Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1926 — Page 1

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PORTLANF) BANK ROBBERS STILL JT LARGE TODAY Police And Special Deputies Continue Search FoV “Comic Opera" Bandits >0 NEW < LI ES AKE I NCOVEKED [■ Hand. Ind. Oct. 1. -(United In > Tlie “comic cpera” bandits witli goggl** B - false mustaches and 4e:by bats who held up the First Na tional bank here* ye terday and estap,.,! with $25,000 in a flashy gray touring car were still at large today. P.lice and special deputie.- who • earihed suirounding farms in quest' , t > possible biding place for the ban dit car returned today with no new I itland. Ind. Oct I—(United Pre<j With tew definite (lews to woik n. detectives and Jay county officials today continued their search for the four bandits who robbed th-j Fi:st National Hank of Portland of .Koo in a daylight holdup yesterday. J. V. Ashcraft, cashier, and other empl ye- and customers who were in th< bank were unable to give an ac.urate description of the pandits. Ash raft said they were young men. It was at first reported that the ban dits tied west from Portland but later believed to lie that of rhe robbers was seen southeast of Portland speeding toward the Ohio state ime A-hi raft was dealt a etunning blow i with the but end of re vol ver when be attetnped to resist the outlaws and other persons in the bank wer,. herd ed into the vault with a warning to ‘step lively and keep quiet.” It. E, PASTORS IN CORNU ORGANIZE Dr. Light, Os Decatur. Elected President Os County Organization Ministers of the seven Methodi t churches in the county organized, re cently, into a county organization, and will hold meetings every two weeks, a. -rirding to the present plans The organization was the outgrowth of up meetings which the sevijl Me tie (list churches have been holding In the organization meeting, the Rev Somerville Eight. D. D.. pastor of the Decatur church, was elected president of the organization and the Rev F. A Shipley, of Pleasant -dills, was elected secretary-treasurer. The meetings wi’l be held at the various places where the churches are located. There are seven charges in thi- county under Methodist supervision, three of them be ng circuits. They are Decatur, Geneva. Pleasant MP’s Salem, P.obo circuit, Geneva circuit, and Decatur circuit. The pastors are planning some interesting meetings for the coming months and all ate ol lhe opinion that the new organization will form a dos-1 er link between the seven Methodist charges.

Daily Democrat To “Cover” World’s Series The Daily Democrat, following its annual custom, has made arrangements to give its readers a three-told report ol the world's baseball series, starting Saturday. Oct. 2. between the New York Yankees, champions of the American League, and the St. Louis Cardinals, National League champions. A special wire, direct from the playing field, will be furnished to this newspaper by the United Press, giving complete play-by-play reports. These reports will be relayed to the Daily Demott’al patrons by means of bulletins in the window, answers to telephone inquiries and complete details in the regular edition ol the paper, which will be on the street shortly after the end of each game. The first twb games will be played in New York, October 2 and 3, and the next three games in St. Louis, October 3, 6 and 7. If more games are necessary, they will be played in New York, October 9 and 10. The games are scheduled tor 1:30 p.m. standard time. The play-by-play reports will be handled by Henry L. Farrell, sports editor of the 1 nited Press. In addition, there will be special stories, features and sidelights written by I nited Press staff writers. Ihe Daily Democrat telephone number is 1000.

