Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 272, Decatur, Adams County, 17 November 1926 — Page 1

I WEATHER »] Mostly cloudy to|nigM and Thursday. ■ probably occasional +| -now. Colder tonight “j md in extreme east ■ portion Thursday.

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■UTO DRIVEN BY [princess ILEANA | HITS BIG TRUCK |] laughter Os Queen Os Rou- | mania Narrowly Ecapes Serious Accident ■ndIANAPOLIS AWAITS [visit or THE QUEEN I'Sllram! Park, 111- Nov. 17.^11’nitPil ■>,.. Piincess Ileana. of T’minania averted a serious motor ■ miidnt here today when she lost of the auto she was driving it swerved into a huge truck. Th.- piincess was driving a roadHter starting her trip through IndiSina. to Indianapolis. She was accomMlt.med by a lady in waiting and two ■lscorts. >■ .\t a turn in the road Ileana was by a driving snow storm, control of her car and skidded Hquarely into the truck, going in the direction. ■ Prince Nikolas, who was driving an just ahead of Ileana the crash, swerved his car in the road and returned to scene of the accident. He found princess shaken but otherwise At his suggestion howshe relinquished the wheel to chauffer for the balance of the trip. Indianapolis. Ind.. Nov. 17—(Unit■Li Press)—Expectancy awaiting the of Queen Marie of Roumania lier party, citizens of Indianapotoday were brushing up on the of etiquette in the presence of ■ The queen will arrive from Chica■o by train at 5 p. m., Prince Nichrablas and Princess Ileana, making the Up ip by auto, are due in Indianapolis hour earlier. I A reception committee headed by General Win. 11. Kershner the Indiana National guard will ■neet Queen Marie at the station. J Another committee will go by auto ■o meet the prince and princess sev■tral miles north of the city. B Following a parade through downS ,IW " streets, the queen and her parwill go to the soldiers’ and saiimonument to leave a wreath in of Indiana’s war dead. ■.;■ At the city library she will be reby city officials and will be ■(resented with a latge bouquet. A ■look bearing the autographs of In■piana authors, and a pair of gold spun (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ■MRS. WILLIAM I ELDERINC DIES [Lifelong Resident Os Preble Township Dies Early This Morning I Mrs. William Elerding. 71, lifelong ■resident 'of treble township, died at ■her home northwest of this city at ■ ” o'clock this morning, after a long ■ illness. Death was due to complica- ■ tions. She became ill last May and. for ■the last several months, had not been Mabie to leave her home. I Qouise Bieberich Elerding was born Min Treble township, February 15, 1855. ■She received her education in the ■ Preble township schools and. in early jlife, she was united in marriage to ■William Elerding, who preceded her ■in death, September 26 1925. The following children survive; Mrs. |®2dward Meyer, of Fort Wayne; August ■Elerd:ng, of Preble township; So■l>h:a E)er<f;ng, rff Prebffe ■and Charles and Amelia Elerding, Mat home.. One brother Charles Bieber■ich, of Decatur, also survives, as do ■two grandchildren. ■ Mrs. Elerding was a member of the ■ Preble Lutheran church and, until ill- ■ ness prevented, she was a faitljful ■member. Funeral services will be held ■ Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock ■ (Standard time) from the home and ■ at 1:45 o’clock (Standard time) from ■ the Preble Lutheran church. Burial ■will take place at the cemetery near ■the church. -f

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I Schools Os Jefferson Township Give Program An educational week p: .gram was given at the Jefferson township school building last night by the pupils of the grades and high school. There were a large number of parents and other residents ct the township present. The program consisted of a debate vocal and Instrumental music, recitations, readings and dia.ogues. Olin Marsh, principal of the school, had charge of the program. Clifton Striker superintendent of the county schools, was present and gave a talk. DEMOCRATS TO PROSE ELECTION Alleged Irregularities In Recent Election To Be Investigated Indianapolis. Ind., Nov. 17. —(United Press)—Plans for a thorough investigation of reported irregularities in the recent election were being considered today by Democratic state leaders. '• The -Investigation was authorized at a meeting of the state central committee Tuesday at the Claypool. The Democrats determined to operate on a war basis, for state headquarters will remain open lyR. Earl Peters, state chairman, will leave for Fort Wayne today, but said he intends to remain in close touch with state headquarters as well as with Hie national party organization. Democrats expect to set out at once to gather data concerning election corruption ajid if there is sufficient material found, chargss will be lodged with the proper authorities. —— O" ' -•— W. 