Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 268, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1926 — Page 1

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“UNCLE JOE” CANNON ANSWERS CALL

Man Seriously Injured Jn Accident At Stone Quarry

INJURIES MAY PROVE FATAL TO 01 TO REPPERT Feet Catch In Revolving Shaft Os Stone Crusher; Clothing Torn Off NO WITNESSES OF ACCIDENT At 3 o’clock thia afternoon, Mr. Reppert was reported to be rallying slowly, but his chances for recovery were still indifinite. He remaines unconscious, but his respiration and heart, beat was improving. His collar bone was broken and he was suffering from concussion of the brain. Otto RepperJ, 48. formerly of this city, was seriously and probably fatally injured about o'clock this morning when ho was caught in a shaft of the stone crusher at his quarry on the Dave Gerber flfrni. in Blue ('.reek township, three miles south of I’leaSant Mills, in Adams county. Mr Reppert was caught in the shaft in such a manner that his I clothing was torn off of him and he received a severe shock. The exact cause of the accidpnt is not known, since there were no eye witnesses. No Witness Os Accident Jeff Crum, a partner of Mr. Rep-; pert, was at the quarry at the time of the accident, but did not sec* it. .'.2 found Mr Rpnnort ehnrfly the accident and rushed him to his home in Blue Creek township, where a physician was summoned. The attending physician stated this afternoon that little hope was held for Mr. Reppert’s recovery. The ex-1 tent of Its injuries is not yet known, i but he received a very severe shock and his body was twisted considerab’y. He was still unconscious at 2 [ o’clock. Formerly Lived Here Mr. Reppert and Mr. Crum conducted the stone quarry on the Gerber i farm. Mr. Reppert, until two years . ...Ji’.. -CM., .jV.i garage in this city, at the corner of I Nutman avenue and Eleventh street. He and his wife moved to Blue Creek township about two years ago. He is well known in this city and northern Adams county, having several relatives and friends here. He (CONTINUED OS PAGE SIX, NEW OIL WELL MAKES 50 EBLS. Well No.l on .Joe Peel Farm, East Os Berne, Comes In Strong This Week —-— Berne, Nov. 12.—Renewed activity took p’ace in the “Golden Lane" field, cast of Berne this week. Wei. No. 1 cn the Joe Peel farm, which was put in by Dad Randall and McKelvy, is the best well’in the field. It was unneces- • sary to shoot in, for soon after they reached pay sand, it filled up with 900 feet cf oil. It is a 50-barrel well Well No. 3 on the J. Hollenbacber farm was shot Tuesday morning at 11:00’ o'clock. At 1:15, there was' 600 feet cf oil in the hole, no water. Randall and Swartz are moving to No. 2 on the Joe Peel farm and Had Randall stated early that he intends to move to No. 4 on the J Bollenbacher farm early next Week. Grim Brothers shot the well on the Scott McDaniel farm Monday morning. The well is showing good, although they were forced to quit operation becatr»e of broken machinery. Two oil supply companies have been seeking for suitable rooms for some time. Th y are the Perico Supply Co. r t Payne, Ohio, and the National Oil and Supply Co. There a.e no vacant rooms in Berne. The Independent Torpedo Co. has alao_been seeking for a place to plant a magazine but so far bare net been successful.

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Vol. XXIV. Number 268.

