Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 94, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1927 — Page 1

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■OUNCIL TO BUY |EW FIRE TRUCK MPUMPER SOON ■ a, unt il To Receive Bids On ■Additional Eire Fighting I Equipment May 17 4o BUY TRUCK WITH | A LARGE CAPACITY ■ h „ <it; <;-.un«il will receive bids on] ■... 17 on .1 fire truck and pumper, ■ outfit purchased to lx* added to ■, present equipment of the city fire ■puitment. aphe (ouni ilnien stated that bids for ■> y standard make pumpers would bt. ■nsidetuti ami that the council would ‘i, chase an assembled truck and pum|r. ■Councilman are of the opinion that] Bj city should purchase a pumps." Ith 750 gallons to 1,000 gallons pe.j li iite. The present pumper has aceL iiy of 450 gallons per minute. Stat ? pre Marshall Graham was in the city festerdav ami came up to the council Keeling. When he learned that the eunci! was planning to purchase an Idriitional pumper outfit, he commend<t the city officials vefy highly on heir stand. Although Decatur has no lad a disastrous fire in the last few tears, the councilmen go on the basis hat one never knows when additional ire fighting facilities will be needed ind rather than go on the theory of ’locking the barn after the horse has been stolen", they wish to place every lafeguard at the disposal of the city for fighting fires and preventing the’r Ipread. < , - 1 Noted Horticulturist Dies Plainfield, Ind., April 20.— (U.P.) — Funeral arrangements were being made today for Cyrus M. Hobbs. 79. tinted Indiana horticulturist who died here yesterday. • Hobbs was standing in front of his home waiting for a] motor bus when stricken with a fatal attack of heart trouble. 0 nillC LARGE ACREAGE OF BEETS Local Sugar Company Has More Than 10.000 Acres Contracted For Now More than 10,000 acres cf sugar beets have been contracted for by representatives of the local sugar company. it was announced today by- E. J Fricke, field man. The acreage is mostly in northeastern Indiana, and all the beets raised will be made Into sugar in the local factory. Many Adams county farmers have signed contracts to raise beets this' year and predictions are that, with the proper weather during the summer months the run next fall will be largest a| the local factory. Held men for the local factory have been working the last several week; seeming acreage, and the work will •ontinue for the next several days, it "as intimated today. Northeastern Inlliana has contributed most of the at'eage, while some western counties la 'e also, agreed to raise beets.

Careers Os Three Actors Shattered By Murder In Hollywood

By Dan Campell 11 P. Staff Correspondent) Hollywood. Calif., April 20.—(U.P.) Three brilliant careers lay shatter- ' today, with one of the principals ' H ‘"l. another facing murder charges the third and central figure a rr ’ tp n. hysterical young widow. A terrlfl c struggle that reverted to, e Primitive use of bare knuckles , as assi Bned by police, after an exhaustive investigation, as the cause •ho death of Ray Raymond, musical i PPniPdy star, who succumbed to a '■''tared skull in a hospital here. a ul Kelly, rapidly rising screen paced a cell in the Holly-