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President And Mrs. Coolidge (iuests At Buvky Harris’ Wedding Warltngton, Oct. 1— (United Press President and Mrs Coolidge will attend the wedding here this afternoon lof ' Bur ky Harris, manager of the Washington baseball club of the American League, and M.ss Elizabeth , Sutherland, daughter of alien propertv custodian Howard Sutherland, it was announced at the White House today. President Coolidge and Sutherland are old friends I Harn s. and his bride plan to go to New York for the opening games of I the world's series. 0. E. SUTTLES IS CALLED BY DEATH Former Decatur Mau Dies At Home In Mansfield, Ohio, This Morning Charles E. Suttles. 67, a brother of Mrs. C. 1 Walters and an unde of A. D. Suttles, of this city, and a forhier resident of Decatur, died this morning at his home in Mansfield, Ohio. The telegram received here by relatives did not state the cause of death, but it is thought that death was due to bowel trouble, as Mr. Sut- . Iles became ill with that ailment about a week ago. Mr. Suttles and his wife visited relatives here recently, returning to hi.s home in Mansfield a week age He appeared to be feeling well at that time, but a left. - received from his family this week seated that he be(came ill immediately after arriving home and was confined to hi bed tor two days He was able to gi. up town the middle r.f the w’cek. however, and | the news of his death came as a shock • tc relatives here. Mr Suttles was a son of William and Eliza Suttles and was born near the Union Chapei church, east of this city. His \father died when Charles was a baby. His mother later was marICOVn.MED ON I’ U.K THREE! O ts <)i iiLi'tiu'it riv ana Hiiiot New York. Oct. I—(United1 —(United Press ! Senator Guy V. Goff, republican. West Virginia testified in the Harry M. Daugherty Thos. W. Miller conspiracy trial today that it was he who passed through the attorney general's office th,, claims under which $7,060,000 American Metal company assets were paid by the alien property custodian to German and Swiss interests represented by Richard Merton of Frankfort. Germany. New Arrest To Be Made In Hall-Mills Case Jersey City. N. J, Oct. 1. —(United Press.) —A new for murder will be made in the Hall Mills case, Pat rick Hayes, chief investigator for Prosecutor Alexander Simpson, told newspapermen today. Hayes said the arrest will be made soon, on new information obtained by the state, but insisted that the information had no bearing on the statement made by Henry Dickman, former state trooper investigating the case.

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J. J. Helm Gives Graphic Description Ol Hurricane Former Decatur Man Tells Os Destruction And Havoc Caused At Miami Beach. Florida, By Harricane; Wind Blows Roof Off Their House; Tide From Ocean Sweeps Across City; Believes City Will Rebuild Bigger And Better.

An interesting and graphic description of the hurricane which struck the southern part of Florida, recently, causing hundreds of deaths and pro perty loss estimated in the hundreds of millions, is.contalned in a letter written to the editor of the Daily Democrat by J. T. Helm, of M ami Beach. Florida Mr Helm is a son of L. C Helm, of this city, and formerly resided here He and his family were in the thick of the storm, but luckily, escaped uninjured. No word was received

FORMER DECATUR YOUTH IS DEAD Timothy Corbett, Jr., Dies At Fort Wayne After Short Illness Timothy Corbett. Jr . 23. son of Mr. and Mrs Tim Corbett ot Fort Wavne. and former Decatur resident, died at Fort Wavne at 6 o'clock this morning after a short illness. Death was caused by an ulcer of the stomach The young man had been in this city just last week and. later in the week, he he■fame i 1 and was taken to a hospital. An operation was performed, but. since that time, his condition gradually became worse until death relieved him this morning. Timothy Corbett. Jr. was born in this city He received his education in the local Catholic school and later) moved with his parents to Fort Wayne where he spent the remainder of his lite. — • Besides the father and mother, his wife and three-month-old baby survive. The following brothers and sisters also survive; Mrs. Fred Fallen kamp, of this city: Francis, Walter, John, Mabel. Lucille and Eileen of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will probably be held in Fort Wayne Monday, hut the plans have not yet been completed. Mr Corbett was a member of the Catholic church. of Fort Wayne Demurrer Os Decatur Bank Is Sustained Bluffton, Oct I.—ln the case of the State on relation of Etren H Wolcott, state bank examiner, ve The Bank of Tocsin, a suit for appointment of a receiver, the court sustained the demurer of the receiver. The Old Adams County bank of Decatur, to the petition of Trustee George W. Todd of Jefferson township for payment of claims for funds of the township held in the Tocsin bank as a depository Au exception to sustaining the action of the receiver was filed bv Trustee Todd. Mr. Todd seeks to get the funds deposited in the bank in order to complete payment on the new Ossian school building. G. E. EMPLOYES RECEIVE AWARDS Nine Employees Os Local Plant Awarded For Suggestions Offered Nine employes of the Decatur plant of the General Electric company received cash awards for Suggestions male during the three weeks from August 30 to September 20, it was announced today. The awards ranged in cash value from $5 to S4O, Floyd Bax ter, of the local plant, received a S4O award for his suggestion of salvaging ot scraps of solder. Earnst Lake received $35 for a sug estion regarding a tool attachment to reamer of bearings eliminationg an additional operation for contersinging Merle Sheets received a sl2 awgjd for suggesting a guard for separating shavings from the finished products. Winners of sls awards in the Decatur plant were: Charles Miller; James Ward; Emory Hawkins; Clarence Brunegraph and three other employes of the plant were awarded $5 in cash for suuggestions.