C&tholic School Pupils Observe Armistice Day ■. . » Armistice Day was commemorated by the Catholic grade and high school pupils, Wednesday, in connection with i the program for National Education I | Week. The entertainment provided j I much entertainment tor the pupils, . who did not fail to show their appreciation. The program was as follows : The Day Saved Eighth grade A Leeson on Parochial Schools, Poos and Sorg The Night Before Armistice Boys 11 Armistice Day M. Schumacher "The Star Spaugled Banner” School MRS, IVA ASPY DIES AT HOSPITAL Wife Cf M. R. Aspy, Os Near Pleasant Mills, Dies This Morning Mrs. Iva Aspy, 52, wife of M. F. Aspy. residing two miles south of Pleasant Mills, died at tlie Adams County Memorial Hospital here at 6:30 o’clock this morning. Mrs. Aspy had been suffering with a complication of diseases for some time atid had been a patient at the hospital for five weeks. Mrs. Aspy was a daughter of William and Sarah Custer and was born in Mercer county, Ohio. June 8, 1874. She was a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan | University and taught in the high school at Parkersburg, West Virginia, I for several years. She also taught in I iiie schools of Adams county. She was HHsrried-te M. F Aspy .hwie 1, ' 1901. They resided at Geneva for several years, Mr. Aspy being postmaster there at one time. They have i resided at their present residence for the last eight years. Mrs. Aspy was a member of the Methodist church at Pleasant Mills. Surviving are the husband; three children. Mrs. H. L. Clark, of Fort Wayne, and Gerald and Delight Aspy, at home; one foster daughter, Inez (CONTINI ED ON PAGE SEVEN) CANDIDATES ARE LISTING EXPENSES All Candidates In Recent Election Must File Expense Accounts County candidates in the recent election have started filing their exI pense accounts in compliance with the law and many already have appeared at the county clerk’s offidpind Itemized the cost of their campaign. Three Democratic candidates for county offices . have filed - their accounts as follows: Ed Ashbaucher, $165.74; John Nel-1 son, $219.00; Harl Hollingsworth, $229.10. Candidates have until the second day of December to file their expense accounts and all candidates, whether successful, oa’not, must file their cost of campaign. Several township candidates have filed andTamong these, several candidates for assesses had no expense. Successful candidate for trustee of "■the 12 townships in Adams county are compelled by law to appear at the office of the county auditor before January 1 and receive their oath of office and give their bond. Through an error, several were of the opinion that trustees had to qualify before November 12 ; but County Auditor Martin Jaberg consulted the county attorney on the matter and a decision was reached that trustees had until January 1 to qualify. Several, however, already have qualified by receiving their oath of office and posting their bond. The treasurers of both Democratic and Republican parties also are compelled to file an expense account at the office of the county clerk. The Democratic treasurer, C. N| Christen, filed his account yesfierdgy, it being $1,102.07. »

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“Uncle Joe” Passes Away - -JBsamWw t ’■ .A '■ IP's * kV Sb Iv . - f I ff a v r. Jr ; 1 '■ ‘ — I A i ,1 Joseph Gurney Cannon

BANDITS LOOT LAPORTE BANK Five Bandits Get ‘530,000 Cash And $20,000 In Securities; Escape Laporte, Ind., Nov. 12. — (United Press.) — Five well-dressed bandits held up the People’s Trust and Savings bank here shortly before noon today and escaped, driving west in a touring car. The robbers, all of whom were unmasked, obtained between $20,000 and $30,000 in cash, bank officials estimated. Leaving their car in the street with the motor running, the five entered the bank with guns drawn. Four carried pistols, while the fifth was armed with a sawed-off shotgun. The bandits forced four customers and all bank employes into the cages and compelled them to lie on their backs. While the man with the shotgun (CONTINUED ON PACE SIX) MRS. BRAINARD DIES IN MICHIGAN Decatur Woman Dies Os Paralysis In Hospital At Traverse City Mrs. A. E. Brainard, 1315 West Monroe street, Decatur, died at 7:30 o’clock Thursday evening, in a hospital at Trave-se City. Michigan, according to a telegram received here this morning. Mrs rxinard had been a patient in the hospital tor the last several weeks, following a stroke of paralysis, which she suffered at Acme, Michigan where she and her husband had spent the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Brainard came to t)ecatur in 1919. Mrs. Brainard was past 70 years of age. She was a faithful member of the Presbyterian church in this city. Surviving are the husband one son Harley Lattis, who resides in Newport News, Virginia; and one brother, in California. Funeral services will be held in Traverse City, at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. It is thought that burial will be made in Michigan, since no word concerning the return of the body to this city has been received.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 12, 1926.

BULLETIN Bluffton high school’s Tigefs were leadin" the Decatur low Jackets at the end of the" first half of their game at Bluffton this afternoon, by a score of I 3-0. Both teams battled on even terms in the first quarter. ! At the start of the second peri iod. M. Baxter scored a dropkick from the 23-yard line, giv--1 ing the Tigers 3 points. N. Baxter of Bluffton, was preparing ’ ) attempt a kick from placement when the gun ended the second i quarter. Reynolds and Anade'l * were carrying the hall must of ♦he time for the Yellow Jackets. I o JURIES BRAWN FOR NEW TE« . Grand And Petit Juries For November Term Os Court Are Drawn l The juries for the November term of the Adams circuit court, which ' will open next Monday morning, have been drawn by the jury commiss:onI era, E. W. Johnson and M. L. Smith. I The members of the grand jury are: ' Julius Erhart, French township; i Jacob Ringer,’ Monroe, township; • Horace G. Edwards, Blue Creek township; John T. Myers. Decatur; Peter S. Blery, Wabash township: and Floyd B. Aspy. of Geneva. The members of the petit jury ■ are: Curtis Baker, St. Marys town- - ship; Rufus Hlrschy, Wabash townI ship; Sam Egley, Jecerson township: ; Henry M. Clark. Washington townJ ship; Roland A. Bailey, Union townJ ship; Edward Reppert, Preble town--1 ship; William E. Butler, Decatur; John F. Bilderback, Blue Creek towni shp; Henry J. Fuelling. Root townt ship; John R. Roth, French township; Earl Martin, Kirkland town- . ship; and Christian Bauman, Monroe t township. 1 0 i Teachers’ Institute 1 At Monroe Saturday r — s The regular monthly' teachers institute will bs held at the high school i bui'ding in Monroe Saturday. Prof, r Willis A. Fox, of Tri-State College. 1 Angola, will be the prlnc pal speaker. 1 The Rev. B. N. Covert, pastor of the > Presbyterian church of Decatur, will have charge of the devotionals.

