Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1927 — Page 1

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■THREE AMERICAN £ WARSHIPS UNDER I FIRE IN CHINA !|onc American Wounded In I Leg; Snipers Silenced I With Large Guns I L ABOR I MONS ORDER STRIKE Shanghai. April 16.—(United |p ress )_l’. S. warships in the I Yangtze river were frequently I under Chinese fire today but in Lil instances were able to silence the snipers with large guns. One man was wounded in the deg aboard the destroyer Preble. The I' s. Cincinnati, Ford and I Preble were fired on. Most of the II Chinese shooting apparently was I done by Norih China troops who re, turned to the north bank of the Yangtze .if <-r having been driven beyond it Io 1 In- nationalist advance of last month. The Chinese general labor unions tmlay ordered the entire membership lof sou,wui in sirike in protest against tin- ilburining of laborers by moderate nationalist soldiers. Reports from Canton today said that the activities of the moderate nationalists against the extremists of [the party were on a large scale. At Wntmi. 5,000 additional troops ■ crossed the Yangtze from the north I shore r iiday, bringing the number of ■ troops there to 14.000. Tsingtao was I expecting trouble today and it was reported that 100 gunmen from ShangII hai were hurrying to Tsingtao. I Approximately 400 Americans arI rived at Shanghai from the interior II today and 07 of them sailed for Japan 11 or the United States. The Shanghai II strike was easing with only 60,000 workers idle. Q Take Steps To Lower Cost Os Transportation French Lick Springs, Ind., April 16— (United Press) —A step toward keeping down costs of electricity, gas, ■ street car and motor bus transporta- ■ tion was taken here recently when one I standard form of annual report for all ■ public ufilit ycompanies was adopted j by the National Electric Light Ai-tsoc-I iatton statistics committee to replace | the hundreds of varieties of reports ' bow in use. NEW OIL WELL SHOWS STRONG Well No. 3 On Kauffman Lease East Os Berne Comes In This Week The oil well No. 3 on the Kauffwan lease, east of Berne, which was shot Wednesday noon, started to flow at llroo o'clock Thursday and gave a flow of from 40 to 50 barrels. When the well was shot Wednesday, | it flowed as high as the mast The "ell is owned by R. Grimm. Workmen began to tube the well this morning. Drillers have quit drilling 0:1 >’.ll Xo ' 4 on the George Shrank lease, because the pipe ip apart again. They " ll! pull it next wet k. They have set K -akes for four more wells on the Ed. 1-uginbill farm, which adjoins the , George Shrank lease. The well on the Cross farm will be s ta.ted Monday. This well would tritnrc ly he called well No. 2, but due to ,lle tact tnat the d“ilers had to pull - 10 - 1 because the drive pipe being in t "’ 0 ' is still known as No. I. R. Grimm has also gone one location west < n the Kauffman farm and will stmt drilling on No. 4. Thompson and P-.ntius are moving off Kerr lease to st.. ' No 1 on Abe Kfley farm today. Harney Schwartz is moving from the oieent'ie’d lease tn st 1.: No 1 on the \ A. Neuensch wander firm, just on -outh edge of Bern.. The Richberne Oi' C.-mpany, just r “' B nt!y incorporated for SIOO,OOO ex- ''' ' to start No. 1, on tl’ii Ccry farm, .I-, non weather p . mil's tc pull the tiacl tuery inti- place

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Up to Him o teh Ab*/** jT A Whether or not Nicola Sacco and Bartelcineo Vanzetti die in the electric chair depends upon action taken by Governor Alvan T. Fuller. Friends of the condemned men appealed to the Governor, declaring that prejudice entered Hit 1 trial at which they were convicted of murder in a payroll robbery. HOAGLAND MAN CALLED BY DEATH Frederick Droege, Assessor Os Madison Township, Allen County, Dies Frederick Droege, 62, of Hoagland, died at his home near the AdamsAllen county line yesterday afternoon following an illness of acute indigestion. Mr. Droege had been in ill health for some time. Mr. Droege was born in Adams county, in Preble township, December 30, 1865. In early life he was married to Sophie Schroeder, and for many years they have resided in Allen county. Two children, Mrs. Herman Bultemeier, of Allen county, and Paul Droege, of Ada, Ohio, survive, as does the widow. Five grandchildren two brothers, two sisters, and five half-sisters also survive. Mr. Droege had been Muuison township assessor for the last eight years and, recently, had been reelected for a third term. • He was a member of the St. Johns Lutheran church. Funeral services will be held Monday_jtfternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home and 2 o’clock at the St. Johns church. Burial will take place in the St. Johns cemetery.

