Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 100, Decatur, Adams County, 27 April 1927 — Page 1

WEATHER r aiP tonight and Thursday- Cooler todight i« ea*« “" d ,outh portions. Ri»- ' temperature Thursday in extreme northwest portion

ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE DIES SUDDENLY

■Flood Relief Work Centers In Delta Country Today

JUNS MADE TO DYNAMITE LEVEE j ST NEW ORLEANS ; ; Move Planned To Protect] ( itv; Armed Farmers Protest Action PLAGUE CONTINUES f IN REFUGEE CAMPS (liy United Press) I Relief for the flood-swept youth today centered in the Mississippi delta country, where plans have been made to dynamite -a levee and release the Urst of the flood tide, thus protecting Ne wOrleans. This move was agreed upon by Louisiana state officials after conferences with government i engineers. Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, who is conducting the relief work, arrived in New Orleans this morning to confer with local officials. I The flood waters released by dynamiting the h vre will sweep over St. Bernard parish, and already opposi- j I [lion has sprung up. Armed Farmers Patrol Levee Armed farmers from St. Bernard anil Platpiemine parishes, which would lie flooded by the dynamited break, patrolled the levees, threatenlitig to resist any attempt to break the levee. To combat the situation, Gov. Simpson summoned additional national guard units to carry _gut. .his. &I* lll I to open the dike. Less belligerent of the 10.000 iuhahitairs of the doomed valley meanwhile were hastening toward New Orleans by every conceivable means of transportation. New Orleans is destined to become I a second Vicksburg, according to relief officials. In the latter town refugees continue to demand succor, with facilities for their care already I far overtaxed. ■ — j i.,1... M the flood Plague continued in the refugee camps as a threat. Innoculation and vaccination of refugees were hurried. Health conditions in all camps are had. Several have reported a dangerous number of cases of malignant diseases. THUNDERSTORM HITS COUNTY Heavy Rainfall Occurs During Night; No Damage Reported In County The first heavy thunderstorm of the season visited this community last •light, accompanied by a heavy rain fall which lasted several hours. The storm did not alter the temperature to any great extent. Thunder, accompanied by streaks °f lightning, began to occurabout midnight last night, and torrents of rain liegan to fail about 12:15 o’clock. The heavy rain lasted for more than two hours, and a light rain continued to fall most of Gie night, t'l uiiy weather was on the forecaster s menu for most of today, with probabilities of more light rainfall, before *He sun would break through the clouds. Kain has been plentiful the list several weeks and has handicapped I lie spring work on farms, according to farmers. The planting season already is several weeks late, and iuriartners of this community' will need several weeks of sunshine and fair weather to catch up with their spring work. The roads not injur -d by ’iie heavy rains and most of them were in g°' t riving condition by noon today. The heavy rainfall did not came rivers and streams to hit their overflow marks, but it is feared that the lowiamls will be flooded if more r iirt falls soon.

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Visits Decatur G. E. Emmons Mr. G. E. Emmons, former vicepresident of the General Electric company, who was instrumental in having a branch factory of that company located in Decatur seven years ago, visited in Decatur Tuesday and inspected the local plant in operation. G. LEMMONS VISITS DECATUR I ! Former Vice-president Os G. E. Company Returns To Inspect Local Plant Mr. G. E. Emmons, for many years vice-president of Ihe General Electric Company, Schenectady, New Aork. tluuu defjsoa-lo hoc a,tar. UiS.it;. (ranch plant in Decatur some seven years ago, brought, to this city the t’ao ( tory now recognized as the model institution of its kind in America, visited here yesterday afternoon on a tcur of inspection. He was accompanied by Walter Goll, manager of the Fort Wayne p'ant, and by C. H. Matson and E. J- Graham, also of the Fort Wayne plant. Mr. Emmons, who two years ago retired from the active position he

had held with the company since its SffiSfi! ' 'rnimsss — <- !i " American Electric company ten years prior to that, has been assisting in (ho main offices several months during: the illness of Mr. Pratt, who succeeded him. He expects to return to Pasadena, Oafilornia, where he is now living, in a few weeks, hut could not do so. he explained, without a visit to the Fort. Wayne and Decatur factories. Praises Decatur Plant Mr. Emmons was delighted with the progress here and said that lie and his associates considered t,he Decatur plant the ideal one and the most efficient of any in the country, due to the fact that they manufacture only one article and, by specializing on that and with the improved facilities here, the small motor can be manufactured at less cost and with greater speed. Members of the manufacturers committee, including President Swope, will he here next Monday or Tuesday to inspect the plant which is now running full time and with an outlook for a growing business throughout the rest of the year. Mr. Emmons said that, while the business so far this year was not quie as good as that of the first quarter of last year, indications for a "fair year" were very good. He recalled the incidents which occurred at the tune the factory was located here and remembered many of those who had taken part in the conferonces at that tyme. Under the local manager, E. W. Lankenau, the Decatur plant has come to be recognized as not only one of the best of those owned by the General Electric, but one of the smoothest and most sensibly operated factories in any line in America, a worth while accomplishment,. — Mrs. Sargent Is 111 Washington. April 27. — (UP.) — Attorney General Sargent was enroute to Ludlow. Vt„ today to visit his wife who is ill at their home, it was stated at the justice department today. Sargent left Washington suddenly late yesterday.

