Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 105, Decatur, Adams County, 3 May 1927 — Page 1

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WORST INUNDATION IN HISTORY FEARED

GIiOLIjGE ORDERS JIRVEY OF FLOOD ft’NTROL PROBLEM BLident Takes Step ToPermanent Federal Legislation lIoXSIDERS PLANS TO ifIIARXESS MISSISSIPPI n. Muy 3—(Vnltetl Press Coolidge directed Secretary K- order jinny neering corps to conduct a comi survey of the flood cnotrol lem in the Mississippi valley ,-rinanent federal I lef lation. ■h,. corps wll inquire into the i tes ility < f constructing dams, spillBr re ervoire and stronger levees the Mississippi and pre- ' #:r a recurrence of the vast Inunda-: . ft which occur every spring. H'lic'. v. ill report their recommends|to the President before congress ■invents in December, so that body •y have full information in drawing ■ ameliorative laws. was announced at. the White gAise that Mr. Coolidge would not [■J . special session of congress to *, with flood rehabilitation and ■Kt he found it impossible to make |i* Personal inspection of the flood rr at this time. |3 o ■rs. Coolidge Attends ■ A Circus; President Is Lnable To “Take It In" ■U’ashiuL’ton, May. 3 —(UH-F-—Ke* > Is. Calvin Coolidge away from a cir g 1 9 guesses not. ■ Even though the President was tn- ■ e to accept an invitation to attend ■circus here this afternoon. Mis. Cool■ge. dyed-in-the-wccl “fan", eoasentci. | » to : 0 Five Indicted For Murder Os Toni Kerrick ■ Los Angles May 3 —(UP)- —Five per- ■ were held without bail in the Ptinty jail today under indictment for be murder of Tom Kerrick, screen lowboy who was shot last week durtg -n allege! drinking party in his feme. [ The five, including all who had been resent when the actor was slain are: Hrs. Sarah Kerrick, his widow; Miss iis Burns, Miss Anita Davis and Hen y Isabel, ali film “Extras" and J iunt. The indictments came after a coroict s jury had returned an open verlet and two previous sessions of the ■rand Jury had adjourned without act “K in the case because ct conflicting estimony. o— M WINNERS GO TO PURDUE Nine Boys And Girls From Adams County Attend Annual Club Roundup James Smith, Abraham Lehman, Bertha M. Schwartz and Frederick Dull', winners in the calf club last year, Truman Hoile, Sylvan .Hahegger ’ Ivan Huser and Richard Bryan, Winners in the corn club, and Simon AL Schwartz, winner in the sugar beet flub left Tuesday morning for Purdue University to attend the boys an.l girls club roundup. Miss Naomi Schwartz also accompanied the party. I he party went by automobile. Win. Linn, of Decatur, and L. M. Busche, county agent, driving their cars. she Purdue club roundup Is a regu'at annual affair and is designed to Juinish an opportunity for int -rested Kang people to become acquainted Hlt h a State University, . It is ex-P-cted about 1,400 club witfers from | a H parts of Indiana will be in attenI dance. The Adams county party will | foturn Friday afternoon.