CONTINUE SEARCH FOR ASSAILANT Authorities Fail To Find Person Who Fired At Woman And Girl From Ambush Clinton, Ind., April 16. — (U.P.) — Search was continued in the woods near Syndicate today for the revolver with which an unknown assailant fired from ambush at Mrs. John Smith. 40, and her daughter, Margaret, 19. Mrs. Smith died from her wounds in the Vermillion county hospital yesterday. The condition of the daughter, shot through both arms, was reported improved today. Authorities hoped discovery of the revolver would furnish them a tangible clew on which to work in their investigation. The woman's husband and the wounded girl were both questioned without obtaining any information that would lead to a solution of the mystery. Smith was arrested and later released for want of evidence. Wilmot Gonner, Clinton police chief, said Margaret told him there had been frequent trouble in the Smith household and that Smith had on several occasions attempted to force his attentions on her. — —o Explosion Kills Eight Brussels, April 16—(United Press) A firedamp explosion in a colliery at Estinnes today was reported to have killed eight miners and injured 12.

EASTER SUNDAY TO BE OBSERVED WITH SOLEMNITY — Decatur Churches To Hold Special Services In Observing Day NEW STYLES TO APPEAR AS USUAL Easter Sunday will be observed in Decatur with solemnity tomorrow. Special services have been planned by the local churches, both morning and evening. There' will be no afternoon services in the churches. Announcements of the services and programs to be held in the churches appears on another page of the Daily Democrat this evening. As usual, the day will bring forth the annual parade of new fashions in wearing apparel. Easter has become the official day for the advent of spring styles and spring clothing. Local business firms report a large business this week, and indications are that all the new fashions will be seen in this city tomorrow. While the weather is unsettled, probabilities are that the day will clear off in the afternon and afford the purchasers of new apparel the opportunity to display their now spring “togs.” Easter day is always taken as the official arrival of spring. and in men’s clothing, light materials will be the vogue from tomorrow on throughout the summer. SEEK RECEIVER FQR “DADDY” BROWNING “Peaches” Has Motion Filed To Protect "Her Alimony Rights. White Plains, N. Y. April 16—(United Press)—The appointment of a receiver for the large property holdings of Edward West Browning was asked in a motion filed la the supreme court today in behalf of Mrs. Frances Heenan. Mrs. Browning's at’orneys, Epstein and Smith, said today the motion was made to protect her alimony rights under a temporary order. Browning stopped payment of S3OO a week a month ago when the decision in tiie separation suit was given in his favor. Under a final order signed yesterday by justice Seeger he is required to pay alimony up to yesterday. He is $1,200 in arrears. The motion for a receiver was prepared bet'oie justice Ceeger's final order, and because that order fixes the time limit of Alimony payments the motion probably would not be pushed, Epstein and Smith said. J. H. ZIMMERMAN BUYS DRUG STORE Decatur Man Buys Enterprise Store From Bluffton Corporation A business deal was closed today whereby J. H. Zimmerman, for several years manager of the Enterprise Drug store in this city, became the sole owner of the drug store. Mr. Zimmerman purchased the store from the corporation composed of Bluffton residents, which established the store in this city about 15 years ago. Mr. Zimmerman has been manager of the store for the past three years. Mr. Zimmerman stated this morning that he would change the name of the store to the Zimmerman Drug Shop and. besides carrying a line of drugs, would carry a general line of drug store accessories. He plans a few improvements in the store later on in the season. The store is located in the Joseph and Lang building on the west side of North Second street and is one of the oldest drug establishments in the city. Before the name was changed to the Enterprise Drug store, It was known as the'Page Blackburn drug store, Mr. Blackburn selling it to the Bluffton drug firm.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 16, 1927.

