Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1927 — Page 1

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lIMERICANS AND lIIITISH DEMAND MY MEASURES ■ Number Os Americans Killfl e d In Cantonese Attack w At Nanking, Today ■ foreign SHIPS I READY FOR ACTION ■ Washington, Mar. 24—(Unitfl ed Press.)—With a number of ■ Americans killed or wounded— I and a large number feared dead ■ _in the Cantonese attack on I Standard Oil Hill, Nanking, AmI erican navy officers at that city ■ have joined with the British in | an ultimatum to the Cantonese ■ commanding officer. ■ This ultimatum requires that all ■ foreigners be brought to American ■ and British warships by 10 o’clock ■ tomorrow flmrnliig, else they will open ■ Dre on Nanking and treat it as a ml!!- ■ Ury area. ■ Word of the ultimatum reached the ■ nuy department today from Admiral I C.S Williams, commander-in-chief of the Asiatic United States tieet. Only t ihort time before he had messaged that the Cantonese had killed or wsunded American civilians, and h e (Williamsl feared the losws might be fttanslve. , Oeatroyers Open Fire, The British cruiser Emerald and the United States destroyers Noa and Preston had opened fire during the Cantonese attack and sent landing forces to aid foreigners. All foreigners at the Standard Oil house we rescued, but this did not account for those remaining in the city. , The two American destroyers were kit many times during the attack. One American sailor was wounded. The Cantonese madly looted the Missions, the American, British and Japanese consulates, killed the Japanese consul and wounded the British consul general. Both the Preston and Noa heavily shelled the city for some time. The Chinese casualties must have beeh keavy, Navy men said. When it came time to rescue the foreigners huddled in the Standard Oil House and the Emerald put a landtog force beneath a wall under the house and poured a shrapnel barrage guard their evacuation while the Xt * and Preston swept the Bund and far shore clear of snipers. The Noa aod Preston were hit. Wllllann wa 8 fearful for the fate of tniw'riMian on p*gb TW«> ATHLETES ENJOY THEATRE PARTY Commodores Are Guests Os Iwelve Decatur Men « ednesday Evening Twelre promu tut Decatur citizens, *ko are ardent basketball fans, last 1 treated the Catholic high school 'ommodores to' a dinner and theatre y at bort Wayne, in appreciation , splendid record which the Comores made on the hardwood during • season Just closed. The hosts at W Were Mayor George Krick. . KJepper, j. p. Arnold. Fred Fulren. ai ’’ P ' R ' J Hartln K- George Laubert u'/' Mylott ’ T ’ J - Durkin, NorJohn ct° ' hOURe ' I!erm “ n Gmlor, Dr. ” C ark and Dr Frank Love. t er e en Payers Coach France Contheir" >ather J oseph Hesston and Hotel J’’ 1 ’ enjoyen a dinner at the dg» . . efinan ' ln Fort Wayne, yesterPAftv -d Followln « th e dinner, the »her« .u the Shrine Auditorlirm River n °r w,tDeßSed the "Jordan ootnedv eV CW ' the annual musical dent, o f P i°ir t,On Staged by the 8tu ’ 01 Indiana University.