REPUBLICANS AM INSURGENTS PLAN TO BURY HATCHET Republican Leaders Plan Peace Agreement to Keep , Numerical Majority BORAH LEADS IN PEACE MOVEMENT By Pau! K. Mallon (U. P. Staff Correspondent Washington, D. Nov. 12,—(United Press) —A peace agreement with insurgents is being planned by IJepublican leaders here to end the factional war which started with the break of the late Senator Robert M LaFollette from party ranks in the presidential campaign of 1924. The first step will be restoration of party lights to Senator Lynn Frazier, independent Republican. N Dak., who ousted with thiee others for participation in the LaFollette movement. The second step will be the installation of Senator Geo. Norris, Repn., Neb., "the trust buster" as chairman of the all-powerful Judiciary committee. Opposite of 1925 Action The peace is a complete reversal of the action taken in 1925 when Fraizer, the e’der LuFcl ette, now dead, Senators Ladd. Repn • N I), and Hrookhart. Henn . Ja., were deprived of committee . chairmanships and party privileges. It was necessary in order to preserve I the numerical majority of the party in the next senate. Action upon the issue was preoipita:ed by Senator Borah. Repn.. Ida., who wrote a letter to chairman Watson of the committee on committees urging that Republicans reconsider their “previous error in judgment” and give Frazier—the only one of the ousted quartet still in the senate—a rating j j as a Repn., juct as if nothing had hap- j pened. But even before Borah's missive i Republican leaders who never were in sympathy with the decision of the then party dicators, have been working to “end the war.” It is understood that Frazier already has been approached with an invitation to come into the fold. It is also understood that when Brookhart returns in the next congress, his privileges will be restored o YIELDS OF CORN PLOTS ANNOUNCED County Agent Completes Work Os Estimating Yields In Corn Club The cheeking cf yields cf corn grown by coin elv.b members of Adams county on their one acre plots has been completed. It has required a good share of the-county agent's time for the last four weeks to complete the work. In estimating yields, one hundred hills have been husked from each acre samples being taken from four differend representative places, ei-eli sample consisting cf 25 hills in one straight row. After the corn of one hundred hills is weighed the number of hills on the ac.e is ascertained by measuring the distance of planting. The moisture con tent is also estimated in o: der to allow for the drier condition of earlier corn. Richard Bryan, of Wabash township, who lives about four miles east of Geneva, ranked first in yield. His 100 hills weighed 255 pounds, crediting him with 114.7 bushe.Bjper a.ie. His blether Roger came in for second place with a yield of 114.1 bushels. Ivan (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