To Appear Here H| HHM i Hi®""' I wk •• ‘ IB) Womiil I w LJHIUUnI A Miss Edna Means Miss Edna Means, interpretative reader and impersonator, will appear in a programfor the Decatur Woman's Club. Monday evening, April 18. in the auditorium of the public high school building. Miss Means is recognized as one of the artists who has achieved outstanding success in the entertainment field and she will give a program of unusual merit here. The price of admission will be fifty cents and the public, as well as all chib members, is urged to attend. The tickets can lie secured from any member of the club or at the door. localmanfaces SERIOUS CHARGE Charles Spade Alleged To Have Attempted To Assault Young Girl Charges of assault and battery with intent to commit rape were filed in the Adams circuit court Friday agains* Charles Spade, 55. of this city. Spade is being held in the Adams county jail. S’jade is alleged to have attempted to assault 17-year-old girl m a barn in the west part of this city, -Thursday as ternoon. The name of the girl is being withheld by oficials. She and her mother were visiting in the northwest part of the city, and the girl, who is said to be unsound mentally, left the house. Later, Spade was seen coming out of the barn near the liouse and, upon investigation, the girl was found in the barn, with some money that she said Spade had given her. When questioned site admitted the attempted assault. Chief of Police Melchi was c; Bed, and he stated that Spade admitted the assault. He was taken to j-il, and charges were filed against him Friday. o DETROIT COUPLE MURDERED IN BED Father And Mother Mysteriously Slain Whi'e Young Eaby Sleeps Between Them. Detroit, April -6 (INS)—While a three months old baby slept between its parents in bed today Mrs. Ida Freschi, 30 the mother was shot and k ; lleJ and Lazri Freschi, 35 the father suffered a mysteioius wound on the 1 :e.t 1 which caused his death two hours later. The double tragedy is veiled in mystery. Police thus far have been unable to decide whether it was a case of double murder ot a murder and suicide. Tlie shooting occured in the home of Peter Bench!, a friend of the Freschis. 0 To Decide Title Tonight Chicago, April 16. — (U.P.) — Dr. L. P. Macklin of St. Louis and Robert Lord of Chicago meet tonight to decide the National amateur three cushion billiard championship. Macklin and Lord came through yesterday's games as the only undefeated players In the annual tournament, Macklin having won six and Lord seven in as many starts.

MURL DULL IS ADJUDGED INSANE AT VAN WERT, OHIO ! Willshire, (>., Man, Wanted Here, Is Ordered Committed To Hospital I ALLEGED BANDITS HELD AT PAULDING Van Wert, Ohio, April 16— (INS)—Muri Dull, 30, of Willshire, Ohio, wanted on robbery charges in Indiana and Ohio, was adjudged insane here today and ordered committed in a state hospital at Toledo, Ohio. The action followed a hearing on an insanity warrant held in probate court here today. Dull was accused of being the driver of the car in which two bandits made their escape on April 12, after robbing a bank at Payne, Ohio. Sheriff Betts, of Paulding county, Ohio, was here today with a warrant fui Dull's arrest on a robbery charge in case he was adjudged sane. Dul lalso was wanted on robbery charges at Decatur and For: Wayne. Indiana. Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth, of Decatur. went to Van Wert this morning, with a warrant for Dull's arrest on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretense. He stated that Sheriff A. L. Fleck, of Van Wert county, would not permit him or Sheriff Betts, of Paulding, to see Dull and would not talk to them himself. The prosecuting attorney at Van Wert stated' today that a charge of criminal IrtMlTrfty “might be filed against Dull, in which case Dull would be committed to the hospital for the criminally insane if he were adjudged insane. Dull came to Decatur recently, it is alleged, and ordered a large quantity of cigarettes from a Fort Wayne concern, pretending that he was placing the order for a Decatur wholesale firm. When the cigarettes arrived here, Dull signed for them at the interurban station and later sold the cigarettes to a local store. Two Held At Paulding Paulding, Ohio. April 16—(INS) — In default oTTbontfa ot s6o.QfltLeach C. P. Acton of Bluffton, Ind., and George Androinette, a Pennsylvanian, were being held In the Paulding county jail here today on charges ot robbing the Farmers & Citizens Bank at Payne, Ohio, on April 12. The two men were arraigned in circuit court here, entered pleas of not guilty and were bound over to the Paulding county grand jury. COUNTY SHERIFF IS UNDER FIRE — Allen County Officer Alleged To Permit Prisoners To Travel At Large Indianapolis, Ind., April 16 —(INS) — What proceedings, it any, are started against Guy Emrick Allen county sheriff, as a result of his handling of federal prisoners Avlll be inflated Monday. Albert Ward, U. S. District Attorney, stated here today. Emerick's office has been investigated by department of justice operatives following complaint that Feder<(V*NTINIJED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 . Condition Os Mr. Hensley Better Today Word from the bedside of D. M. Hensley, well-known Decatur citizen today, was to the erect that he had spent a very restful night and that attending physicians had hopes foe hfs recovery. Mr. Hensley underwent an operation several days ago, and his condition has been very serious the last several days. His vision was temporarily impalre dfollowing the operation, but it was thought to be slowly returning. Mr. Hensley is at St. Joseph's hospital, at Fort Wayne.

