Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1927 — Page 1

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lIEITH TOLL IN OKLAHOMA FLOOD IW TWENTY-TWO Swollen Streams Overflow k Farmlands And Paralyze Railroad Traffic GRANO AND WASHITA RIVERS ON RAMPAGE Oklahoma City. Okla.. April 9.—(U. pOklahoma's death toll was swellp,, | iy H win ii overflow waters of the Washita river spewt through several Mexican hoim s near Rockyford last night. Six persons were drowned in the same community Wednesday night ami six others are missing. Two other persosn have been drowned as the result of floods in various parts of the Late in the last 48 hours, a total of |j» deaths in the state. In several parts of Oklahoma, swol- ( len streams have overflowed farmlands and paralyzed railroad traffic. ( Yesterday s toll of death and dam- 1 :ft;e was folowed by waterspouts ( again last night. The Grand river was a raging torrent early today and ] is expected to rise at least 30 feet and overflow Flood warnings have , been put out to farmers to evacuate. ( Southern Kansas Threatened Parsons, Kas.. April 9. — (U. P.) — , Waterspouts and resulting floods held a new threat for life and property in ( southern Kansas today. More than eight inches of rain fell . in several Kansas communities in a , short time yesterday and by night- ( fall rivers and creeks were invading , towns and lowlands anil driving farm- , ers an dtownspeople from their homes. More than 100 horns in Parsons , stood four feet deep in water early today. ] Harris creek overflowed and the < waters rushed thrugh the streets of Wellington, forcing many persons to evacuate their homes and seek higher ground. - duties' * ■ v China Enroute To Japan Tokio. April 9.— (United Press) — Hundreds of refugees from China I were enroute to Japan today and I other hundreds already had arrived. Aboard the Talyo Marti 500 refugees' were enroute and 1,300 were aboard the Korea Marti. They were from the Yangtze valley. It was estimated that 1,000 refugees had passed '.trouglt Nagasaki in the past 10 days. o PLANS PASSION WEEK SERVICES Evangelical Church Announces Special Services For Next Week There wil be special Pasrt'on Week services at the Evangelical church next Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday and Friday evenings, coaunencing at ■:3O o'clock. The general theme for ’hese meetings will be “Loyalty to Christ." Tuesday evening, the subject will be “Jesus, the Christ,.” Wednesday evening, the theme will be “Jesus Obedient Unto Death. Thursday evening, there will be communion service for Christians. The subject for meditation will be “Jesus, the liread of Life.” On Friday evening, ’•he meditation will be based upon ' J esus, the Son of Man." There will e appropriate music used in connecC° n with these services. Easter Sunday morning, the Young fople s Christian Endeavor society sponsor a 6:30 o’clock morning ’’ervice of prayer and praise. The lenie for the morning worship ser'iu’ will be “Jesus, the Conqueror". *’■ this service, there will be the baplstn of children and the reception of Members into the church. At the S'caing service, the subject Will be . tsus the Constant Presence.” At is service, there will be the baptism 0 a,lu >ts. The public is invited.

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Elks Install New Officers At Bluff ton Bluffton, April 9 Inst.illation of if. ficers at the Elk’s club was held Thursday evenin;'. The officers inctulled were: Fred Ardner, exalt er ruin': Elmore Sturgis, esteemed leading knight: Harrison Powers, esteemed loyal knight; Robert Stout, esteemed lecturing knight; Earl Warnock, sec retary; Howard Thomas, treasurer. John Edris, delegate to grand lodee; Carl Helms, alternate; Mayo ■ T. V. Harsh, esqnire; Floyd Robinson, chap lain; Byrl “Masterson, pianist. EIGHTH GRADERS ADE TAKING TEST Pupils In Every Township Os County Take Test To Gain Promotion Hundreds of Adams county eighth grade pupils were taking their final examinations at various central points in the 12 townships today. The examinations started at 8:30 o’clock this morning and lasted throughout the day. The pupils taking the tests were permitted to stay as long as they desired to finish their work. 1