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FILE PETITION TO HAVE WINCHESTER STREET IMPROVED Residents Along Street Ask That Asphalt Material Be Placed On Bricks BRICKS LAID 20 YEARS AGO A petit ion lias been filed with the city clerk and will lie presented to the next meeting of the city council, asking that Winchester street from Adams to the Nickle Plate railroad, he improved by covering the brick pavement with some asphalt material. The petition was signed by every resident property owner excepting one, who was out of the city and it is not expected there will tie any objections. The brick pavement was laid more than twenty years ago. The center of .he street was torn up for the traction line when it was extended some years ago to the Erie railroad ami this forced the hauling of coal and other material from the railroads, along the sides of the street, which broke down, making it rough. With such a foundation, however, those interested felt that they should not destroy the street, it is believed that a five-year maintainence cotnract can be obtained and that the new street will be not only durable but quieter, cleaner and in every way better. With tlie new street lights along this thoroughfare, which is now a part tit' state and federal road. No. 27. and which passes”Tbe new Hty park, appearances will tie greatly improved. The petition was circulated by it. D. Myers and Thomas Baltzell. —o Relief Fund Grows Indianapolis, April 27. — (U.P.) — Flood contributions in Indianapolis mounted to $11,120,24 early today with more than $4,500 being received by the local Red Cross chapter during the past 24 hours.

.SEWING CLUB LEADERS MEET Leaders Os 4-H Sewing Clubs Get Instructions From Purdue Woman Givis 4-H Club Leaders from four townships of Adams county met Tuesday forenoon with Miss May Masten, of the Club Department at Purdue, for instructions concerning the club work to be conducted among the girls this year. The meeting was held in the directors’ room of the Peoples Loan and Trust Company, and was attended by several girls besides the leaders. According to plans made at tiie meeting, each leader vyill have at least five girls in her club whom she will supervise in sewing work this summer. First, second, third and fourth year work are outlined and tiie leaders will determine the year of work their members should take. Each club will have its own officers who will conduct meetings under the direction of the leader about every two weeks during the summmer. A county exhibit will he made about October 1, when the girls' work will he graded. Their sewing exhibits, will he given a weight of 80 points, their recoul hooks 10 points and their stories 10 points. The gill who receives the highest total grade will receive a free trip to the National Club Congress to be held at Chicago during the International Livestock and Grain Show in December. This trip will he awarded by the Peoples Restaurant, of Decatur. Other winning girls will participate in premiums awarded by the Niblick Company. That the girls’ 4-H club work is no minor affair is attested to by the fact that more than eight thousand girls took part in the work in Indiana last year. Many counties have more than 100 girls enrolled in the work. Last year, Adams County had 28 girls finish the work. *

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Boy, .lumping On Bed, Bounces Through Open Window; Falls 3 Stories Chelsea, Mass.. April 27. — (U.P.) — While jumping up and down on a lied, •Tames McCarthy, 4. was bounced through an open window and fell three stories. At the hospital it was found he had escape 1 witti a broken leg and bruises CHINESE CONTINUE FIRE ON SAILORS i Fighting Between Sailors And Chinese Troops In Yangtze River Continues London, April 27.—(United Press) Fighting between foreign sailors aboard Yangtze river warships and Ch'nese ashore continued today, the ad ru rally announced in a communique. The latest foreign vessel fired on was Ls. M. S. Cockchafer. The incident occurred near Chinkiang and the vessel returned the fire with six inch j guns. FORMER DECATURITES ARE ILL IN MICHIGAN Mr. And Mrs. Frank Kern, Os Clio, Michigan, An Seriously III; Latter To Undergo Operation Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kern, former residents here, but for some years past living at Clio. Michigan, a suburb of Flint, are both seriously ill. Mr. Kern is suffering from diabetes ami lias been in the hospital at Ann Arbor for three weeks. He is to he taken home Friday, physicians declaring ills case incurable, hut say that by care In his diet he may live for several years. Next Monday. Mrs. Kern will enter the same hospital to undergo an operation for inward goiter. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kern have been ill three months and under the care of a nurse.