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Left Waiting At The Church But Is Glad Os It Indianapolis, May 3.—(UP) — Miss Mabel Taylor of this city was left waiting at the altar here Friday night when Ray Fleming, 27, her prospective husband, failed to appear at the church. Miss Taylor asked police to investigate Fleming's disappearance ami today is congratulating herself that she was deserted before the ceremony. Police discovered that Fleming already has a wife at Cincinnati, O. When the story of the missing bridegroom was published, Mrs. Fleming 1 immediately notified authorities here and by photograph and other identication, pidice said, established the fact that Fleming was her husband. Cincinnati are seeking Fleming on wife desertion charges and Miss Taylor said she is anxious that he be located so her wrist watch and other articles may be returned. PLANS FOR NEW IPARI(DISCUSSED Representatives Os Various Organizations Hold Meeting .Monday Night Representatives from the American Legion, Womans club. Industrial Association, Rotary and Lions clubs, the schools and the city council attended a meeting held in the Legion rooms last evening, discussing plans for tl’<? improvement of the new park in the south part, of the city. Reports showed that the Legion boys had gathered the stones, made a record of them and placed the monuments in a pyramid. They are very- enthusiastic and the meeting last night was to distribute the work, of putting in drainage, walks, benches and shrubbery. The city will seed the park, put in the drainage and do several o her things for the park, wh le the rest of the improvement made this year will be taken care of by the other organizations interested. The Cloverleaf Creameries will install a wading pool, and others will be asked to help on the hedge, the Lw(asß' :;::c tin . The Legion, following a nation wide movement of that organization, is also boosting an athletic field and it is the hope that this will develope soon. A committee, consisting of one from each organization represented at the meeting, was appointed by Paul Graham, chairman. to ascertain whe’ber or not they cculd secure financial aid with which to put in a temporary field for baseball and football and other sports and a discussion of the -probabilities cf the city eventually taking over the field was engaged in. Another meeting is to be held Friday evening. ALVERTA KRICK DIES AT RICHMOND Former Adams County Woman Dies Monday; Funeral Services Arranged To Be Held At Clark's Chapel Word was received here today by relatives of the death last night of Alverta Krick, at Richmond, Indiana. Miss Krick has several relatives in Adams county. The body will arrive in this city Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, and funeral services will be held at ( lark s Chapel in Union township, at. 2:30 o’clock. Burial will be made in the Clark’s Chapel -cemetery. Miss Krick had been in Richmond several years. Her father and parents Elias and Mary Krick preceded her in death. —■ Store Has Flags For Decoration Day Flags for decorating the graves soldiers on Memorial Day. Monday, May 30, may be secured from the Tot pie and Peterson clothing stor ’. Those who wish flags are asked to notify Mr. Peterson or Mr. Teeplo and they will be reserved for them. Plans are being made for a public oservance of Memorial Day in this city and the carrying out of a program at the cemeteries.

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CONTRACTS LET FOR TWO ROADS AND FIVE BRIDGES Dennis Striker And Arnold & Bieberick Get Highway Contracts BRIDGE JOBS LET TO CHARLES COLE The board of county comm ssioners awarded contracts this morning for building two macadam roads and five bridges. Dennis Striker was awarded the contract for building the Stepier road in Monroe township, his bid being. $2,615. Arnold and Bieberick were the low bidders on the Laughrey road ( in St. Marys township, their bid be- | ing $3,794. Other bids filed on the , Laughrey road were, C. M. Carr, < $4,460; Bears and Dunwitte, $4,832; 1 Dennis Stiliter, $1,267; Phil Sauer. $4,338; McCrory and Son, $4,470; W. M. Striker, $4,750. The bids on the i Stepler road wore. Bears and Dunwit.te, $3,167; McCarty and son, $2.865; W. M. Striker, $2,749; Arnold and Bieberick $2,932. To Build Five Bridges Charles Cole was awarded the contract for the five bridges and retaining walls, the price for the five jobs being $6,000. He was low bidder on the Graber and Hendricks bridges in Monroe township and on the Long bridge in Wabash township and filed a group bid cf $1,700 on the Amstutz retaining wall and the Wechter bridge in Wabash townships. The other bidders who filed proposals were Yost Bros.. Sweet and Son, Joe Ellenberger, Pabst and Roetupie and W. M. Striker. The bridges will be constructed at once. The commissioners stated that bids for the construction of the three coni crete roads in Washington township, including the one running south of Decatur past the Decatur Country Club, one past the Decatur public cemetery and one past the Catholic cemetery would be received at one time. It. is likely that bids for these three roads will be received at the July session of the board. The three roads will be built under the township road law and, if the price does not •V..>d .. V -I I in Washington township for road building, they will be constructed this summer. RECEPTION IS GIVEN PASTOR Rev. Stoakes And Family W elcomed By Methodist Church Congregation An official reception was tendered to the Rev. Ross W. Stoakes. new pastor of the First Methodist church of Decatur, and the members of his family, in the church parlors last night, the reception being sponsored by the ladies’ aid society of the church. Mrs. Delton Passwater, president of the ladies’ aid society, was chairman of the reception. The church parlors were filled with members and friends of the church and the event was a happy one. The reception lasted until nearly 11 o’clock. Refreshments of icecream. wafers and coffee were served to all present at the close of the program. At the opening of the program, Avon Burk, representing the church in general, extended a welcome to Rev. Stoakes and his family. The Rev. O. E. Miller, ipastor of the Baptist church, extended a welcome in behalf of the Decatur Ministerial Association. The Rev. A. R. Fledder- . johann, pastor of the Zion Reformed I church, also gave a short talk. The ’I Rev. F. A. Shipley, pastor of the Methodist church at Pleasant. Mills, t representing the Decatur sub-district of the Methodist church, gave a talk. J Other speeches of welcome were giv- / on by Mrs. C. D. Lewton, representing the Home Missionary Society; Mrs. ’ Ben DeVor, representing the Foreign (CO.ITI.II’ED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 3, 1927.