Comes Back I .fe tkwk 'aft i 1 i .1 Clarence Saunders, creator of Piggly-Wiggly, has come back, he js telling the world through Tuli-page ads in Memphis papers. Just two years ago, alter a spectacular slock market raid, he was forced into bankruptcy and out of Hit 1 concern he organized. He started a new chain grocery business, paid back his indebtedness, and today cou I d “sell olit for $2,000,000,” he 'says. WORK STARTED ON NEW PARK Legionaires Brave Rain This Morning To Remove Tombstones From Site Recalling their experiences of nine or ten years ago. when rain and mud were no barrier to marches, drills and skirmishes, about fifty ex-service men. members of the Decatur post of the American Legion, worked through the rain this morning and removed all of the tombstones from the .Randotted cemetery o.t Winchester street and piled them in one corner of the tract, as the first step toward converting the old burial ground into a city memorial park. The tombstones will be placed in a pyramid-shaped pile and the pyramid was started 'his morning. Owing to the muddy condition of the ground, the work of levelling the ground for seeding was postponed until a later date. In addition to the fifty legionaires, three teams of horses were used in the work at the new park this morning. One wooden grave marker that had been in the ground for about fifty yehrs, was found to be in good condition yet. The old grave marker found bore the date of 1811. It has been many years since a new l grave was made in the cemetery. POLICEMAN SLAIN BY FELLOW OFFICER Confused Police Orders Result In Death Os Chicago Policeman Chicago, April 16.—(U.P.)—Confused police orders today were blamed T- r the shooting to death of Patrolman James Kakacek by one ot his brother officers. When a report was flashed to police headquaters last night that two Mexicans were suspected of planning to hold up a west side grocery, simultaneous orders were given to two groups of officers to investigate. As officers Charles Wetten and Patrick Mullen aproached the store, they saw two men in civilian clothes leaving. Wetten opened fire and killed one of the men. His firing ceased when Kakecek’s partner, William Allen, shouted: “Stop, you’ve killed a copper.” Convicted Os Conspiracy Warsaw, Ind., April 16 — (United Press) —Three men are awaiting sen tence in the Kosciusko circuit court today after being convicted ot con spiracy by a jury last night. Willard Clark, Robert Sharp and Sherman Jones were held guilty on a charge of conspiring to rob Frank Tucker, Warsaw Cigar Store clerk who disappeared on the night of Jan ttary 23.

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MANY LEVIES BREAK ALONG MISSISSIPPI River Towns And Cities Between St. Louis And New Orleans Inundated ARMY AID SENT BY WAR DEPARTMENT By United Press Battered by the highest flood waters since 1921, the Mississippi river-levee gave way in several places today. Collapse of the only barrier between security and destruction faced river towns from St. Louis to New Orleans. Even where the giant dyke held, farms and cities were suffering from flood water, continuous fain and a sea of mud. Two breaks occurred at Mounds, 111., and Judsonia, Ark., Dorena. Ark., warnings of danger saved lives and some property these instances. Water 10 to 15 feet deep flooded approximately 100,000 acres in the vicinity of Dorena break. Hickman. Ky.. across the river from Dorena is threatened with a similar fate. Relief work is under way. The town of Mounds, a city of more than 2,500 is completely inundated. according to dispatches from Marion. 111. Water four feet deep covers Judsonia and more than 2.000,000 acres ate under water in that region. The levee in this town broke after desperate all-night efforts to save it. Two farmers were reported to have drowned in the flood waters. A search was on for the body of Roy Johnson, 32. who fell into Village creek near Newport. Ark. when the mule he was riding stepped off an inundated bridge. Edward Ing. 28, Blnicord, Tenn , was reported to have died in the back waters of the Mississippi river near Dyersburg. Tenn. Army Aid Ordered Out Washington, April 16 — (United Press) —Army aid for flood sufferers in Arkansas, Mississippi. Tennessee. Texas and Missouri was ordered by the war department today following emergen-.-, ..ppva's. -for relief of va-y-(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) AGREEMENT NEAR IN MINE TROUBLE Only One Point Remains At Issue Between Strip Mine Owners And Miners Terte Haute. Ind., April 16 —(United Press) —Only one point remains at issue in the negotiations between strip mine owners and Union representatives it was announced today by Harvey Cartwfight, district president of the United Mine Workers. What the point at issue is has not been revealed. Miners and operators will meet in separate conferences Monday to discuss the issue and prepare its negotiations. The tentative agreement reached by the sub-committee of six, with the one point, of difference, has been approved by the next high sub-committee of 13 and is ready, following the separate conferences, for consideration and final action by the main conference. o €al Peterson To Speak In Berne Monday Evening Cal E. Peterson president of the Decatur Industrial Association, will deliver an address at a banquet to be held by the Berne chamber of con - 'merce, next Monday evening. The banquet will be helu in the banquet room of the Peoples restaurant In Berne. The Berne organization is conducting a membership campaign There are about 130 members at present and a*> effort is being made to increase the membership to 150.

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