! Break Occurs In Textile Strike In Passiac, N. J. Pass ac, N. J., Nov. 12 —(United I Press) —Marking the first break in the textile strike which began over nine months ago, strikers were preparing today to return to their posts Monday in the plant of th? Passaic Worsted Sp nnlng Co., after a peaceful settlement. It was first concern to desert the combine of manufacturers which has stood as a unit in opposing the strike. The company recognized the Union and the right of collective bargaining while the Union agreed that the closed shops would not be demanded. DON OUINN TO OPEN LABORATORY Brother Os Decatur Man To Operate Box Testing And Designing Plant Don L. Quinn, brother of French Quinn, well-known Decatur citizen, has organized a company bearing his name, and will operate a box testing and container designing laboratory at 609 North LaSalle street, Chicago. Mr. Quinn, who was manager for the Research Department of the Chicago M 11 and Lumber Company for many years, will have personal supervision of the laboratory. Mr Quinn has purchased the laboratory equipment of the latter organization and will continue his work in designating safe packages and methods which has made his internationally known during the past few years. Regarding the openeing of the lab oratory, the Packing and Sh'pplng magazine, an international magazine of profitable packing, handling and distribution, has the following .to i say: “This step, by one of (he foremost authorities on this subject, presages well for the future of the new technical field in industry—the packing, handling and loading of merchandise. “While manager of the Research (CONTIM ED ON PAGE SIX) |OR. HALLEY TELLS OF EXPERIENCES Bible Reader Tells How He Was Inspired To Memorize Great Book An audience of about 500 people ’istened to Dr. Hal ey’s fifth recital at the Zion Reformed church last night. Dr. Halley, in his opening re marks, told how he was Inspired to memo:ize the Bible. He said in part: "1 was pastor of a church in the state of Michigan. I was advised by physi-cians-to discontinue the ministry because of failing health.then took up the work of building houses and digging basements. But I found this work to strenuous sc I entered the real estate business. I made a lot of money, but I a’so lost a lot of money—lost far more than I made. Reverses came and 1 was discouraged. 1 did not iffl derstand God. I felt as though God was my enemy. I had a wife and several c lildren who needed my support. I could not pray earnestly. Many times I felt like jumping in a lake, but for the sake of my children, who were dependent upon me, I did not do it. I then turned to the Bible. The unity of thought in that Book appealed to me. I tried to learn portions of it. but found it very difficult. Other reverses came and I was dispondent. I was ashamed to go to church because of my reverses. For ten years, 1 did not appear upon the platform. I was timid and did not care to face the people. I then arranged a definite schedule, learning a little portion of ' the Bible eve:y night for several hours. Now that 1 have mastered it, 1 feel that God meant it well with me. Whet 1 thought tn be my punishment was only my p-eparation for life’s work.” (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

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VETERAN U. S. STATESMAN DIES AT DANVILLE, ILL. Spent Long Term In National House Os Representatives NEARLY 91 YEARS OLD AT HIS DEATH Danville, 111., Nov. 12 (United Press) —Joseph Gurney Cannon, America’s “Uncle Joe,” tor half a century one of the nation’s foremost statesmen, died here shortly after noon today. Death came quietly, in contrast to the dynamic, vital life of the num America knew and dearly loved. The only semblance to the gaunt, bustling, fighting ex-speaker of the house of representatives was the strong bearded face. 91 Years Old Cannon’s body was wracked by almost 91 years of strenuous life, and weakened by a year of almost continuous illness, but he summoned enough courage to smile just before the end came. As the news trickled through the city that Danville’s first citizen had finally succumbed to the infirmities of old age, down Vermillion street, (on which the Cannon home stands out in almost as much relief as “Uncle Joe" stood out in a warm political fight) they came. They were Cannon’s friends. Everybody here was a friend of Joe Cannon. Some walked, a few rode in limousines, but the majority piloted rather creaky automobiles — just plain American .citizens who Jiked “Uncle Joe" because he was plain. They were told there was nothing to be done. But they gathered around in little groups to talk. "Remember that time Uncle Joe put over the McKinley tariff bill. He sure socked ’em there." came from one group. “Yep. I helped put him in; let’s pee — wa l. it was several times and I’d do it over again," came from another. And they recalled the terrible tie Cannon’s family had with hitn about clothes. .. , Ir < ■ ... <!:•> overcoat incident: Miss Helen Cannot once decided that her father needed a new overcoat. Realizing that he wouldn’t pay over sls for one, «he went to a store, paid $35 on a SSO eoat and maneuvered th'ngs so “Uncle Joe” could buy the coat for sls without his knowing (CONTIM Hit ON PASS EIGH T, FRANK BURGER EXPIRES TODAY Aged Decatur Man Dies This Morning After An Extended Illness Frank Burger, 91, well known resident of Decatur, died at his home on North Second street at 4 o’clock this morning. Mr. Burger had been in tail ng health for the last three or four years, suffering from a complication of diseases due to his advanced age. . Mr. Burger was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 12. 1835. He came to Decatur about 55 years ago and was married to Clara E. Kern, 53 years ago. Mr. Burger bought and sold horses for many years, retiring several years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Burger resided on a farm near Salem for some time. The deceased attended the Evangelical church. Surviving are the widow - and three! children: David, of Jackson, Mich.; Alva, of Union township; and Mrs. Abraham Boch, of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at the home at 1:15 o’clock and at the Evangelical church in this city at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Rev. R. W. Loose, paster of the Evangel’cal church, wil’ off'eiate at the services. Buriat will be made in the Decatur cemetery.

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