Secessionist ■ V **"l u Here is Gladwyn Nichols, leader of the faction that has drawn away from A mee Semple McPherson's Angelas Temple in Los AngeVs because of the “spirit of worldliness" that invaded the church o MRS, ANGELINE ARCHBOLD DIES Well-Known Resident Os Decatur Dies Os Pneumonia After Long Illness Death claimed Mrs. Angeline Archbold, 79, life-long resident of this city and mother of Dr. Roy Archbold, at 5 o’clock this morning, at the Adams County Memorial hospital. Pneumonia was given as the direct cause of death, following injuries which she suffered when she fell and fractured her hip sometime ago. About eight years ago, Mrs. Archbold fell an<l fractured her hip. She recovered from this injury and on May 16,1926, fell a second time and encountered a more serious fracture. She was removed to the hospital, at which place she has been a patient for about a year. Pneumonia developed a few days ago and, last Sunday, she sank into a state of coma and gradually grew weaker until death resulted this morning. Mrs Archbold was one of the well known women of this city. She was born in Adams .-aunty on Febrile’” 16, IS4B, the daughter .11 . J Penelope Jhonson Fisher. On August 6, 1871, she was united in marriage • > James T. Archbold, whose death oc curred in 1904. To this union were born two children, Ada, who died i , infancy, and Dr. Archbold, wellknown dentist cf this city. The deceased was a member of the Rebekah and Eastern Star lodges and of the First Methodist chinch of this city. Surviving besides the son Dr. Roy Archbold, are two grandchildren. Richard Archbold, of Toledo, Ohio, and Miss Josephine Archbold, of this city. One brothel, Arthur.M. Fisher, of this city, and a half brother, Thomas Bixler of Muncie, also survive. The body will be removed to the home of her son this afternoon, t>. which place she made her home before being confined to the hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Archbold home, the Rev. Ross W. Stoakes, pastor of the Methodist church, officiating. Burial will be made i t Maplewood cemetery. o Red Cross Relief Fund The total of Adams county contributions to the Red Cross flood relief fund, as reported to Miss Annie E. Winnes, of Decatur, secretary of the Adams county chapter of the Red Cross, today reached $1,220.36. The contributions reported today were: Previous total $1,001.44 Mr. and Mrs. N. Conyers 2.00 Roselyn Foreman 100 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wellenberger Mrs. Cline and Mrs. Burch 2.00 Mrs. Jessie Burdge -50 Mrs. B. W. Sholty 1 ( 'O Miss Lillie McFarren 1-00 The Woodcraft Club . 1.00 Margaret Hoyer 1 00 Mr. and Mrs. Orval Harruff M. E. Sunday School, Pleasant Mills lO.ts tCOXTINI’ED ON PAGE EIGHT)