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I English Racing Car I Makes 166 Miles Per Hour At Daytona, Fla. I Daytona. Fla.. March 24.—(United Press)—The "Flying elephant" | of Major H. O. D. Seagrave set a new J unofficial speed record for the l»ay- * tona beach sands this morning, when the Englishman drove his ear at 166 miles an hour. The first trial north on the beach was unrecorded when motorcycle police sprung traps on the recording wires. Coming south and thundering along I the mile stietch. Seagrave was clocked at the record, but the Judge refused to allow the mark to stand because ,' difficulty with timing devices. The official record for the beach was previously 156 miles made in 1923 I by Tommy Milton. I o FATHER DIES I ' AT FORTWAYNE ' I I John F. Hoffman, Father Os Mrs. Hubert Schmitt, Dies Wednesday Night I John F. Hoffman. 58, father of Mrs. ' Hubert Schmitt of Decatur, died at , the St. Joseph hospital. Fort Wayne last night at 6:41 o’clock after a few hours illness of blood clot on the brain. Mr. Hoffman had been a prominent contractor ip Fort Wayne for the 'lßTW’years. Yesterday morning, Mr. Hoffman went to the home of his brother in Marion township, Allen county, where he was staking off some ground, preparing to erect a new structure. Early in the afternoon, he became ill and. at 4 o'clock, he was taken to the hospital where death followed two hours later Mr. Hoffman, whose home was in Fort Wayne, was born in Marion township. He had resided in Fort Wayne the last 35 years. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church and of the Holy Name society. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Lena Hoffman: one son John J., of Fort Wayne; four daughters. Mrs. Hubert Schmitt, of this city, Mrs. R. J. Bettes, of Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. Dale Snyder, of Fort Wayne, and Miss Smelda Hoffman, at home. Two brothers and two sisters also survive. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced, awaiting word from the daughter in California. — , — -o— — Members Os Board Os Guardians Appointed Judge Jesse C. Sutton, of the Ad tuns circuit court, today appointed Herman M. Gilig and Sarah Krick to serve as members of the Adams County Board of Children's Guardians for a period of three years and until their successors are named. The Judge also appointed Mr. Gillig and Eliza J. Everett to serve as members of the board of charities for a period of three years. o Epworth League To Present Entertainment The members of the Epworth League of the Methodist church will present “A Vision of the Past” Sunday evening, at 7 o’clock, in the church. The characters will be dressed in oldfashioned ostumes, some of which date back a century. The public is invited to attend. _ > — o— Large Audience Expected To Hear Address At Bobo A largb audience is expected to hear the address to be given at the Methodist church in Bobo, Friday evening, by Dr. Howard A. Musser, widely known misionary to India. The address will begin at 7:30 o’clock. No admission charge will be made, but a free-will offering will bei ifted to pay the expenses. Dr. Musser is a noted traveler, author, lecturer and evangelist.

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CHINESE TONG WAR BREAKS OUT AS TRUCE ENOS I Several Chinamen Are Shot To Death In Various Cities In U. S. TWO-YEAR TRUCE ENDS AT MIDNIGHT — New York. Mar. 24 —(United Press) The 2-year truce between the Hip Sing and ()n| Leong Tongs expired at midnight, and by dawn today three I Chinese had been killed in the vicinity of New York. Scores of orientals were[ gathering fugitively at headquarters of the Tongs in Mott I and Pell street* in what police be- | lieved was a' revival of the ancient . war of the brotherhoods. The truce was signed March 24, 1925, after a Tong war which lasted from October to March and took a toll of 72 lives. Ly Poy, 50. was killed and Chin Luk, 45, fatally wounded in King's I tea room Broklyn shortly after midnight. Chin Luk told police before he died that he had recognized his assailant as a member of the On Leong Tong. An unidentified Chines# was shot in a))i -Qu-HSSC courtyard in Newark, NJ. By dawn, haTF"a hundred Chinese had gathered at, the Hip Sing headquarters in Pell street, seeking the safety that lies .in numbers and perhaps planning for the battle that may lie ahead. Scores of letters and telegrams were being sent from the headquarters. They were said to be carrying the word to Tongmen all over the country that the truce was over and the days of danger had returned. The On Leongs were to meet this (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) OHIO CITY TO BUILD SCHOOL One Os Largest Centralized Buildings In Ohio To Be Built Contracts were awarded Tuesday afternoon for the erection of the Liberty township-Ohio City centralized school building, at Ohio City, Ohio, 1 east of this city. This building, the total cost of which will be in excess of $167,474, will be one of the largest centralized school buildings in the state of Ohio. The structure will contain thirty-eight rooms, twentyfour of them for classes, and a large combined gymnasium and auditorium. The cost of the sewage disposal plant will be added to the total cost mentioned above, as the contract for that part has not been awarded, so far. The general conract for the construction was let to John Valdauf and Sons, of Marion, Ohio, on a bid of $133,132. The front of the building will be trimmed with terra cotto and wire cut brick, and the auditorium will be trimmed with white enamel brick. The building will be near the Van Wert paved road close to the old school building and the grounds occupied by it will be part of the new athletic field. Large Auditorium The auditorium gymnasium of the new building will be of the same design and arrangement as the gymnasium in the new Van Wert school. It will seat 400 persons on the incline and the gymnasium floor will accommodate 300 more when not in use for basketball games. A large stage will be built In the opposite side of the basketball court from the incline. Specifications in the contract call for completion of the auditorium by January 1, 1928. and of the balance of the building by June 1 of that year.