0, T. U, HOLDS FINE MEETING Unions Os Adams County Hold Get-Together Meeting In This City The W. C T. U. meeting, which was held at the Presbyterian church yesterday, was a decided success. The attendance was very good. Berne being represented by 12 ladies, Monroe by 2, and Kirkland by 6. Th reports from the state convention. which was held at LaPorte, Oct. 15 to 18. given by Mesdames Von Gunten and Oberlay. of Berne, and Hocker and Walters, of Decatur, were interesting, inspiring and educative. It was a getrto-gether meeting of the unions of the county and each union felt more enthused and more determined to become a 100 percent union after listening to these reports. The committee, domposed of Mesdames Bell, Rice, Runyon, Beavers and Walters, who recently visited the Fort Wayne Home for industrial girls, gave a full report. They recommended it as a worthy institution to be helped and suggested that a promiscuous shower of anything that can be used in any Christian home, be given it. The Union voted to give such a shower and decided that everything should be taken to the home of Mrs. B! J. Rice, 237 North Fifth street, by Tuesday, Nov. 23. Following are some suggestions as lo what to bring: Fresh and canned fruit, vegetables, jellies, towels, sheets and pillowcases, subscription for some good magazine, good books or money. Besides the reports and business session, the following numbers were given: Vocal Solo—Mrs. Clyde Butler Group of readings—Miss Dorothy Walters Vocal Solo—Miss Josephine Anderson. Saxaphone and piano duet Mrs. George Squier and daughter, Violet. At noon a sumptuous dinner was enjoyed by about 60 persons. Rev. Covert offered the prayer and the ladles of the church acted as hosteses, in a most hospitable fashion.

CUT ENGINEER FILES REPORT ON - PAVING PROJECT Preliminary Assessment Roll On Winchester Street Improvement Filed COUNCIL HOLDS REGULAR SESSION Objections and remonstrances against the preliminary assessments in the matter of the South Winchester street improvement will be heard by the city council on Tuesday, December 7. The city engineer reported the completion of the city’s share of the improvement to the council last evening. His report was approved and the preliminary assessment roll was filed. The assessments figure a fraction over $1.68 per front foot. The property owners pay for the cement sidewalks, curbs and about eleven feet on each side of the ni>in track along the street. The street was improved late this summer and was opened to traffic a few weeks ago. The cefiter of the street was improvefl by the township. No objections were filed against the preliminary assessments on the South Ninth street ornamental light improvement and the assessments were certified to the city treasurer for collection. A resolution ordering the issuing of $45.36 worth of Improvement bonds on the South Sixth street sidewalk improvement was passei and adopted. An appropriation for $434.61, to pay for the repairs and new anoltlons to the boiler in the heating plant at the city hall, was passer anr adopted. The petition for a street light at the corner of Russell and Winchester streets was granted by the committee. The finance committee allowed the bills and the meeting adjourned. o Prince To Dedicate Soldiers’ Cemetery Jerusalem t United 'PressY—vii'’Unv” slope of Mount Soopus. facing the Mount of Olives and Jerusalem the final resting-place of 2,400 English soldiers will be dedicated by the Prince ow Wales next April. The war cemetery has been established there by the Imperial War Graves Commission. More than half the soldiers buried there were members of the London regiments. r —o Building And Loan Assns., Show Gain Indianapolis Ind., Nov. 17.— (United Press)—Building and loan associations, of Indiana, with 377,000 patrons and total assets of $238,000000 Showed a gain in assets of 13.1 per cent during the year, according to figures out by the Savings and oLarf league of Indian ain convention here. Legislation regulating activities of “Fee-charging" associations, will be asked the nevt session of legislature, It was said Unidentified Man Murdered Gary, Ind., Nov. 17. —(United Prase) —Police of Gary today were attempting to establish the Identity of a murdered man whose body, well dressed, was found concealed in the underbrush neat a little used street here. Three anonvmous phone calls told authorities of the body but It was not found until two negro youths accidentally stumbled op It. O Superintendent Os Schools At Shelbyville Is Dead Shelbyville, Ind., Nov. 17.—(United Press)—A widow and one son today survive Alvin C. Kfrbey, 41, Superintendent of Shelbyville schools, who died of blood poisoning in the Major hospital here. Kirbbey had been Superintendent, of school since 1924, coining here from Mishawaka where he served as principal of the high school.