BOYS ORGANIZE IN PREPARATION FOR BOY S' WEEK Three Boy Cities Organized Monday Afternoon; Athletic Meet Planned FRIDAY EXPECTED TO BE BIG DAY Three boy cities were organized at the Central school yesterday afternoon, as the annual celebration of Boys’ week got under way, under the tutelage of the Decatur Rotary club. The three cities organized for the week will be known as the Red. White and Blue boy cities. The offi- , cers elected for each city will be in , charge of their group during the j week, which will come to a close with an all-day celebration at Bellmont park. Friday. The cities will be built at Bellmont nark by the boys Friday morning, and several local city officials wiil talk to the boys in regards to the laying out and governing of tlie cities. Friday afternoon will be devoted to athletics. Each boy city -will have a baseball team and a track team. The Rotary club, also, will have a baseball team, to compete in the meet. Each Group Plans Tryouts The Red group will meet at Ahr’s athletic field this afternoon at 4 o'clock to select their baseball and track teams. Principal W. Guy Brown, W. A. Lower and the Rev. Joseph Hession will have charge of the organization. The Blue group will try out at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, on Ahr's field with Bryce Thomas, Dick Heller. O. L. Vance and Hugh Hite in charge. The White group will try out at Ahr’.t field at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, also, with John Fisher, Ira Fuhrman. Sim Burk and M. F. Worthman in charge. All boys of all local schools in the fifth, s’xth, seventh and eighth grades are expected to take part in the tryouts. Each pupil has been assigned to one of the tlree groups. “City Officials’’ Elected At the election yesterday af’ernnon, the following oificials were elected for the week by their respective parties: •m, '' d-F-Mayoe . j Hrwwir: oilman, first ward, Lawrence Coli’e; (I'ONTIXI'En ON PAGE EIGHT) LOCAL RED CROSS QUOTA INCREASED Adams County Asked To Contribute .$2,050 For Flood Relief Fund — With the first quota of $1,025 already oversubscribed, the Adams ■ county chapter today set out to obtain the new quota of $2,050 for the relief of sufferers in the flood disaster of the Mississippi river valley. The goal for the entire country was increased from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 yesterday, following the return of representatives to Washington from the scene of the disaster. Each chapter's quota was doubled simultaneously. The amount contributed in Adams county totalled about $1,535 today. A report came from Berne that a total of $514.99 had been contributed there. Three hundred dollars, of that , amount was reported in yesterday’s ' total. Contributions reported in Decatur today brought the total up to $1,220.36, exclusive t>f the additional $214.99 from Berne. Miss Annie E. Winnes, of Decatur, secretary of the Adams county chapter of the Red Cross, today received the following telegram from James L. Fleser, acting chairman of the national Red Cross: “Upon recommendation of Hoover and myself just, returned from disaster area, central committee decided. in view of vast increase in flooded area, that emergency situation tjow demands minimum ten million (CONTINI EII ON PAGE EIGHT) j

Limderlost To Be Filmed For Movies Soon I-es Meehan, movie producer of Hollywood, California, and a son-in-law of the late Gene Strutton Porter, beloved Adams county author, will arrive at Rome City about May 5 starling filming several reels of motion pictures in connection witli the adaptation of Mrs. Porter’s book, "The Harvester". for the screen. A company of übo.it 25 persons will accompany Mr. Meehan, and they expect to remuln at Rome City for sevetal weeks. Aftr completing their work at Rome City, where they will film Llmberlost Cabin and scenes about the former summer home of Mis. Porter. Mr. Meehan and liis company will come io Geneva, Adams county, to make several othei reels. It was while residing at Geneva that Mrs. Porter wrote "The, Harvester" and many others of l.re large collection of books. BOY HURT WHEN TRACTOR “KICKS” Lawrence Smith, 12, Seriously Injured In Accident This Mornins Lawrence Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith, residing just south of the county farm, was seriously injured at 11:30 o'clock this morning when the motor of a tractor, which he was attempting to crank, backfired, the crank striking the lad in the face, just below the left eye. The bones of the face were broken and the body was rendered unconscious. The injured boy was brought to the Adams County , Memorial hospital in this city where physicians dressed the wounds and set the fractured bones. Although the boy had not regained consc'ousness at 2 o'clock tlr's afternoon, the attending physicians were hopeful of his recovery, providing no complication arise. Lawrence was riding on the tractor with his brother, Clarence, 16, who was operating the machine. A disc was being pulled by the tractor, as he ground was being prepared for sowing oats. The motor of the tractor died and Lawrence jumped to the ground and started t,o crank the motor. The motor backfired witli gi'.ut force. The boys’ father was at work in the field, also, drilling oats. He put the injured boy in his automobile, which was parked near the field, and brought him to the hospital. The accident occured on the Homer Faust farm, one and one-half miles southeast of tjiet oounty infirmary. Mr. Smith is a rural mail carrier working out of the Decatur postoffice. Mrs. Smith was covering the mail route today when the accident occursd. O ROAD PETITION NOT TO BE FILED NOW Filing Os Petition For Hard Surface Road In South Part Os City Is Delayed Indefinitely The petition for the hard surfaced road in the south part of the city, beginning at the intersection of Grant and Kekionga streets, will not be filed with the board of county commissioners at the present time, attorney : for the petitioners stated today. Signatures to the petition were being secured yesterday by Lee Still’s, and the petition asked that the streets be improved under the three-mile road law, payable through taxation. There are three other petitions for hard surfaced roads in Washington township and there will not be sufficient funds to build another road in this township this year. In all probability the petition will not be filed until next yi ar. q Valuation Is Reduced Indianapolis, May 3 —(United Press A reduction of $107,984 in the valuation for taxation purposes of the Western Union Telegraph company in Indiana was made by the state board of tax commissioners yesterday. The valuation fixed as a basis for next year's taxes was $6,748,310.

