Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1927 — Page 1

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I Streets Os Shanghai Patrolled By French Sailors

■ SITUATION GROWS j TENSE FOLLOWING | OF CITY 9 Rebellious (hinese Sailors S Shell Shanghai; French S Warships Halt Fire 9 CITY VIRTUALLY IN I 1 4ATMH i mukgeacy 9 Slianghai. 22. (I nited U Press) ' 1 '.Ji. i-n troops were B itir.viim i" Shanghai tonight. B following the brut shelling B n; the city by (.hinese sailors, » landing parties ol French sailors caine ashore and armed B parties tonight w. re patrolling B the streets. B French war ships compelled the ('.hinese • sailors Io cease firing. BS Shanglii. Feb. L'“. - (United Pre»«t MH - iiebelli. ci S iilors aboard a B Wurnhip ai oh • 'he water front 89 sirl.'-l ShaiiaSi ' 'lay Old the soldiers of Marshal Si: (hilar Emit: replied HB tith (ksnlt'iry imuhin* gun fire. ■B Shells fnuii lie v.arship struck the HB French <on . 0.-i pa-sed thro >iO |H (so houses, Inn n casualties were B reported BB Shanghai was virt i.dlv in a state o; SB wrget. y l'.i ecniug agitators wer ■H rampint anriis the scores of thousB arils of idlers who stopped work in BB compliance with rhe general sMk. ■ riiT isst? 1 ■' wek Chinese po'i i ■ today were endeavoring to tocroit -to BB extra ntmh'TS I the constabulary. ThrBB situation was tense. H Foreign volunteer defenders were f ■ mobilized 'alien the warship opened S fir ' ■ The authorities in the French and B international s. ttlei.u nts took all preBh cautions ior the defense of the arenBr from Dob violent ". ’n addition to mob- ■ dilution of foreign vobm’cers, police ■ guards were posted at aii entrances MC I . fiV l. S’ C; 1 H toi the defense of th barbed wire erj tantletnents on the mac. avenues leadI tag to the Chinese city. (I — • -• I—. Sheets Funeral Held Here This Afternoon Funeral services were held this asI ternoon tor Satnueel P. Sheets, of tl.is city, who died at the St. Joseph hosPita! in Fort Wayne. Saturday eventag. The Moose lodge had charge of tae services at the cemetery. Buial *as nade at the Decatur cemetery. Medical Society To Meet Friday Evening The Adants County Medical Society , * 1 hold a meeting at the Adams ' W'inty Memorial Hospital at 8 o’clock • rtday evening, February 25. Dr. C. • Raji wi,l have a paqer on the subM’t. “Surgery of Delay.” AU members are urged to be present. METHODISTS TO hold ccnference • Wiant, District superintendent to Preach Here Wednesday Night lh J lle Quarterly conference of ' ; will be held at the First Metlieinnt, Ch " rCh> Wednes<l ay night, bek lg at 7 °’ c!ock - This will be confer 88 l ’ hUrCh fam P y Uhatlerly chore eM ' e ’ arid all fimilies in ‘ he will rt'r" 6 “ rged t 0 atten(i - Dr Wiant a sermon, The annual rethe varl °us departments of "" d “'"‘ Prenrr. , qUartf ' rly cc ' n[er «“uce will b... ’o be 'h°?i t 0 3 dlstrict conference church ml in r t ? e Sim P son M Jl- - m '' ayne ’ Thursday and P | , PrederiCk Le6te - cf uutss nu <• adtir ess the laymen’s B °h church'Th° ”a he ' d ‘ n the S‘ mi> * night. "S