A failure in any of the subjects, means that the pupils will have to take another examination on the second Saturday in May, before they are entitled to a county diploma, which admits them to any high school in the county. The examinations are being snipervised by the township trustees, and the pppers will be turned over to Clifton Striker, county superintendent. tor grading. Mil Slikex -stated.. he would grade the papers as quickly as possible, and would announce the grades as soon as they w»re completed. He also stated that it would be useless for pupils to inquire of him concerning their grades, as none would he given out until all papers had been graded. “BIG BILL’S” THREATS F AIL TO SCARE GUNMEN ... ...... . ... Another Brutal Gang Killing Kecora ed In Chicago; Thompson Plans To Take Office By Max Buckingham (U. I’. Staff Cot respondent I Chicago, Apiil 9.—(United Press) — In the face of threat of big Bill Thompson, Mayor-elect, to rid Chicago of gunmen in 90 days, the city today re■orded another brutal gang killing. Alex Hui ba. 25. an important prosecution witness in trial of three alleged bandits for murder, was called to the door of his store and shot and killed As a result, police are seeking Sam Gianana, Diego Reggio and Joseph Pape, alleged gangsters. Thompson announce® his intention of taking -ver the reigns of city government Tuesday noon to begin his third term in office. Among his first official acts is expected to be appointment of a < hies of police to succeed Mm.’an A Collins whose resignation was announced the day after Thompson's election o COAL MINER SHOOTS WIFE; KILLS HIMSELF Shooting At Sullivan, Indiana, Follows Family Quarrel; Woman Likely To Die Sullivan. Ind., April 9.—(United Press)—After a family quarrel at their home here, William Turpin, 33, a coal miner, shot his wife, seriously wounding her and then killed himself today. The wife, Florence, 30. is not expected to live, according to physicians at the hospital. —o City Firemen Make Run The city firemen made a run to t ie Farncis Howell residence on west Monroe street at 7 o’clock Friday evening. Mrs. Howell was at- the home of her father, Ed Whitright, across the street, and when she saw smoke from some rubbish that was being burned at the read of the house, she mistook it for fire in the house and turned in the alarm.

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HUNTINGTON GETS NEXT MEETING OF PYTHIAN SISTERS Fourth District Conventior Held Here Friday One Os Best In History HUNTINGTON LODGE WINS MAY FLOWERS One of the largest district conveniens ever held by the fourth district Pythian Sisters came to a close la’e la t night at the Pythian home in this city. The last official business of the 1927 convention was selecting Huntington as the convention city in 1925. The Hermione lodge from Huntington was awarded the basket of May flowers for making the largest contribution to the orphan's fund. Every lodge in the district contributed freely to this fund. Foilowing a dinner at 5:30 o'clock last night, served to more than 300 visiting delegates and lodge members the night program started with a men’s initiation by the Royal chapter of Bluffton. This was followed by a ladies' initiation by the Hunting ton chapter. Officers Make Reports Reports ofofficers were made and the grand officers and past grand officers present gave short talks. Louella Hall, of Pennville, district deputy grand chief, presided at both sessions of the convention and, following the closing of the night pro gram, Mrs. Hall complimented the Decatur lodge on its fin« hospitality.

-Mrs. Hall staUsLthat she thought the Decatur convention was one of the most successful ever held in the fourth district. The grand officers also were well pleased with the convention. The night session did not adjourn until a’most midnight and most of the vis’ting delegates returise<i to their homes in automobiles last night. Some, however, waited until tjiis morning to leave the city. The date for next year’s convention EesUefi ton was selected as the site. No officers for the district were elected, thi’s being done at the annual state convention. Mrs. Hall will continue 'o act as district deputy’ until a successor is named at the state conclave. WAGE DISPUTE UP IN PARLEY Miners And Onerators Represented In Conference At Terre Haute Indianapolis. Ind.. April 9—(United Press) —A sub-committee of thirteen men representing both sides in the controversy today wrestled with wage issue for Indiana strip mines in closed conference at Terre Haute, The sub-committee was delegated to continue discussions after strip mine operators and district officials of the United Mine workers had been ' in session two days without coming to terms. There appeared to lie no insurmountable obsticles in the progress of the negotiations and it was believed that the strip mines will sOon ppsiime work 1 under the old wage scale. The threat of Ohio operators to ap ' peal direct to the men for a settlement ' was passed off at International headt quarters of the United Mine Workers here as a bogey that has been raism’ • before without success. Q Woman Burns To Death Trying To Save Valuables Pittsburgh, Pai., 9—(United ’ p re ss)—A woman was burned to ’ death in an Attempt to rescue some of her possessions from a burning board- ’ ing house at Springdale, near here, to- ' day. ? Mrs. Sarah E. Kennedy, 65, became 2 wedged between two trunks in a clos--1 qt when she sought her valuables. She was soffocated and burned to death.