Mrs. Kern is a daughter of P. B. Dykeman and Mr. and Mrs. Dykeman will leave Saturday morning to re-uijSAi-wMt Mr and Mrs. Kern several w■ ■ -■ mums*. Frank lias been with the Buh l: company for some years. Large Picture Presented To Decatur High School A large pen drawing of the Andersonviile prison, at Fort Sumter, Georgia, as it appeared August 1, 1804 when 35000 soldiers of tiie LTnion army were imprisoned there, lias been presented to Decatur high school by Mrs. C. T. Rainier, CIS W. Madison street. The picture was drawn by Thomas O’Dey. It is four feet by six feet in size. The picture wil he hung in the high school library. Red Cross Relief Fund The total of the Red Cross fund for the relief of sufferers in the Mississippi river flood area, being raised in Decatur and Adams county, mounted to $250.06 today, with a large number of donations turned in. The quota for Adams county is $1,025 and it is hoped that this amount will he raised within a few days. Following are tiie contributions to date: Previous report $176.14 Pyth'an Sisters $ 10.00 Loyal Order of Moose 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. Gregg MeParian and Baby 10.00 Miss Polly Reed 1-00 C. Vangwilder 1.00 Mrs. Chas. Burdge 100 J. M. Gibson 1-00 C. N. Brown (Geneva, Ind.) 1.00 Friends of Red Cross* 2.00 Millard Baumgartner 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Wertzberger 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Black . 5.00 Dr. W. E. Smith 5.00 P. Kirsch 5.00 Millers Bakery 5.00 Elizabeth Peterson 1.00 Stephen A. Siegrist 1.00 E. B. Mary 2.00 Joe Kostenbere 50 A Friend .50 Cash 50 Envelopes without name 2.27 Loose change in boxes 5.15 Total $250.06

IMPOSTOR POSES AS A RED GROSS REPRESENTATIVE Stranger Solicits In Decatur,; Saying Money is For j Flood Sufferers RED ( ROSS OFFICERS ISSUE WARNING TODAY Local Red Cross officials learned today that an impostor has been at work in Decatur this week, representing himself as an agent for the American Red Cross and collecting donations, saying that the money is to tie used for the relief or sufferers in the' flood district of the Mississippi valley. So far, they have been unable to apprehend the alleged impostor, but the Red Cross officials have issued a warning to residents of this city and county to watch for ttie man and to refrain from giving donations to him. The Red Cross does not have soli- | citors gathering up donations for the l flood relief fund. Persons wishing to make donations are asked to drop them in one of the contribution boxes I to be found in the local banks, the post office, tiie Murray hotel and the Daily Democrat office, or tq hand them or send them to Miss Anna Winnes, secretary, or Mr. C. L. Walters, chairman, of the Adams County chapter of the Red Cross. The alleged impostor was at work on Line street yesterday One woman reported having given one dolar to him. He saW tie was from Foil Wayne. The man was wearing a Red Cross button on his coat lapel and had a red cross on his hat. Retired Minister Dies Warsaw, Irul., April 27. — (U.P.) — Rev. William H. McCaughey, 77, retired Presbyterian minister, died at ltis home here today following an illness of tiiree weeks.

SETTLE SPEARS •4TFAWfE«. President Os State Farm Bureau Federation Speaks At Monroe A fair sized crowd of Adams county farmers heard William H. Settle, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation, deliver an address, expressly for farmers, at the Monroe high school building last night. Mr. Settle talked on both state and national issues pertaining to the farmer and farm relief. The speaker stated that the Indiana general assembly this last session was fair and friendly to the farmers of Indiana, and that the farm federation was instrumental in having passed every farm Dill that the average farmer was in favor of, including the strengthening of the state budget, the oleomargerlne bill and the county agent bill. Mr. Settle also stated that the farm federation was instrumental in having killed the reapportionment bill; the primary repeal bill and the foreign corporation tax hill. He stated that a large majority of the state’s representatives in both houses were favorable to the farmer. Taking up the national issue, Mr. Settle asked the question, “shall we industrialize America at the expense of agriculture?” He continued to prove that America was being industrialized at the expense of agriculture and at the expense of the farmer and urged that the farmer see the great problem and get behind the men who are b hind them. Mr. Settle scored those who opposed progressive fa.tn legislation v d highly commended those who were friendly to the farm, r in both stata and national affairs. A representative audience heard the address and :he assembly room of the Monroe high school building was almost Tilled.