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here from them for several days after the storm and relatives were alarmed about their safety. Following is Mr. Helm's letter: 11 "Dear John I "Just had a letter from my father I telling me of your efforts to locate us, I most certainly appreciate this j l John, and also want to thank you for assurance to our friends that we were o. k . and that impaired wire service held up our telegram "How we ever came through it all without serious injury is nothing short of a miracle. 1 "We had been warned for two days IVONTINITSn ON FA«R TWO) BERNE FILLING STATION ROBBED I Loot Valued At SSOO Taken 1 Last Night; Thieves Traced Into Ohio Loot valued at SSOO was taken by robbers from th,- Eastern Indiana Oil j and Supply company filling station, - at Berne, last night. None of the loot was cash, but more than 30 new automobile tires and other accessor- . les were stolen f The thieves drove up in an automobile sometime during the night and » mad*- a clean getaway Officials, this ? morning, traced the thieves into Ohio and. at present, are making efforts to identify them | The station is owned by W I. \\ Stuckey of Berne Ihe theft ■ was discovered this morning when * the station was opened by Mr. Stuckey, and police officers were I notified at once. A posse of men left at once to follow the trail into Ohio, and it is thought that the thieves will be apprehended. s HANOVER COLLEGE STUDENTS STRIKE )- B Student Body Protests To Ruling Keeping Coeds In After 6 P. M. Hanover, Ind., Oct. I.—Officials of Hanover college caoitulated today to striking students and I moonlight strolls of men students I with coeds along the banks of the Ohio river will again have faculty sanction. I After a two-hour conference with the entire faculty, President Millis informed a committee of fiv e upper classmen that the ruling prohibiting coeds from leavings their houses after 6 p. m., except for faculty supervised social events, would be withdrawn. Students will not be penalized for cutting classes during the strike and classes will be resumed I- (| Monday. pHanover, Ind., Oct. I.—(United Press)—Rebelling against faculty actlon in reviving an old r illing prohibit ing coeds from leaving their resD g deni es after 6 E . M., Practically all of 300 students at Hanover college were on strike today g The students voted to refuse to atr tend classes when Mrs. William Al s fred Millis, Dean of women and wife e of the, pr esident, announced the rule, which had not been enforced for more , than a decade, would be strictly ad(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