ADAMS COUNTY VISITED BY RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT Farmers Unable To Work In Fields Today; Hundreds Shop In Decatur A heavy rain in this community last night, making it Impossible for farmers to work, in their fields, brought a rush of trade to Decatur today. Hundreds of people residing in Adams county took advantage of the impossibility of working in the fields and congregated in this city. Today was one of the largest trading Saturdays of the year. Roads in Adams county held up under the heavy rain, and were reported to be in good condition in most paces. A few of the roads are still rough from the winter weather, but most of them are in midseason condition. o PROPOSE NEW SEWER AT BERNE Town Board Employes Engineer To Survey Course For New Drain Berne, April 9. —Steps were taken by the Berne town board this week toward providing a new and suitable drainage system for the town. The drainage problem has been a serious one for the town boards for several

years. Every time there is a heavy , rain, many cellars become flooded. This week, the town board employ- 1 sd Levi Baumgartner, the town engi- ‘ neer, to survey a course for a new ’ewer to be laid in the alley between • Indiana and Lehman streets, south of i Main street, and betweep Columbm and Baltimore streets, north of Main ’ rtreet; then across U. C. Sprunger’s fields into the east and west road to ] he next crossroad and then across.' a short piece of the Ulrich Lehman 1 farm into the Blue Creek ditch. This sewer would start at Bryan ( street in the south part of town and ; ’roni its source to the mouth would have a fall of twenty-five feet. It ! would divert all the water west of •his alley northward and relieve the ,a ! -< amount of the water they are not able to take away fast er igh every, time there is a heavy rain. Mr. Baumgartner also made a survey from the north end of the cornoration line across C. C. Sprunger's and Peter Liechty's and Peter Burkhalter's farms, into the Blue Creek li’ch at the railroad crossing. But •his would give only twenty feet of ■ ‘'all, and while the distance would be: a little less than to the Ulrich Leli-! •nan farm, the digging would be more' expensive, as it would have to go •hrough several hills. o— ■— 1 LONG LEGAL BATTLE ENDS WITH SENTENCE Nicola Sacco And Artolomeo Vanzstti Get Life Sentence After Evading It Six Years Dedham, Mass., April 9.—(United Press) —Sombre and stolid, Nicola Sacco and Artolomeo Vanzetti return’d today to the drab county courthouse where they w’ere convicted of murder in 1921 and heard the dread death sentences which thy had evaded through an amazing six-year legal fight. With sympathizers of the two barred from the court room, standing in silent, protest outside, the two former mill workers were sentenced by Judge Webster Thatcher to pay the extreme penalty in the electric chair at Charlestown state prison during the week of July 10. o Aimee McPherson Maps Out Religious Drive Through “Wicked East” Los Angeles, April 9.(United Press Aimee Semple McPherson was settled down in the former home of the famous Nat Goodwin today preparing her campaign to take religion to the “wf'cked East.’’ The home, overlooking Ocean Beach from which Mrs. McPherson claimed to have been kidnapped last summer, is the ideal place to map out her eastern crusade, she believes.