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'United Brethren To Have Special Services Sunday Sunday will be a r.pecial day til the United Brethren ehutch in this city. Special emphasis is being placed on the attendance for the church service. The Zimmerman orchestra has been secured to render special music for the morning services. In the eyening, a special musical program has |>een arranged. Talented • musicians of the county have been I secured to give an exceptionally fine I program id the evening service which I will begin at. 7 o’clock. OBSERVE BIRTH OF WASHINGTON I Banks Closed; Memorial Programs Held In Schools; Flags Displayed Banks throughout the country w»re closed today in observance of the birth of Oeorge Washington. Local bankr joined with all other financial institutions pnd were not open for business .31! day. Schools held memorial programs and Decatur dressed up for the occa-, sion by displaying American flags along Second street. Live stock and stock exchange markets throoghou* the country were closed, while in many communities a general holiday was observed. The Catholic schools in this city were closed today, also N'o special program was held in Decatur, except in the various where appropriate Stings and recitations composed the programs. o —- [State Senate Pauses In Memory Os Washington Indianapolis,’ Ind.. Feb. 22 —(United Press)—The state senate paused for a half an hour in its work today for services in memory of the birthday of George Washington. Eulogies were delivered by Sen. . .Renublican, Indianapolis, and Sen. Curtis Shake. Democrat, Vincennes. LARGE NUMBER ENTER CONTESTS Many Entries Being Received For County LiteraryMusic Contests A i’arge number of entries are being received each day from the various high schools in the county for the annual county high school liter-ary-music contests, which will Ire held sometime in April. Each school is permitted to enter each contest. No preliminary contests will be held this year. The contests will be held on a day and night, two consecutive days or two consecutive nights. The dates ws’.l not be selected until after the entries have been received. The contests will be held at Berne this year, it being the custom to alternate the contests between Berne and Decatur, and last gear’s contest was held in Decatur. Judges will be secured from outside the county. All contestants in each contest, must use the same subject or selection. In the reading contest, each contestant must read, “The Death D'sc,” afld in the oratorical contest, each contestant must use the subject, “The Secret of Progress.” The committee in charge decided that this would be the best method of determining the winners. Each school rhay enter contestants in the essay and short story contest, and the manuscripts will be sent to Indiana Uni- ’ versify where they will be graded. Admission charges of twenty-five and thirty-five cents will be made. There will be no individual awards this cear, bn*i a pennant will be awarded to the winning school in each event. A large wall banner will be awarded to the school scoring the largest number of points in the contests.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 22, 1927.

REAPPORTIONM'NT FAVORER IN HOUSE Legislative Reapportionment Bills Passed To Second Reading Today ! i Indianapolis, Feb. 22 —(I'nit- ■ ed Press) The senate today ac- ' cepted without Conmient a report of judiciary B committee recommending passage of the] I larrison public service com- j mission bill. The bill would call for ratification of appointment of commission members of the state senate and would set terms at two years instead of four. Indianapolis, Ind. % Feb. 22 —(United Press) —Tile Indiana house of representatives today made short work of the legislative reapportionment bills and passed them on to second reading Party lines were generally observed although some Republicans, including Rep. John Hughes, efiairman of the elections committee, voted in support of the minority report to postpone the measures indefinitely. Representation in several counties in the northern part of the state would be increased by the proposed reapportionment of senators anil representatives. Three Democratic members of the house from St. Joseph county, in. which South Bend is located, deserted Democratic ranks to vote for the measures which would fr.erease their represeatatiou. The measure governing reapportlonment of members of the house was the first of the twin bills to be 'reported out of committee, the minority recommending IndefinUfti postponment and the majority for passage. A roll call vote defeated substitution of the minority report for the majority report 56-40. The senatorial reapportionment measure was advanced to second a voice vote favoring the majority report for passag’e. ' Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 22—(United Press) —The Hewitt bill to remove from the staje hoard of tax commissioners the power of review of bond issues was transferring this authority to judges of circuit or superior courts was sent to the house of repreentaMves today bearing the senate’s approval hy a 26-20 vote late Monday. One less vote and the bill would have failed to attain a constitutional majority as It did last Friday. MOVE TO PURGE ELECTION SYSTEM U. S- Senate Takes Steps To Rid Voting Os High Finance And Poor Counting Washington, Feb. 22. — (United Press)—The movement, to purge the American election system of high finance and poor ballot counting reached a new phase in the senate today. The Reed election investigating committee, designed to plan legislation for reform, set in. motion two distinct efforts; -(1) To start a recount of the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia senatorial election balolts, and (2) to test the senate’s power to jail three men who handled thousands of dollars in the expensive Pennsylvania and Illinois primaries, and. refused to tell all about it. Twenty truck loads of Philadelphia votes and six carloads from Pittsburgs are stored In the senate office building basement ready for recount. Sen. James A. Reed of Missouri, chairman of the commute announced he will seke action Immediately in ".he senate to authorize the recount and strengthen the powers of the committee to investigate during , the congressional recess all elections of 1926.

