55,000 Visited Here This Summer Miss Leonard left Decatur iu July, i 1925. going to Okmulgee, where her brother in-law and sister, sir. and Mrs I Karl Grove, are located. Previous tol that time, she had been employed in the Peoples Loan and Trust company bank in this city. She 1i" a popufni young lady and Is a gradna’e cf Decatur high school. Miss Leonard spent i her vacation in rfiis city and with h ■ parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M Leonard ! in Huntington. during the month of; June, this year. *■ A new county judge was appointed i by the commissioners at Okmulgee • I the same time that Miss op J pointment was made, the judge having I been ousted by the grand jury, also j Ousted Officials Protest ■ and W. A. Burnett, tin successors on the ground that there is no legally qualified acting hoard of county cotam'-vionei s in Okmulgee i iounty for the reason that there are I ICONTINI ED Uk PAGE POIBI MRS.HELM TELLS ABOUT HURRICANE A. R. Bell Receives Letter From Daughter In Miami Beach, Florida A. R Bel] haty received a letter from his daugher, Mrs. Jesse Helm, of Miami Beach, Fla., telling of their exper iences in the recent terrible storm At the time, Fred, a son, was ill with » throat ailment, believed to be diptheria, and he with his mother were Quarantined in a part of the house while Mr. HMm and the two other children ware In other rooms. Warning had been given and everybody put on their bathing suits, as the rain feh in torrents, the streets became rivers and thenUhe wind came stronger and stronger until it finally ,o ok the ,roof off of the house the Helms occupied. They struggled to another house and were scarcely inside when the end walls blew in and they rushed on In the storm and dark to the third place of shelter. The front P°rch and the chimneys of this house were clipped off and many of the windows shattered, but the main part of the house stood and the family escaped without injury. Mrs Helm describes the terrible scenes which they witnessed and told of the suffering and distress. In thoir own family, they had practically nothtug to eat from Friday until the following Monday evening. Even at that,, they were happy to have escaped uninjured, and are looking on the bright side again.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXIV. Number 230.

CHANGES TO BE MADE IN FEDERAL HIGHWAY HERE

Preparatory Service At Presbyterian Church The preparatory service for the Saclament of the lord’s Supper which wi.l be observed at the Presbyterian I church next Bunday morning, will be I held at the church at 7:30 o'clock this evening. The Rev. H. W. Thompson, I pastor cf the First Christian church, ! will be the speaker this evening. The ! sacrament will be observed at ltff.3o o'clock Sundayonorning Members and I friends of the church are invited to attend the service this evening. yO ATTENDANCE AT REVIVAL CROWS Interest Also Greater At Evangelistic Services At Baptist Church The attendance at thq evangelistic • service at the First Baptist church last night showed an increase of al- ’ most one hundred per cent over the attendance on Monday evening. . There was a marked increase in 'interest, also. The Rev." M. F. Scruby, of Dayton,' Ohio, the evangelist in charge of >he services.,.jtf cached an jhiPUioK mon on the subject, “Religion and Re-. I joking " Rev. Scruby said, in part: “There are many common misconceptions of what constitutes a revlv ' al. A revival is a season of rejoicing ,on the part of saints, which always | j issues in a season of regeneration i among sinners. Rejoicing is the | I cause, salvation is the effect of a re-. | viral. “Os all people, the Christian has I the greatest right, and the most i occasion to rejoice. We are exhorted . |*n Rejv .. of us are guiitv ol i<j ((i ; j I than in God himself. Christians ought ito rejoice in Christ, and the Holy i Spirit, for The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteous- ’ ness. and peace, and joy in the Holy I Spirit." “The recipe for a revival is very i simple. We must look up; look ; around; anil look within Ixroking up I involves prayer. The looking up is I not-a physical, but a spiritual atti- : rude. We look away unto the Lord I from whence cometh our*help. God said: “If my people, which are call- ‘ red by my name shall humble themselves. and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways: then will I hear them from heaven, and w.H forgive their sins." OIIVI'INI EI) OS PAGE TWU) I POSTPONE RATE FOR DEDICATION Committee Decides To Delav Dedication Os Portei; Memorial Until Spring ■ The general committee for the dedi- ■ cation of the Elephant Rock memorial i to Gene Stratton Porter, niet last evening and unanimously decided to po.-.t- ■ frrne the event until next spring. Hu. the meatime. efforts will be made to i secure the cooperation of such publishers as Doubleday, Page & Co., Me- ! Call and the Bobbs-Merrill Co., and al- ■ so to send invitations to a number of, famous writers and others interested in the work of the late Gene Stratton-j I Porter. W. Guy Brown was appointed chair-, ■ man of the committee to arrange fcr ( - the showing of several of the picture ~ films oC. Mrs. Porter’s books to raise ■ a fund with which to take up a small t indebtednes now owed by the committee.