ANNUAL COUNTY LITERARY-MUSIC CONTESTS OPEN Berne High School Pupils Win First In Eight Os Ten Events Friday Night REMAINDER OF EVENTS TONIGHT A large crowd attended the first night of the annual county high school Music-Literary contest, held at the Community Auditorium, at Berne, last night.. Mrs. Florence Sprunger Starr, of 1 Bluffton, acted as judge. Berne high school won the majority of t:rs» places in the contest. garnering first position in 8 of the 10 competitive contests. Decatur won first in the girl's solo, Miss Isabel cloud, representing the local high school in that contest. The Decatur girls' glee club, also was awarded first place in that division. All contests last night were in the vocal division. Tonight, the literary and instrumental parts of the contest will be hold at the community audi tori urn. A complete list of winners last night is as follow’s: Boys’ Glee Club: Berne, first Decatur. second. Girl’s Solo: Isabel Cloud. Deca’ur; first; Opal Sherbourn. Pleasant Mills, second; Inez Luginbill, Berne, third. Boy's Solo: Lowell Long. Berne, first; James Engeler, Decatur, second: Brice Daniels, Pleasant Mills, third. • Girls’ Duet: Lydia Lehman, and Martha Liechty, Berne, first; Bernadine Schialuka and Jeanette Beery, Decatur, ■ second; Eleanor Mathieu and Flossie FVnstermaßer, Geneva, third. Boys' Duet: Leslie Lehman and Emerson Neuensch wander. Berne, first: Gerald Zimmerman and John Cover, Kirkland, second: Earl Bradford and Lowell Long. Geneva, third. Mixed Quartet: Marcella Michaud, Gertrude Burkhalter, Leslie Lehman and Clifford Lehman, Berne, first; Isabcf Cloud, Cleora Baker, Arthur Suttles and Clifford Mann, Decatur, second; Flossie Studler. Ruth Yoder, Homer Augsburger. Christen Gerber, Hartford, third. Doiotby Lehman, Martha Liechty anil Fay Oplinger. Berne, first; Mary Jane DeVor, Bernadine Schraluka, Jeanette Beery and Mildred Worthman. t H»VN PIOF TWO»

BANDITS LOOT WATCH FACTORY Four Auto Loads Os Bandits Get SIOO,OOO Worth Os Loot At Elgin, 111. Elgin, 111, April 9—(United Press) Armed with machine guns four mobile loads of bandits held up the plant of the Illinois Watch Company early today, opened a huge safe and escaped with gold and jewels of value estimated at SIOO,OOO. There were fifteen men in the raid ing party. They entered the plant and held up two watchmen, a squad of the bandits then set to work with oxygen torches to burn open the vault. Others mounted guard with the ma chine guns while a third party forced the watchmen to make their rounds regularly and punch boxes. The raid, begun in the early morning took three hours. Just before dawn, the bandits loaded their loot in the machines and sped toward Chicago. Man Worrying Over Wife’s Arrest Commits Suicide Indianapolis, Ind. April 9. — (United Press) —The suicide of Armin Ciaffey 33, was being investigated today, following discovery of the body in a shed with a b itlle of poison nearby. It is believed that Ciaffey was despondent over the arrest of Ins wife. i Florence, as a member of the automobile t' est ring which was broken up by police Wednesday. •Ciaffey had told friends ih it he couldn't work or sleep because of worry over his wife’s arrest and that he “thought he would commit suicide.”

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Former Berne Woman Dies In North Carolina Mrs. Edwin E. Stretcher, 34. former ly Ada Harris, of Berne, died Wednea day, of tuberculosis, in a sanitarium in North Carolina. Mrs. Stretcher washout In Monroe township April 2, 1893 and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs Thomas Harris. Her husband is & professor in the North Carolina state university. Surviving are the inothei Mrs. Pauline Hanis, of Battle Creek Michigan; the husband; three sisters ami four brothers. Funeral services were held at their former home at Yellow Springs, Ohio, this morning. SCOUT DRIVE GOES OVER TOP Adams County’s Quota In Boy Scout Area Council Plan Is Subscribed While a complete report has not yet been made, it was announced this morning that the Scout drive in thjs city is over the S9OO mark, the quota given Adams county in the proposed Scout area council plan. Cal Peterson. J. L. Kocher, Herman Myers and Arthur Hyland, who had charge of the drive, wish to thank all who assisted them and also wish to thank those who donated to the fund. It is thought that the total w 11 reach the $l,lOO mark before the report is made the middle of next week. o Miss Wefel Undergoes Second Skin Grafting Miss Justine Wefel, of Fort Waynes, a neice of Mrs. Albert Aeschlman, of this city, has undergone a second skin grafting as a result of the serious burns she received last November when her clothing caught fire while she was at work in a candy kitchen in Fort Wayne. The first graft was made in January and was a fine success The gill's mother and twin sister provided skin for the second grafting This was a more serious operation than the first one. One arm had grown to the girl's side ami it was necessary to break both knees and straighten them Anotliei skin graft saiy as soon as the girl is sufficiency recovered from the second operation. TWO MURDERERS ARE EXECUTED IN OHIO