i Crew Rescued From Helpless Craft At Sea! Boston, Feb. 22. — (United Press)— Without food for nearly three days, fluting which their helpless craft was swept more than 200 miles off her course by a mile-a-minute gale, nine members of the crew of the British schooner Kathleen Conrad reached here today. They were rescued about 70 miles off Boston Light. The man, ail Nova Scotians, owed their lives to the heroism of the crew of the Gloucester fisherman I grand marshal, who battled for hours I with a heavy sea to take them off. — o CATHOLIC LADIES TO SERVE SUPPER Cards, Dancing And Social To Follow Supper Wednesday Evening The Catholic Ladies' Social Club will give anothtr of their delightful entertainments at the Catholic school building tomorrow evening and the puly'ic is cordially invited to attend, with a guarantee that everyone will enjoy it. The event will open with a cafateria supper from. 5 to 7 o’clock and lunch will be served during the entire evening with barbecue and home-made ham sandwiches, pie and cake and coffee and a lot of good things to eat. Frank Gass is in charge of the luncheon, sufficient assurance that it, will be just what everyone will want and will be well served. During the evening, there will be cards and dancing and a good social time, a feature being the parcel post sale, which alwys produces a bushel of fun. The ladies will appreciate the patronage of the public at this event, which is the last of its kind before the Ix*nton season opens. MINERS WISE ' PARLEY FAILS Miner s-Operators’ Wage Conference Breaks Up Without An Agreement Miami. Fla., Feb. 22. — (United Press.) —The miners-operators’ wage conference caine to an end at 11 a. m. today after a week of futile attempts to negotiate a new wage agreement for unionized bituminous fields. The break-up in the conference followed an adjournment of the joint sub-committee yesterday after no agreement could be reached on the matter of wages to the bituminous miners after April 1. It has been indicated throughout that a break-up in the Miami conference will lead to a general strike April 1 iu the bituminous fields, when the present Jacksonville wage agreement expires. -Shortly before the break-up of the conference this morning John L. Lewis, international president of the United Mine Workers, called a conference of the miners’ delegates for late today. It was indicated the matter of a strike might be taken up at this conference. The present conference has had before it two demands: 1 — The operators, led by the Ohio group, demanded that the miners’ wage rate be decreased in order that non-union competition might be met. 2 — The miners insisted that the Jacksonville wage agreement, under which the miners are now operating, be retained. Following the adjournment of the sub-committee yesterday both sides admitted they were unable to reach any form of anicable agreement. Some of the operators charged that Lewis had been withholding action for several days even though he knew that an agreement was Impossible.

MUNCIE MAN TO HEAD ROTARIANS Charles O. Grafton Elected District Governor Os Clubs In Indiana FORT WAYNE Feb. 22. (United Press)—Charles O. Grafton, of Muncie was elected governor of the Indiana district of Rota'y intern tionai nere today. Grafton won out over Courtland Gillen of Greencastle, whose supporters put up a hot light. Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 22.'—(United Press.) —Rivalry was sharp in Rotary political ranks today as the hour approached for election of governor at the ninth convention of the Indiana district. Charles O. Grafton. Muncm, and Courtland C. Gillen, Greencastle, were making a spirited race for the office with the Muncie man favored to win the post. Although no decision will be made at the convention on the site for next year’s annual meeting, West Baden, Evansville and Gary have made bids. Monday afternoon's session was featured by addresses by state, national and international officers of Rotary. The convention comes to a close tonight with the governor’s ball. 'New Oil Company Is Incorporated Today W. D. of Geneva, and Fred Humphrey and Kenneth Kunkel, of Bluffton, today fded articles of incorporation for an oil company to be known as the Midland Oil Company. The concern was incorporated for HO, 000. The new concern will have offices in Bluffton and will wholesale and retail gasoline in Adame, Wells ano neighboring co tn’ies. The ?cncern will start operation at once o Fatally injured By Auto. Press.) — Mrs. Dora Thompsttn, 53. died here early today from injuries received when she stepped into the path of an auto drive nby Price Jarvis, 22. Thomas Taylor, 68, Mrs. Thompson's escort was seriously injured. The couple stepped from behind a parked car into the path of Jarvis’ machine without “noticing the car driven by Jarvis: o PYTHIANS ENJOY CHICKEN SUPPER Geneva Lodge Is Host To Visiting Pythians From Several Towns , ii. M Twenty-three members of the Decatur Knights of Pythi is lodge attended a meeting of Pythians at Geneva last night. A chL'ken supjier was served free by he Geneva lodge, and sixtyfive Pythians were present and enjoyed the fine mct.l. Following the supper, th 1 third rink work was conferred by a degree tear from the Pennville lodge. Plthians were present from Decatur, Beine, Bryant. Portland, Montpelier, Pennville and Geneva. Mrs. David Augsburger Dies At Home In IJerne Berne, Feb. 22—Mrs. David Augsburger, 70, died at her home in Berne Sunday morning, following a stroke of paralysis, which she suffered Wednesday, February 9. Mrs. Augsburg er was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Baumgartner and was born in French township, April 6, 1856. Surviving are the husband and two children, Mrs. Moody Brenneman, of west of Berne, and Mrs. Henry Echlndler, of Van Ntiys, California. Funeral services were held this afternoon at. the Missionary church in Berne.