I Answers ('all Albert J. Beveridge Albert J. Beveridge, former United States Senator from Indiana, died of j heart trouble at his home in Indiana- i polls this morning. COOLIDGE MOURNS BEVERIDGE DEATH President Sends Message Os Condolence To Mrs. Beveridge Today Washington. April 27—United Press President Coolldge sent a message of condolence today to Mrs. Albert. J | Beveridge, Indiahapolls, on the death of Iter husband. "It is with n feeling of personal loss that I have learned of the passing of your distinguished husband,” Mr. Coolldge wrote. “In scholarship, in literature and in politics he was a great American figure. ‘‘l express to you and to your family the sympathy of Mrs. Coolidge and myself.” Indiana has lost “one of her ablest oßizens and one who has brought the state great, distinction," Postmaster General New commented here today on the death of former Sen. Albert J. Beveridge. “Ur was r> iwj»t pnpsnaJ man, with "HTtTrcepttonal 1 x• . mind," New said. “No one will qttesI tion ‘hisabilitjy which wits equaled only by his capacity for work and the energy with which he undertook the things in which he was interested.’ “It is a very great shock to me," Governor Ed Jackson, of Indiana, declared at the white house after an informal social conference with the President. “The state of Indiana has lost one of its ablest citizens.” o OFFICERS INSTALLED BY MOOSE LODGE Jesse Roop Takes Office As Dictator Os Decatur Lodge At Meeting Last Night Officers for the ensuing year were installed at the regular meeting of Adams lodge. No. 1311. Loyal Order of Moose, last night. Adam Shafer was the installing officer. The officers' installed were: Jesse Roop, 1 dist.' John Keiss, vice-dictator; : Dee Dierkes, prelate; George Tester, ' treasurer; Charles Heare, secretary; 1 L. C. Helm, trustee for three years; It. R. Green, trustee for two years; Philip Meihls, inner guard; Lee Stults. ' outer guard; and W. H. Goughty, sergeant at arms. ' n Decatur Methodists Go To Lake Webster A party of Decatur Methodists motored to Lake Webster today, to spend I the day at the cottage owned by the i Epworth League of the local M. F. church. It was planned to clean the cottage, plant shrubbery and flowers I and improve the property in general. Those making the trip were: Mr. and Mrs. John E. Nelson, Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walters, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Beery, Mr. and Mrs. M E. Hower, Mr. and t Mrs. Leigh Bowen and Mrs. Christena Vail,

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HEART TROUBLE CLAIMS LIFE OF FORMER SENATOR

Nationally Known As Writer And Orator; Prominent Political Figure LATEST BOOK IS LEFT UNFINISHED Indianapolis, Apr. 27. (I ailed Press) In strange contrast to the fiery oratorical manner which brought to him national fame, Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, (to, former I'. S. Senator from Indiana and a nationally known writer, slept pencelully into dentil tit CcffO o clock here this morning. Death was due lo an ailing heart .which has kept tike former senator Indoors for several weeks. Word was sent to ltis two children, Albert J„ a stu(i<nt at St. Marks •Academy, South bon,ugh.- Mass., and Abngarl, who is attending Foxcroft Academy, near Washington. Fit net .tl services will lie held either Friday or Saturday, Mrs. Beveridge announced this afternoon. Burial will tie In Crown Hill cemetery here. The death of Beveridge left incomplete “The Life of Abraham Lincoln” a book that was to have been the former senator's greatest literary effort. Practically two volumes or the intended four volumes are completed. Beveridge first came into national prominence shortly after his election to the U. S. senate in 1899. Following ills election he immediately made a tiflp to the Philippine Islands where he studied conditions. A few months later he astonished the senate with an eloquent speech in support of the administration’s policy in the Philippines, and immediately gained fume as an orator. Best Known For His Eloquence Ferhaps known best for his eloquence which stirred politics for more than a score of years, Beveridge will long bo remembered as the author of “Tiie Life of John Marshall,’’ a book which has become a classic among contributions to the policltal history of the United States. Born in Highland county, Ohio, Oct. (i, LSt>2, Beveridge moved to Illinois with his parents at the dose of iroi'miED <-x i• >i PUPILS' TEETH BEING EXAMINED Decatur Dentists Examining Teeth Os All Grade Pupils In City Free Local dentists started early this morning the task of examining the teeth of nil grade school pupils in the city and, at noon today, the work was almost half completed. The work is being done free of charge in connection with dental health week. Charts of each pupil will be sent to tbe parents and a duplicate will he kept, on file ‘by the dentists. A large percentage of childrens’ teeth examined so far, have been found to be defective, according to those in charge, and very few perfect sets have been found. One prominent dentist stated today that about 90 per cent of the pupils examined this morning had defective teeth. Complete statistics of ihe examinations will he published as soon as the records are compiled, hut it was learned authorita'ively that, the percentage of perfect teth would not exceed 20 per cent. The examination work started this morning at, the North Ward and by noon all wards and the Lutheran school liad been visited. This left the* Central school and the Cahtolic school for this afternoon and the dentists thought that they could finish the work today. Provided the examination is no* completed today, it will bo finished tomorrow morning. It was announced late this afternoon that the examination of the children at the Centra! building would be postponed until Wednesday, May 4.

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