Norwalk Killer Attempts To Involve His Brother In Daring Plot To Cheat Th: Law Columbus, 0., April 9. — (U P.) — James Lyon, Norwalk killer, attempted to involve his brother, Leonard, in a daring plot to cheat the law just a few hours before his execution in Ohio penitentiary last night, it was learned today. Lyon, was electrocuted in the prison last night for the murder of a detective. Even in the death chamber he cursed and condemned the representatives of society George Thoma, of Mansfied was resigned and prayerful as he paid the penalty a few minutes later for the double murder of his sweetheart’s parents. Warden Thomas by means of a dictaphonea hidden in the condemned man's cell heard James and Leonard talk just a few hours before the execution. James begged his brother to get him a knife or other weapon so he could escape or kill himself. International College Orchestra Here Friday The International College orchestra of Fort Wayne, stopped in Decatur tor a few minutes Friday evening, enroute home Iron, Monroe and Bluffton, where concerts were given in the high schools yesterday. The orchestra played at Bluffton at 11 o’clock Friday morning and at Monroe Friday afternoon. There were twenty-one students in the party, in addition to Prof. J. C. Cafaro, the director; Jonas Trltch, principal of the International College, Two of the students are readers. Recently, this orchestra gave a concert in Decatur high school and two weeks ago it visited Waterloo and Garrjtt high schools.

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FIVE COUNTRIES DECIDE ON PLAN TO BE FOLLOWED Americans Arrested As Nationalist Propogandists Are Released BRITISH DESTROYER STOPS CHINESE GUNS (By United Press) Agreement among France, England, Italy, Japan and the United Stales regarding demands to he made of China in connection with the Nanking-anti-foreign disturbances was officially announced in Paris today. The Cantonese were deieated in a battle at Yangchow. The British destroyer. Veteran, silenced Chinese guns on the Yangtze 15 miles below Chinkiang. British authorities understood that the. powers had agreed to demand reparations ami apology and punishment of Chinese guilty of anti-for-eign activities at Nanking. Quo Tai Cliie demanded that the Nationalists Foreign Commissioner Shanghai consular corps apologize to the Cantonese government aud to the Soviet Russian consul general for ,he picketing of the consulate by municipal police. Mrs. Mildred Mitchell and Wilbur Burton. Americans arrested by Chinese police as nationalist propagandists at Peking, were released todayon demand of the United States legation. Americans Becoming Panicky Peking. China. April 9.—(United Press) — Americans were becoming panicky in Peking today and many American women were leaving for Korea and Japan, ostensibly on vacations. No evacuation orders had been given, but it was believed I hat wives of many persons at the American legation would leave soon. Mrs. John V. A. Mac Murray, wife of the United States ambassador, is to leave with her children next week. '<u J •’>■;’>. ..nd ..Ei. r for eign communities were calm today. o Monroe Glee Club To Present An Operetta “Gypsey Rover" is the title of an operetta to be given by the Monroe high school mixed glee dub. next Tuesday night, April 12. The program

will be given in the high school auditorium and will begin at 7:30 o'clock Special music will be furnished by the Monroe high school orchestra. The public is invited to attend. CAVE-IN BURIES EIGHT WORKMEN Seven Are Believed Dead In Accident In Coal Mine In Washintgon Seattle. Wash., April 9. — (U.P.) — Seven men are believed dead as the result of a cave-in of hundreds of tons of gravel in the coal mine of the Pacific Coast Coal company at Carbondo yesterday afternon. Eight men were buried in the cavein. One man was rescued alive. The bdies of two others were recovered last night and five more are stil buried under the debris. Mine rescue crews worked all night in an effort to dig out the victims. Two of them had been located this morning, but had not yet been removed. — —<o — — Fort Wayne To Honor Mme. Schumann-Heink Fort Wayne, April 9. —Preparations for according Mme. Ernestine Schu-mann-Heink a unique reception when she comes to Fort Wayne to sing for the last time Friday evening. April 22, have been started by prominent dltizens, who desire to commemorate the farewell appearance of the great singer as a civic event.