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Moose To Hold Annual I Memorial Service Sunday I The Decatur lodge of the Loya) Order of Moose will hold its annual mem otial service at the lodge home on Thirt street, at 2 o'clock next Sunday afternoon. An appropriate program is being arunged for the service. There : are twenty-two deceased membra cf the lodg. CAST FOR JUNIOR PLAY ANNOUNCED I D. 11. S. Juniors Ready To Stage ‘Cyclone Sally’ Monday And Tuesday Nights The cast for the home talent play, "Cyclone Sally." to be presented in the Decatur high school auditorium next Monday and Tuesday evening:. ' by the junior class of the high school, was announced today by Miss Verneal I Whalen,, class guardian and direct;::' of the play. The cast has been holding rehearsals for the last few weeks ami ■the production is well in hand already. The performance will begin at 8 o’clock each evening. John DeVoss is the business manager of the play and Roy Anadell is the stage manager. Miss Isabel Cloud will give several vocal selections between acts of the play and Miss Dorothy Haley will accompany her at the piano. Following is the cast of characters: Jack Webster, owner of the Webster estate Kenneth Schnepp Reggie Manners, a young Englishman, an adept at plucking peaches. Kenneth Hofstetter. Jim Jerkins, courted for twenty years, tmt not yet -discouraged Robert Carper Willie Clump, Sue Bascom’s beau and the world’s eighth wonder Thurman Elzey Sally Graham. ‘Cyclone Sally’’ Agnes Johnson Jenny Thatcher, forty, the object of , Jim's persistence I Lillian Worthman Ruth Thatcher, a peach Reggie would like to pick Vivian Thomas. Effie Varden, a cute little neighbor ~f r. Point Josephine Archbold. 0 G. R- * I WAS WRECK SOUTH OF COLLETT Nine Cars Os Local Freiaht Are Derailed: 200 Yards Os Track Torn Up Traffic on the Grand Rapids end Indiana division of the Pennsylvan'a railroad through Decatur was delayed several hours Tuesday afternon an 1 evening, duo to a wreck of a freight train two miles south of Collett, in J. y county, about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Pas< •uv’er trains were dcI toured through Redkey. , Nine cars on the north bound local freight train were derailed and tiled up at the bott"m of a 15-foot embankment south of Collett. The cause of the wreck has not been determined. I The caboose carying the brakemen and the conductor, was not derai’e l. but name to the edge of the wrecked track Abp-.t* 200 feet of track was torn on. One of the derailed cars was loade 1 with coal and the coal was scat! ?red over the right of way for several yards. Three or four of the cars were practically demolished.

wood police station facing charges for the death of Raymond. A contract which be was to have accepted today and which was to have brought him one step nearer stardom lay unsigned in the office of a large movie studio. The woman —admittedly the cause of the battle between Kelly and Raymond, which resulted in the latter’s death—is Dorothy Mackays, star of “The Dove,” “The Sun Daughter”, and other stage Successes, and wife of Raymond. She is reported prostrated with grief at her home after making a detailed statement to directives.

MORE PETITIONS FOR ORNAMENTAL LIGHTS ARE FILED ——— Residents Os North Seventh And Eighth Streets Ask For New Lights CITY COUNCIL HOLDS SESSION Petitions for ornamental light posts on North Seven tl; street, between Monroe street and Nullman avenue, and on Eighth street between Monroe and Adams streets, were filed with the city council in regular session last evening. The petitions were referred to the electric light committee and mere than likely they will be passed on favorably. Petition for Watchman .. .. C. E. Pell, of the La Fountain Handle company, and three other interested property owner; filed a petition with the council asking that a watch man be placed at the Erie and Nickel Plate crossings on Tenth street. This is the crossing at which E. E. Fritzinger. well-known manufacturer of this city, was killed when an Erie train struck his automobile, lecenGy. The petition stated that much traffic parses over this crossing and that frequently freight cars are “spotted" on both sides of the track. The n'? It ion was referred to the committee on public safty. Renews Sprinkling Contract The committee reported that it had entered into a contract with John Barnett for sprinkling the city's street crossings. The city furnishes the water 'Tor sprtnkttng purposes. Eighth Street Completed The Eighth street improvement was reported completed and the preliminary assesment roll was filed and approved. Remonstrances or objections will be received by the council on Tuesday. May 17. The maintenance of Arthur Zehr, contractor, was filed and referred to the finance committee. Routine Matters The electric light committee reported that it had purchased a new pump and motor for the power plant and /Tl'-,.''.' the Mutschler Packing company for S2OO. The report was approved. A tree surgeon made a. proposition to the council to trim the trees in Mem- << ONTINI KD ON PAGE St V > W. H. SETTLE TO SPEAK IN COUNTY President Os Stat ° Farm Buro?” To Gi'p Address At Monroe Tuesday William H. Settle, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, and who has been taking a very active part in political affairs during the past year, will speak to the farmers and business men of Adams county at the Monroe high school auditorium, next Tuesday evening. April 26. at 8 o’clock, it was announced today by David J. Schwartz, president of the Adams County Bureau. Mr. Settle has been in Washington during the past several months and knows the "ins and outs" regarding the meaning and the merits of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill knows just why it was vetoed and what the pressure was behind that action of the President. He. also, knows much about the intent of the proposed law and what it would have meant to the farmers of this section and he tells it well. Mr. Settle has started a campaign against those forces which have prevented the healthy success of the ordinary farmer and he proposes to carry on that fight until victory is assured. The matter is of such great importance that at least every farmer and business man should want to know the facta. The Monroe meeting is absolutely free and farmers are urged to attend and to listen to the address by “Bill” Settle on the great economic question of the hour.