DEMOCRATS TO OPEN CAMPAIGN SATURDAY NIGHT Evans Woollen And Arthur Hamrick To Speak At Big Rally Here TWO BANDS TO FURNISH MUSIC The Woollen Hamrick reception j committee is requested to meet at Democratic headquarters Saturday night at 7 o’clock. Plans have been completed for the opening of the Adams county Demo cralic campaign in this city tomorrow night, when Evans Woollen. Democratic short term senatorial candidate, and Arthur Hamrick, demorcatlc candidate for secretary of stale, will i speak in the court room of the court house at S o'clock The meting will by public and both men and women are cordially invited to attend the meeting. Two bands have I been secured to play for the occasion. The General Electric band will furnish the music prior to the meeting, in front of tbe court house, the concert starting at 7:15 o'clock. The Decatur Boys' band has been secured to play inside the court house while the people ate gathering. Delegations are Coming Delegations from every township in the county have signified their inten tion of attending, and a large crowd is anticipated. The meeting will be of special interest to all voters, because Mr Woollen will explain in detail his program of constructive legislation, and his platform. Mr. Hamrick will discuss tbe state platform, in a short address preceding Mr Woollen's talk R Earl Peters, former Decatur resident, and democratic | state chairman, said yesterday in a KKjMMHIIN Ift.W Chairman Dick Heller that he would attend the meeting. Mr Peters will arrive from Fort Wayne about >: 30 o’clock, and Mr Woollen ami Mr Ham rick will arrive about 6 o’clock. They will be at headquarters before the program starts, and all persons are invited to come up to headquarters and meet the two candidates. Dore B. Erwin, of this city, will introduce Mr. Woollen, the principal speaker of the evening. The county candidates will be introduced to those attending the meeting. The speaking will start promptly at 8 o’clock and the messages will be well worth hearing. Everyone is cordially invited to attend MINERS“GATCH IIP" ON SPORTS Men Who Spent Six Days In Wrecked Mine Are In Good Condition Now Ironwood, Mich., Oct. I.—(United Press) -Every man of tire 43 miners, who were entombed for six days in the Pabst mine here was reported in ‘‘remarkably good condition” today, by Dr. W L. Macanni, who was in charge of the first aid staff at rescue headquarters. ('apt. Thos. Thewartha. veteran shift boss.whose leadership is credited with maintaining excellent health of the men was resting easi’y, as was Leonard Uren, former salvation army worker who turned miner Uren led the captives in religious exercises during tlieir imprisonment. All miners enjoyed their first untroubled .sleep in their own homes for the first time last night. They had been kept overnight in a local hospital for observation on tire night of their ’ rescue. • Chief interest today was in’catching up on sporting events which they had missed.

| Lower Prices On The Necessary Commodities Greatest Need Os Farmei Scottsburg, Ind , Oct. I—(United1 —(United Press)—The greatest need of th>farmet* is for lower prices on the commodities he must buy, Albert | Stump. (V-mocratlc senatorial nomi nee, declared here yesterday in open ing the campaign in Scott county. Stump blamed republican policies for the farmers' troubles, saying that ' while business and industry had pros pered during the last five years, values of farm property dropped 40 per cent. o— GREAT BRITAIN TO COOPERATE British To Aid U. S. In Fight To Check Rum Running From The Bahamas Washington. Oct. I—(United1 —(United Press Great Britain has agreed to cooperate with the United States prohibition authorities in checking rum-run-ning from the Bahama Islands and other British ports. In announcing that the British government had accepted the suggestion made at the recent London confer ence for administrative cooperation for prevention of illicit liquor trade,” State Department officials emphasized that the new agreement is not a treaty. No text was made public. It is understood that the British goverment has voluntarily relaxed some of its port regulations to facilitate speedy entry of American rumchasers, and that it will exercise more care in granting ships papers to suspicious craft. But Britain is believed to have retained the right to cancel the new regulations if and when she desires. The new “uggestions” became effecday. They are supplementary regu five Sept. 29, it was announced tolations in addition to the British American liquor treaty and, in the view of the administration, do not require ratification by the senate. r There was some suggestion today that the senae may insist upon see-1 t hongh a r imflar suppil mentaf a ment with Canada a year ago was not questioned Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews, dry czar, headed the American lielegation to the special London conference which drew up the agree ment on July 27. o George Yake To Have Hearing On December 14 George Yake. of Adams county, who was arrested several weeks ago by federal prohibition agents on a charge of violation of the prohibition law, entered a plea of not guilty when arranged in federal court before Judge Thomas W. Slick, in Fort Wayne, this week. Yake’s case was set for a heat ing on December 14. J. William Bowers Dies At Memoral Hospital J William Bowers, 75, residing near Monroeville, died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Death was due to hemorrhage of the lung. Mr. Bowers was brought to the hospital for a major operation about t wo weeks ago ami recovering from the operation when the hemorrhage occured. Mr. Bowers is survived by a widow and several children. The body was removed to his home yesterday evening. Jacob Sommer W ins Bronze Medal In Ton Litter Club ’ Another Adams county farmer will I be awarded a bronze medal by the Ind . iana Livestock Breeders Association for having a litter ot pigs to a total • weight ot' 1,777 pounds in 180 days > Jacob Sommer, Wabash township farI mer, living northeast of Geneva is 1 credited with this accomplishment, r His litter of nine cross-bred Chester White-Poland China pigs were weigh 5 ed at the age of exactly 180 days, last 1 Wednesday, Their average weight being 197 pounds.