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Probe Os Indiana Politics Sidetracked Indianapolis, Nov. 17. —The investigation of Indiana politics was temporailly side tracked by the Marion county grand jury today while a number of other cases were taken up. More than 50 persons have been in jail awaiting grand jury action on various charges, some of them for nearly six weeks, while the political Inquiry was in progress. To' save these persons from unnecessary confinement, Prosecutor Remy asked that the grand jury temporarily delay further questioning of witnesses in the political investigation. SIX KILLED IN DOUBLE WRECK Wrecking Trains Crash Head-on Enroute to Scene Os Other Wreck Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 17.—(United Press)—Officials of the Louisville & Nashville railroad today were investigating a double wreck near Hendersonville, Tenn., last night in which six persons were killed and 27 injured. The dead are: Luther Payne Walter Frankes Chas, Davis, Mitchellville, Tenn. Buck Gautier, Mitchelville, Tenn. Robert Key, Fountainhead, Tenn. One unidentified. Five other men are in a dangerous condition and doctors say they have little chance of recovering. The first wreck came when the Paa American Limited, speeding to make up time, struck a motor car driven by Payne. The motor car was wrecked and 11 coaches of the' limited derailed. Wreck crews were immediately sent for and two railroad motor cars were sent out. one from Fountainhead district and the other from the Mitchelville district. Near Portland, Tenn„ |the two motor cars crashed head-on and were wrecked. Employes on both trains were plnnioned beneath the heavy cars and more than 20 were mjured, including the five who are not expected, to, live. CHINESE PIRATES ATTACK STEAMER Six Officers On British Sip Battle Forty Pirates, Killing Eleven (U. P. StafL Correspondent) Hong Kong, — Eleven Chinese pirates were killed and chief engineer Cormack of the British Steamship Sunning was wounded, it was revealed today. during an all night battle aboard the vessel during which six British officers with only two revolvers among them fought 40 pirates on the de?ks of the Sunning. It was feared today that some of the passengers or crew of the Sunning had been lost in heavy«seas after putting off in small boats to escape a fire which the pirates started amidships before they disembarked. A kidnapped British passenger named Lapsley still was missing today. Third Set Os Twins Arrives In Family Their third set of twins has come to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Van Pelt of Elkhart, Ind. The latest twins are knows as Louis and Lewis Mary and Magdalene are ten years old and Charline and Charles are five. Mrs. Van Pelt is one of a pair of twins are known as Louise and Lewis has two sets of twins in his ancestry. o Marion Boy la Killed Marion, Ind., Nov. 17. —(United Press) — Failure to notice the approaching car was blamed today for the death of Wayne Owen, 14, of Gas City. Owen was almost instantly Willed when struck by a car driven by Dr. F. A. Priest, city health ott.cer late yesterday.