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Second Child. In Same Family Killed By Auto In Period Os 6 Months Gary, Ind., March 24. — (United Press; Parents of Eli Tzltz, age 10, today mourned the death of the second member of their family killed by auto in six months. The bay was struck and fatally ia- , Jured late Yesterday when he fell in I front of a car driven by A. C. Reid, I Gary. The lad died enroute to a hosI pital. lavst fall his 7-year-old sister, Mary, | was killed in a similar manner while I retiming from school. FARMER HIES OF PNEUMONIA i Orion Hunt Dies At Home East Os Geneva Following Short Illness Orin Hunt, 55, Adams county farmer, died of pneumonia, at his home east of Geneva, at 4:20 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Hunt had been ill so releven days. He was born in Montgomery county. Ohio, January 8. 1872. He was married October 10, 1894, to Almira Sims, who survives. Mr, .and Mrs. Hunt formerly resided in Jay county, moving to Adams j county four years ago. Surviving, besides the widow, are three sons. Roy S„ of Portland, Henry J., of Indianapolis, and Ramon, at home; 4wo sisters, Eihel Mae ami True Hunt, at home; and his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hunt, who made 1 their home with the deceased at the time of his death. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Friady morning at the Hunt home, and burial will be made in the Bricker cemetery, in Blue Creek township . Crest Os Wabash River Expected Friday Morning Terre Haute. Indiana., March 24—: (United Press) —(’rest of the Wabash I river will be reached Friday morning with a probable showing of 21 feet and will begin to 1 ecede by Friday evening, according o<> the weather | bureau here today. Stage of the river this morning was [ 19.7 feet, a rise cf seven thentbs feet in the last 24 hours period. The river had risen nt Clinton one foot in the same period. Rise there is more gradual also as the waters are spreading out over the lowland sectors. o IRREGULARITIES IN BILL CHARGED Senate Committee Investigates Allegations Against Appropriation Bill Indianapolis, March 24. — (United Press ) —Members of the senate committee appointed by Lieutenant Governor Van Orman to investigate alleged irregularities in the appropriation bill went into session at noon today to determine a course of action. The meeting was called by Senator O’Rourke, of Fort Wayne, chairman of the committee, who was attempting to arrange an appointment for Governor Jackson to confer with the committee. Other members of the committee are Senators Cravens. Shake, Fitch, Nejdl, Lindley and Harlan. The senate impeachment hearing of Judge Dearth of Muncie was recessed early at noon for the committee to discuss the budget bill. The investigation was started when Senator Lot-hard complained that an amendment governing expenditures for the Butlerville colony for the fleeble minded and the Fort Wayne school for the feeble minded was not included in the bill signed by the governor although the amendment, had been duly passed by both houses.