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Ihtzcl Livingston whs adjudged tlie prettiest girl ill Marshall (’ollege, Huntington, \V. Va. “And I'm not going into the movies now," she, says. “Alter two more years .of college I'm going to marrv." 1 TRAINING SCHOOL TO GRAOUATE 20 First Commencement Os School To Be Held Here Next Monday Night Tile first; commencement exercise of the Decatur Community Training School will be held in the First Christian church here next Monday evening, starting at 7:30 o clock, the Rev. R. W. Loose, dean of the school, announced today. The school closed its second semester’s work last Monday evening, bringing to a close a very successful term. Diplomas from the International Council of Religious Education will be awarded to twenty graduates Monday night. Mr. E. T. Albertson, of Indianapolis, general secretary of thUlndland''GoSnaelT of' Reiiitbt®' Education, will deliver the commencement address. He is a speaker of note. The public is invited to attend the commencefnent. The Community Training School offers a three-year course. It has been functioning for the last three year? and the twenty persons who wi'l receive diplomas Monday evening have been in attendance each cf the three years. INSPECTS CITY SCHOOLBUILDINGS Assistant To State Fire Marshal Here: Finds No Fire Hazards Cash M. Graham, of South Whitley, representing the inspection department of the sta'e fire marshal's office, spent part of Tuesday and today in inspecting the various school Jiuild■ngs in Decatur. Mr. Graham reported to M. F. Wot" liman, superintendent of the city schools, that he found all of the buildings in good condition, wi'h respect to fire hazards. Mr. Graham gave a talk on the subject, "Fire Hazards." to the pupils at the Central school building this morning, and his talk was instructive am! interesting. He appointed one pupil at each of the buildnigs to serve as chairman for the different build next fall. The chairmen named by next. fall. The chairman named by Mr. Graham are: Richard Ward, Riley building: Fern Ammerman, North ward: Ralph C. Peterson, South ward; Richard Schug, Central building: anil Vivian Thomas, high school building. - - * To Lay Cornerstone July 4 Indianapolis, April 20. — (U.P.) — Plans made today by the board of trustees for the Indiana World War memorial provide for the corner stone layng ceremonies on July 4.