STORM CAUSES TEN DEATHS ON EASTERN COAST < - ■ - - - Wind And Rain Storm Sweeps Northeastern States; Damage Is Great HOUSES INUNDATED BY FLOOD WATERS (By United Press) A wind and rain storm that swept the northeastern states yesterday caused 10'deaths, more than 50 injured, and left a trail of damage to property, reports from the dozen states affected showed today. In the New England States, New York, Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Delaware. Maryland and West Virginia. towns and mines were flooded, trees, walls and wires blown down, autos wrecked and shipping endangered. The deaths occurred in New England. where four were reported, New York, two and Pennsylvania four, due to traffic accidents on slippery Philadelphia streets. Heaviest damage w-as done in Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia. Scores of miners were driven from their homes by flood waters. Six men were entombed in a flooded mine near Hazleton, Pa., and had not been rescued today. A dam gave way above Forksville, Pa., and the town was inundated, houses and bridges being swept away. Heavy damage to late crops was reported tn all the sections affected. In Maryland, towns were isolated, crops damaged, wheat fields, bridges, roads and railroad tracks washed out k and literally scores of small vessels driven ashore or sunk on Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. At Philadelphia, barges 'frere capsized, a freighter was blown into a wharf. and rivers and creeks overflowed their banks, threatening to inundate many factories. Dwellers in the lowlands of western Pennsylvania were warned to be ready to leave their homes as the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers continued to rise. New England reported damage ■fra® nn (! ■” Many small vessels were wrecked. The U. S. coast guard cutter, Morrell was driven ashore at Provincetown, but her crew was reported safe. o Grand Jury Interviews Several Witnesses Today Approximately twelve witnesses appeared before the Adams ccunty grand jury today, The grand jury was busy all day, questioning witnesses concerning alleged law violations. No intimation was given Ms to the nature of the cases being investigated. Neither was it indicated how long the session of the grand jury will continue. The jurors convened Tuesday for organization purposes and started their questioning of witnesses this morning. Auto Strikes Bicycle Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. 17.— (United Press) —Russell Brown, 12, today was recovering from injuries received when he drove his bicycle into the path of an auto driven Henry Boring. He was not seriously injured. Trying to get out of the path of an oncoming car, Russell Stewart wrenched his knee and was taken to the city hospital for treatment. o Heating Os Homes With Artificial Gas Forseen Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 17. — (United Prees) —Heating of homes with artificial gas is forseen in the future by the Indiana Committee qn Public Utility Information. i According to a reporr made by the committee, Gas companies in several cities are already experimenting with the possibilities of gas, artiflcally manufactured, as a means of heating the home. The Northern Indiana Public Service company is now serving 19 homes in Hammond while the Citizen's Gas and coal company of Terre Haute is serving 11 with gas for heating purposes.

Missing Automobile Is Found; Was Not Stolen Oscar Yost has found his ford car, reported sto en from Sun Set park, Sunday evening. In fact, it never was lest. Some one else had talm the car to the pa k and Mr. Yost, learning of the fact, went out and got it. The disappear andb of the car had been reported. but the fa t that it was recovered was told to cue of the night men and 1 Chief Melchl still had it on his list Monday morning, Anyway the car is back home safe and every!jfdy is happy. TO DELIVED MAIL CHRISTMAS DAY 1 City And Village Carriers To Make One Delivery Christmas Morning Harry Flitzinger, Decatur postmast- ! er, has received orders from the Post Office department for the city letter carriers to make at one complete delivery in this city on Christmas morning, this year. This order applies to all cities and villages having free delivery service, but does not apply <o rural free delivery. There will be no delivery of mail in the ural sections on Christmas day. Last year, postal employes received a full day’s vacation on Christmas, but since the holiday falls on Saturday this year, it was deemed inadvisable to pernjit the mails to accumulate in the post offices from Friday evening until Monday morning. The post offices will be closed at noon his year, however. Post office officials urge that the public co-operate - wit h them in relieving the usual Christmas conges.ion of the mails by mailing Christmas parcels and greeting cards early. INJURIES MAY PROVE FATAL Condition Os Three Men Injured In Traction Wreck Remain Critical !” ti ri'f-;j) . I nA. / 'Untied p css) —All