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BASEBALLCLASSIC IS SCHEDULED TO START TOMORROW Demand For Reserved Seats Far In Exc es s Os Available Seats TEAMS HOLD FINAL WORKOUTS TODAY Washington, Oct. I (I'nited | Press) ('.has. Mitchell, I S. weather forecaster here, who accurately predicted wetness tor | the Dempsey Tanney bout, held out today the possibility of showers for the world's series I opening at New York tomorrow His report for eastern New I York, as issued at 9:30 a.m., today said: “Partly cloudy tonight; warmer in central and north portions. Saturday partly cloudy and warmer; possibly showers in northern portion Fresh southeast shifting to south winds." Uncertainty Prevails New York, Oct. 1 rfnited Press) Showers were forecast today for the opetlinr game of the world series. The weatherman heaping uncertainty upon a dearth of tickets for reserved seats, jammed hotels, scalper's prices and Babe Ruth’s swollen ankle. The New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals, champions of the American and National Leagues, respectively. will clash at 1:30 p. m., eastern standard time, in Yankee stadium tomorrow afternoon for . the world's championship of the baseball world, if Jupiter Pluvius doesn't cut up. and maybe if he does In this connection, the weatherman (covriM eh ox c»<;e three* MUSICIAN FREED BY JURY VERDICT Defendant In Sunday Dance Case At Hartford City Hartford City, Oct. I—After less than three hours delibi ration, the jury, who throughout the day Wednesday heard the case of the state vs. Eddie Land, of Elwood, charged in the Blackford circuit court with Sabbath desecration, returned a verdict of not guilty Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. The point at issue for the jury to decide was whether or not Eddie Land, the defendant, was guilty of following his usual avocation when Ire played in an orchestra for a dance at the Adelphia Gardens on Sunday, August 22. Land was charged in the affidavit with Sabbath desecration and the jury held that Ire was not guilty because he was not following tris usual avo ration or vocation. In his instructions to the jury, Judge Simmons stated: "A person cannot have mor? than one vocation. The word avocation as used in the statute means vocation." Judge Simmons in defining the word vocation, stated that it meant the following of one’s usual occupation or business. Judge Simmons stated that if a verdict of guilty was rendered the punishment should be fixed as a fine of not. less titan one dollar nor more than ten dollars. He stated that no imprisonmet could be recommended as the law would not perm t it because the case at issue was a misdemeanor of the smallest character." Whether or not the finding of the . jury will end the concentrated fight against Sunday dancing at the Adelphia Gardens which lias been coni ducted during the past months by a group of Washington township farm- ! ers is not known. There are yet reI maining several similar cases, charging Sabbath desecration, pend ng in the Blackord circuit court against various orchestra members and musicians who during tbe past weeks have played or Sunday dances at the pav'lion and who were arrested and found guilty in the court of Squire Pierce. Their cases were later ap(CONTINI ED ON PAGE FIVE)

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