STRONG EVIDENCE AGAINST DEARTH Prosecutor Says He Protested Against Methods Os Selecting Juries Indianapolis. Mar. 24—(1 oiled Prels) Joe H. Davis, prosecutor of Delaware county, testified today in the senate im- | peachinent trial of Judge Clarjence Dearth, of Muncie, that he I protested in vain to the judge , against methods of selecting I juries. House managers prosecuting the impeachment case against the Muncie jurist regarded the testimony of Davis as the most important yet brought out at I the trial. Davis said that Judge Dearth went to the prosecutor's office one even-. ing in February of this year and t asked to be sworn to an affidavit. After the affidavit had been drawn up. Prosecutor Davis said he protested (o the Judge against the jury commissioners and methods of picking jurymtn. “1 told the judge the jury commissioners were crooked and Judge ' Dearth retorted that he knew they were not," Davis testified. "I asked him. if I could show at I least! 25 violations ot the jury law j ; since January 1, if he would believe , my statement and discharge the com- ! missioners? "He replied would not discharge them. “I told him that if he did not know they were crooked he must be very dumb.” At this remark Judge Dearth became very angry, according to the testimony of Davis. "The judge said he was no dumber. (CONTINUED ON P4GE THREE! PLEASANT MILLS j HAS BIG FLOOD Flood Waters From St. Marvs River Approach High Mark Os 1913 Flood water from the 9t. Marys river at Pleasant Mills, last Sunday and Monday .lacked only three feet of being as high as the water was during the memorable flood of 1913. the water stood three feet deep on the floor ot the covered bridge at Pleasant Mills Last Monday morning, the water was only four inches below the floor of the I bridge, and by Tuesday, the water was touching the floor in places. The water started to recede Tuesday afternoon and has gradually lowered since that time. The overflow waters completely isolated the home of Leeland Ray. Monday morning, neighbors helped Mr. Ray get his livestock into the hayloft of his barn. The water was between one and two feet deep in the barn lot. The only way Mr. Ray had of getting away from home was in a boat. He landed his boat on the front porch, loaded his children into the boat, and then rowed them to high land so that they could attend school In spite of the flood, little damage was done in the vicinity of Pleasant Mills. Many persons were fearful that the old covered bridge would be washed away and it was felt for some time that it would be necessary to rope and wire the structure to trees, as was done in 1913, but this was uot necessary. Many fields were inundated and several shocks ot corn fodder were washed away. Pennsylvania Train Wrecked Lewistown, Pa., March 24.—(United Press) —Nine persons were injured, none seriously, when train No., 3, west bound on the Pennsylvania lines, crashed into a disabled engine on a stdin* at the to ,,; er near here today.

' BANK IN ADAMS COUNTY HELD UP AND ROBBED OF $2,000 IN CASH THIS AFTERNOO N BY TWO BANDITS Two Unmasked Men Force Muri Lybarger,Cashier, And His Wife To Lie On Floor As They Loot Bank Os All Cash On Hands; Flee In Big Blue Roadster; Last Seen Passing Through Wabash, Ohio, Headed East; No Shots Fired. Two unmasked bandits held up and robbed the Bank of Linn [Grove, in the southwest part of Adams county, at 1:25 o’clock this afternoon, and escaped with $2.00(1 in cash, the entire amount of cash carried by the bank. The robbers both entered the bank and forced Muri Lybarger, cashier, and his wife, who were in the bank by themselves to lie down on the floor. The two bandits then proceeded to loot all the drawers and the safe and walked out of the bank undisturbed, jumped into