ONLY D A IJL Y NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 29, 1926.

SHORTER RUUTE TO BE FOLLOWED State Road No. 21 To Be Known As Federal High- \ way No. 27 In Future f Indiana state road No. 21, which passes through this city north and south, is now known as Federal highway No. 27, under’ the new marking system adopted by the Indiana state highway commission and conforming with the federal j rules. All of the federal roads will be numbered Friday morning. E. M. Ray, president of the Adams I County Better Roads Association, has received notice that the state com mission has approved the recommen dation from the engineering depart ment for changes on the federal high- 1 way No. 27, between Monroe and 1 Berne. The road will run south from Decatur to the James A. Hendricks! corner in Monroe and west from there | to the Mills residence, without change. From there, the road will angle southi west through the Mills. Hess "er, LaisI ure and. Stauffer farms and strike the present route about one mile south l of the McKean corner The road will not be ehangetTYrom tSat point to the Rich house, a half mile north of | Berne. From there it will run south i (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O.C.STEHENSON HURT AT PRISON Former Klan Dragon In i Prison - * Mortal Alter Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 29. — (Unit ed Press.) —DC. Stephenson, former klan dragon who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, is in the irospitalat the state prison at Michigan City, it was revealed today by Warden Daly. Stephenson is recovering from a wrenched back suffered when he fell down an iron stairway in his cellhouse last Friday, Daly said, when asked by long distance phone concerning the former dragon's Condition. His injury while not serious, will keep him in the hospital a week long er, according to Daly. Meanwhile, Stephenson will escape the routijje of labor in the prison chair factory. | While Stephenson is recovering from his injury, a change in the staff I of lawyers preparing for his appeal to the supreme court from the murder conviction in the circuit court at Noblesville was announced here. Thos. V. Miller, of Muncie, announced he had begn retained as a i personal adviser to Stephenson and ' that he had been in conference with him at the prison. Withdrawal of Eph Inman, dean of Indiana criminal attorneys, from the case was confirmed by Miller, Inman aroused Stephenson's ire by delay in preparing the appeal papers with the time limit drawing near. Miller will assist in preparation of the appeal, which will be filed shortly with the supreme court here. I ° New Record Set For September Rainfall Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 29— (Unitjed Press) —A new record for September rainfall has been established in Indianapolis this year, the weather bureau announced today. The total fall for the month has been 9.33 inches, an increase of .16 inches 1 over the previous record of 9,17 inches, established in 1896.

ALL AMERICANS I IN VERACRUZ | SAFE IN STORM Heavy Property Damage Caused By Hurricane And Tidal Wave LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED SM ALL Vera Cruz, Mex., Sept. 29.—, All Americans in Vera Cruz [which was struck by a storm ' yesterday are safe, according to' i American Vice-Consul Myers. No Americans were injured. ' Principle losses were along the water front where the waves : broke over the break water to a j height of 10 feet flooding ware-1 houses. The death toll was two, a woman ' and a child, it was believed, a final checkup would show that a few sail- i j ors were drowned when small ves i seis were sunk in the harbor. (By United Press) Vera Cruz, Mexico, has been struck ' by a hurricane and ~..al waves whose | destructive powers have not yet been | | defined in incomplete reports today 1 from the storm area. W hether loss of life resulted from > the storm had not been definitely es- 1 tablished. The latest messages direct from' Vera Cruz received by the All Amer j iew* Cable company m New Orleans * were a> follows: “Hurricane blowing heavily. Rain I falling. Water overflowing, office.” “Storm over. Office conditions un-j changed.” Officials said the Vera Cruz office ; would have been exposed to the full I force of the storm, and since the of I flee apparently was' not seriouslydamaged it was nut believed that I there had ben extensive loss of life' or property. Galveston reported that a message! from Vera Cruz said there had been; iiuli if MAJ . •mww&xc,... •?:. :• -■ $2,500,000. Many houses, according to this j (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) NO OBJECTIONS ! TO TAX LEVIES Rates Fixed By Taxing Units Stand; Total Rate In Decatur is $3.32 No objections were filed against ■ any of the tax rates in Adams county | Czjunty Auditor Martin Jaberg stated i today. Yesterday was the last day f t taxpayers Who fe'.t that the rates in any of the taxing units were too high, to file objections against the levio.-. The tax rates made by the town ships, school city, town and city corporations and county will therefore stand and be certified as the rate which will be collected next year. In the city of Decatur, the 1927 ra*e will be $3.32 on the 100, which is one cent lower than rate in effect In several of the townships the rate, has been decreased. Very few of the local taxing units made increases for next year. The state rate was reduced six cents on the hundred dollars tor next year. United Brethren Minister Dies At Home In Warsaw Rev. W. H. Rittenhouse, a United Brethren minister and, until a few months ago, an active pastor In St. Joseph conference, died at his home in Warsaw. Indiana Monday evening. The funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at the United Brethren church, Wa: saw, at 1:30 o'clock. Rev. Cecil R. Smith, of this , city, with other pastors ot the county, will attend. ' ' (