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MUCH DEPENDS ON RIVER LEVEE NEAR VICKSBURG Lowlands Along River Are I I To 28 Feet Below Level Os Water RIVER STILL RISING IN LOUISIANA TODAY Washington. D. C. May 3—(UP) — Twelve additional airplanes have been ordered from the naval station at Pensacola Florida to Baton Rouge, La. and Natchez Miss., in response to a request from Red Cross officials. The planes will be used in patroling the flood zone at these points where breaks have occurred in the Levees. Vicksburg, Miss., May 3.— (U P ) —One of the greatest inundation® in historv threatens Louisiana onposite Vicksburg, Major C. H. Lee. chief flood engineer for this district told the United Press today following an airplane inspection tour. “It is impossible to predict what will happen to levees along the entire stretch from Duck port to Bedford." he said. “I found that the situation is one of extreme seriousness with the water still rising. “If* the levee breaks across from Vicksburg one of the worst inundations in history is likely to take place as the Louisiana lowlands there are now 14 to 28 feet below the level of the river." The Mississippi river here reached a stage of 58.5 feet, thi'" highest crest predicted for the flood, lint was still rising and may reach 59 feet. After Ids airplane inspection trip Major Lee said he hoped the river would soon come to a standstill at Vicksburg ami for several miles down stream. Crest Sweeps Southward Baton Rouge, La.. May 3.—(UP) — Louisiana today" became the battleground of the Mississippi flood as the crest of the destructive stream swept southward, straining and breaking through levees which have held the river in check. Thottsamls of men, women and children pre treking from the lowlands to places ot safetx or. bluffs and high spoUi across the river. Additional thousands have been warned to evacuate their homes in Voyelles Parish, threatened by a break in the Red river at Echo. Baton Rouge, the capital, is turning its attention from politics to the sterner business of rescue and relief of suffering. All flood relief agencies center here and are personally directed by former Gov. John M. Parker. Coast guard boats, privately owned vessels and U. S. navy craft are being assembled for the emergency which apparently cannot he averted. Flat-bottomed skiffs propelled by out((oyriVIKI) ON PAGH KIGHT) FARMERS RUSH SPRINGPLANTING Adams C o u n t y Farmers Busy Catching Up With Work. Delayed By Rain Adams county farmers are busy this week, catching up with their work, which has been hindered the last sev- , eral weeks by inclement weather, ac- , cording to prominent farmers from all parts of the county. It is expected that , with several days of sunshine, most of the spring planting will be completed. Planting of oats in most parts of the county, has been delayed several , weeks, but no great delay in th har- . vst will be noticeable, it was said, It' > the weather continues fair this week, i Spring gardening has been tret back 1 sveral weeks, but most local gardeners 3 already have planted their truck pa’ t chest. Several days of warm weather and sunshine are needed.

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