three of the men seriously injured in the traction freight train crash a half mile south of Poneto ear- 1 ly Tuesday morning are reported still in a critical condition today. Ernst Vermillion, of Muncie, motorman of the north bound car. who suffered severe bruises on his head which caused a concussion was found to have sustained a punctured lung caused by broken libs on his left side. John Hudson, of Muncie conductor on the north bound car who sustained a fracture cf the pelvic bone on his left side and other serious injuries remains in a critical condition. William Robbins, of Bluffton, motorman on the south bound car seems to be holding his own, but is still in a serious condition. Physician” stat'd that the outcome of the inpuries of all three men cannot be determined for several days. “Pig Woman” Expected To Testify Tomorrow , Somerville, N. J., Nov. 17.—(United Press.) —Unless she should suffer unexpected collapse. Mrs. Jane Gibson, leading state's witness in tliv HallMills trial, will be able to testify tomorrow in the Somerset county court-’ house, it was announced today at the Jersey City hospital, where she has been confined for ten days. Mrs. Gibson, the keeper of a pig farm, has claimed that she was an eye witness four years ago to the murder of Dr. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanof R. Mills, and her testimony is regarded as highly important in the effort to convict Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and Willie and Henry Stevens, charged with the double slaying. o Gary Man Is Electrocuted Gary, Ind., Nov. 17.—(United Press Edward Williams, 35. was killed at the Hobart Electric Light plant yesterday when a 3,200 volt charge of electricity passed through his Body.

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LONG SEARCH FOR LEADER OF HOUSE OF DAVID ENDED Twenty Michigan Policemen Raid Religious Cult Near Benton Harbor FACES CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CHARGES St. Joseph, Mich., Nov. 17. (United Press) —Question over the validity of bond posted for freedom of Benjamin “King” Purnell, of the House of David, resulted in his recominittment to jail here this afternoon. Purnell had been released on $50,000 bail furnished by his cult with the $150,000 hotel as security. Benton Harbor, Mich., Nov. 17. — (United’ Press.) —A nation-wide search of three and one-half years for Benjamin Purnell, "King of the House of David,” ended here today when the fugitive was lodged in the local jaiL “The King” was captured in a sensational raid on the House of David by twenty Michigan policemen who broke into the grounds of the religious cult. Purnell faces statutory charges which resulted from stories of his relations with the young women of the cult. Wan ants for his arrest were issued shortly before his disappearance after a state investigation had resulted in an announcement by authorities that they had obtained such statutory evidence Submits To Arrest Quietly. Purnell submitted to arrest quietly and would make no statement, according to the officers. Positive identification of Purnell was made by Mis. Bessie Woodworth, a former girl ward of Piijnell’s. who with her husband. Emerald, accompanied the raiders. Rewards totalling $4,000, including $3,000 by the state, were outstanding for the arrest. The cult leader Is 66 years old and plainly shows the effects of an illness. Possibility that "King Ben" has been in hiding within the grounds nt rti?. i-y. w.-. entire his absence was discounted by tlie officers. At the time of Purnell's disappearance, one of the charges was that he (COXTIXVEn ON PAGE THREE) BIBLE READER HOLDS INTEREST Decatur People Continue To Show Great Interest In Halley Meetings The interest continued unabated in the union meeting last evening at the Zion Reformed church, when a good sized audience listened to Dr H. IL Halley read from the epistles of First Corinthians and Ephesians. A deep feeling prevailed during the worship period which prepared the audience to be in a receptive mood for the message of the evening. The speaker prefaced the readings by a succinct setting and summary of each. of. the letters, also bringing a personal appeal to cultivate a community of Bible readers through the regular program of the churches. He said there is a strong attempt to put the Bible into the public schools and, while we are concerned about that matter, it might be well to put the Bible in the churches. Some definite suggestions were given as to how to awaken a desire in the hearts of church people to read the Bible. Paul's first letter to the Corinthian church is one of the most important I letters in the New Testament, saul I Dr. Halley. In it, the apostle writes ! concerning many situations in the church demanding attention, such as parties which had risen, immorality, eating of meats which had been sacrifices! >to idols, spiritual gifts, the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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