ALL 43 OF MEN ENTOMBED IN IRON MINE ARE ALIVE

RESCUE WORKERS ! TALK TO MINERS |Officials" Announce That Rescue Will Be Made Within Few Hours Ironwood, Mich., Sept. 29.—A1l 43 of the miners entombed in the Pabst mine of the Oliver Mining company are alive, company officials announce this afternoon. A statement by J. C. Barrett, of the Oliver Mining company, said tnat the men were all alive and that their rescue will be completed within a few hours. He said that members of the rescue party had talked to the miners. Ambulances, physicians and nurses f waited at the entrance of the mine for the men to be brought up. Re- ! moving them will take several hoprs, it was said. Ironwood. Mich. Sept. 29.—(United i Press) —Six daring rescue workers | risked their lives today in a perilous i ascent in the “G” Pabst Mine shaft, i hoping to reach th£ spot where 43 I miners have been entombed nearly ■ live days. _ iil ■ The newest rescue attempt was t rfiaife possible w hen a party of drillers i reached the “G” shaft at the 20th lev (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) COOLIDGE GETS PLEA FOR HELP Republican Leaders Prevail Upon President To Aid f *»***r»R»Y»* (U.£. Staff Correspondent) Washington. Sept. 29. — President Coolidge lias been prevailed upon by j republican leaders to take a n ore ' active part than he had planned in | the party battle to retain control of ■ congress. Republican scouts who have toured ■ the country have returned to the i white house with the information that | only the complete personal support of | the chief executive will brighten the hopes of party candidates in many sections whose chances are not as i I promising as public statements of [-campaign managers would indicate. Thus far Mr. Coolidge has not con I sented to make speeches but if the ! necessity becomes acute within the ’ ' next few weeks renewed efforts will be made to have him tak e the stump | in several states. He has agreed to use of his name i as the rallying cry. In virtually every state republican senatorial and congressional candidates have collab 1 orated upon the slogan: "Stand by the President." They have been promised full leeway in making their cam paigns upon the issue of "Coolidge! aud Prosperity.” '* Mr. Coolidge had given leaders to | understand that cabinet officers would be permitted to aid candidates and ' that they could consider the passive force of the administration hack of them, but that lie personally did not intend to make it a personal fight for retention of control ot congress. Shortly after the presidents return from White Pine Court however. Sen- ’ ator Willis, republican, 0., came with word that -he needed full hearted assistance of the chief executive. Later Senator McNary, member of the republican senatorial campaign committee told the president of the need of his name in the west i Then Chairman Phipps of the comi mittee went to the white house and later announced that "the issue is Mr. Coolidge.”