PLANS MADE FOR VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL IN CITY Protestant Churches Arrange For Holding Daily Vacation School DATES SELECTED ARE MAY 23 TO JUNE 17 Bible School, to be sponsored in Decatur again this summer by the Protestant churches of this city, were mapped out at a meeting of the executive committee of the school, held in th? office of John Nelson, Adams county cletk, last night. The school will op-n on May 2:1 and close on June 17. The classes will meet in the Central school building. The Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, pastor of the Zion Reformed church, was elected chairman of the executive committee and Charles Teeple was named secretary and treasurer. W. Guy Brown, principal of the Central public school, was chosen to act as dean of the school again this summer. Tile Daily Vacation Bible School lias <( ONTINt I.lt ON I’.MiE MX) “IRISH EYES” TO BE STAGED TONIGHT St. Agnes Society Os Catholic Church To Present Play In D C. H. S. Auditorium Special and beautiful scenic and ligthting effects will be a feature of the play. “Irish Eyes," a home talent play to be staged in the auditorium of the Catholic school building this evening. under the auspices of the St, Agnes society of the St. Mary’s Catholic church congregation. The performance will start at 8:15 o'clock. The doors will lie open at 7:30 o’clock and a musical program will stait a* 8 o’clock. The scene of the play is laid in Gal way. Ireland. Os unusual beatuy is a garden scene in which a masquerade takes place. The entire play will be accompanied by an orchestra under the direction of Mrs. Ed Coffee. The play is under the direction of Miss Grace Coffee. The admission price will he thlrfy-trve* 'ceii,K™Severai~«®iiß •WUIF been reserv’d, reservations being mute at the Smith. Yager and Falk drug store. The public is cordially invited to witness the production. 0 HENRY F. JOHNSON DIES OF NEURITIS Decatur Man Dies Tuesday Night After An Extended Illness Henry Franklin Johnson, age 49. died at 11:20 o’clock Tuesday night, at his home on Niblick street, after an extended illness, later developing into neuritis. Mr. Johnson had been ill for about a year and had been confined to his bed for sometime. Until his recent illness, he had been employed at the Maier Hide and Fur company in this city. The deceased was born in Ohio, March 15. 1878. He has lived in this city for about thirty years. He was married to Miss Mary Ritter, of this city, and to this union six children were born namely, John Henry, Emery Merle, Dewey Alonzo, Robert Wayne, Elizabeth Jane and William Tague Johnson, all of whom, together wi'h the wife, survive. One sister, Mrs. Cora Schlegel, also, survives. Funeral services will be held some time Friday, from the U. B. church, the final arrangements not having been made, pending arrival of the sister, who lives at Lima, Ohio. Burial will be made either at Lima or in Adams county. —o New Custodian Appointed Indianapolis, April 20. — (U.P.) — Fred Ingle, of Bloomingdale today took up his new duties as custodian of the state house after his appointment by Governor Jackson to succeed the late Benjamin S. Pierce who died recently.

Gary To Build Large Auditorium And Gym Gary, Ind., April 20. - (U.P.) Construction of a central auditorium and gymnasium will he started lure soon, following the approval by lite city council of a bond issue with which to finance the project. The cost Is estimated at more than S3OO 000. The auditorium will seat five thousand and will contain a large stage. EXPECT GOAL TO RE REACHED More Than 150 Members Already Secured For Industrial Association More than 150 members already have been secured for the Decatur Industrial Association, according to the committee reports and indications I are that the membership will go over the 200 mark today. Practically all local business and professional mon have become members in the 1927 organization. Anyone who has been missed in the new member canvass, and who wishes to become a member is urged to send a check for $5 to Cal E. Peterson, president, in the next, few days. Besides the many renewals secured yesterday. several new members were secured for the association. The Industrial Association will be one of the strongest commercial organizations in this part of the state and all departments of the 1927 organization will swing into action in the next few days, and it is assured that good results will be obtained. There will be a bard meeting in the next few days, Mr. Peterson announced today, and later there will boa joint meeting of all committees in order that each committee may present an outline of its work for the year. A comple'e list of members, which includes a representative of practically every firm and partnership in the city, will be published as soon as the drive is completed. BROTHER OF CARL PUMPHREY DIES p?tav\ar* x Ohio, Brother Os Decatur Jeweler, Dies Tuesday Night Howard Pumphrey, age about 55, mayor of Delaware, Ohio, and brother of Carl C. Pumphrey, of this city, d’ed at 9 o’clock Tuesday night, at the hospital in Delaware. Mr. Pumphrey had been in poor health for more than a year. He made several trips to the Mayo Brothers clinic at Rochester and fought with all the strength in him to overcome his illness, but his condition gradually became weaker and, a week ago, the family wired for his brother in this city to come to his bedside. Monday, word was received in tills city that little hope was extended for his recovery. Mr. Pumphrey was well known in this city having visited here with his brother. He was one of the prominent business mon and a leading citizen of Delaware and. two years ago was elected mayor of his home town. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon, at 3 o’clock. The Pumphrey Jewelry store in this city will be closed all day Friday. Besides his brother, Carl, two other brothers and two sisters, of Delaware, Ohio, his wife and mother also, survive.