' Quiz Suspect About > Murder Os Aged Man Monticello, Ind., Feb. 22—(United Press)—Sheriff' Stanley of White county was la- Paoli, lnd„ today quesi ticruEg John Haynwt, hejld there for questioning In the murder of John Baker. Haynes formerly worked In the neighborhood in which Baker lives. Authorities refused to reveal the information on which he was held. Baker died from burns received when It holdup man, angered at find- • Ing only sls in the old man's wallet, threw gasoline on him and set fire to it. o BANKERS VISIT DECATUR TODAY L. One Hundred Fort Wayne I Bankers Make Tour Os City; Visit G. E. Plant About 100 members of the banking ’ fraternity of Fort Wayne came *o Decatur today in a special car tt d were guests of local bankers. A twoi hour trip was made through the Gen- ■ eral Electric plant of this eity and a tour of Decatur completed the inspection trip. Local business men furnished transportation to the General Electric factory, and the visitors expressed their r satisfaction of the trip. The guests were shown the entire local branch of , the General Electric and were conducted through the various departments by the foremen The men returned to Fort Wayne at noon on their special car on the Fort ' Wayne traction line. The large attendance on the tour was nude possible by the fact that the banks were closed i today in observance of Washington's birthday. I o Fort Wayne Minister To ' Preach Here Wednesday The Rev. F. C. Berger, of Fort Wayne, willpreaeh at the Kvaug*?lVi'ki' church in this city, Wednesday evening. Tlie service will begin at 7 o'clock and all new converts are urged to be present promptly at tliat hour The quarterly conference will convene immediately after the preaching service. o LONGWORTH AND TILSON RENAMED House Republicans Select Speaker And Floorleader To Succeed Themselves Washington, Fell. 22. (United Press) Without the expected opposition or dissension, house Republicans at a -caucus last night selected speaker Nicholas Longworth Ohio and floorleads r John O. iTirson, Conn., to succeed thenyselves in the 70th congress. Farm Bloc leaders liatl intended asking postponement of selection of a leader until later in the year but failed to press the demand. Steering committee members had hinted they would ask the caucus to de'ine the committee's status but the subject was not discussed. Several members of the committee have complained that it was ignored by Longworth, Tilson, chairman Snell, N. Y.. of the - rules committee and assistant floorleader Begg. Ohio in formulating the legislative program. The congressional campaign com- , mittee and the committee on committees which makes committee assignments, were appointed and present of ficers of the house were elected to sueced themselves. Ail of I he Wisconsin insurgent group . and representative Lauguradia, N. Y ; and Sinclair, N. D., who were banished . from the party two years ago receive' . invitations to attend the meeting but only representative Nelson, Wis., leader of the group was present.

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COOLIDGE GIVES SPEECH HONORING NATION'S FOUNDER President Reminds Countrymen Os Washington’s Ideals In Radio Address ADDRESS BROADCAST BY 42 RADIO STATIONS Washington, Feb. 22.—(U.P.) — Treading the same historic ground George Washington trod at the birth of the Republic, President Coolidge today told led nation in commemorating with a brilliant ceremony the I 195th anniversary of Washington’s birth. A chain of 42 radio carried the president’s voice from coast to coast and border to border as he reminded a joint session of congress of the ideals of the nation’s founder; and traced the great leader's career as an example for present day Americanism. While modern pilgrims thronged down the Potomac river to Mount Vernon, the old home where Washington and his wife are buried, and while the patriotic mass meetings were held throughout the city bearing his name, the new peerage of the nation assembled in the house of representatives for the president’s address and memorial ceremonies. The senate met an hour earlier than usual to hear the reading of Washington’s farewell address by Senator George, dem., Ga., doors of the capital were closed early to hold back the crowds. Galleries of both houses were crowded with persons- of prestige. The marching rythym of patriotic airs drifted in from the lobby where the army band played as the crowds filed in, arranged In order of their official rank. Not a vacant seat was left as Mr. Coolidge began his address, the first within congress halls since inauguration. “We all share the benefits which accured from the in Jenendence Wash'l'c ice;' r,.1)11 hti<■ hs did so much to establish,” t)te president said. “We ned a diligent comprehension and understanding of the great principles of government which he wrought out, but we shall also secure a wide practical advantage if we go beyond this record, already so eloquently expounded, and consider him also as a man of affairs. “While many excellent books, often scholarly and eloquent, have been written about him, the temptation has been so strong to represent him as a heroic figure composed of superlatives that the real man among men. the human being subjected to the trials and temptations common to all mortals, has been too much obscured and forgotten. “When we regard him in this char(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O RUDNER'S TRIAL NEARING CLOSE Second Murder Trial Resulting From Editor’s Death Moves To Its Close Canton, 0., Feb. 22.-(United Press) —The second murder trial growing out of the state’s determination to cleanse the underworld of Canton rs a result of the assassination of Don R. Mellett, crusading editor, moved to its close today. The case of Ben Rudner, millionaire bootlegger, charged with conceiving the conspiracy to murder Mellett, probably will be in the hands of the jury by night. Arguments for the state were opened when court convened today by Henry W. Harter, Jr., state’s attorney. Under the schedule adopted for today the case will go to the jury about 5 o’clock this afternoon.

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