ROY HAYNES GETS NEW DRY OFFICE Ohio Man Named Acting Commissioner Os Prohibition By Sec’y. Mellon Washington. March 24.— (United] j Press) —Roy A. Haynes, of Ohio, to-1 day was named acting commissioner I of prohibition under the new centralized enforcement system by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. The appointment of Haynes, ardently championed by the drys. raises the ! Ohio man from a position of practical obscurity in prohibition enforcement to one of commanding importance such as occupied formerly as head of the prohibition unit. He will serve directly under AssistI ant Secretary of the Treasury Lincoln C. Andrews, whose candidate for the place, John I). Pennington, was passed over because of tremen-i dous pressure-' from dry forces i throughout the country for Haynes, i Ernest W. Camp of Saginaw, Mich.. ' | was appointed acting commissioner: of customs. James E. Jones and Col. L. G. Nutt I were made deputy commissioners of prohibition by Secretary Mellon. under the temporary lineup. Mellon explained the details of re-1 organizing prohibition headquarters had not been completed and that appointments ’ today were tentative pending his return from a trip to Europe, which starts tomorrow. o Mrs. Snyder And Gray Plead Not Guilty Today New' York. March 24. —(United Press) —Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry | Judd Gray pleaded not guilty in Queens county supreme court today I to the murder of Albert Snyder. They ■ were held without bail for trial April ■ 11. Their arraignment before Justice Stephen Callahan was the first step in I the legal process by which the state , hopes to send them to the electric chair for the carefully planned murder of Mrs. Snyder’s husband, who was found in bed at his home in Queens village last Sunday beaten, chloroformed and strangled. The two lovers, accused of jointly plotting and executing a peculiarly heartless murder haze turned upon each other and will make separate fights to escape electrocution, it was shown when their counsel informed the court a severance would be asked. o— Pythians To Have Degree Work Tonight Degree work will be given tonight at the regular meeting of the Knights of Pythias lodge. The meeting will start at 7:30 o’clock. All members of the degree team are urged to be present to practice for the district contest. o To Plant Shrubbery Funds given to the P. A. Allen high school in Bluffton by the last two graduating classes of that school will be used in buying and planting shrubbery on the school grounds. New soil will be placed on the lawn and the grass will be fertilized.

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I the blue roadster they had drivJ eti into town, and started west | toward Bluffton. Later, however, the car was seen headed east in Wabash. Ohio, and it is .assumed that the bandits tire headed for Toledo. Ohio. Draws Gun On Cashier I’he two men were thought Io be aliout -10 years old. One was dressed in overalls and the other man was neat appearing and well dressed. One bandit ! shoved a gun in Mr. Lybarger’s ! ribs with such force that the 1 gun broke, but did not discharge. Only a few words were exchanged and the cashier and his wife obeyed the commands of the bandits. Ihe car was of dark blue color, and had a torpedo-shaped body. No one knew definitely whether there was a third member in the party of bandits or not, but it is thought that the two who entered the bank did not have an accomplice with them. The motor I of the auto was left running during ’ the holdup. Vigilanteos Give Pursuit | Immediately after the bandits left j the bank and headed west, all neighi boi ing towns were notified, and the I Adams county vigilantees assembled | and started on the trad. Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth also, was notified and went at once to the scene of the robbery. | About 20 minutes after the robbery I occurred, a report, was received at I the Geneva telephone office that, the car with the two men was seen just over the Indiana-Ohio line. The bandits evidently had changed their direction af’er leaving Linn Grove and had started for some city in Ohio. A complete check-up of money at the bank of Linn Grove had not been finished this afternoon, but Cashier I Lybarger stated that all the money | in the bank had been taken, aud that | about $2,000 was kept on hand there lat all times. The bank is covered , by insurance and reserve funds will ■ take care of the checking accounts, ■ it was learned. "TWO KINGDOMS" AREOISCUSSEO Revival At Church Os God Wednesday Evening Is Well Attended The service at the Church of God was well attended last evening and the interest is increasing. In discussing "The Two Kingdoms,” Rev. Rimmer exorted the young people to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. He stated that there would be fewer divorce cases if young people would look to God to provide a companion who could miter into their lives. He further said that if righteousness will exalt a nation it will exalt an individual. He urged the parents to pray more for their unconverted children. Miss Harriet Davis, of Willshire, Ohio, favored the congregation with another solo. All Christians are re--1 quested to meet at the church at 7 * o'clock this evening for special pray--1 er in behalf of the unsaved. The ■ public is cordially invited to attend I all these services, continuing each > night this week beginning at 7:30 o'clock.

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