Fashionable Wedding Called Off; Groom Elopes With Another Girl

Chicago, April 20. — (U.P.) —Miss Marion Dawes will not be married on April 30. The other party to the fashionable Dawes-Bilderback wedding, set for that date, will be, however. In fact, he will have been married 12 days. A visit to a former sweetlieart proved too much for the presumably fickle heart of Gordon Butler Bilderback, the prospective groom, and he eloped with Miss Gertrude Sergeant, attractive young instructor at the University of Illinois. While invitatons to the Dawes-

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30,000 HOMELESS PROPERTY DAMAGE MOUNTS RAPIDLY Cyclonic Winds Add To Destruction; Rivers Continue At Flood Stage STORMS CAUSE DAMAGE IN INDIANA By t'niled Press Destructive storms have caused the following loss of life, injury and property damage in the hist 10 days: Deaths attributable directly or indirectly to storms or flood 75. I Injuries 300 Homeless 30,000 Property damage, nt least $25,000,000. These estimates were made today front United Prcsc reports nf (lim/a?. 1 ters in the Mississippi basin. The major centers of destruction attributable to excessive spring rains and wind storms have been in the Mississippi valley. Floods and levee breaks on the I Mississippi river and tributaries in the territory centering at St. Louis | and at Memphis. Tenn, have caused twenty or more deaths. Millions of acres of valuable farm land are flooded; 25,000 are homeless —their houses, farms, farm buildings, livestock and ! other valuables destroyed. A similar flood disaster, on a lesser I scale has been experienced with overflowing of smaller streams in Okla- . ] hoina and Kansas. The two floods [ have struck the country simultaneous- . ly due to exceptionally heavy spring I rains. Rivers through the district today 'j continued at flood stage and several i towns were threatened. New Madrid. Mo., is virtually deserted owing to a break in the levee while Beardstown, Ill.—just recovering from disastrous flood waters of last fall —again is I threatened. Climaxing a week of terror for <CONTI.NI Kit ON PAGE FIARt YOUNG PEOPLE ' TO STAGE PLAY Young Peonies’ Society Os St. John’s Church To Present “His Uncle’s Niece” "His Uncle's Niece” is the title of a three-act play to be given by the Young Peoples Society of St. John’s Lutheran church, north of Decatur, on Friday. Saturday and Sunday evenings, April 22, 23 and 24. The perforamnee will begin at 8 o’clock, each evening. The play is a farce and was written by Raymond W. Sargent. Music -will be furnished during the evening by the Quinque Orchestra, 1 of Fort Wayne. Following is the cast for the play: ’ R’chard Tate, Esq., a young law1 yer Lawrence’ Bnlmann Franc's Fel'on, the cause of all trouble Edgar Koeneman Do-a Hale, much attached to the “cause" . Florence Scheumnn 1 Alice Malcom, Dora’s close chum I Julie Seheunian ■ Mrs. Sarah Ann Mullen, a woman cf few words, from Happy Valiev August Schroeder ‘ Silas Sickelmore, constnb’e Louis Boenker

Bilderback wedding were being recalled today, society here and in Evanston and champaign was still staggering under the shock of Bilderback's “run out" on the daughter of William R. Dawes, president of the association of commerce and second cousin to the vice-president of the United States. Miss Dawes, a sparkling and happy bride-to-be, was at the station yesterday greeting brides maids arriving from the east when news of her fiance’s marriage reached her.

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