I /St. Joseph Schools Represented At Geneva The St. Joseph Catholic schools of this city were w.TT represented at the Gene Stratton Putter Memorial service in Geneva this afternoon. Those tepresenting the local Catholic schools were: Raymond Miller and Francis Wgrtzberger, seniors- Arthur Wemhoff and Gerald Smith, juniors; Mary V. Hyland and Carl Kohne, sophomores; George Foos an.l Anthony Murphy, freshmen: Leo Dowling and Mar cellus Miller, eight grade; Edna Minch and Mary Ann Ixise, seventh grade. AIMEEIH JOYOUS MOODATHEARING Evangelist Claims That Flans Os Her Persecutor Have Failed By Lincoln yuarberg (Unittd Press Staff Correspondent) Los -Angeles, Sept. 29—(United Press) —Aimee Simple McPherson was in a joyous mood today as she faced the third day of her preliminary hear ing on charges of conspiracy to de feat justice. "They have called on the carpenter, the grocer, the laundijman and the messenger boy to id - ntify me as the woman who occupied that horrid cottage at Carmel—but their plans hive failed,“ she said today "1 expect they wi l subpoena the icei-.an and the milkman next.” , The evangelist was referring to yesterday’s session of court when none of six state witnesses were able to positively to identify her as the woman who occupied a bungalow at Carmelby th Sea' last May w ith Kenneth G . Oimiston. former rai'io man at Ange : . Brush Fire Threatens (’arson City. Nevada Carson City, Nev., Sept. 29—(United Press. —Five men have been bullied seriously and four homes destroyed by a brush and forest fire threatening Carson City, the capital of Nevada. The flames from the west swept to the outskirts of the city but early today a high wind blowing from that direction died down and fire fighters I were able to check the blaze before it reached the thickly populated re gions. The first is still spreading to the south of the city. Sparks from the fire started many small blazes and fire hoses were laid to the capitol building. TOWNS PLANNING FOR BULL SPECIAL i Wren and Ohio City Making Plans For Special Train On Erie Next Month I Wren and Ohio City are making elaborate peeparations for the Better Bull Special train which will be run over the Erie railroad in October. The train will make an all day stop at Wren on October 25, and Ohio City 'on October 26. It is reported that 'the train is very similar to the one run over the Erie lines in Indiana in 1924. Those in charge of arrangements at Wren and Ohio City are as follows: Wren -General chairman. Dan Myers; secretary, Otto Gehres; finance committee, Dan Myers, M. F. Kreischer, and Otto Gehres; advertising committee, Glenn. K. Rule, O. J. Feigert and F. W. Bowen; program com(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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BfLOVED WRITER IS HONORED BY HER HOME TOWN Gov. Ed Jackson, French Quinn, Dore B. Erwin Deliver Addresses THOUSANDS ATTEND MEMORIAL SERVICE (i<ne Stralton Porter’s own neighbors and friends and mroe than 1,500 Adams county school children paid an undying tribute to her memory at her own home town ot (ieneva, this afternoon. It was Geneva's and Adams county's part in the national week conunemorating the work of the famous author, who lived and wrote in this countv. School children raised their voices in praise of Mis. Porter and an appropriate program, including talks Governor Ed Jackson. French Quinn and Dore B. Erwin, was carried out during this afternoon. Visit Limberlost Cabin Governor and Mrs. Jackson arrived in Geneva at 11 o’clock this morning and spent the remainder of the morning visiting places made famous by Mrs. Porter’s stories. The Governor and his wife and a committee composed of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Cross, of Geneva, Dr. and Mrs. Harry Jones, of Berne, Mr. and Mrs) D. B. 'Erwin and Mr. and Mrs. French Quinn, of Decatur, visited Limberlost Cabin. Mrs. Jackson was particllarly interested in visiting the famous haunts of the Hoosier author, because she has been a devoted lover of Mrs. Porter for many vears, and she wished to convey a vivid story of the Limoerlost to her own daughters. Geneva Band Plays The Geneva band opened the afternoon program at 1 o'clock with a concert. \ irgil D. Cross, of Geneva, had charge of the day's program. The speak, ng started at 2 o'clock. French Quinn, of this city, gave the welcoming talk, in away that only • Mr. Quinn can speak. Governor Ed Jackson delivered the _ i hts taMt largely on the fine l»ii—JWnot only this community, bill for the entire world. His talk will be com(COV’riMEI) ON PAGE TWO) 0 DAIRY DAY IS BEING ADVERTISED Hand Bills And Circulars Being’ Distributed Over This Territory The Advisory committee forth. Dairy Day celebration to be held here October 19, held a meeting at Industrial rooms last evening, every membe"present. The chairmen reported that the work is going forward as rapidly as possible and the plans are being worked out in a most satisfactory manner. Herman Myers, chairman of the advertising committee, is arranging to circularize the Bluffton stree: fair tomorrow. Cards are being printed now and. tousands of bills will be distributed next week, announcing tile event. The tins ice committee is busy with their campaign and wil! report Fri- : day evening. The program is being ■ carefully arranged and Mr. Din Beery, i of the barbecue committee, exp a :"s to . conclude his contract with a Kentucky > colonel within a day or 'wo. The n at- " ter of seeming tents was taken up tot nay will" a Foit Wayne eompany an I • this detail will b- taken care of. The i cammi'toe wil! ineot again Friday - evening i ’— Board Os Guardians i Will Meet Thursday ’l The Adams County Board of Guard ' aus will meet at the public library in this city at 4 o'clock Thursday as iternoon All members of the board are requested to be present.

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